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Global Forgiveness Day is observed on July 07, 2018
July 07, 2018. It is a day to forgive, and a day to be forgiven! FACE IT! To Forgive Someone Takes Courage What is forgiveness? How do you go about forgiving? What happens when you actually go ahead and forgive? Forgiving requires a courageous choice. The courageous choice is whether you are willing to consent to this healing. In Greek, to forgive
Hitting the Target–Access Your Courage
Hitting the bull’s-eye means being on target. Before practicing the skills needed to hit the bull’s-eye in your life and work, you need to know that you’re aiming at the right target—and then act with courage. Acting with courage is about acting from the heart, from the center of your being. The word courage comes from French corage, meaning “heart
Touching Hearts
A special morning presenting at Futures Academy which is part of Colorado Youth for a Change. This heartfelt organization helps students secure a GED. Thank you team members for inviting me to kick-off your two day staff meeting to present on riding the waves of change. You’re a special group. I am grateful for your unity and courageous intention. http://youthforachange.org/
Is Your Courage on a Leash?
Hard skills do not determine business success. In fact, business failures almost always can be traced to lapses of courage by the company leadership. Why? Far too many companies keep courage on a leash, allowing complacency (a “courage killer”) to run rampant. #chorusofcourage
Dance Your Dance
True courage says, I’m going to dance my dance so when my time comes to transition, I know the tune, and I’m dancing all the way. #chorusofcourage #courageexpert
Women and Courage at Work—The Label Trap
In today’s business world, courage has a much deeper meaning and a more relevant role for women such as the family-career balancing act, difficulty with confrontation, reentering the workplace, political finesse, undermining other women and releasing the way people judge women who stand in their “originality.” When women exhibit courage in the workplace, such as taking a stand on a
At Work, Be Who You Really Are: Now that Takes Courage!
Easily distracted by our projections about people’s personalities, we forget to focus on a critical courageous leadership action: reveal vulnerability. While preparing for a presentation on courageous leadership for a Fortune 500 company, my client and I decided that having a panel of four internal employees (three women and one man) would be a great way to reveal situational courageous
COURAGE: The Heart and Spirit of Every Woman
By fusing courage with a woman’s innate energy, all women can enhance their ability to act from their hearts. When confronted with a choice, you can consciously call on courage as a guiding force. COURAGE: The Heart and Spirit of Every Woman/Reclaiming the Forgotten Virtue (endorsed by Marianne Williamson) is a powerful tool for discovering a new force, acknowledging an
When We Support Each Other
Once in a while, someone reaches out to me, and I am startled by their heart-felt message. Tobey took time out of her busy life to touch my heart with this testimonial about how my first book and years of courage research had touched and motivated her life: “I was introduced to Sandra Ford Walston, The Courage Expert, from a
International Women’s Day with Courage
Curious about women and courage, everyday courage or how to apply courageous leadership—this is the blog for you. No sensational stories, heroism or drama, just the understanding of how to apply courage at work or in your personal life. There is a direct correlation between your success quotient and your courage quotient. What would you do right now if you