Be the Hero: Three Powerful Ways to Overcome Challenges in Work and Life

By Noah Blumenthal

In this engaging parable, author Noah Blumenthal shows that we are all master storytellers. Our stories are vivid, detailed, and convincing. These aren't the stories we tell around the watercooler or the campfire. They are the stories we tell ourselves—the ones that rattle around in our heads and move us to emotions and actions.

If we don't pay attention, these stories can take us down the victim path—blaming, frustrated, helpless, and hopeless. But at any moment, we have the power to identify and change these stories. We can choose the right stories—the ones that enable us to become “Everyday Heroes.”

Be the Hero brings to life the entertaining tale of a struggling young professional who moves from victim to hero by learning to become aware of and change the stories that are holding him back. Battling negativity, inertia, and anger, he learns to see life through a new lens, to create new hero stories that develop his capacity to chart his own course.

The powerful resources at the end of the book, including a hero tip of the week, smart cards, manager tip sheets, and more, will help you make your hero stories stick.

This simple parable will change your life forever.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 1, 2009
• ISBN: 9781576759998

Reviews for Be the Hero

[quincidence · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Windex for the Foggy Window to the Future. It was a gift from a good friend.That was a bit ago. Now, for my birthday, I decided I had gifts I had not embraced... and thus I picked up the book and immediately got a new viewpoint. Life changes in the viewing of a "V" of geese, or a paragraph. This book... is true to a path of being in the right, but more importantly being in a team that is correctly on a great path. You can be independent. You can be blessed with great new views - try this book.You can read it straight through or you can open it up for a perspective one paragraph refresher.Point yourself North. A Great Success Compass.

[gshuk_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Great book. The message that the stories you tell yourself affect how you interact with the world is nothing new. What I like is the simple framework he uses which enables you to identify and then change the stories. I am not fond of parable books where writing in this way seems like an afterthought. However, at least this one sums up the points he was making at the end and even goes so far as to put it into cut out cards for easy reference.