1. The
Hero
Journey
(Intro)
In
Paris
By
Peter
de
Kuster
The
One
Great
Story
of
Paris
about
Making
Money
Doing
What
You
Love
Introduction
This
travel
guide
is
for
anyone
who
has
been
asked
“Why
don’t
you
get
a
real
job?”
and
replied,
“Never”
There
is
such
thing
as
a
Midnight
in
Paris.
And
there
’s
certainly
such
a
thing
as
a
perfect
career
for
you.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
who
don’t
believe
this,
and
it’s
sad.
Because
there
are
plenty
of
rewarding,
challenging
and
fulfilling
career
opportunities
that
allow
creatieve
heroes
to
use
their
gifts
and
be
rewarded
handsomely
for
their
efforts.
Those
who
settle
for
less
than
the
best
simply
haven’t
found
the
right
job
–
yet.
You
can
have
it
all
when
it
comes
to
a
creative
career
–
if
you
know
how.
The
fact
is
that
most
people
hate
their
jobs.
They
would
rather
be
doing
something
else
–
anything
else.
It
doesn’t
have
to
be
that
way.
What
if
I
told
you
that
you
would
never
have
to
work
another
day
in
your
life?
Would
you
be
interested?
When
you
find
the
right
fit
in
a
career,
it
no
longer
feels
like

2. work.
You
wake
up
every
day
excited
about
how
you
make
your
money
doing
what
you
love.
This
perfect
harmonizing
of
your
talents,
skills,
personality
and
work
style
creates
a
passion
and
a
desire
as
well
as
a
felling
of
contentment
that
is
worth
more
than
gold.
It
can
be
all
yours,
if
you
read
this
travel
guide
in
Paris
with
stories
of
heroes
and
heroines
who
went
before
you.
And
apply
its
principles
in
your
own
life
story.
The
challenge
is
that
creative
people
are
very
different
from
other
people.
To
get
ahead
you
sometimes
have
to
dance
your
way
in
the
rain.
Let
me
show
you
how
in
Paris
and
how
to
make
the
most
of
the
opportunities
out
there.
Finding
contentment
in
your
career
is
a
lot
like
looking
for
a
treasure.
A
Jules
Verne
experience.
Using
a
map,
you
embark
on
a
journey
to
an
unknown
island,
an
adventure
in
search
of
yourself.
The
thing
is,
there
is
no
pot
of
gold
or
treasure
waiting
for
you
when
you
get
on
the
spot
marked
X
on
the
map.
The
buried
treasure
is
within
you.
The
pursuit
of
the
gold
(or
the
gold)
or
the
revenge
(the
Count
of
Monte
Christo)
is
the
reward.

3. Because,
when
it
comes
to
a
career,
there
is
no
“there”
there.
It
is
all
a
search.
Enjoying
the
search
is
what
success
is
about.
This
is
the
age
of
opportunity
for
the
creative
person.
Imagine
what
if
heroes
and
heroines
of
Paris
through
the
ages
had
your
opportunities.
Innovation
and
ideas
are
gold.
The
work
environment
and
job
market
are
changing,
and
they
are
changing
for
the
better
–
for
you.
Are
you
ready
for
the
exciting
journey
ahead?
This
travel
guide
of
Paris
will
put
you
in
a
position
to
prosper.

4. What
parents,
teachers
and
bosses
might
see
as
problems
(sloppiness,
habitual
tardiness,
short
attention
span,
nonconformism)
can
actually
be
hidden
assets
in
the
search
for
work
in
a
rewarding
and
interesting
creative
career.
Intuition,
emotion,
divergent
thinking,
daydreaming,
thriving
on
chaos,
big
–
picture
thinking,
cleverness,
open
–
mindedness,
and
an
ability
to
play
and
have
fun
are
virtues
in
the
right
setting.
Even
so,
it’s
not
exactly
easy
to
build
a
creative
career.
You
have
to
be
able
to
deal
with
heaping
helpings
of
rejection.
It
is
part
of
everyday
life
for
the
creative
person.
There
is
also
that
funny
feeling
that
you
don’t
quite
fit
in
–
and
you
don’t.
Merci
Dieu!
An
unconventional
person
with
unconventional
ideas
you
are
often
seen
as
immature,
temperamental,
moody,
difficult,
distracted,
irresponsible
and
irrational.
The
truth
is,
you
can
be
your
wonderful
self
and
still
get
ahead
in
the
corporate
world
–
or
work
for
yourself,
as
many
creative
people
do.
Whichever
you
choose,
this
travel
guide
of
Paris
will
help
you
manage
your
career
using
a
story
approach
that
takes
advantage
of
the
way
you
are,
with

5. stories
of
heroes
and
heroines
of
past
and
present
how
show
you
how
it
works.
The
Hero’s
Journey
It’s
time
to
move
on,
move
up,
and
move
out
with
a
new
mission.
This
travel
guide
of
Paris
is
about
taking
charge
of
your
destiny
so
that
no
one
but
you
can
control
your
fate.
This
Hero’s
Journey
in
Paris
starts
from
the
famous
Hotel
du
Louvre
There
has
never
been
a
better
time
to
strike
out
on
your
own
and
make
your
own
way
as
an
entrepreneur
(or
freelance
your
way
to
success).
This
is
your
time
to
shine
as
a
creative
person.
The
future
looks
bright.
Many
of
the
current
trends
favor
your
preferred
way
of
travelling:
self
–
reliance,
rapid
change,
multitasking,
chaos,
adaptability,
intuition,
training
and
re
–
training.
This
travel
guide
of
Paris
will
show
you
how
to
find
your
career
niche
and
then
how
to
earn
a
living
doing
what
you
love.
You
will
learn
how
to
overcome
the
challenges
the
right
–
brainer
faces,
and
how
to
make
your
nature
and
your
creativity
work
for
you.
You’ll
learn
how
to
market
yourself

