Sheer Joy Avenue: February 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Strategic Planning

STRATEGIC PLANNING

"The will to win is important,
but the will to prepare is vital."
Joe Paterno

"The difference between great people and everyone else
is that great people create their lives actively,
while everyone else is created by their lives,
passively waiting to see where life takes them next.
The difference between the two is the difference
between living fully and just existing."
Michael E. Gerber

"Expect the best,
plan for the worst,
and prepare to be surprised."
Denis Waitley

"I can give you a six-word formula for success:
Think things through - then follow through."
Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker

Our Deepest Fear


OUR DEEPEST FEAR

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented, fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is
within us.

It is not just in some of us;
it is in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously
give other people permission
to do the same.

As we are liberated
from our own fear,
our presence automatically
liberates others.