The Hero Leads

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Chapter 2: The Call to Adventure

In this stage of the Hero’s Journey, you find your purpose. At all times, there are countless opportunities around you to make things better, but they are easy to overlook or dismiss. The goal in this stage is to stay alert for the challenge or opportunity that speaks directly to you, reflecting your talents, your interests and the goals of your organization. This is your Call to Adventure.

Questions to ask yourself

• Have you been asked to take on something that feels bigger than your role, or noticed a problem no one seems to own?
• Where do you feel a pull to act, even if it is unclear what to do next?
• What are you waiting for before you say yes, and will anything actually force your hand?
• What are you treating as “good enough for now” that has quietly become permanent?
• What problem keeps reappearing no matter how often you apply quick fixes?
• If you accepted this, how would it change how you are seen, and who you have to become?

Recognize your call

The call does not always arrive cleanly. Sometimes it is obvious. A problem lands in front of you and no one else is taking it on.

More often, it is buried in a set of options. Opportunities, requests, and ideas all competing for your attention. Do not carry five possible calls at once. That is how nothing starts. If the call has been pushed toward you, acknowledge it. If you are choosing, choose one.

The win at this stage is not action. It is clarity. What is actually asking something of you? What matters enough that you would choose it, even if it does not come with permission or a clear path?