“It is only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.”
- Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces
In his book, “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, Joseph Campbell describes The Hero’s Journey, a series of steps each hero of a story needs to overcome in order to fulfill his journey and destiny. Campbell describes the specifics that so many great story arcs hit to give a compelling and thoughtful narrative to some of the great heroes of all time. Without going too far down the rabbit hole, each hero must overcome self doubt, the challenges of those nearest and dearest, and an increasingly difficult set of external trials and tribulations to complete their journey.