Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision
Interpretation
Courage is the willingness to act according to one's vision and goals, regardless of fear or obstacles.
This quote emphasizes that true courage lies not just in the absence of fear, but in the determination to pursue one's vision despite challenges. It suggests that taking action towards achieving one's goals, no matter how daunting they may seem, is the essence of courage.
In practice
This quote can inspire a team during a challenging project, motivating them to push forward despite obstacles.
[Seeds Are Small.] Becoming a force of nature doesn't mean that all of our aspirations must be "grand." First steps are often small, and initial visions that focus energy effectively often address immediate problems. What matters is engagement in the service of a larger purpose rather than lofty aspirations that paralyze action. Indeed, it's a dangerous trap to believe that we can pursue onlhy "great visions."
I do not believe great organizations have ever been built by trying to emulate another, any more than individual greatness is achieved by trying to copy another 'great person'.
All human beings are born with unique gifts. The healthy functioning community depends on realizing the capacity to develop each gift.
Learning to see the structures within which we operate begins a process of freeing ourselves from previously unseen forces and ultimately mastering the ability to work with them and change them.
New insights fail to get put into practice because they conflict with deeply held internal images of how the world works...images that limit us to familiar ways of thinking and acting. That is why the discipline of managing mental models - surfacing, testing, and improving our internal pictures of how the world works - promises to be a major breakthrough for learning organizations.
In the absence of a great dream pettiness prevails. Shred visions foster risk taking, courage and innovation. Keeping the end in mind creates the confidence to make decisions even in moments of crisis.
No one's ever completely broken. It's just a matter of how much has to fall apart before the ember of life is exposed to air.
We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees.
On a very long and very high wire, I will not hope to not be blown off by high winds. I will have the certitude that such could not happen.
My father was convinced the Taliban would hunt him down and kill him, but he again refused security from the police. 'If you go around with a lot of security the Taliban will use Kalashnikovs or suicide bombers and more people will be killed,' he said. 'At least I'll be killed alone.'
I do not kill with my gun; He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart.
LGBT people are some of the bravest and most potent change agents and leaders I have encountered, and the most forceful defenders of the vulnerable and voiceless, because they know what it's like to be there.
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