Risk Being Yourself

Risk Being Yourself

Risk being yourself. This concept is far from new. Throughout the ages, the most consistent prescription for personal well-being is this: Be who you must be. The Greek poet Pindar said, “Grow into what you are.” Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Insist on yourself, never...

Answer The Holy Question

Let’s say you decide to start being more courageous at work, home, or life in general. That’s great! So where do you start? You start by answering the “holy question” — what do you want? A lot of people can tell you what...
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Risks

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Risks

In the same way you learn leadership from leaders, law from lawyers, and art from artists, you learn most about risk-taking from risk-takers. Emerson once wrote, “The great distinction between teachers sacred or literary is that one class speaks from within, or from...
The Truth About The Compromise Trap

The Truth About The Compromise Trap

Elizabeth Doty is a consultant, coach, and facilitator specializing in how people participate in large organizations while staying true to themselves and being a positive force – however they define those. Her latest book, The Compromise Trap: How to Thrive at...
Courage At The Edge Of Fear

Courage At The Edge Of Fear

As a volunteer with the Junior League of Asheville, I was able to work with a team of women to provide a job and life skills development class for women who are currently living in a homeless shelter. While the sense of crisis for the women has diminished as they are...