Listen To What Heroes Stephen Pierce, Jason James, Sharif Khan and Debra Berg Have to Say About " 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
Stephen Pierce: I probably couldn’t give them recognition right now because I probably don’t even know who they are. Most of the time people recognize those who reach some kind of public status. They did something that was worthy of being put into the public’s eye, but if you count how many people are tracked by the media as “celebrities,” it pales in comparison to the number of people that aren’t tracked. So you would have to think that the number of people who’s lives are impacting other people’s lives, far out number the number of people who maybe are making some kind of impact, maybe on television or in print or something like that.
So I would think that for every one person that you know about there’s probably 100 that we don’t.
Sharif Khan: Many of the teachers, many of the coaches, many people who are training and teaching young entrepreneurs, these people are not getting the recognition they deserve because we are all focused on the celebrities or the actors or the sports heroes that we tend to forget our friends and families and the people around us who are making a small difference in people’s lives on a daily basis.
Debra Berg: I really believe they are the civic entrepreneurs I’ve written about. The reason being that the social ills of poverty, at-risk youth, neighborhood decay, housing shortages and a host of others were escalating and not being addressed in an effective way by our large institutions.
Otherwise, these problems would have been solved long ago. The civic entrepreneur in our society is having much greater success at solving these tough issues at a fraction of the cost of government programs. They’re doing it in such a way that is more compassionate, inclusive, and engaging of people in the community (to become volunteers and donors).
Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes.
- Victor Hugo
Jason James: Teachers are a group that comes to mind. Teachers get paid like crap. Let’s be honest. Where would we be without education and teachers? They dedicate their lives to teaching others. Also, going back to the military, people that serve in the military, while there is a lot done to recognize people in the military I don’t think it’s enough. The sacrifices that some of these kids, especially, make, I don’t think they are getting recognized enough because they really are heroes.