Courage can’t be taught, I’m told. It can be learned though.
I wasn’t taught it…but I did learn it.
One day long ago my professional career seemed torn asunder by an organizational change. At that time, I believed that all I had worked for was no longer firm ground on which to base my next successes (that is the way it seemed, anyway).
“It is only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything” – Tyler Durden
I use that quote way too often. My perception at the time was that I had lost everything. There was a new regime moving in. My colleagues resigned themselves to stagnation while the new leaders arrived and established their top-down plans. This seemed really familiar to me… more »