The hero’s journey is deliberate movement along a path towards mastery. It is literally “the road less taken,” since so few people summon the courage to slow down long enough to find the answers to life’s fundamental questions. Among those questions are:
Who am I, really?
Why am I here?
Where am I going?
How will I get there?
On top of that, “Mastery” turns out to be a weird place. Weird in that you can never fully arrive there. It, in itself, is not a destination. It is another journey to increasing levels of mastery. It’s easy to tell a true master from an imposter–the imposter will try to convince you he’s a master; the true master will always admit, “Not yet.”
I am not even close to being a master in anything. I’m one of those people blessed (or cursed, depending on your point of view) with a wide range of interests and talents. I have not developed any of them to a point of mastery. Up until two years ago, I had been managing a career as what some people would call a “journeyman”–a “jack of all trades and a master of none.” You could say that my hero’s journey was more a wandering around than a deliberate movement along a path leading to mastery
That was then. This is now.
BUILT TO LEAD helped me slow down to speed up. Through the support, care, teaching, and tough-minded “hitting” of my friends in The Band at BUILT TO LEAD, I have gained incredible focus on “why I am here” and “where I am going” and “how I will get there.”
I am here to help connect others to the true purpose for their lives and, in so doing, unleash their latent power to achieve their full potential. This is my purpose…why I am here.
I was born for this. I am called to this. I have been preparing for this, semi-consciously, for most of my life. I am determined to learn as much as I can, as fast as I can, as completely as I can, to help as many people as I can, as well as I can, for the rest of my life.
Good Lord willing. Even if the creek does rise…
I have never felt this kind of clarity, energy, and excitement in my life. I welcome all the hard work I will have to undertake along this pathway to mastery. Is it work, or play? It’s tough to tell on the road to Opus…
I wonder if you, dear reader, feel the same way about your journey?
Are you excited about the path you are pursuing? Do you feel that the hard work you do is building towards mastery under the guiding light of your true purpose?
Do those around you see that light…feel the heat of your passion?
I hope so. I really do. Tell us about it. I’m sure it will inspire us.
If not, why not? Tell us about it. We are here to help you.
Yes indeed.
BUILT TO LEAD 
Freakin’ AWESOME Sully…