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You Can Do More Than You Think You Can

Posted by Todd Miechiels in Life on Aug 27th, 2010 | View Comments

More times than I like to admit, I limit myself with glass ceilings and false beliefs about what I am capable of doing. It bleeds over into my professional life as a marketer, both strategically, and from an execution point of view. When I think of myself, I’m never at my best. When I focus on the success of others and look up, is when I’m humbled and pleasantly surprised with what can be accomplished.

This clip from the movie Facing the Giants, is a great example and reminder of what we can accomplish when we put our trust in others who want what’s best for us. It’s also a great lesson that often times the thing that is holding us back is a false belief.

Whether you are an executive or a coordinator, ask yourself, “What are the false beliefs that are holding us back as individuals and organizationally?”

What’s the ‘death crawl’ that your team needs to suffer through to emerge victorious and stronger as a company and as a person.

What words of wisdom or inspiration can you offer in the comments below to help others become stronger emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually?

  • Carl Saxon

    Watched this movie. It was great. This scene sums it up.

  • http://twitter.com/ShawnPButler Shawn Butler

    “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, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And 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.” – Marianne Williamson

  • http://twitter.com/davidscohen David Cohen

    Todd, Thank you for this wonderful reminder that we don't always know our own full potential nor the power we have to influence others to achieve.

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