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1. Choose The
Right Tools For
The Job

2. One of the usual elements of the
"Hero's Journey" is some kind of tool.

3. If you aren't familiar with the Hero's
Journey, it's what Joseph Campbell
discovered several years ago.

4. Most myths have the same basic
structure, and contain the same basic
elements.

5. Some normal guy gets pulled (usually
against his will) into some kind of
adventure, in which he has to conquer
some kind of evil force or person.

6. And he usually gets certain tools along
the way, and usually creates a close
group of helpful friends.

7. It's amazing how many stories have
this blueprint in popular movies and
TV.

8. Even goofy (but popular) TV shows like
"Chuck" have this same model.

9. Crucial to most fictional (and real)
Hero Journeys is some kind of tool.

10. Chuck (if you're familiar) had the
"Intersect."

11. Harry Potter had his wand.

12. Luke had his light saber.

13. Dorothy, from the wizard of Oz, had
her ruby slippers.

14. Spartacus (in the recent TV series) had
his sword and shield.

15. Even Walter White had his meth lab.

16. Tools are essential to human life.

17. It's what makes us unique. We use
tools to make more tools, to make
even more tools.

18. Toasters, cars, shoes, all can be
considered "tools" that we use to
make life easier.

19. On a deep psychological level, we see
tools in the same mental category as
we see other people.

20. For example, linguists have discovered
that the prepositions we use with
words determine what kind of
category that word belongs to.

21. Fall "in" love. Love is a some kind of
container. (in).

22. "Defend" an argument. Arguments are
war. (defend).

23. We went "over" that problem.
Problems are obstacles. (over).

24. I went the store "with" my friend.
Friends are companions. (with).

25. I cut the bread "with" the knife. Tools
are also companions. (with).

26. Without tools, it's just us, our hands,
and the cold hard world.

27. Even our hands are considered tools,
or companions. (I built my business
with my bare hands).

28. But with tools we can do quite a bit.

29. Build cities.

30. Cure diseases.

31. Create beautiful works of art that will
be enjoyed for generations.

32. Walk on the moon.

33. What tools do you use?

34. Of course, it can be tough to choose
the right tool before you know what
the job is.

35. So a better question might be, what
kind of life are you building? (Life is a
"creation." You build it).

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