[header] How to be a hero in real life [title] Let go of your ego. [step] A real hero knows that their actions might go unnoticed, and that's okay. Make sure that you are trying to be a hero for the right reasons. 
You need to be willing to help people who might not even know you have intervened on their behalf. You have to be focused more on the feeling you get from doing the good deed than receiving praise.