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The simple answer is that a hero is someone who defeats the villain.
Of course that a very black & white concept that doesn't necessarily apply in a world full of grey strokes. So heroism is in the eye of the idealist. In order to be a hero, you have to consider someone a villain.
The first step towards heroism is to define your villain. Choose anything you consider evil: Bin Laden, cancer, Microsoft, Ric Flair, anything you want.
Now if you make any attempt to fight that evil and make any kind of success (captuing Bin Laden, curing cancer, etc..) then you are a hero to yourself and those that share your viewpoint. Obviously you aren't a hero to al-Queda members, but heroism is culture-specific.
In the example of the lone tank stopped at Tiananmen Square, it was an idealist who viewed the communist government to be the villian.
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