Paris fashion week
These folks — fashionistas — are daring!
They put themselves in the ‘Arena’ with their vulnerability and their courage.
For what? To be part of something bigger than themselves.
Note: Pride is another great Value to add in a team’s Culture. Pride as a Value can be cultivated by doing this: Be a part of something bigger than yourself!
And they are proud to be part of it… to display their creativity… to people they do not know.
It is fashion week in Paris, France. We (my family and I) were there … it was at the Louvre… celebrities came as well… Instagram sensations as well… and many more aspiring fashionistas.
Courage is the Value that is being displayed here.
Standard –– what to do to cultivate a Value, in this case, Courage: When it is your turn to step-up, then step-up.
What are you going to do when it is always your turn?! Guess what, it is always your turn. Always be in-tuned, turned-on, always turning-up… and always stepping-up… always daring greatly… always contributing without being a “Ball Hog“.
If you need to say something, and it does not cause harm, say it!
Caveat: Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, then don’t say it.
If you need to do something, and it does not cause harm, do it!
“The Man In The Arena” Theodore Roosevelt From a speech at the Sorbonne Paris, France April 23, 1910
“It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
Be the wo/man in the arena!
Have the Courage. Embrace Vulnerability. Be Daring!
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