6. and
your
creations
even
in
a
crowded
marketplace.
How
to
take
the
‘free’
out
of
“freelance”,
rise
to
the
top
without
stepping
on
too
many
toes,
and
use
your
natural
abilities
to
find
a
perfect
pitch
and
harmony
in
your
work
world.
Catherine
Deneuve
–
regular
visitor
of
Hotel
du
Louvre
–
finds
a
perfect
pitch.
The
Hero’s
Journey
is
about
“life
management”.
There
is
a
direct
undeniable
correlation
between
your
career
and
your
life.
It’s
less
about
what
you
do
for
a
living
than
what
you
can
live
with
doing.
Finding
fun
and
fulfillment
at
work
spills
over
into
the
rest
of
your
life.
Without
it,
your
health
will
suffer,
your
creativity
will
suffer
–
and
so
will
everybody
around
you.
You
don’t
need
to
live
that
way.

7. If
you
are
thinking
of
giving
up
on
a
creative
career
and
getting
a
“real”
job,
stop
right
there.
When
you
settle
for
less
than
what’s
best
for
you,
you
instantly
get
less
than
you
settled
for.
Don’t
sell
yourself
short.
The
regret
will
eat
you
up
inside.
Don’t
miss
your
chance;
it
may
be
right
around
the
corner.
Instead,
get
going
and
go
for
it
–
be
bold.
Use
the
strategies
and
techniques
of
the
heroes
and
heroines
of
Paris
in
past
and
present
like
Catherine
Deneuve,
Gerard
Depardieu
and
Juliette
Greco
and
many,
many
others
to
give
you
a
leg
up.
The
Taste
of
Happiness.
Making
Money
Doing
What
You
Love.
Gerard
Depardieu.
Actor
and
Entrepreneur.
Don’t
let
others
push
obstacles
in
your
path
and
fill
your
head
with
factoids
like
“most
businesses
fail
in
the
first
year”,
“it’s
too
competitive
out
there”,
“there
are
NO
jobs”,
“you
don’t
have
enough
experience
or
talent,”
“you
have
no
agent”.
It’s
bad
enough
that
tese
insecure
and
misinformed
people
are
telling
you
why
you
can’t
succeed.
It’s
worse
if
you
believe
the.
Don’t
let
anyone
talk
your
dreams
down.

8. This
travel
guide
of
Paris
is
for
creative
people
in
all
walks
of
life
–
composers,
writers,
advertising,
design,
DJ,
waiter/actor,
movie
director,
entrepreneur,
musician,
architect,
coach,
leader,
painter,
poet,
inventor.
It
isn’t
meant
to
apply
to
just
glamour
jobs;
whatever
form
your
creativity
takes,
you
can
apply
this
journey.
For
everyone
who
tells
you
“you
can’t
make
a
living
doing
what
you
love”
there
are
hundreds
of
examples
in
Paris
in
past
and
present
of
creative
people
who
found
a
way
to
run
something
they
thought
was
fun
and
would
even
do
for
free
into
a
fullfilling
career.
I
will
help
you
take
your
powerful
creative
energy
and
harness
it
in
this
journey
through
Paris,
and
you
will
beat
the
odds,
making
a
living
doing
what
you
love
to
do.
Your
life
becomes
a
magic
parisian
work
of
art.

9. Creating
your
own
story
while
meeting
heroes
and
heroines
Few
people
know
what
they
want
to
be
when
they
grow
up,
and
even
fewer
creative
people
want
to
grow
up.
Maybe
you
won’t
discover
your
true
calling
until
you
test-­‐drive
your
dreamjob
in
a
city
like
Paris
with
several
heroes
and
heroines
as
your
mentors
–
your
rolemodels.
Isn’t
it
better
to
testdrive
them
in
your
head
or
in
real
life
through
working
with
them
and
using
that
incredible
imagination
and
experience
of
yours,
than
waste
years
on
a
dead
–
end
job?
The
Paris
of
Fitzgerald.
One
of
the
key
things
you’ll
work
on
while
you
are
in
Paris
is
telling
your
story
about
what
you
want
to
do
(not
for
the
rest
of
your
life,
but
what
you
want
to
do
now),
and
eliminating
the
careers
that
aren’t
a
fit.
The
choices
that
lead
to
a
life
of
creative
expression
and
financial
security
are
there
for
the
making.
The
catch
is
that
creative
careers
are
often
unconventional
and
in
some
cases
completely
uncharted.
The
challenge
is
that
there
are
a
million
different
things
you
could
do.

10. The
key
to
success
in
any
career
is
the
clarity
of
your
quest
–
your
story
–
about
your
hero’s
journey.
Becoming
clear
about
who
you
are
and
what
you
want
is
the
first
part
of
this
travel
guide.
Then
how
to
get
what
you
want
is
covered
in
great
detail.
It’s
hard
work,
but
this
is
your
chance
to
reinvent
yourself.
Don’t
let
it
pass
you
by.
Have
your
own
Midnight
in
Paris.