Mythical Mindset

We are all leaders; leaders of our homes, in our workplaces, leaders of ourselves in decisions, and actions. Being leaders also makes us heroes because our choices, actions and achievements affect other people.

However, many people may find it challenging to navigate through lives choices because of background, family influence, childhood, peer, immediate environment or other externalities.

Not being able to tap into your masculinity which is in everyone both male and female means wrong choices, and bad leadership. This affects the individual both personally and otherwise.

Not being able to tap into the archetypes we will discuss here makes many people live below their potentials and also hinders people from influencing people around them beneficially.

To treat this topic better, we have invited here a special guest on Master Visionary, to get you from stress to success, to leadership, and to achieve your goals.

His name is Eric Rogell; he is the Host of Warriors Lovers Kings and Heroes podcast. He is the producer of the complete men’s summit and a best-selling author and mentor creating bold, inspirational leaders who can ignite motivation, vision and purpose in their teams. He is a lifestyle journalist who travels the world and writes for publications including discovery channel and Men’s fitness magazines.

From a ton of interviews with leaders, athletes, entrepreneurs and other reputable people including military vets, he has gathered insights of the traits in character that have allowed these men achieve the great feat of being good leaders. Since then, Eric has been committed to helping men step into their greatness as great leaders, husbands and fathers, and most importantly teaching them how to create other leaders.

Can you tell us your personal Story? Where it all started?

Everything all started with my journey, and it all comes down to our Hero’s journey. Mine started years ago when I was raised by a single mom who divorced when I was 12. My dad was there, but my mom raised me. All the while, she was protective, I was raised to be soft and tender, always about fear and anxiety.

I was raised to be very cautions. But as a boy, it just did not feel right, I wanted to explore many things, and I started this path to find my journey to manhood. From there, I looked for guides and mentors, and along that way, I found perfect men who became an incredible part of my life.

I am still on the journey, and we are all on the journey, we all have a hero’s Story. And while we pass through this journey, there are archetypes that we make up the whole journey.

I also found out that having some failures starts us on this path of heroic leadership.

Despite our Individuality, are there some commonalities for people on this path of Heroic Leadership?

Independence and Individuality is phenomenal. I always tell my interviewers one thing about every myth and every Story – for you to become the king, a king has to die. These kings don’t have to die physically. It can be a problem or a challenge that has to die in our mind for us to walk our heroic journey.

I tell people to look back on their biggest challenges, their most spectacular, blazing failures as the most significant and most crucial step in their journey.

When faced with challenges, ask, what you have gained, what are your biggest challenges, what have your learned, and what have you found out about yourself.

What are some of the struggles faced by Kings and People who are already in their Heroic Journey?

One of the fears I have noticed in these people is their fear of failure. Many fear to fail as leaders. But you don’t need to look at it as a failure but as an experience. I once worked with a company with the logo “fail forward fast.”

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, break stuff, try things, and LEARN.

Secondly, being seen as wrong. Most people do not want to admit being wrong, and this is limiting because it doesn’t give them the opportunity to learn. It also gets them out of their comfort zone.

How do you help the stress responses you see in People when you tell them to fail forward?

Removing the signal of failure by failing forward is about the mindset. We call it mythical mindset because if you look at the stories and myths of heroes, they ultimately become heroes after facing their challenges, some of which they don’t overcome, but learn. When you remove the variable of failure, the stress goes away.

I was opportune to be at a tech start-up in San Francisco, and one of the things I learned was that start-up investors always looked out for people who have a failure(s) under their belt. This is because they have faced more challenges and can easily get out of their situations.

You need to remove the stigma of failure and see it more like a fuel for success.

How did you cancel out the noise of many niches to find yours?

Having self-confidence in yourself is part of that mindset. I talk about archetypes of the warrior, Lover, king and queen. The warrior is always on a mission, and every other thing is not so important.

I had to get over doing only what other people suggested, and follow my instincts. The thing with making such decisions is to know where people are coming from.

If someone is coming at you, they can come in a form where they seem to attack your ideas, try to drive you towards fear, sometimes, this can also mean that you are doing something great hence the attack.

One of the things that has helped me navigate through my life are core values. In everything I preach, I always talk about having core values. There are seven important core values which I also call the ‘sacred-seven’ core values and I believe that everyone should live with core values.

These core values are; Courage, Honesty, Integrity, Commitment, Honor, Duty and Love.

Have purpose – which is the warrior archetype- when you can do this, every other thing will pop off because it is just noise and distraction.

One of my core values I will love to talk about is Honor. Sometimes we get jealous or uncomfortable with other people’s success that we fail to learn from them. When you resist someone, they have the most to teach you.

Usually what we resist in other people is what we resist in ourselves, we are just a mirror of ourselves. When I come across someone who bothers me, I always ask myself, “what is it that bothers me about this person, in me.” this is one way we can create an opportunity for growth.

How can people control stressful situations and continue growing?

There is this saying that your mind is your biggest enemy. I have a thing when I work with men called ‘brains vs balls,’ most of our actions comes from our heart and emotions.

When we have a myriad of thoughts that puts us into stress, we need to stand back, and figure out where these thoughts are coming from, is it coming from an ego that wants to be protected, or is it coming from a rational fear.

You need to take a look at where your thoughts are coming from, think about why your mind has such fear, and that comes down to you commanding your mind and not your mind commanding you. This is how you can change your fears to fuel, and apply one of the core values above which is courage.

Some people fear even success – questions like what will happen when I get there, what will happen when I can’t control it. These fears are irrational, and we need to discern them when they come creeping.

Eric Rogell admits; “I do feel myself ask questions like am I really good enough?”, and this is the same for many celebrities and leaders that I have interviewed. They have the fame, the achievements, but they begin to feel less of themselves, they feel insecure because of some blemishes and limitations like impostor syndrome. Some feel they don’t deserve everything.

Can you share the most important points that people need to hear in their situation right now?

I will liken what I have to say to Golf. Golf is a simple game – put the ball in a hole with a stick – but difficult to master. This is the same as the archetypes that I teach. They are very simple in principles, but you need to master them to be a Hero which is the ultimate results of following this principle.

The four archetypes are the Warrior, Lover, King/Queen, which in combination gets us to be Hero’s.

The warrior archetype is that part of us that drives us to move forward. I also refer to it as the masculine energy within all of us both men and women. This masculine energy drives us with the courage to face situations head-on. It is our ambitious self, and some of the words that can describe it include; Visionary, unstoppable, Heroic, courageous, independent, brave, which are the things that get us moving forward.

When I teach females how to tap into this archetype positively, I find out that it is very freeing for them. We need to tap into our warrior archetype to get going.

The second archetype is the Lover, this is that feminine energy that we all have. This is the archetype that nurtures growth. Some of the features that best describe these archetypes are; wise, caring, supportive, generous, inspiring, abundant, creative, irresistible, which also is applicable for both male and female.

If you can lead with the warrior archetype and then lead with the Lover, that is when you become the king and Queen. Lead, support, and you will become someone that people will follow.

Finally, is the Hero. When you are a King and Queen, you have an ego. The Hero archetype is all about developing the positive side of your ego because there are positive and negative egos. When you drop the negative ego and build a positive ego which is selfless service for others, then you are a hero.

The biggest part of Heroic leadership is creating other Kings and Queens.

Where can people find more of you and your works?

There are a couple of places, you can visit my podcast page www.WLKHpodcast.com. There are a lot of great podcasts that can change your life and set you on a heroic journey. You can also check www.thecompletemanssummit.com which is an interview of 40 men who are top in their field that will give you a lot of insights.