Shawn gives a dozen examples of heroes and their role as Guardians Of The Good Life.

1. Hero Trainingj
The Heroes That You Know: What They Did And Why It Mattered

2. This Training Is Brought To You By
Shawn Fureys’
Hero Training School
An Education In Situation Optimization
“Transforming Ordinary Mortals Into Guardians Of The Good Life”
www.theherotrainingschool.com

3. What is it that I’m going to be doing once I complete this training?

4. You will be intervening to improve situations

5. What is the value of being able to do that?
What’s in it for me?

6. A sustainable ‘good life’ experience
A life in which you get your basic human mental health needs met
and advance progress toward personal goals

7. Don’t I have that already?

8. No, You don’t. At least, most people don’t.

9. Sadly, what most people have is a ‘not-so-good’ life experience.

10. Oppression and Repression of Self-Actualization
(Holding Self and Others Down In Order To Avoid Healthy Competition of Ideas and Ways of Doing Things)
Fear-Based Thinking and Action
Shame, Self-Doubt, and Self-Loathing
Bullying and Domestic Violence
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Loneliness, Despair, and Mental Illness
Child Abuse, Abandonment, and Neglect
Homelessness and Poverty
Obesity and Disease
Criminality and Incarceration
Suicide and Homicide
Racism, Mysogeny, Homophobia, and Xenophobia
(And Many More Forms Of The Not-So-Good Life)

11. But there’s good news!

12. It doesn’t have to be this way
You CAN create a better world – a better life,
for yourself and others,
because…

13. You were born to be a hero!
You were born to be a Guardian of The Good Life!
You were born to optimize situations for Life Success!

14. How do you know that?

15. Because experiences don’t just happen – they’re constructed
If you are feeling / noticing that life sucks
(at home, at work, at school, at church)
Then, intervene to improve the situation in those places!

16. How do I do that?

17. I’m going to teach you how to do it in this hero training
Sound good? Yes? Then, let’s begin…

18. To start,
let’s take a look at the heroes who’ve gone before us
and see if we can notice a pattern in what they did…

19. The Heroes You Know
What They Did and Why It Mattered To Other People

20. Martin Luther King, Jr
In the 1960’s African-Americans marched peacefully in
the streets protesting the fact that they were not
allowed equal access to the same schools, restaurants,
or even water fountains as people with ‘white’ skin.
Martin Luther King Jr took the lead in transforming
the political and social landscape of the United States
during the Civil Rights Movement.
What basic [universal] human mental health need
did Martin Luther King Jr help African American people to satisfy?

21. Equality of Value

22. Superman
A helicopter crashes as it is attempting to
take off from the top of a skyscraper.
Seconds later a woman falls out of the
helicopter and is hanging onto the edge of
the building. She falls. Far below her a crowd
of people has gathered and are looking up,
waiting for the inevitable – when suddenly, a
man is spotted flying toward her through the
air – he catches her and carries her to safety.
What basic [universal] human mental health need
did Superman help Lois Lane and the people in the street to satisfy?

23. Safety

24. Luke SkyWalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away
these three individuals fought an evil Emperor and his powerful minion Darth Vader. At
one point, The Emperor even tries to tempt Luke SkyWalker into giving up his free will
in trade for a chance to take his fathers spot as the number one minion.
What basic [universal] human mental health need
does Luke satisfy by refusing to submit to The Emperor?

25. Autonomy

26. Colonel Munro and General Le Marquis
In the movie Last of the Mohicans the
British are outnumbered and outgunned at
Fort William Henry, during the French and
Indian War (1757), and rather than
annihilate them all the French General Le
Marquis offers them the opportunity to
surrender and receive safe passage back to
their homes if they promise never to fight in
North America again. British Colonel Munro
asks if his troops can carry their weapons
with them on the way home.
The French general agrees.
What basic [universal] human
mental health need are both
men satisfying for themselves
and their troops.

27. Vulnerability In Social Relating

28. Harry Potter and Hermione Grainger
Every year Harry Potter and Hermoine Grainger
know two things for sure; first, that Voldemort
will be busy trying to de-stabilize Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and second,
that they’ll be spending all their time minimizing
the destructive impact of Voldemorts’ attacks so
that Hogwarts doesn’t have to shut down.
What basic [universal] human mental health need
do Harry and Hermoine help the students at Hogwarts satisfy?

