Daring Greatly

This quote has been my mantra lately--"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena . . . if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly." I recently added life-mapping workshops to my coaching practice, and though it is truly one of my passions, has required me to "dare greatly."


For example,
1) reaching out to people to attend the workshop = not fun = daring greatly
2) creating a FB event page = not fun = daring greatly
3) marketing workshop on FB, email, and text with possibility of minimal attendance = not fun = daring greatly
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Now, please don't feel sorry for me. By the grace of God, the workshop went beautifully. However, I'm a hard core introvert and there were no guarantees--I constantly had to remind myself that "if I failed, at least I dared greatly." This was my standard, my mantra, my focus. I needed to know that in the end, regardless of the end result, that I had done everything I could. So, my question to those of you trying to live creative lives, those of you who are pursuing your dreams--have you dared greatly?

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