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When LeBron announced that he was heading back to Cleveland, I had a discussion with my Boss wondering why he would stake his future legacy on the relentless historic furies of Cleveland and the Cavaliers. Much to lose, little to gain. Or more like, was the risk worth the reward. It was.  Good for him and his team. He showed that you can go home again. Cleveland gets its championship...just not sure it is of any eternal existential value because in basketball, you are only as good as your last basket and reflected glory fades fast. But, it was an exemplary performance.  I have been plowing through several books on myth-making, story-telling, and archetypes, including this tome from Joseph Campbell, "The Hero With A Thousand Faces."   This work is fairly well known among writers because Campbell gets into a cross-cultural analysis of the elements of story-telling that transcend specific societies. The book has some keen insight but does suffer from a jack-of-all tr...