Courage From The Heart Of Dieter Pauwels
September 23rd, 2008 | by Debra Oakland |This post was written on courage by my new friend Dieter Pauwels, who stumbled across Living in Courage and loved it here. Dieter shared these words on courage with me and I would like to share them with you. Please visit Dieter, who is a coach from St. Louis, MO. Thank you Dieter for sharing your insight and courage with us.
Debra Oakland @ Living in Courage
Courage
You don’t have to climb the highest peak of the Kilimanjaro or fly around the world in a hot air balloon to experience courage.
Courage comes from the Latin root ‘cor’, which means heart. When your heart is weak, filled with anxiety, inferiority and regret, you will have little courage. When your heart is filled with compassion, love, honesty, respect and confidence, you will build great courage!
We live in a climate of corporate malpractice — fueled by greed and self interest — financial and moral scandals, and political righteousness. Today, more than ever, we need leadership to be inspired with courage. Courage to lead from the heart, courage to do what is right, courage to provide leadership based on values and strong principles.
We are all leaders of our own destiny. Leadership from within requires courage! When we lack the courage to be true to our self, we tend to conform to the expectations of others. We settle for second best or mediocrity and we choose the security of our comfort zone. Hence we cheat ourselves (and everyone else) from what could be possible.
Courage requires a strong emotional commitment to your own values and principles. The stronger your commitment, the more likely your life will unfold from a place that is real and authentic.
Courage is not a talent or an acquired skill. Nor is it a thing to be waited for. Courage is the gift we all have been given to discover our true nature and face our personal truth.
You’ve got that gift!
Be courageous!
Dieter Pauwels
http://www.dieterpauwels.com
email - dieter@dieterpauwels.com
Dieter Pauwels is a certified professional life coach, business coach, speaker and author.
He provides an open-minded approach to provide the attitude, mindset and skills needed to empower you to create the results you want in your personal and professional life.
He works out of his base in St. Louis MO. His coaching clients are located in the US and Europe.
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