Great Change Often Requires Great Courage

In our organizations and lives today, it is obvious that we need major change if we are to see our ultimate survival and succeed. The problem is, major change usually requires major courage, something that many of our modern-day leaders are having a problem with. Let’s face it, no one wants to offend at a time when sensitivity seems to be at an all-time high, right? And the power of social media can be deadly.

What we sometimes forget is that our complex situations did not happen overnight, but came about as the result of some wrong decisions, some unavoidable circumstances, and some disruptive changes that no one could have possibly anticipated. So, this is not about blame, but how to approach the lack of courage many of us find ourselves needing and unable to grasp.

The question of great courage can no more be achieved in a single moment or action than the complex problems were created from one moment or one action. Both the former, great courage, and the latter, complex problems are and were processes.

Courage builds little by little. You begin where you are, and a determination to make right decisions each day as opposed to easy decisions. Ask yourself what the right thing to do in this situation is, and do it to the best of your knowledge. It will not always work out as you imagined, but it will position you to overcome the fear that often prevents us from doing what we believe is right. As you make the conscious effort to do what is right, little by little and day by day, you will see the benefits in the outcome — because right will ultimately overcome wrong, even though it can take a while.

But even more important, as you do what you believe is right as opposed to what is easy, you will be creating a new way of thinking and acting which will in time replace the old action of responding from fear.

The real icing on the cake is that you will experience an almost immediate new sense of self-confidence and self-worth as you begin to align your actions with your values and beliefs which are based on what you believe is right, and not what you know is easy.

Coach DianaD

From the Self Mastery Blog