Developing Your Hero, Part 1: Finding Your Inner Child Again

Christopher Bartley
1 min readJul 17, 2020

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Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

In this 9-part series I’ll show you how to reinvent yourself as the protagonist (the hero) of your own real-life story. And I’ll do it 100 words at a time. Take control of your narrative again.

Find Your Inner Child Again

As a kid, Tony Robbins wanted to be an archaeologist. Today, he digs in the minds of people, as he unearths the reasons behind their motives. I wanted to be a chemist. The idea of mixing chemicals to “poof up” new ones was exciting. And I was enamored with the white lab coat. The forefather of chemistry is alchemy, the “pseudoscience” of turning base metals into gold or a universal elixir. And I do this today. I love taking common ideas and events and fusing them together to create a golden concept or universal lesson. What was your childhood ambition?

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Christopher Bartley
Christopher Bartley

Written by Christopher Bartley

I write where UX Design and the Hero’s Journey meet. There, you’ll find redemption for the soul and system. https://antihero.substack.com

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