Meditations On Leadership
These are my thoughts on leadership related topics and ideas. It is meant to be a sort of journal for me and if you find it useful than I am happy to have helped.
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt "The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." -Nelson Mandela ![]() Fear is one of the most powerful emotions. It is also the default emotion for the part of our brain that tries to keep us alive. Which for the sake of evolution is a good thing because it has done a good job keeping us alive so far. Unfortunately, it can keep us from doing the things that we want to do and it can also keep us from reaching our potential. So what do you do? Do you silence the fear and push through it? Do you listen to your fear and never try? I don't believe that there is one right answer because every person and every situation is so different but I do believe that you should overcome your fear and make your choices based off what you believe and want rather than what you fear. I know that the fear is there and it is real and it can seem overwhelming and it is one of the most powerful emotions. But in the end that is all that it is. It is only an emotion. It isn't an action or a living thing that can force you to choose something. It is only the way you feel. Bravery, or conquering your fear, doesn't mean that you stop feeling the emotion of fear. You may or you may not stop feeling fear but if your actions are brave then you are brave. When Roosevelt said that “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” he is, in my opinion, saying that if you focus on the emotion of fear and let it cripple you then you lose but you only lose if you let fear win by focusing on it. It can't win if you overcome it and do what you fear. Even if the entire time you are afraid, even if after you are done you are still afraid, as long as you keep doing what you should do the fear cannot win. It is only a feeling, an emotion, an internal state of mind. It is real, it can be huge, it is by definition scary, but it is very literally all in your mind. You can overcome fear not by not feeling afraid, but by doing brave things. Leadership lessonIt is ok and perfectly normal to feel fear. It isn't ok or healthy to let that fear control you. Do whatever works for you to overcome your fear and do what you need to do. True leadership requires you to do to overcome your fear even if no one else does.
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