Hero on a Mission: A Path to a Meaningful Life by Donald Miller

Hero on a Mission: A Path to a Meaningful Life Reviews

• 
  Linda Galella

  Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy in Donald Miller’s rewrite of A Path to a Meaningful Life: “Hero on a Mission”.
  
  Miller is fully ascribed to logotherapy as the guiding principle for his life. This includes determining the role that God will play in the daily script of your day. If you’re a Christian who believes in the inerrancy of the Bible, this point will be problematic for you.
  
  The entirety of this book is devoted to the pursuit of finding the meaning of life on a daily basis. This is accomplished by how you guide, direct and improve the 4 characters of your life’s story: the villain, victim, hero and guide.
  
  As I read thru the book, much of the information was anecdotal and personal but it also went around in circles. Miller states he wants to accomplish things with his life, tells a story about his family or business but never ties it up to a specific point. I have the same issue with the worksheets. Altho’ there are specific bullet points on them, there aren’t goals to work towards that are measurable. How do individuals measure their progress? For me, it wasn’t by reading about the experiences of famous people that I couldn’t ground to the chapter heading or anything else.
  
  This was a tough read and it left me wanting to know why. Why is this guy an HERO to begin with?📚
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  Amanda Tero

  I have very conflicted feelings about this book. On one level, it was extremely helpful, because it identified victim mindset, villain, hero, and mentor. And yes, I definitely see how I am all of these mindsets at some point in time. It was also helpful to be reminded that sometimes we have more of a role in our choices than what we think we do.
  
  Overall, this stands out to me as a more humanistic book than a biblically Christian book. I realized the author claims to be a Christian, but there are a few quotes that I find do not completely line up with scripture. Or maybe it is just that a little bit more balance is needed.
  
  I would not recommend this to younger readers, because of that lack of balance. Personally, I feel like it takes a little bit of maturity to discern how to apply the helpful elements of this book while still seeking God. After all, Proverbs 16:9 says, “A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.” I do agree that sometimes we blame God for things that we are responsible for… But at the same time, we are to acknowledge God in everything we do. I think that was the part that I felt was missing. It was as if we determine our life regardless of what God thinks we should do.
  
  As a writer, I liked all of the analogies to writing and shaping a plot.
  
  Overall, it was a very motivating book, and I do realize that it has shifted my mindset inand a few things. There’s just some of it that needs to be weighed a little carefully against Scripture.
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  Larka Fenrir

  dnf 33%
  
  Althought the premise of this book was interesting, unfortunately it fails to find its place in the self-help or self-improvment genre.
  The construction of the book doesn't work in more than one aspect, but to summarize it as best as I can, the message is overly abused and conveyed poorly. I can't even excuse it for being part of the genre, because I've read my fair share of books of the same kind (various topics) and it never seemed like they were filled with hot air. There were far too many repetitions, more than I've ever encountered, and after 75 pages it felt like the book still needed to start.
  I'm really sorry for the bad rewiev that doesn't reflect my opinion on the author as person or as a writer, but merely my opinion on something that could have been thought, planned, and executed better.
  
  Rating: ★
  
  
  ***Thank you to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for the digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.***
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  Ryan

  Those of us who started with Miller’s book Blue Like Jazz feel like we’ve grown up with him. You could laugh with him, sometimes laugh at him (in an empathetic way), and then be wowed when he stated a nugget of spiritual wisdom that summed up a heavy truth in a single sentence.
  
  At some point Miller grew up and went into the business world to help others to be successful by helping them find their vision for success. That’s why I was excited to see a non-business book from him again. He’s now married with his first child and does what he did so well in his autobiographical early books, except that he’s grown up. His thought process is in the pages and he’s got a lot on his mind.
  
  Intermingled within his story is a cliff notes version of logotherapy, a type of narrative therapy, from Viktor Frankl. His work really put things into perspective for Miller and for the most part got him to this point where he feels like he’s living the story he’s supposed to live.
  
  The second half of the book is about writing your own story as the hero instead of the victim or villain. His storytelling concepts are solid. However, filling in the forms that he used and/or extreme planning on a calendar doesn’t work for everyone. There’s no accountability in filling out a form or calendar and just doing your best to follow it. Writing your own eulogy can be dark and trying to nail down who you want to be as a hero is not that simple. A licensed therapist would be able to help with these issues and get one going in the right direction. Many people will not live the better story that could be theirs because they haven’t processed what would be the painful preface.
  
  Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins for an ARC of this book.
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  Corbin Wright

  I found this book to be inspiring and meaningful, but what might be even more important is the fact that it is very practical. I see its direct implications on my day-to-day life. Easily one of my favorite books I’ve read this year. Talk to me about it.
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  cameron french

  I had higher expectations for this book but I was left disappointed.
  
  I've followed Donald Miller for years and I've always appreciated his writing. I remember when he shifted gears and started building Storybrand and there were many who were upset. I wasn't. Good for him for taking on new challenges!
  
  But his latest book here "Hero on a Mission" was really disappointing. First, it's really poorly written. Incredibly repetitive, uses the same examples multiple times to make his point, and overuses the word "again", which points to his repeated points. For books like this, having a singular focus is good but what does it take to stretch that singular focus without becoming too reptitive? I felt many of the chapters were put together without much thought on how it actually flowed. The uses of keywords were inconsistent (guide, hero, victim, villain), and the whole story metaphor fell flat.
  
  It still got two stars because there are some great principles in the book. Developing a life plan, breaking those down into one, five, and ten-year visions are all really vital to living a meaningful life. Even the part on how to write a eulogy I found interesting. But there wasn't really any momentum to the book and felt as though this could have been better written or produced in some sort of alternative format, such as an email journey.
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  Amberly Dueck

  This book doesn’t release till January of next year, but I was thrilled to be able to read it through NetGalley.
  
  When I first learned that Donald Miller had left behind his memoir style of writing, I was disappointed to say the least. But, after finishing this book I couldn’t be happier about it. Just like his memoirs, this book is filled with amazing thoughts and quoteable lines. One of my favorites is: How many people sit in church pews hearing lectures about God only to return home feeling restless? And why? Perhaps it is because we do not experience meaning by studying meaning. Rather, we experience meaning by taking action. Even Jesus said “Follow me” rather than “Study me”.
  
  This book laid out practical steps for changing your life and the world around you for the better while being very honest about how hard it will be. I can appreciate that since many similar books on this subject tend to be shallow self-help sagas with unrealistic ideals.
  
  I’m definitely excited to own a physical copy of this book!
  
  
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  Andrea

  We grow up. Go to school. Search for a job. Get married. Have kids….then what? At some point life stops handing us pre-written cultural scripts and it’s up to us to create our next story.
  
  OH CRAP. I’m at the age where, in 3.5 short years, I will have a story with no plot. I will need to discover my next adventure. Define my dreams. Do I even have more dreams? This all sounds like big decisions and hard work.
  
  I’m putting this book down for now (more than half way through) to think on things. It’s starting to become workbook-like and I need to settle my thoughts. Also, picking up Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, which is praised often in this book, might not be the worst idea.
  
  Donald Miller’s A Million Miles In A Thousand years was a game changer for me. I’m grateful for his perspective.
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  Brian

  A good self-improvement book that uses the power of storytelling as its main concept. It has some useful concepts that I found inspiring, like writing your own eulogy.
  It's not a long book, but I felt like it could have been 30-40% shorter than where it landed.
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  Grant Klinefelter

  I really want to know Donald Miller. I enjoyed this book - never to the extent of his old work - but it was good nonetheless.
  
  The book in sum: there are four characters in life we can play—Victim, Villain, Hero, and Guide. Each day we have the choice to live into one of these identities in each area of our life. We all want to be heroes and guides. But you can only be a guide if you’ve lived long enough as a hero. And you can only be a hero if you cultivate daily habits that nurture a hero mentality and lifestyle.
  
  Don pulls heavily on Viktor Frankl (as he did in Scary Close) to show that we must have a purpose bigger than ourselves to give our lives to. Without this, we fail to garner narrative traction and we exist in an existential vacuum until we find something to give our lives to.
  
  But bigger-than-life purpose doesn’t happen naturally for most people. It must be nurtured. Don’s “path to a meaningful life” comes through this morning ritual: reading his eulogy, reviewing his 10-, 5-, and 1-year goals, and setting daily goals.
  
  By writing our eulogy, as strange as it sounds, it allows us to reflect on who we want to be. By reviewing it, we seek to create cognitive dissonance between who we are and who we hope to be and this motivated us to live into the person we want to be.
  
