The Courage to Succeed

David MacLean - Esporta/CCRN

Business success

Business successPersonal success

Business successPersonal successMarital success

Business successPersonal successMarital successFamily success

1. Courage

1. Courage2. Conviction

1. Courage2. Conviction3. Contribution

Courage + Conviction = Contribution

John Smeaton

William Wallace

Robert the Bruce

“We fight not for glory, nor for wealth, nor honour, but only and alone we fight for freedom which no good man surrenders but with his life.”

Courage always precedes freedom (our ability to succeed)

and fear always precedes courage.

Courage

“Being scared spitless, but saddling up anyway!”

Courage:

Puffer Fish

Puffer Fish

Chameleon

Chameleon

What are the terrorists in your life?

Rejection

Failure

Not having enough

Losing what you have

Being abandoned

You don’t have what it takes

You’re all alone

Things will never change

You really don’t know what you’re doing

Freedom

• Nothing to fear

• Nothing to prove

• Nothing to hide

• Nothing to lose

Billy Graham

“When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened.”

Courage is not a gift or an ability

Courage is not a gift or an ability -

It is a decision to act!

Teddy Roosevelt

“…far better it is to dare mighty things than to take rank with those poor timid spirits who know neither victory, nor defeat.”

Conviction

Courage is built on conviction.

Henry Dempsey

What are your convictions?

What do you hold onto

when the going gets rough?

What are your convictions?

Deep rooted beliefs about yourself

and your place in this world

What are your convictions?

Personally

What are your convictions?

Personally

Professionally

What are your convictions?

Family first Servant leadership

Prosperity for purpose

Success or significance?

Money – an end or a means to an end?

Standard of living v. standard of giving

Character or charisma? Long term or short term?

Play to win, or play not to lose?

Courageous action + Convictions

= Contribution

Contribution

Contribution

True success is about contribution, not personal contentment.

Success is about what we give, not what we get.Courageous action + Convictions

= Contribution (True Success)