I can see people coming down on you for sounding selfish, but my answer is also me. It has to be. No one else in your life has more of an impact on who you are and what happens to you than yourself.
That's my opinion, anyway.
Besides, don't they say that even when you have kids, that you're spouse should come before them? For the sake of the marriage? So if something like your child, which came from a physical part of you, isn't even number one, then it has to be yourself.
Ashley @ Wide Open Wallet
· 11 months ago
Very interesting. I have to say that my hero is also myself. But my husband is right there too. I would say 60% me; 40% my husband.
I wonder if women are more likely to put someone else in the place of hero than men. It seems like men would have a harder time seeing someone else as their hero. Ya know?
Tom
· 11 months ago
Can't say I have a hero ... maybe my mom? I definitely think it's a great idea to have one - someone to aspire to.
richerandslimmer.com
· 11 months ago
Wow, I have never thought about it this way before. I am the hero of my life, and I realize, with it comes the responsibility to do well by myself. This is good motivation to continuing my personal finance and health blog and keeping myself accountable for my fiscal and physical well being.
Curmudgeon
· 11 months ago
Popeye the Sailor Man, at least growing up, but still a credible hero today. He is a master of contradictions. Incredibly strong yet with fatal weaknesses. Kind, polite, and a classic gentleman, yet naive and subject to being hurt. Often wrong, but fundamentally right.
Dara
· 11 months ago
I can't specifically say that it's "better" for you if you are the central figure in your story...but it would definitely signify that you are not egocentric, for one thing. I think it would take a special person to think outside the box enough to have someone else star in their movie.
ajc
· 11 months ago
This is a GREAT question BrBl and an easy one to answer, as I just told this person that they were my hero a couple of months before I returned from USA to Aus:
It's my grandmother ... she's now 96 years old, and finally in a nursing home because her legs don't works so well, her hearing is not great (but she doesn't wear hearing aids), but she is still sharp as ...
She's my hero because she saved her entire family during WWII from the Nazis ... not once, but multiple times - because of her actions, the family survived almost intact (she 'only' lost one brother).
When she arrived in Australia she became one of Australia's first traveling saleswomen (in a time well before 'equal rights' for women). For a woman of wealth ad privilege prior to the war, nothing was beneath her both before and after the war to help her get the family back on its feet.
She was the financial lifeline for everybody in the family - including me, when I needed it the most - even when she had nothing (at least in cash) left for herself.
As to my own 'movie' ... she definitely acted as inspiration; but, all the other 'actors' (incl. me and my wife) helped, too.
medical transcription software
· 4 months ago
"Your natural tendency is to view yourself as the central figure in your story, your life." , read this thoughts on this blog.. honestly i dont even watch the series of hero. but i believe this is a great tv series. ok.. the words i qouted made me think of something. the reason why I exist in this world. very well deep but can caught each everyones thought.. nice post..
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That's my opinion, anyway.
Besides, don't they say that even when you have kids, that you're spouse should come before them? For the sake of the marriage? So if something like your child, which came from a physical part of you, isn't even number one, then it has to be yourself.
I wonder if women are more likely to put someone else in the place of hero than men. It seems like men would have a harder time seeing someone else as their hero. Ya know?
I definitely think it's a great idea to have one - someone to aspire to.
It's my grandmother ... she's now 96 years old, and finally in a nursing home because her legs don't works so well, her hearing is not great (but she doesn't wear hearing aids), but she is still sharp as ...
She's my hero because she saved her entire family during WWII from the Nazis ... not once, but multiple times - because of her actions, the family survived almost intact (she 'only' lost one brother).
When she arrived in Australia she became one of Australia's first traveling saleswomen (in a time well before 'equal rights' for women). For a woman of wealth ad privilege prior to the war, nothing was beneath her both before and after the war to help her get the family back on its feet.
She was the financial lifeline for everybody in the family - including me, when I needed it the most - even when she had nothing (at least in cash) left for herself.
As to my own 'movie' ... she definitely acted as inspiration; but, all the other 'actors' (incl. me and my wife) helped, too.