  I was skeptical of writing my own eulogy. It just felt weird. But to my surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. I don’t know if I’ll read it daily, but I definitely plan to review it regularly and amend it as I grow and transform.
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  Becky L Long

  Audiobook. Loved the course of the same title inside business made simple University. I've been a member for a year and a half. However I'm pretty disappointed with this book. Donald Miller is clearly still in the honeymoon phase of his marriage and fatherhood and spent the majority of the book repeating how important family and raising the next generation is and that having a kid changed all his life goals. Kinda. If you have the option to take the course do that and skip the book. If you can get past the repetitive "family is soooo important" piece of the book it has a decent plan to get your life on track.
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  Jehan

  I read this on behalf of a non-profit organization I’m closely connected to - trying to determine if it would be a good supplemental book to add to our existing curriculum. What I didn’t expect was to find it highly applicable to my own personal stage of wrestling with meaning and purpose as my children get older and need me less. It was also extremely timely as there are just a few days left before a new year begins and I am contemplating goals and resolutions. A little bit of a slow start but I highly recommend!!
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  Jens

  Really liked the comparison of one's life with writing a storyline. The Hero in every story is not perfect, but moves forward towards a goal. Otherwise, if the hero starts feeling like a victim and stops moving forward, the story gets boring. Are you making your life an interesting story? Interestingly enough to jump out of bed each morning?
  No one is a Hero or a Victim all the time. Circumstances can push us around and infuse us with victim or hero energy. For me, books such as this one are a major source of Hero energy. They play as Guide in my life.
  The practical part of the book is a bit too cheap for my liking: just another habit tracker.
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  Justin Watson

  I love the passion and encouragement this book offers. It caused me to want to create a life of meaning with its balance of take-the-hill-ambition and grounded compassion and humility. I’m in. I’m going to create and live a story that is meaningful!
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  Jonathan Evans

  Finding meaning in life is talked about and inspired but here, Miller goes a step farther - he gives you a system to write the life you want to have. Heroes face their trials and defects and transform in the process. What are you facing that this book will help you overcome?
• 
  Mitchell Capps

  For Donald Miller completists only.
  
  Someone placed an abridged and illustrated copy of Blue Like Jazz in my hand in high school and I was floored by its poetry. When I realized it was only a highlight reel of a complete memoir I made the trip to Books-A-Million to pick it up. It was flanked by Through Painted Deserts and Searching For God Knows What, the former of which I picked up and read one page of before buying instead. As I gained a dollar or two in the lawn mowing game I finally picked up his whole collection and his books changed the way I lived and thought. They were highly formative to my early faith in terms of how it interacted with life. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years continued that trend and even Scary Close I found to be quite powerful. I always felt like I was tracking with Don whether it was sleeping nights in his vehicle, having a crisis of faith in an after hours car wash, or leaving bachelorhood behind. His good-natured and winsome melancholy was relatable.
  
  Then came the business books. How do you go from a title like Blue Like Jazz to Business Made Simple. Marketing Made Simple. And the much more offensive Building a Story Brand (such that it capitalizes on the heart of A Million Miles...). Had Miller sold out?
  
  A friend and longtime Miller fan like myself invited my wife and I to read Miller's new book with her. I was excited that it didn't apparently have a business bend but it did have an atrocious title. A few pages in it became clear that Don had gone full self-help. But Don't still in there for sure. He goofs off some and he challenges the reader in surprising ways. He has some wise things to say about taking personal responsibility and doing something with your one beautiful life. His work excels when he's giving details about his faithful dog's last days or his daughter's first ones. There's a wellspring of potential in his accounts of his retreat-like home and its visitors but all are used sparingly. Metaphors and examples repeat themselves to make other versions of the same point, but again, all generally helpful material.
  
  There's a few moments throughout the book where Don self-actualizes aloud. He says he knows there are people who say they miss the old Don (hand raised) but that he doesn't. The old Don wasn't happy. The old Don was frequently living in that "victim energy" (gag). And it's in these moments that he wins me over again. Because to that I can relate. I know that the person I am today is a drag and that I'm not out trying to tear the world down anymore and that I sleep nights now. But the person I am now, while kind of a drag, is a healthier person. It's the rocky but better transition from Into the Wild to It's a Wonderful Life (the favorite move of both Don and myself). Hopefully we all pass through the victim to hero transition eventually and enter into the dull hero to guide era in due time (dodging that ever lurking villain all the while).
  
