Completely agree with your closing thoughts and thoroughly enjoyed the piece. I believe both the Hero and Heroine Journey as you’ve outline can be explored and achieved on various scales by both genders based on context and needs of a given individual. Campbells book and concept is incredibly powerful but there is a yin to every yang like you said.
One of my favorite books that hit me at the right time in my life is Extreme Ownership. What I especially loved was what Jocko followed up that book with - Dichotomy of Leadership. Too much of anything, even the “good” stuff can be limiting.
Your article does a phenomenal job of exploring the dichotomy of the hero and/or heroines journey and has left me thinking I’m going to attempt to be journey fluid going forward…
And as you discussed in the live-stream yesterday, which I'll grossly summarize, is that resiliency requires that balance. It's why I love systems engineering because you have to define requirements but you can't tightly couple them or everything breaks apart. But it also doesn't mean you can't define requirements, you must define them. And that's super hard for most people to balance.
I like how you broke this down. I always felt like Encanto was trying to be a hero’s journey but fell short. However, now that you’ve explained it, I went back and rewatched it with my kids and enjoyed it much more with your framework in mind.
You nailed this one! I loved it and really hadn't seen Encanto that way.
Awesome.
Completely agree with your closing thoughts and thoroughly enjoyed the piece. I believe both the Hero and Heroine Journey as you’ve outline can be explored and achieved on various scales by both genders based on context and needs of a given individual. Campbells book and concept is incredibly powerful but there is a yin to every yang like you said.
One of my favorite books that hit me at the right time in my life is Extreme Ownership. What I especially loved was what Jocko followed up that book with - Dichotomy of Leadership. Too much of anything, even the “good” stuff can be limiting.
Your article does a phenomenal job of exploring the dichotomy of the hero and/or heroines journey and has left me thinking I’m going to attempt to be journey fluid going forward…
And as you discussed in the live-stream yesterday, which I'll grossly summarize, is that resiliency requires that balance. It's why I love systems engineering because you have to define requirements but you can't tightly couple them or everything breaks apart. But it also doesn't mean you can't define requirements, you must define them. And that's super hard for most people to balance.
Love it. Great topic to dive into when we get to talk 👊🏻
I like how you broke this down. I always felt like Encanto was trying to be a hero’s journey but fell short. However, now that you’ve explained it, I went back and rewatched it with my kids and enjoyed it much more with your framework in mind.
Awesome to hear!