{"id":2035,"date":"2018-10-02T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/?p=296"},"modified":"2022-02-13T09:44:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T17:44:58","slug":"takeaways-joseph-campbell-bill-moyers-interview-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacymentor.co\/takeaways-joseph-campbell-bill-moyers-interview-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Takeaways from Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers Interview Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-297\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/H_Moyers_Campbell-1024x576-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/p>\n<p>The Hero&#8217;s Journey is a sort of &#8216;template&#8217; by which one can track the story and progression of heroes from any genre &#8211; from ancient myths to Harry Potter.<\/p>\n<p>This narrative arc has many applications outside of narrative fiction.&nbsp; I personally use the arc when drafting speeches, working with clients on the trajectory and plan for their careers and personal legacies ahead, and even communicating expected life cycles of businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Before Campbell died, he sat with Bill Moyers for a series of long-form interviews.&nbsp; They are nothing short of wonderful, inspiring and enlightening.&nbsp; You can view the series either on Netflix or on Bill Moyers&#8217; website at the links below.<\/p>\n<p>While I took pages and pages of notes from the series, below are my main takeaways for each episode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>The most courageous of all acts is to:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Discover who you are<\/li>\n<li>Discover what you&#8217;d like to be<\/li>\n<li>Slay the Ego<\/li>\n<li>Follow your Bliss to the truth of your life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>|<\/div>\n<div><strong>Episode 2<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The end of things is always painful, and pain is part of there being a world at all &#8211; it is necessary.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>|<\/div>\n<div><strong>Episode 3<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Realizing that THIS moment in your life is actually a moment in eternity, and having it in the temporal is actually experiencing the Mythical Journey.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>|<\/div>\n<div><strong>Episode 4<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The realization of your Bliss and true purpose only comes when you put aside the moments of terror and pain.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>|<\/div>\n<div><strong>Episode 5<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Love is the pain of being truly alive.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Below is a great &#8216;cheat sheet&#8217; visualizing the steps of the Hero&#8217;s Journey<\/em>:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-298\" src=\"https:\/\/damondamore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hero-Journey-illustrated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"841\"><\/div>\n<div>(image credit:&nbsp;<span class=\"irc_ho\" dir=\"ltr\"><a class=\"o5rIVb irc_hol i3724 irc_lth\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwis8fzOyuPdAhUWJjQIHbETB0oQjB16BAgBEAQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dopeame.com%2Fblog%2F2016%2F5%2F16%2Fthe-heros-journey&amp;psig=AOvVaw2fGY-ZeN-RJR6w4NZoiRLi&amp;ust=1538426270752571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-noload=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwis8fzOyuPdAhUWJjQIHbETB0oQjB16BAgBEAQ\" data-ctbtn=\"2\" data-cthref=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwis8fzOyuPdAhUWJjQIHbETB0oQjB16BAgBEAQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dopeame.com%2Fblog%2F2016%2F5%2F16%2Fthe-heros-journey&amp;psig=AOvVaw2fGY-ZeN-RJR6w4NZoiRLi&amp;ust=1538426270752571\">dopeame.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div>For a great 3-minute animated overview of The Journey check out this video:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d1Zxt28ff-E\">The Hero&#8217;s Journey according to Joseph Campbell &#8211; video by Matthew Winkler and Kirill Yeretsky<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The full Moyers-Campbell interview series can be viewed at:<\/p>\n<div>Bill Moyers website &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/billmoyers.com\/series\/joseph-campbell-and-the-power-of-myth-1988\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/billmoyers.com\/series\/joseph-campbell-and-the-power-of-myth-1988\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1538422036414000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFL4UVRtFuVhcW8_bDKOJbHz3UavQ\">https:\/\/billmoyers.com\/<wbr>series\/joseph-campbell-and-<wbr>the-power-of-myth-1988\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>or<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Netflix &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/70281117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/70281117&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1538422036414000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEUlbifmHAu_sPe184YaBtXJczfpg\">https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/<wbr>title\/70281117<\/a><\/div>\n<div>|<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>(This post originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.damondamore.com\">www.damondamore.com<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hero&#8217;s Journey is a sort of &#8216;template&#8217; 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This narrative arc has many applications outside of narrative fiction.&nbsp; I personally use the arc when drafting speeches, working with clients on the trajectory and plan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Takeaways from Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers Interview Series - LegacyMentor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/legacymentor.co\/takeaways-joseph-campbell-bill-moyers-interview-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Takeaways from Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers Interview Series - LegacyMentor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Hero&#8217;s Journey is a sort of &#8216;template&#8217; by which one can track the story and progression of heroes from any genre &#8211; from ancient myths to Harry Potter. 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