http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-unlock-the-superhero-within-you

1. Unmasking the Superhero in
YOU
LindaY. Cureton
CEO, Muse Technologies, Inc.

2. A
New
Breed
of
Leadership

3. Everything is
fragile

4. Everything is
unknown

5. What if …
you could save lives?
You could heal?
you could make amazing discoveries?

6. “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the
strength to persevere and endure in spite of
overwhelming obstacles.” – Christopher Reeve,
American Actor and Director

7. Strength
Justice
Passion

8. But what about regular folks like us?

9. “Leadership is all about the release of human
possibilities. One of the central requirements for good
leadership is the capacity to inspire the people in the
group: to move them and encourage them and pull
them into the activity, and to help them get centered
and focused and operating at peak capacity.”
Joseph Jaworski. Synchronicity:The Inner Path of
Leadership (p. 66). Kindle Edition.

10. Source:ABC News:“Advantage Bryan Brothers”, 6/29/2011
“Opponents say the tennis doubles champions
(Bob and Mike Bryan) use twin-tuition to win.”

11. “'Superwomen: Donna
NcNamee, left, and Abigail
Sicolo managed to lift a
1,400kg Renault Clio, with
the help of Donna's father,
which had a young boy
pinned underneath it.” ---
Wales News Service , June 5,
2009

12. Wounded and
drenched in diesel fuel,
Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn
Cashe walked through
fire 7 times in an
attempt to rescue his
comrades.
Source: Stars and Stripes, October 2011, Leo Shane, III. Photo: Courtesy of US Army

13. “When we find ourselves under intense pressure, fear
unleashes reserves of energy that normally remain
inaccessible.With the sympathetic nervous system and
the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis fully
activated, our bodies and brains can utilize their resources
so fully that we become, in effect, superhuman.” – Jeff
Wise, Extreme Fear
The body’s fear response …
… and the courage of the spirit

14. “Honesty is a gift we can give to others. It is also
a source of power and an engine of simplicity.
Knowing that we will attempt to tell the truth,
whatever the circumstances, leaves us with little to
prepare for.We can simply be ourselves.” – Sam
Harris, Lying

15. “Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with
almost any 'how.'” –Vicktor Frankl, author of
Man’s Search for Meaning

16. Being A Hero is Tough
— Federal workers are not appropriately
paid, rewarded, or recognized
— Leadership in government is on the
decline
— Federal workers are not empowered

17. But the World Needs Heroes

18. But the World Needs Heroes
“Residents of Watertown, Mass., poured onto the streets,
cheering and clapping for the police and first-responders
[after the Boston Marathon bombing suspect was
apprehended.} – Max Stier
“Federal worker are the invisible face. No one know
what they do what it means how much they benefit us.”
– Michelle Obama
One our of four American Nobel laureates are federal
workers – Partnership for Public Administration

19. Man is least himself when he talks
in his own person. Give him a
mask, and he will tell you the truth.
– Oscar Wilde

20. Inspire
Energize
Prepare