Heroes Copywriters Michel Fortin, Chuck Daniel, and Carl Turner Anser the Heroes Quesion " Who do you feel are the real heroes in our society today that are not getting the recognition and rewards they deserve? by Ralph Zuranski
Michel Fortin: Absolutely, but you know, those who are the real heroes are people who don’t seek recognition in the first place. They’re not heroes for the sake of recognition. They’re heroes because they’re heroes.
You know, to answer your question by very blunt answer, yes of course there are heroes out there today in today’s world that do deserve more recognition but you ask them that question, what do you think they’ll say? I don’t care. I do what I feel is right, point, period. You know? And that’s the more important thing about that.
Chuck Daniel: We do have a lot of people who are heroes and they are very public heroes, but there a lot of people that work in the background, like the 9/11 folks.
Some of them were on TV and some of them did get coverage, but there were a whole lot of folks who were there and were also helping and they weren’t getting coverage, but they were heroes nevertheless.
People, like I said, people can be different heroes in different ways. I think the ability to be a successful role model for someone else is a way to be a hero as well, but, there are lots of people that you never hear about. Like you were mentioning, maybe the ability to point out to people, just look around in your neighborhood or indirectly at other people who are doing these types of things and get to know what they do and use that as a role model.
Carl Turner: I feel the entrepreneurs are because they make things happen, and sure they work long hours, but they give - and by giving they get so much back. So I think they are the unsung heroes of our society today.
My grandfather had all the stores with all of the cotton gins and saw mills and farms, yet he didn’t do most of the work to run them; He found other people to do it for him.
He had the vision and he had the strength of being able to pull everything together.
My grandmother, she did a lot of the things herself as far as helping neighbors and things, but the fact that she gave to them allowed them to enjoy a better life and really appreciate it.
Heroes are the people who really believe in themselves. See, you can’t give something you don’t have. If you don’t have love for yourself, you can’t give it to someone else. If you don’t have the belief in yourself, you can’t give it to someone else.