Be the Hero: Three Powerful Ways to Overcome Challenges in Work and Life

A victim mentality is rampant in organizations today. My boss is a jerk. This is a dead-end job. I can’t change anything here. The result is lost productivity, lack of creativity, departmental in-fighting—a toxic atmosphere.

But nobody has to be a victim. The truth is people make themselves victims. It’s just an interpretation of reality, a story they tell themselves. People can choose a different story. They can stop seeing themselves as helpless victims and instead discover how to put themselves in charge. Anyone can choose to Be the Hero.

Appropriately enough, executive coach and corporate speaker Noah Blumenthal uses a story—of Jeff, a young executive facing what seem to him insurmountable challenges—to show readers how to gain greater success and satisfaction in their lives by transforming the ways they view others, their own situation, and themselves. And he includes a plethora of practical resources that will teach readers how to consistently shift their perspective from victim to hero.

This is not seeing the world through rose-colored glasses—but it is seeing through a new lens. One that helps us look beneath the superficial surface of our unhappiness to discover why people act in ways that frustrate us and do something about it. That finds sources of strength in our lives, even in the toughest circumstances. And that gives us the power to change.

Victim stories limit us, sap our energy, stifle and frustrate us. Hero stories open up new possibilities, spur us to action. In Be the Hero, Noah Blumenthal offers a universally accessible technique for overcoming inertia and despair and becoming consistently positive, productive, and happy, at home and on the job.

• Reveals that each of us has the power to choose whether to be a passive, put-upon victim or a hero in control of their life and career
• Uses the accessible and popular parable format to teach important life-lessons
• Includes an extensive section of tools, exercises and other resources

About the Author

Noah Blumenthal is president of Leading Principles, Inc., a coaching company that supports managers, executives, and CEOs in finding fresh perspectives and building heroic leadership for themselves and their organizations. As a keynote speaker, coach, and consultant, Noah has worked with Fortune 500 and Global 500 clients in financial services, hospitality, advertising, media, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, insurance, chemicals, industrial products, energy, and professional services. Noah’s honors include being named by Leadership Excellence magazine as one of the world’s “Top 100 Minds in Personal Development.”

Noah has been featured in various media outlets, including The New York Times, CBS News, MSNBC News, the Chicago Sun-Times, Investors Business Daily, and Newsday, and his writings have appeared in the publications of the American Management Association and the Organizational Development Network. His two books, Be the Hero and You’re Addicted to You, help readers develop personal accountability and self-leadership.