Childhood Heroes & Current Villains
From EST (or something similar) there is a simple & instructive little exercise: Look at who your childhood heroes and current villains are, and you'll find you persona and shadow.
Heroes
In my case, my childhood heroes included Thor Heyerdahl, David Attenborough, Carl Sagan, and many of the characters in books by Jack London, Joseph Conrad, Ray Bradbury, Jules Verne and others. What they all shared was a sense of adventure and exploration of unknown and exotic territory. They were all explorers and most of them were deeply and richly human as well.
Looking at my life today, and can certainly see that this is how my life has unfolded. I moved to and live in a foreign country, I married a foreigner, I explored different spiritual traditions than the one I grew up with, I continue to explore and deepen into one of the final frontiers - the inner one, and I still have as an aim to continue to deepen into my humanity as much as possible.
Villains
Exploring the villains is part of this process. For me, my main "villains" include GW Bush and his entourage, unscrupulous corporations, those who promote neo-liberal globalization, police abusing their powers, corporate media serving the interests of corporations, green/immature spiritual teachers, and so on. What they share is abuse of power, a narrow circle of concern, and a view of themselves as more important than they are.
Oops, I guess I do all of that as well. Again, the question is not if I do it, but how.