Courage Blog
Courageous Leadership—A Portrait of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If you find value in this piece, it is an excerpt from FACE IT! (my third book). Then you may wish to read the full chapter. Click HERE. 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
The Echo of Kind Words
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” — Mother Teresa
Light My Fire!
“Genius is talent set on fire by courage.” — Henry van Dyke, American author, educator and clergyman
Courageous Leadership Skills: Backers and Busters
Courage is often is considered as taking bold life or death actions: someone who runs into a burning building to save a child or lands a plane on the Hudson with no deaths as Captain Sully Sullenberger did. But, there are every day examples that demonstrate courage actions—the actions that reveal our “heart and spirit” (the original definition of courage)
Level of Self-Love Depicted in Courage Level
The experience of self-love reveals itself around my level of courage. I constantly monitor my spirit and ask, “Is my reservoir of courage brimming over or is it low?” Generally there is a correlation: if my reservoir of courage is low, then usually my self-love is waning. I know that courage is a state of mind, and I must diligently
Courage Thought for the Day
“Courage is the catalyst that will elicit self-wareness. What’s your level of courage consciousness?” — Sandra Ford Walston
Spiritual Courage at Work–Part II
With over sixteen years of extensive and original research on a simple word called courage, I have been amazed how people have difficulty embracing and applying the original definition of courage (“heart and spirit”) that I wrote about in my previous blog posting. Upon reflection, we have not had a tool that concretely defines the actions of courage such as
Do You Know Your Courage?
“You cannot learn courage by doing something you already know!” — Sandra Ford Walston, The Courage Expert and Innovator of StuckThinkingTM
Spiritual Courage at Work—An Inside Job!
To recognize everyday courage, it helps to distinguish the various facets of courage. There is physical courage (the one our culture identifies with the most), political courage, leadership courage, moral courage, and personal courage, to name a few. Some of us manifest certain types of courage well but come up short in other areas. In this article, I will expand
Courageous Leadership: Step Up to Your Next Level
HRVoice.org Top Headlines Courage Leadership: Step Up to Your Next Level by Sandra Ford Walston, The Courage Expert Opportunities for courage leadership at work occur nearly every day. From speaking up during a company meeting toovercoming an obstacle that hinders professional advancement, these instances are often the defining moments of a person’s career. Unfortunately, most people do not claim courage