What is courage? A research into various definitions and interpretations shows that courage is not something that comes from flying to your heart in moments of need or emergencies. Courage is not something that can be handed over to you, it is having the strength of purpose to do ones best and not swerve from ones path. It really comes from within a person and its a show of bravery, fortitude, will and intrepidity. Its the ability to confront fear, pain, risk, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. Courage is doing the right thing when the wrong thing seems to produce results. Successfulcareerpeople always analyze situations and decisions from an outcome based perspective. In making your excuses or justifying your complacency or comfort in mediocrity, have you considered the consequence of your subjectivity and excuses? Have you considered the implication of your decision on your marital life, family life and children? What of your cash flow, financial security and financial future? Your income and responsibilities; are they growing at the same rate or one is growing faster? Which appears to be growing faster? How rest assured are you about your next 5 to 10 years? Courage can transform your life almost instantly; can move you from the back to the front. It can make you an instant leader; can bring joy, peace, fulfilment and restore purpose. It restores great self esteem, sense of worth, value and prestige. It energizes you, brings confidence, sense of direction and gusto. It reawakens the giant in you, brings enlightenment, creativity, wisdom and puts you back in charge of your life. Courage is the secret of champions, the winning hand of leaders and the weapon of kings. Without courage it is impossible to rule your world, reign in career and impact your generation. A life without courage is a life of pure servitude, subjugation and defeat. A life without courage has limited influence, impact and weight. Courage makes vision a reality, makes mission a possibility and mountains stepping stones. Courage leverages obstacles, feeds on opposition and draws strength from challenges. Courage is the key to a career with meaning. Courage is what every career person needs. Ill want to share the logic required to be able to launch out in courage against any limitation, opposition or situation at any point in time in your career. This logic is simply defining who you are Who are you? Can you in one sentence tell who you are? If you dont have a clear idea of who you think you are, youll likely believe what anyone says you are. This identity question is not about what you are; for instance a lawyer, a doctor, pilot, artist, no! Its about your person, your individual. You must sit down and think critically about yourself and your life. What are your strengths, what are your weaknesses, what are your vision, life mission, plans and ambitions? Whats your self concept and belief system? How do you see yourself, rate yourself and value yourself. Do you see yourself as cheap, small and inconsequential? A failure, low life, and abased? Not able to do or achieve anything for yourself or by yourself without leaning on someone or holding on to some person desperately. Do you see yourself as a candidate of other peoples favour, mercy, pity and benevolence? You think you cant survive without the friendship and association? Your life, hopes and aspirations you think is around and about other people? Have you had to subjugate your lifestyle, the way you think, the way you dress, the places you go to, the way you spend and your values to please other people? Where is the real you; the happy, peaceful and together person? Your mind has lost its coordination, your heart in pieces, your soul is famished and youre just enduring instead of enjoying your career. For how long do you want this to go on, how long can you keep up with this? Are these lazy, distracting colleagues worth the stress? Where werethey when you were in school investing in sleepless nights so that you can be happy today? Do you want to give it all up for them? Where were these negative influencers back in the days of your struggles when you were determined to make this moment of career happy and fulfilling? Where were they? If you made it through without them then what makes you think you cant do the same again? What is that situation or challenge youre facing right now? For how long will you continue to endure thesedetractors? What is that choice you need to make, that critical step or decision that can improve your career? Dont delay no more, make that decision right now. You are valuable, gifted and relevant. You may not be there yet but surely you are on your way. Im sure you know more, can do more and can handle more than your capability five years ago. The best of your days of effectiveness, efficiency, performance and flying high are still ahead of you. There is more to you than you can imagine. Believe in yourself, your potentials and capability. You must admit, the only way to defining yourself is to first know you. And to know yourself you must face the truth. What are your weaknesses, what do you want to do about them? How will you improve? What are your personal plans for growth and improvement? What are your strengths, where do you fit in? How can you effectively harness your strengths? Self confidence is very important for courage to find expression. You must believe in yourself and be convinced about important things. If you do not believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you. You must trust your thinking and judgments. You must trust your instincts and your inner voice. So many people have lost confidence in themselves due to past failures and embarrassments. But in truth every mistake is a lesson and should not be destructive. Dont allow the opinions of colleagues and associates determine how you live your life and the choices you make. Be principled and have a good reason for every decision you make. Rise above office pressure and popular views. Be objective and always analyze issues form an outcome based perspective. Study, be well informed, be familiar with facts and always win with superior arguments. Learn so that youll grow. Youre yet to really learn until you step up, take risks and try something different. Also learn from the failures and successes of others. When you make mistakes, learn from it and do it right the next time. Avoid rumours and bad news, be positive in you mindset. The fact that others failed does not mean everyone will. Believe you will succeed and it will happen for you. Hang out in happy places and be around happy people. Be interested in jokes and funny people and laugh as much as you can. Know that everyone in your life is there for a phase and a season, you will sooner or later journey past them, dont let them stop you, if theyre not going with you let them go. Courage is founded on individual strengths. Life generally does not accommodate a lot of people on the road to success. Its never crowded. If you want to be free, happy and successful so that at old age you will look over your life without regrets, better be ready to ride alone. Colleagues and even yourcareer mentors at times will want to discourage you, advising you to stick with the familiar. But the question is what will be the outcome of sticking with the familiar? It is better to try and fail than not to try at all. Give it a shot. Change your disposition. When you eventually succeed they will come and celebrate you. To demonstrate courage you must be familiar with loneliness. After listening to this audio program, would it surprise you if the first person you discuss with challenges your courage to implement? Dont let anyone stop you. Be ready for a new season, new beginning and a fresh start. The best of your career days are still ahead of you, you can succeed. Set yourself free from that horrible habit, association, ignorance and excuses. Put on courage and take charge of your world. Be transformed. Courage is what you know you need. The guts come with the glory. Get courage! Enjoy your day
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:53:53 +0000
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