Don’t Shrink, Don’t Boast

What If Flowers Were Worried About Showing Off?
What If Flowers Were Worried About Showing Off?

This is a lesson I still struggle with – From Tony Dungy’s second favorite film, Coach Carter (thanks to Skip for sending it our way):

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

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By jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.