COURAGE isn't an absence of fear. It is doing what you are afraid to do, letting go of the familiar and forging ahead into new territory. What I have discovered is that the best leaders have the courage to act - are willing to take the risk, make the statement, point the way, lead the way - when others hesitate out of fear. Effective leadership requires the ability to stand up, stand out, and the conviction to do it. I have never known a successful leader that was not courageous.
John C. MaxwellFew things build a person up like affirmation. According to Websterโs New World Dictionary, Third College Edition (Simon and Schuster, 1991), the word affirm comes from ad firmare, which means โto make firm.โ So when you affirm people, you make firm within them the things you see about them. Do that often enough, and the belief that solidifies within them will become stronger than the doubts they have about themselves.
John C. MaxwellEducators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.
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