Making Heroes

This month you start adding a monthly hero report to your Apprentice level inpirements for Leadership.  This evening I read about a hero who is having a movie made from his experience after being taken hostage for 5 days at sea by Somali pirates. Capt. Richard Phillips of the merchant ship Maersk Alabama was somewhere east of Africa I believe when his ship and team was hijacked. In the interview  Phillips seems quite and not seeking of attention for his bravery. For example, he said, "One thing I learned is that you're stronger than you realize. I was afraid, but you've got to put that fear on the seat next to you and do what you have to do." Phillips said it was the Navy Seals who were the superheroes, the true titans of our age.

I like that Mr. Phillips seems so modest he said he was just doing his job and knew that pirates are in many places of the world like off the coast of China, South America, Africa, Vietnam and the Philippines. He knew something could happen and it finally did. He was glad that none of his crew died.  Phillips closes with this good advice which I needed to hear;

"Nothing is over until you choose to give up."

Do you have what it takes?...talking about being a hero
1. They abide by a moral code
2. They've been trained to take action
3. They're highly compassionate
4. They perform ordinary acts of kindness