  And when the next Miller book drops I'm certain to buy it again (assuming it's not Analytics Made Simple). Me personally, I'm sweating the novel he teased.
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  Jung

  Heroes don’t sit around and wait for things to happen. Instead, they make things happen through taking action. Once you start acting in pursuit of your goals, you’ll likely encounter pain and challenges. You can use these hardships to transform yourself into a tougher, wiser person.
  
  And here’s some more actionable advice:
  
  Check out Donald's website!
  
  If you’d like to find out more about how you can apply Donald Miller’s tips and techniques for heroism to your daily life, then you can visit his website at businessmadesimple.com.
  
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  Create different life plans and look at them each morning.
  
  Writing your own eulogy is an intense experience. After you’ve completed it, you might feel tempted to put it safely away in a desk drawer, and never look at it again. But this would be a waste of its potential. In fact, Donald Miller looks over his eulogy every morning, and he advises you to do the same.
  
  Reading over your eulogy every day will help to keep your mind focused on your long-term vision for your life. But make no mistake: simply looking at your road map isn’t enough to get you there. You’re also going to need some additional directions to help you on your way. With this in mind, Donald Miller has put together some other tools you can use to map out your heroic journey in detail. Specifically, he recommends compiling three separate action plans for your life: a ten year plan, a five year plan, and a one year plan. These plans will help you envision exactly what you want to accomplish during these time frames.
  
  As we’ve already discovered, our lives can be thought of as stories. You can develop your own narrative by thinking about what each of your plans would be called if they were to be made into a movie. David Miller’s five year plan, for instance, would be called Leaving a Legacy, because that is exactly what he intends to focus on over the next five years.
  
  But what should you include? Again, we can look to great novels and movies for inspiration. Consider that every great story has interesting subplots to keep the audience engaged and entertained. Your own story needs some subplots, too. These could include anything from your community, to your family, to your friends, to your career. Write a bullet list of goals for each of these areas of your life, and don’t forget to include what action you’re going to take to make them a reality.
  
  Once you’ve written a plan for the next 12 months, five years, and ten years, keep these documents together with your eulogy. Make it a part of your morning routine to spend time quietly contemplating these humble sheets of paper. For they contain more than your hopes and dreams; they are also your manual for living an action-packed, heroic life, all of your own making.
• 
  Bill Zoelle

  This book is similar to many in the self help genre. It's the same 'begin with the end in mind and make a plan to achieve it' style of guidance that many others employ. Donald is an accomplished storyteller and that comes through in this book. He also excels at marketing and self promotion. The Hero on a Mission worksheet is an effective lead generation tool that also provides a framework for those who prefer more guidance in this process.
  
  It is very clear to me that Donald is an extrovert. His love of people comes through in his stories and examples for creating meaning in your hero's journey. It felt at times like Donald was running for office or writing an autobiography than creating a framework that was broadly accessible. I would have liked to have heard more examples of celebrating the small things people can do or even examples of ways in which introverts or those with disabilities can enrich their lives and the lives of others. As an ambivert, some of the stories about opening your home to neighbors or people of a shared interest was both intriguing and anxiety inducing.
  
  I'm drawn to minimalism and generally that which is understated. As I listened to some of the more grand examples of people creating lives of meaning it reminded me of the small things go underappreciated.
  
  Some small things that came to mind when listening to this book:
  - Hide
  painted rocksfor people to stumble upon. (my coworker does this)
  - Listen to someone with your full attention.
  - If someone made a difference in your life – tell them.
  - Call/text someone you suspect may be down or lonely.
  - Include someone who is often overlooked.
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  Meagan

  This was a really ... interesting ... read on a few levels, lol.
  
  I read "Blue Like Jazz" back in the day, and recall loving it (it's on my "to be re-read" list). I'll admit I was a little sad that he moved on to writing for other genres (I totally fall into that group, which he calls out a little bit in this book--but not in a bad way!), so was really excited by this read. I'd read Viktor Frankl's book "Man's Search for Meaning" in 2021, and seeing Miller use it as a base absolutely piqued my interest--and excitement, for that matter. It's am incredible book.
  
