"Part 5: Listen to What the Heroes Think About the In Search Of Heroes Program and Its Impact On Youth, Parents and Business People" by Ralph Zuranski
Heather Seitz: I think that it’s phenomenal, because it gives people a lot of different experiences and I know a number of them personally and they’re good friends of mine. They’ve all got things to contribute. Just one piece of advice or just a word from one person can make a huge impact and it stick with you. I just mentioned briefly about this comment that my friend had told me years ago.
That one statement stuck with me for years, so you’ve got some just absolutely incredible people from all walks of life, different backgrounds, different goals and I think that it’s just a phenomenal program because it’s bringing all these different things to people all over.
Kevin Hurley: I think you’re doing a wonderful job. I hope everybody is listening up. I hope it’s inspiring you to become a hero. Again, you don’t have to go out and make a million dollars; you don’t have to be on TV. You could go to the local food bank and help put some stuff together for the holidays. I’ll be down at the Salvation Army Christmas Day serving up some stuff.
Jay Conrad Levinson: I think it’s so valuable, because it’s not one of the things covered in the curriculum of the educational facilities of the world. It’s not one of the things covered by all the parents and aunts and uncles and grandparents that teach the kids. It’s something that is very important, but it takes very special people to single out that message and to single out the people who need to hear it.
I think that’s what makes it unique and very important. You and your programs are one of the only sources that exist on earth that show people that role models are all over the place and all you have to do is look. Your father may be a role model, your mother may be a role model, and people who you don’t read about in the newspapers also could be role modeling you. There are lots of heroes out there and they don’t all wear ribbons and badges and uniforms
Perry Marshall: I think if you are asking these kinds of probing questions of business people you are certainly bringing out a whole dimension in business. Business people hardly ever get asked these kinds of questions.
You are trying to create some air time so younger people are hearing from business people and different leaders and getting the inside story. I think if the inside story gets heard it can only help.
I think it is possible to be successful in a whole bunch of areas of life. I think a lot of people have this idea that they can be successful in business or help poor kids somewhere or do whatever but that they certainly can’t be successful in all the spheres.
Well you certainly can’t do everything, but at the same time I think you can be successful in all the arenas of your life, at least in some measure. It’s not like I have to be a loser in this department and a winner in this other department.