Courage Blog
How to Catch a Little Courage
Sold your soul (again!)? Call it what you want, but you know the feeling. You’ve been at your job for over five years and you’re stuck. It’s all you talk about—how you’re uninspired, how your talents aren’t appreciated, how you feel invisible …. But talk is cheap, and if you don’t step up and do something about it (updating
Chances Gone By
In the movie “The Legend of Bagger Vance”, the title character, an inexplicably wise caddie teaches a troubled golfer how to reach deep inside and find his “authentic swing.” He tells the conflicted golfer: “This is the authentic swing you were born with—the one you came into this world with—the authentic swing is all that you are! You’re just
I Am Unworthy of Success
“We seek mirrors of what we determine to be the essence of our personal life stories, such as ‘I am unworthy of success.’ We live and die in the mirrors we create for ourselves on our journeys.” From COURAGE: The Heart and Spirit of Every Woman
Sharing An Open Heart
Your courage resides in places where you shared an open heart, or experienced something truly pivotal. Did you muster your courage to take that action this week?
Courageous Leadership—A Portrait of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
History frequently glorifies the wrong individuals while overlooking the courageous acts of everyday people. Through intimidation, social, political and religious powerbrokers control perceptions and perpetuate the stories that serve their agendas. Few human beings have ever faced the level of intimidation (one of twelve obstacles to courageous leadership) that Dietrich Bonhoeffer faced in Nazi Germany. A German pastor and
“I wear my heart on my sleeve.”
The definition of courage is “heart and spirit.” Your badge of courage logo: “I wear my heart on my sleeve.” Your courage resides in these places—where you shared an open heart, or experienced something truly pivotal. Research has shown that 75 percent of employees in America today are not engaged at work. They show up for the paycheck but
Receptivity to Stopping
“We have all invested much time in a false identity, and in order to live in everyday courage—from our heart and spirit, our true Self—we must invite some form of stopping. And just because we do not invite it willingly does not mean we can avoid it.” — FACE IT!
Insane Courage–Can You Do It?
“20 seconds of insane courage is all it takes to see something we’ve never seen before.” — Pastor Phil Willingham, Valparaiso, Indiana
Self-Doubt
“Total surrender brings peace; partial or conditional surrender bring lingering doubt” wrote David R. Hawkins, M.D., PH.D. in Along the Path to Enlightenment In my research, self-doubt is an obstacle to courage. The courage action to overcome self-doubt is “establish higher standards.”
Courage and Imagination
Australian Paul Keating said in his recent leadership book, “Leaders need two characteristics: imagination and courage.”