Giving yourself permission to succeed
If you’ve never paid attention to Tara Hunt’s blog, HorsePigCow, then you’ve really missed out. She’s absolutely brilliant and some of the gems to come from her blog have been inspirational to me.
A few weeks back she wrote an excellent bit about forgiving her Inner Gollum that made me think about something a wise teacher once told me:
Give yourself permission to be great … to succeed.
It was one of those things that settled in the back of my mind and has come back to remind me from time to time that I shouldn’t hold myself back, as I so often do. Not just in self-doubt, but out of a desire not to steal the limelight from someone else. I tend to do my best work in a small team where I can inject valuable insights and critical ideas, then let someone else run with them. Too often I later reflect on things and regret not taking it all the way and owning up to greatness.
So, inspired by Tara’s post, I’m going to try to give myself permission to succeed and come to terms with my own inner Gollum.
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What a huge compliment! Yes…forgive that Inner Gollum and go for it.
“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 and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.” (Nelson Mandela)
“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 and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.” Actually this quote is by Marianne Williamson
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