  But, I had a few problems with this read. "Becoming a better version of yourself" was on constant repeat; another admission: that phrase frankly drives me batty at this point--overused in books and social media, not to mention it places the center of the universe squarely on each individual person/reader's doorstep, But ... the center of the universe is God. So that displacement, paired with looking to ourselves/the human race for meaning with little mention of God ... was disheartening.
  
  The read did call me to task on a few things, and I certainly felt convicted while reading the section on victimhood. But, the above really prevented me from fully enjoying the read or pursuing the planner/worksheets (which normally are things I am a BIG fan of).
  
  I received an eARC of the book from the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.
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  Graham Bates

  Donald Miller has revamped his writing into new territory which is something many writers fail to do. Having read two of his memoirs (Blue Like Jazz and Scary Close) I can say for certain this book is a very different yet keeps much of what I enjoyed about the previous ones.
  
  Hero on a Mission is the product of what Miller has coined "Storybrand," a business marketing strategy that places the business as the guide helping their customers become the heros of their own lives. He has a dedicated podcast to this idea which I have subscribed to for nearly a decade. This book becomes the personalization of that strategy originally conceived for commercial entities.
  
  Miller's writing style is gorgeous and you find yourself visualizing most of what he describes due to his master storytelling ability. It's easy to read and he includes many tools to help you apply what he suggests. The advice is sound, helping people take control of their lives by helping them examine what they wish to be at the end of it.
  
  The only knock is that since Donald has dedicated the last decade to these ideas it's hard to enter his world throughHero on a Mission. You feel as if you are entering book 6 of a series and there's a lot you missed. Therefore I would suggest starting with Building a StoryBrand which helps you understand the foundations upon which this book is written.
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  Francis Djabri

  I found myself put off by the title of this book and it took me a long time to get around to reading it. A lot of my philosophy goes against living mentally in the future or locating the value of your life to some point that you haven’t reached yet and living forever “en route”. I’m tired of relentless maximizing and using every spare minute for “growth” and “transformation”. I’ve long since learnt that these are traps that lead to anxiety and dissatisfaction.
  
  And yet luckily I’d read the author’s earlier work “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years”, which eloquently made the case about the power of story to enrich one’s life. Since reading that, I’ve always held a tension between striving towards goals and radical self-acceptance for the way things are. I had a feeling that the key lay in embracing the paradox of holding both positions at once.
  
  In many ways, this book is an update to his earlier work. It’s more practical, but definitely less fun to read. Donald Miller has since become an author of management books, and this book has that kind of feel. It has very little of the charm that made “A Million Miles…” such a good read. So it left me feeling a bit cold, but maybe that’s not a bad thing. There’s a tendency to be a bit sniffy about books that offer practical advice, and this book has that in spades.
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  Krystal

  To begin, I first saw this as a Facebook ad, and really that should have told me not to bother, but I got it through the library, so I wasn’t out any money.
  
  This is the book equivalent of “a meeting that could have been an email”. It’s a book that could have been an email (or website). Oh wait. There is one! Littered thought out the book are QR codes (6 of them) and constant direction to go to HeroOnAMission.com. I actually did this when I opened the book (there’s a QR code on the first page). And that was a spoiler in itself as that was the entire reason for getting the book.
  
  I read Chapter 1, and didn’t care for the author voice (I found it annoying) and super repetitive, pretty much word for word over and over. So I skipped the rest of section 1.
  
  Section 2 begins with Eulogies which are triggering topic for me. I skipped that one, then the next THREE chapters are also on Eulogies?! Is there really that much to say? I found that excessive.
  
  Finally the goal setting! And guess what? More harping on the eulogy.
  
  The sections in the goal setting template are pretty self explanatory so a skimming of the sections describing them was all that was needed.
  
  Sad to say that overall, I was underwhelmed. It had such a great possibility.
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  Veronika

  Motivačné knihy nezvyknem čítať. Nie že by mi vadil tento žáner, ale málokedy sa stane, že by ma nejaká zaujala bez pocitu, že je to len slniečkarska kniha, ktorá by mi mohla niečo dať, nejak ma posunúť v myslení.
  
