Sacrifice

It's heroic of firefighters to risk their lives to help other people. It is not heroic for Bill Gates to have strongarmed the competition in the early 90's to secure his subpar OS as the de facto standard.

he·ro Audio Help /ˈhɪəroʊ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[heer-oh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -roes; for 5 also -ros.
1. a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.
2. a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal: He was a local hero when he saved the drowning child.
3. the principal male character in a story, play, film, etc.
4. Classical Mythology.
a. a being of godlike prowess and beneficence who often came to be honored as a divinity.
b. (in the Homeric period) a warrior-chieftain of special strength, courage, or ability.
c. (in later antiquity) an immortal being; demigod.

maybe you misunderstand what the definition of a hero is? Personally if I wasn't such a huge worthless human being Id aspire to live my life helping people.