5 Life Lessons We Can Learn From Superheroes Mindvalley

Superheroes were first created as motivational

characters dedicated to protecting the public from

crooks, robbers, evil scientists and tenacious

villains who just keep coming back to life. They

stood by strong moral codes and risked their lives

repeatedly for the public. They became an

entertaining source of inspiration for kids and adults alike to identify core values.

But over the years, past the comic books and

blockbuster adaptations, we realized that we don’t

only admire these guys for their superpowers and

their ability to function at all in their snug attire;

we also recognize them as humans with emotions, troubles and flaws, just like the rest of us.

So here’s what we’ve learned not from the

Batmans and Spidermans of superhero kingdom, but from the Bruce Waynes and Peter Parkers

1. You Don’t Need Superpowers To Be A Superhero

Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark both suffered

personal traumas before their alter egos, Batman

and Iron Man, were unleashed. Yet they don’t

possess any superpowers. Despite their personality

defects (Bruce and his guilt, Tony and his

arrogance), what they possess are powerful minds,

ambition, and persistence, in order to seek justice

and of course – meet their goals. Both are successful entrepreneurs, after all.

“It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that

defines me,” said Batman in the 2005 film, Batman Begins.

2. Not All Nice Guys Finish Last

Captain America may have been a scientific

shortcut from the frail and scrawny yet patriotic

Steve Rogers, but he wouldn’t have been

considered by Dr. Erskine for the experiment had it

not been for his humility and dignity. “But a weak

man knows the value of strength, and knows compassion,” said Dr. Erskine of Steve.

Even with the speed, strength and superhuman

agility as Captain America, Steve remained a

dutiful gentleman with principles. He had still had

faith in the kindness of others, and we’re pretty

sure he’d still open the door for a woman out to assassinate him.

3. Turn Your Flaws Into Qualities

Sometimes your inner demon is not really a bad

guy. It’s just a matter of how you keep the spark

in your relationship with the person within you, y’know?

Take Bruce Banner and his green temper Hulk. At

first, we see Bruce trying to resist the beast in

him. But then he learns to shift Hulk’s negative

energy by using it against greater negative energy to produce positivity. Remember maths?

Okay, we shall not digress. Our point is,

sometimes, you shouldn’t resist who you are

inside, because that person could come in handy.

There are negative personality traits that, when

used positively, can work to your advantage, such as being impulsive, aggressive or an introvert.

4. Be Proud Of Who You Are

Prejudice is an issue that spans many categories –

gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture and

religion. For the X-Men, they faced prejudice from humanity for being mutants.

While some mutants decided that the world was

against them, the X-Men decided to remain

positive and use their gifts or greater good,

proving to people that they are valuable assets

who also deserve the rights of any other human being.

Look at Harvey Milk, who became the first

American politician to be openly gay, and even

Temple Grandin, who rose to become one of the

world’s esteemed animal science doctors despite having autism.

5. We All Have Something We’re Good At

Most superheroes are gifted with one or few

specific skills that they’re best at. Flash has speed.

Superman can fly into space. But by day, they are

also normal people with mortal skills. Peter Parker

is a math whiz. Matt Murdock (Daredevil) is a

great defender in court. And Bruce Banner is a scientific genius.

So for the rest of us, it’s just about giving

ourselves a chance to discover and develop our

talents into something we love and are good at

doing, and using it to enrich our lives and the lives of others.

Because true power doesn’t come from what your

talent or skill is; it comes from your character, and

let’s face it – it is the characters of our

superheroes that make them awesome, not so much their superpowers!

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