  Misia lepší život ma zaujala hneď svojim spracovaním a pohľadom autora na život resp. osobnosť, ktorá v živote hrá určitú rolu. S myšlienkou, že o lepší život sa môže každý postarať sám čo i len malými krokmi, sa úplne stotožňujem. Život treba tráviť s ľuďmi, na ktorých nám záleží, s ktorými trávime čas radi hoci by to bol len úzky kruh ľudí. Radšej pár správnych ľudí ako veľa falošných a neprajných. Využiť každý deň na niečo zmysluplné, do čoho sa oplatí investovať energiu, zbierať zážitky a život žiť a nie len prežívať, prekonávať sa a výzvy brať pozitívne. Aj pády a čierne chvíle zobrať z tej lepšej strany, ako ponaučenie, školu a pretaviť to na pozitívnu skúsenosť.
  
  Veľmi poučné čítanie, nenásilne a zrozumiteľne podaný "návod" na lepší život, ktorý ja praktizujem už nejaký čas a dýcha sa mi o čosi lepšie :)
  Ak máte pocit, že stagnujete a nedarí sa vám, túto publikáciu od @grada_sk vám odporúčam. Jasné, že to nie je žiadne zázračné riešenie na vaše problémy, ale možno práve v tejto knihe nájdete nájdete prvý malý krok, ktorým ten zázrak odštartujete.
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  Jonathan Tony

  The first half gives a lot of great thoughts and insight on taking control of your life vs. the mentality that fate will do the work for you. A lot of good motivation and ideas on how to change your perspective. The second half is a bit more like a workbook (and there is an accompanying workbook/website that I plan to utilize), so it gets a little away from the elements that I think make Miller a great writer.
  
  But it's a quick read and I enjoyed it. Going to try to put some of the things I learned into practice. As with a lot of these types of books, I think sometimes the successful people can pitch it like a pyramid scheme. "I made it and so can you... and I need you to believe you can make it or you won't keep following me." It kind of feels like this at times. (But I don't see Miller as that type of person as I've followed him for years.)
  
  There were views I don't agree with in the book or advice that doesn't line up to my life goals or my worldview. But if you've never stopped to consider the story you're living, and the WHY behind WHAT you're doing - this book is incredibly powerful to make you do some hard thinking on your life.
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  Kaylin Worthington

  I love Donald Miller, and this story, similar to my favorite book of his (A Million Miles in a Thousand Years), talks about what it takes to make your life a great story. There are usually 4 characters: a victim, a villain, a hero, and a guide. We can choose to be any of the first 3, and very rarely is anyone a true victim. We have agency over our own lives, and life becomes more meaningful when we don’t give everything to fate. Even Victor Frankl, who wrote “A Man’s Search for Meaning,” found meaning and purpose and hero-like characteristics while being tortured during the Holocaust. Everyone can create a life of meaning, if they are intentional. Miller outlines through his resources how we can encapsulate hero energy. And then one day, we can become a seasoned guide, someone who continues to find meaning by passing on the knowledge of previous trials and tribulations to future generations. It all comes down to our mindset. We all have a legacy to create. Will we go out and create it?
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  Mary

  I like the simple premise of this book of the archetypes that we embody in our lifetime. I'm glad to have heard it in audiobook format, read by the author. It speaks from a business model, but it is similar to the path of many self-help books for you to achieve goals or find your way. It's simplified all the other self-help books out there that I've read. Especially like how he described the villain character and how villains have minions. He gave examples from movies and books helped his concepts be understood.
  His plan is also simple in terms of doing one to two things daily. Using himself as an example of how to do it was realistic and helpful. The simple daily planner made me want to start being disciplined enough to do it. Although with how busy life gets the actual job, family, and other obligations, I don't know how feasible it will be for most people. It seemed to me that the author was a self-employed individual who could set his own schedule and be as disciplined as he wanted without being on anyone else's time.
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  Ryan Rodriquez

  Clearly defined roles provide structure for our lives. Whether those roles are in being a parent, a student, an employee, a teammate, an entrepreneur, or even an author. The roles we define for ourselves define who we are, but not forever...
  
  In his newest book, Hero on a Mission, Donald Miller explains how we slip into the different roles of villain, victim, hero, and guide multiple times throughout our lives. But not only that, multiple times throughout the day! He explains that only by becoming consciously aware of who we are in these roles can we make a conscious effort in the people we CHOOSE to be.
  
  Not only does Miller explain these roles beautifully and how to identify them, he provides a strategy along with tools he personally created that we can utilize every day to make sure we are living the narrative that we want to live. He reveals how we are ultimately writing our own story. Every day.
  
  Read Hero on a Mission and learn how to take the reins in your own life story and as Donald would say, "put something on the plot."