Greetings, hero! I think, when I set back and take a second to take it all in, that one of the most astounding things about

Greetings, hero! Deep breath in, and hold. Count to 3, let it go. Do you notice anything? I did. I saw my pen and ink

Greetings, hero! Who are you?  No, really, who are you? Because I find my answer to that questions changes just about every time I ask

Greetings, hero! Do or do not, there is no try. Those are familiar words from a familiar mentor, words that have been quoted and misquoted

Greetings, hero! I’ve yet to face an age in which a certain percentage of the population didn’t believe the world was in dramatic decline.  It’s

Greetings, hero! Some virtues are obvious.  It’s hard to imagine a villain who is particularly generous, hard to conceive of some great evil that values

Greetings, hero! I don’t know the exact nature of your current circumstances, but I can make a pretty good educated guess: you are busy. Your

Greetings, hero! My favorite thing about my job (this ‘mentoring heroes’ business) is the front row seat to the lives of heroes. Yet as the

Greetings, hero! I write to you today of a very strange varietal of creature—not quite a monster, though they can develop into them sometimes, one

Greetings, hero! I often am asked, what makes a hero? What are the key elements that make someone ready to face a dangerous path and

Greetings, hero! I will admit—this is probably the 5th opening line to this letter I’ve tried. It’s a constant struggle, one that feels especially hard

Greetings, hero! I have a secret to tell—one that I’m afraid could get me in quite a bit of trouble. See, this mentor business, it

Greetings, hero! There’s the days we all dream about: the moment when the of our favorite stories takes the crown, or the moment where they

Greetings, hero! Now I know many of you don’t love being addressed as ‘hero’. And the critical reader might ask, if these letters are addressed

Greetings, hero! I love heroes—all of them, and everything about them. I love their journeys, their stories, and the trials they face, big and small.

Greetings, hero! I’m afraid my letter today is unusually dark. I do my best to always be the encouraging voice, the mentor who shows up

Greetings, hero! Now right off the bat, I have to apologize for the latin. I’ve never really been fond of people who intentionally quote things

Greetings, hero! As the Mentor, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in the position of breaking the news to people. See, being

Greetings, hero! And just like that, we are into the New Year. The old is gone, as last year is now forever relegated to the

Greetings, hero! You’ve done it! You braved the treacherous roads and perilous paths of 2020, winding their way through the same twelve months in a

Greetings, hero! As I write this letter, I know many of the people who would normally read it will not—and with good reason. They’re off

Greetings, hero! Today, I have to spill the beans. As a traveler of all the great worlds, I can safely say there aren’t enough words

Greetings, hero!  It seems like it was just yesterday when I was reminding a hero that mentors never arrive early, or late, but precisely when

Greetings, hero! Today, I want to teach you a very important lesson: how to completely fail at your goal by just about every conceivable metric,

Greetings, hero! Today is Tuesday—a Tuesday on a week much like any other, a week in a month of a year that hasn’t exactly played

Greetings, hero! I have to come clean: today’s letter is titled “the secret shame”, yet I don’t actually think there’s anything that secret about it.

Greetings, hero! In all my time, and all my travels, I’ve heard a lot of theories, ideas, and plans, all related to one underlying question—how

Greetings, hero! I want you to try something with me—right here, right now. Take a deep breath in, let it out slowly, and listen: what

Greetings, Hero! Today, as I sit and write this letter, I’ve had to write and rewrite this opening line countless times. I can’t for the

Greetings, hero! I have to say, today’s letter is a little difficult to write. As the Mentor, I can’t tell you how many heroes I’ve

Greetings, Hero! I have to confess that for all of my attempts to be the mysterious wizard with a great plan (and a spell or

Greetings, Hero! As the mentor, I’m forever in the hero business, helping people become the heroes of their story with the occasional nudge in the

Greetings, Hero! Today’s letter is a bit of a paradox—because while it’s piece of advice, it’s about the exact dangers of taking advice, or at

Greetings, Hero! Anyone who has undertaken any endeavour in life, from the most epic of quests to the simple tasks, like cleaning out an old

Greetings, Hero! For today’s letter, I’m not sharing a piece of advice or insight about one of my favorite heroes—instead, I thought I would share

Greetings, Hero! I can’t tell you how many times someone, usually the brooding, tough-love type, has said to me, “Good intentions aren’t enough.” And in

Greetings, Hero! I’ve heard it said that the difference between knowledge and wisdom is this: knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit, wisdom is

Greetings, Hero! I think one of the defining things about Mentors is their impeccable sense of timing. I think it was Gandalf who said “A

Greetings, Hero! I have a confession to make about this letter—one I hope you’re willing to forgive. Every week, I try to write about the

Greetings, Hero! Fear. It’s one of the great unifying human experiences. Whether it’s jumping off a diving board for the first time, learning how to

Greetings, Hero! I find myself reflecting today on one of my favorite quotes about heroes. But it’s a bit of a pesky quote, in part

Greetings, Hero! I must confess to being so far behind the times that I couldn’t tell you if today’s topic is long-lost or largely misunderstood—or

Greetings, Hero! Today, I want to share a secret with you. In fact, it might be the most important secret of all time. It’s been

Greetings, Hero! Today’s letter touches on the darker side of every great story. Every great story involves many of the same moments—setting out on from

Greetings, hero! I must confess I have a deep love for most things with feathers. Feather dusters, feather hats, and the seemingly endless stream of

Greetings, Hero! I hope today’s letter finds you well, as it was a difficult one to write. Not because of length, or because I kept

Greetings, Hero! With just about everyone stuck at home, I’ve had plenty of time to revisit some of the heroes I’ve helped along the way.

Greetings, Hero! I can’t say I have any particular great love for the news—it feels like every time one of my heroes gets too deep

Greetings, Hero! I need to address something today, and I hope I’m not too late. You may have noticed something on your journey: movement out

Greetings, Hero. It seems we’ve made a major mistake in your training—it’s my fault. I assumed too much, but even so, I was shocked that

Greetings, hero! It is with the gravest tone I write to inform you that I have learned we have an imposter in our ranks. I

Greetings, Hero. What strange times we find ourselves in! I’m writing to warn you of a great disease—a virus I haven’t seen in years, spreading