Life in Small Bites: 3.07 Courage
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COURAGE (Tailwind)
Courage is an essential ingredient in Success and personal development. The absence of Courage results in many missed opportunities and too many painful ones. Although Courage can be learned, it is not learned from another. It something you discover from within yourself. Discovering for oneself what is needed or wanted is more important than the potential feeling of failure.
Courage refrains from taking foolish risks with safety or resources. Courage is not ‘jumping without looking’. A pilot’s adage is,
There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old bold pilots.
Real boldness and courage require careful analysis of the situation, reviewing your options, and selecting those that serve you best. Goethe preached, (real) Boldness has Genius, Power, and Magic in it.
Courage often requires corralling one’s inner demons and initially pretending that you are ‘courageous’. Like any skill, courage gets better with practice. Your courage muscles get ‘pumped-up’ by exercising them.
Courage is an Attitude. Select your attitudes and relationships that serve you best. Pick those that you ‘hang with’ carefully. It has be said that, “If you always live with those that are lame, you yourself will learn to limp.” Conversely, if you are soaring with the eagles you probably won’t learn to ‘quack’.
James Yarbrough, Jr
Jim Yarbrough - International Business Development, Experienced Transportation Executive, Leadership Development Author A 25-year veteran in the international relocation, freight forwarding, and warehousing industries, he returned to Bangkok in 1999 to become the Country Manager of Brink’s Thailand, a subsidiary of Brink’s Inc. Jim is a graduate of the University of Southern California (International Relations and Economics) and Master’s program at UCLA (Public Administration and Computer Information Systems). Following service as a US Air Force pilot Jim lived and worked overseas since 1975. He managed and owned warehousing and forwarding companies in Panama, Thailand, Indonesia, and the US. He has taught college level courses in Negotiations, Leadership, and Personal Effectiveness. Jim has always strived to be a positive contributor to his community. He has formerly been the president of several school boards, industry organizations, and charitable institutions. Jim co-founded the Visitor Aloha Services of Hawaii (VASH), a volunteer based program organizing and funneling community and corporate support to tourists who were victims of crime. During his first tour in Thailand Jim co-founded the ‘Adopt-a-Bus’ project which worked to reduce air pollution by retro-fitting catalytic converters on municipal buses. Jim served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee and Director of Operation Smile Thailand for seven years. From 2008 to 2012 Jim served as the Asia-Pacific Director, Resource Development, Habitat for Humanity International. Jim has served as a Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand for eight years. Jim was recruited by Habitat for Humanity in mid-2008. Jim has been a Rotarian for 25 years while living in Panama, the US, and in Thailand.
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Life in Small Bites - James Yarbrough, Jr
LIFE in SMALL BITES
Lessons in Courage
(Tailwind)
By James G. Yarbrough, Jr.
Smashwords Edition
version 3.07
June 2012
Copyright © 2012, James G. Yarbrough, Jr.
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Today is the last day of the first of your life.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
Courage and Success are not fostered from Winning
– they are nurtured through the willful acts of showing-up
and playing with passion.
- Dad
Thank you for purchasing this compilation of aphorisms.
A portion of the revenue received will be donated to
two of my favorite charities:
If you would like to learn more about
these two great organizations, please visit their websites at:
www.habitat.org
www.operationsmile.org
DEDICATION
To my mentors and coaches, my Mom and Dad, Dorothy Ellen and James Sr.
To my children, Robin, George, and Gary, who are my continuous sources of inspiration, pride, and hope.
To my wife, Marlena, who never fails to remind me to live the "Small Bites" that I preach.
To all of the Doers:
Good intentions only provide the drive. It is the driving
that gets us where we want to be.
Contents
Introduction
PRE-FLIGHT
If I Could Give You Anything
Suggestions For Using Small Bites
GENERAL WISDOM
The Paradoxical Commandments
One Day At A Time
Desiderata
Believe In Your Heart
COURAGE
It Takes Courage
The Way
High Flight
About the Author
Index of Authors
Introduction
It always begins with: Let me tell you a story...
When I was young, my father was a US Army officer. Thankfully, he had strict requirements about respect for elders and authority, personal grooming, decorum, and manners—especially table manners. Practicing these standards has served me well throughout my life.
When I became a parent, I wanted to pass on the teachings that worked for me. Yet as a father guiding my children’s development, I admit that instilling proper table manners was challenging at times—Elbows off the table
, chew with your mouth closed
, "only put small bites in your mouth" were all endless refrains.
I often took advantage of mealtimes to dispense pedantic morsels—my "small bites of guidance, insights, or philosophy. While many of these
small bites" were taken from my own experience and inspiration, most came from the borrowed and appreciated wisdom of others, especially my father. My aim was to provide instructions for establishing personal integrity, personal development, and social responsibility.
In spite of my