You can see the same structure underlying the voyage of the titular princess of Moana, who has to heed the call to adventure and go out past the reef. In 'Harry Potter,' the hero's journey plays out progressively over seven books, resulting in a final battle, but each book also cycles through the journey on a micro scale.

Lucas deliberately wrote 'Star Wars' so that Luke Skywalker followed the steps of a hero's journey, from crossing into the extraordinary world to surviving a culminating ordeal.

Rowling of 'Harry Potter' follow the path of the hero's journey in their respective epics, leaving different impressions within the common cultural footprints that Campbell illuminated. For Dalio, that final stage is marked by sharing the knowledge, or 'principles,' he's obtained through his journey.Ĭampbell's work has led to lasting influence: Master storytellers like George Lucas of 'Star Wars' and J. He uncovered this 'monomyth' through studying the folklore and cosmology of religions and cultures the world over. The book was written by the comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell in 1949, and it's influenced popular culture ever since.Īccording to Campbell, the journey begins with accepting a call to action, going through trials and explorations into the unknown, and then bringing back the wisdom gained from those adventures to the community. The Bridgewater Associates founder and co-CIO now says he's transitioning to the final stage of his 'hero's journey,' a concept outlined in 'The Hero With a Thousand Faces,' a book Dalio's son Paul recommended to him in 2014. 'I've evolved to the stage where to have others successful without me being successful is the most beautiful thing I can do,' Dalio recently said in an interview with Business Insider. Ray Dalio says he wants to help people more than he wants his own success.

Dalio's son, Paul Dalio, recommended the book to him in 2014, and Dalio found it useful to identify where he is along the journey, and where he's headed.

The book, published in 1949, establishes the notion of a hero's journey, a mythological archetype that can be applied to the paths of more modern heroes and the personal development of just about anyone.

Joseph Campbell's 'The Hero With a Thousand Faces' helped him understand how failures affect a hero's journey, or the common path that Campbell found between myths of different cultures.

Ray Dalio, the billionaire investor and founder of Bridgewater Associates, has experienced failure, like when he made a prediction about the US economy that didn't come true.

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