29. Stability

30. Jackie Robinson
“I’m not concerned with you liking or disliking me
– all I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”
In 1947, Jackie Robinson became
the first African-American baseball
player to play in the Major League
and as such he endured the hatred
of thousands of racist Baseball fans.
Mr. Robinsons’ choice to treat others
with respect even though they hadn’t
given it to him helped him pave the way
for thousands of non-white Baseball
players and changed American sports culture.
What basic [universal] human mental health need
did Jackie Robinson help satisfy for future non-white baseball players?

31. Respect

32. Robin Hood
Robin Hood stole money from the rich
and gave it to the poor.
What basic [universal] human mental health need
did Robin Hood help the poor people of Sherwood
Forest to satisfy?

33. Sufficiency

34. William Wallace
When English King Edward I started
attacking Scottish towns and wreaking
Havoc on the Scottish people, in an
effort to dominate them, William
Wallace stepped up and defended
the Scottish Turf. In the movie
Braveheart, Wallace says…
“They may take our lives but they’ll never take our freedom”
What basic [universal] human mental health need
did William Wallace help the Scottish people to satisfy?

35. Freedom

36. Edward Snowden
In June 2013 Edward Snowden
revealed that the National Security
Agency had been conducting global
surveillance programs in which the
cell phone and e-mail data of
American Citizens had been taken
with the help of cell phone and e-
mail companies without the publics’
knowledge or consent.
What basic [universal] human mental health need
did Edward Snowden help the global community to satisfy?

37. Transparency

38. Captain Planet
In the TV Cartoon Captain Planet and The Planeteers,
Captain Planet helps to restore balance to the earths’
environment by protecting it from the people and
events who would pollute and destroy it. Captain
Planet defends the earth from greedy and apathetic
people who attempt to exploit the earths’ abundant
resources without regard for the impact their
overconsumption has on the environment.
What basic [universal] human mental health need
does Captain Planet help people and places satisfy?

39. Balance

40. Katniss Everdeen
Katniss Everdeen volunteers to participate
in the ‘Hunger Games’ as tribute from
District 13 but ends up becoming a
catalyst for social and political change
when she awakens something within the
hearts and minds of the people who
watch her fight to overcome adversity.
What basic [universal] human mental health need
does Katniss Everdeen help satisfy for the people of District 13?

41. Hope

42. John Lennon
“Give Peace a Chance”
Famous musician and social
activist John Lennon worked
tirelessly to promote the idea that
peace was the solution and that
war was the problem.
What basic [universal] human mental health need
did John Lennon help people to satisfy through his music and advocacy?

43. Peace

44. 12 Aspects of ‘The Good Life’ Experience
12 Basic Human Mental Health Needs
Equality of Value
Safety
Autonomy
Vulnerability in Social Relating
Respect
Stability
Sufficiency
Freedom
Transparency
Balance
Hope
Peace

45. What Do All These Heroes Have in Common?

46. They’ve all intervened to improve situations
For themselves and others

47. Each of these people
created a situation or protected a situation
in which they and / or others could continue to experience
one aspect of ‘the good life’

48. They’re all Guardians of The Good Life

49. What is a Guardian of The Good Life?
Someone who habitually acts
in a way that creates and / or sustains
a ‘good’ life situation for self and others.

50. Is everyone already a Guardian of The Good Life?

51. No. Even though everyone was born to be a Guardian of The Good Life
most people have been conditioned to fear their true power
to fear healthy competition of ideas and ways of doing things
to fear healthy [non-violent] conflict
and to fear the one thing that makes them different from other life forms
the power to influence situations
And so, they need to rediscover their true self.

52. So, let’s make sure you didn’t miss anything there…
I just gave you 12 examples of people who’ve
already done what you’ll be doing, and
I just gave you 12 reasons to do it

53. Did you notice
that ‘good life’ referred to that which is good for you- as a human being?
That’s how heroes know when and why to help others.
They help others because they know that others have the same basic
human mental health needs as they do.
So, it’s our humanity [or our human being-ness] that is the anchor
for our heroic interventions.

54. For More Information Visit:
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55. Thank-you!
Have a great day and a great life!

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