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I think that there can be a difference between being Frodo's Sam, and being a real-life hero's personal assistant/sidekick/support. In the former case, Sam is fighting orcs, hiking through treacherous mountain passes, dealing with Sméagol, etc., which is quite similar to what Frodo is doing; in the latter case, the job of the secretary/personal assistant would be much different from the job of the real-life hero. I would be happy to be Frodo's Sam, but lukewarm about being, say, Bostrom's personal assistant.
I would much rather make phone calls and schedule events than fight Orcs. The latter sounds scary.
...That being said, I do like the aspects of my current job where I get to defibrillate people once in a while. I'm going to miss that.
A better question might be: Would you rather be told where to go fight orcs, or make the decisions about who fights orcs and where?
Assume that you are equally as good as the person who will take the task that you choose not to.