Philosopher Blaine Pascal reminded us, “If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.” But since Pascal wrote those words in the 17th century, we have learned much about modesty, humility, and letting others know what you have achieved. As Pascal correctly inferred, bragging about one’s accomplishments is a surefire way to create negative judgments and get rejected by others.
It is interesting to me how the advice here essentially is to inject story framework of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey.
Something about human narrative wants the story to include struggle and setbacks in order to effectively celebrate the hero bringing back the treasure to the community.
To your point, Steve, the best part of many movies is the training montage. As trite as is in movies, it is in this narrative moment, when we see our hero practically doing the daily tasks to get better... that we relate with them. We connect with the hero when we see them putting in the work to overcome the hardships... it makes us see that we can also practice and do the same with similar effort and work.
Love that you're bringing up hero's journey, Steve.
Recognizing the power in the repeated behaviors that turn into Campbell's story arch... it is a similar process that leads the research of Admired Leadership to its own behavioral observations in the +12,000 leaders that have been studied.
It is interesting to me how the advice here essentially is to inject story framework of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey.
Something about human narrative wants the story to include struggle and setbacks in order to effectively celebrate the hero bringing back the treasure to the community.
To your point, Steve, the best part of many movies is the training montage. As trite as is in movies, it is in this narrative moment, when we see our hero practically doing the daily tasks to get better... that we relate with them. We connect with the hero when we see them putting in the work to overcome the hardships... it makes us see that we can also practice and do the same with similar effort and work.
Love that you're bringing up hero's journey, Steve.
Recognizing the power in the repeated behaviors that turn into Campbell's story arch... it is a similar process that leads the research of Admired Leadership to its own behavioral observations in the +12,000 leaders that have been studied.
The best stories seem to follow the same memes.
We took a few minutes to discuss this Field Notes entry a bit more.
Listen here: https://x.com/admiredleaders/status/1805660846699295037?s=46&t=qJjlPM23c8XyG3qSZ0D9cQ
Good article and good thoughts here.
Thanks. Corrected.