“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.”
You’ve probably read or heard Marianne Williamson’s quote above. It’s a soul-stirring one. And I think it’s not the full story. I don’t think our deepest fear is our own greatness, our own light, our own power…I think the fear is the cost that those entail. Excellence of any sort ALWAYS comes at a price. Few are willing to pay it.
The cost may be relationships you value – they may become jealous, or spiteful, or may simply not be on the same path. The cost may be looking inward and digging into some very deeply rooted pain that holds you back. The cost may be loss of status in your current community as you begin to act differently, value different things. The cost will be unique to you and it will undoubtedly involve some of the hardest work you’ve done.
The gain, should you do that hard work, will be becoming exactly who you were made to be. The gain will be authenticity, joy, purpose, meaning. It will again be unique to you, but it will be powerful beyond measure.
BUILT TO LEAD 