Quotes To Help You Discover Your Unique Place In The World

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Motivational Quotes, Personal Development

Question: ‘What is it like for you to grow up in the land of giants?’

‘Advancing, ascending. or mounting is the purpose of taking the quest.’

Ask yourself, ‘Who am I outside the bubble?’

‘Never measuring up- that is the pain of growing up in a storied family.’

‘Stepping outside of the shadow is an active and intensely personal process.’

‘Those who never learn to have faith in others will likely remain stuck.’

‘Life is meaningful when you make it so, if you take ownership and control. A life of meaning requires you to set aside criticism of others as well as your self-doubt.’

‘Legitimacy is an internal transformation that manifests externally. It is the path to ownership of your destiny.’

‘Being different stems from wanting to live our lives differently and open ourselves to possibilities we never imagined possible.’

‘Taking ownership of one’s life means gaining a sense of self-respect, purpose, and legitimacy. It’s not so much about where one ends up. It’s about taking control of one’s life and contributing to the world in way unique to the vision and values developed over time.’

‘Often it is what is under the storyline that explains motivations.’

‘Exploration is a time of coming into ownership of your life.’

‘Never see yourself as less than!’

‘Giants are powerful, they’re visible, they tower above us and we live in their shadows.’

‘Too many people feel their lives are less than those around them.’

‘Freeing yourself from the myth that giants will always be giants– and you can never be one- disrupts unhealthy patterns. When you break through the false grandeur that says you will always be small, you begin to understand that you can stand to shoulder to shoulder with giants.’

‘Until you die, it is never too late to reveal your humanity. … Reconnecting is possible. Beware of those who are overconfident. Those who own their lives do not feel a need to convince others. Cockiness is a way to mask insecurity.’

‘Coming to terms with unresolved wounds doesn’t happen through some form of magic. It needs to be a conscious choice.’

‘Understanding comes from a deep appreciation of one’s own strengths and weaknesses.’

‘The bridge you take should always lead to a spot where you feel most legitimate.’

‘On your journey, you approach a bridge. You catch a glimpse of what is beyond the bridge. … If you look far beyond the bridge, you see yourself entering old age, never embracing who you were meant to be.’

‘Growing means being able to see accurately who the other person is and what is behind their reactions.’

These quotes are for you. Use them to advance your life forward. Remember, reading is not enough. If you want them to work, you must apply them.

As always, you are more, not less!

Source: Jamie Weiner (2022). The Quest for Legitimacy: How Children of Prominent Families Discover Their Unique Place in the World

How Authentic Leaders Lead

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Leadership, Management, Motivational Quotes, Personal Development

We need great leaders. We need them because they know how to lead people. Above all, they know how to lead themselves.

According to Gareth Chick, ‘A leader takes an community outside its collective comfort zone, and makes the journey exciting, not frightening.’

Real leaders ask real, tough questions. They ‘… ask themselves one overriding question when posed a problem by another person- ‘What does this person need from me right here, right now?’ And they make things happpen. They are authentic. When they say something, they don’t play with what they say they will do.

And they are not afraid to say, I don’t know what you are talking about.’ They are not afraid to admit what they don’t know.

Because they know that when you admit what you do not know, you are willing to learn.

They ‘subordinate themselves to the cause and to the responsibility they’ve accepted– not in a way that excludes or overrides family, friends or external interests, but in a way that overrides their ego and immediate self-interest.’

‘Authentic leaders see possibilities that others do not see, or do not want to see, and have a knowing and a belief that is seemingly unshakeable.’

‘Authentic leaders ask people to things and achieve things that they do not know how to do themselves; that may even seem impossible or ‘beyond reason.’

‘Authentic leaders constantly hector people with the purpose and the vision and are overt and passionate living examples of the values.’

‘Authentic leaders touch people emotionally, sharing intimate moments of joy and elation as they inspire others to go beyond their wildest dreams of performance.’

‘Authentic leaders put themselves forward as the public face and voice of the mission and the message, and allow themselves to be the embodiment, at times the icon if appropriate, of the cause.’

They are not leading to make themselves bigger than others. They are leading to make the world a better place.

If you want to lead, you must be in it for others, not for yourself.

As always, you are more, not less!

Source:

Gareth Chick (2019). And The Leader Is … : Transforming Cultures with CEQ