“Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill had similar thoughts about failure. By failing at writing, he was able to open up new doors to success. ![]() He now earns six figures doing what he loves. I have a colleague who was unsuccessful in his career as a writer, so he decided to try public speaking. The problem is by avoiding the inevitable bumps and bruises you’re also deprived of one of the great revelations found in experience: failure is not the end: failure is the opportunity to expand your definition of success. Who wouldn’t rather pick up a few tips from a good book? Let someone else fail and then learn from their mistakes. As a leader you may court the lessons, but shun the experience as the teacher. Thanks in large part to the startup culture, failure is increasingly embraced as a necessary and even beneficial part of business. “Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles Ĭowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.Ĭourage breeds creativity Cowardice represses fear and is mastered by it.Įxpediency asks the question, is it politic?īut conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when we must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.” Strong leaders know that daily acts of showing up, and revealing your thoughts, ideals and principles, are what’s most important. King had to step forward, look directly into the eyes of an adversary and say, “I will not back down.” These small acts of courage are where true leadership begins. But a moment like that was the culmination of a thousand smaller acts of bravery that came before it. ![]() ![]() With King in particular, we may think of his seminal moment addressing a crowd of 250,000 people from the Lincoln Memorial on a hot August day in 1963. ![]() The courage to lead does not just involve a bold, public-facing bravery, but also a quieter, more introspective kind of courage. Which got me to thinking: yes, it takes courage to inspire others, but we often misunderstand the kind of courage it takes to lead. day today, the Twitterverse is alive with references to the man and his legacy. As we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
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