Four Superpowers I Learned from Stan Lee

STAN LEE

• One person can make a difference.
• Discover and develop your superpowers so you can make a difference.
• Just having a superpower doesn’t make you a superhero—you have to use it to save the day.
• How do you want to be remembered?

TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

• With great power comes great responsibility!
• Responsibility to wield power in service.
• With great responsibility comes great power: the ability to makes things right.
• When we take responsibility for what we focus on, what things mean, owning actions mistakes, and being accountable, we find great power.
• You are responsible for what you do and the results you get from it.

1. PROJECTION

• Imagination is more powerful than knowledge.
• Ability to create: taking the invisible and making it visible.
• Unlocking the power of creativity and imagination: everything you see is the result of somebody’s imagination.
• Everything begins in the mind: have a vision, set a standard and create the world the way you want it to be.
• Wayne Dyer: “it’s not you’ll believe it when you see it, it’s you’ll see it when you believe it”.

2. PLAY

• We grow older because we stop playing.
• If you want to be a fast learner, take a lesson from children—they play all the time and are quick learners.
• Age of mind and heart, not chronological age.
• Stan was an incredibly young person: making jokes, going to events, making playful cameos, telling stories, always learning and playing.

3. PASSION

• Not just you searching for your passion—your passion might also be looking for you.
• Having a passion will relate to and determine your mindset.
• Stan was passionate about storytelling, creativity, learning, his wife and unity: mutual love and respect.
• To find your passion, novelty can help along the way to keep things light and interesting: Stan kept a lot of interesting things in his office to stimulate his creativity.

4. PURPOSE

• Stan used his passion for storytelling to make a difference.
• Stan said having the ability to be lucky would be the ultimate superpower.
• Hate is the supervillain, ability to spread love, unity, and hope as Stan did is the ultimate superpower—which the world really needs right now.
• Used his characters (his passion) for his purpose (spreading positive messages).
• School of the gifted with Professor X: the power of the mind along with challenges.
• How can you use your passion to find your purpose to light up the world?
• You can become a superhero when you use your powers for good.
• Stan Lee Foundation: to bring entertainment into the classroom.
• Remember: the lives we lead are the lessons we teach.