Vision and Self-Esteem 2
GOOD MORNING and welcome to Leading Right. We will continue our story of Rose played by Barbra Streisand in the epic romantic movie – Mirror has two faces. Once Rose is by the roadside waiting for a taxi. One comes along and she moves closer brandishing the address of the place she is going. All of a sudden, the driver makes a U-turn, leaving Rose to wonder what is amiss. Just then, she sees a beautiful lady on the other side of the road and the taxi pulling over in front of her. She quickly concludes she has been passed over because of her ugly looks. Any trace of doubt about this is removed by the ‘I am sorry but the world belongs to the beautiful’ look on the face of the lady as she walks proudly to the waiting taxi.
If you were Rose your self-esteem would hardly fair better.
It is with this mindset that Rose meets and marries a fellow professor. Gregory (played by Jeff Bridges) is handsome but boring. After several frustrating romantic experiences he has deliberately set out to find and marry a woman with absolutely no sex appeal. Rose fits the bill perfectly. But a marriage built on such a foundation can hardly withstand the test of time. Within a short time, separation beckons and divorce is imminent.
There is one rule that applies in all cases. Think of an apparent disadvantage as a limitation and it becomes one. And very quickly, it begins to assert itself determining the course of your life and putting the ceiling on your leadership influence and capability. This limitation affects who you meet, where you go and how you are received by others. Like Rose, you will attract the likes of Gregory. Life will become a bore regardless of the limitless potentials that lie on the inside of you. You literally become a slave to your own limitation.
On the other hand, you can think of the apparent disadvantage as a challenge and an opportunity. Immediately, you deny it of its limiting influence. You clip the wings of limitations and instead, you increase your capacity in handling issues and experience the joy of turning your challenge into a victory parade. As you do this, you develop a new aura around you – an aura of hope and confidence. People around notice this change and accept you. They see beyond your apparent disadvantage and embrace the hope you represent. They identify with your vision and align themselves with your goals.
Remember, dear listener: Limitations exist only in your mind. There is no such thing as limitation except the one you create in your own mind. You are the one that labels your apparent disadvantage a limitation, not God. Not even the people around you. You create the label and the people around buy into it. You say you ca never rise again after the death of your husband and the people around say, Amen. You say I can never attract good men because of my lackluster look and good men run away from you. You say, I can never join the big league because of my poor background and people around look down on you.
Dear listener, make up your mind to change your label today. As you do, your dreams will change, God will move behind your dreams and the people around will buy into your new label.
If you were Rose your self-esteem would hardly fair better.
It is with this mindset that Rose meets and marries a fellow professor. Gregory (played by Jeff Bridges) is handsome but boring. After several frustrating romantic experiences he has deliberately set out to find and marry a woman with absolutely no sex appeal. Rose fits the bill perfectly. But a marriage built on such a foundation can hardly withstand the test of time. Within a short time, separation beckons and divorce is imminent.
There is one rule that applies in all cases. Think of an apparent disadvantage as a limitation and it becomes one. And very quickly, it begins to assert itself determining the course of your life and putting the ceiling on your leadership influence and capability. This limitation affects who you meet, where you go and how you are received by others. Like Rose, you will attract the likes of Gregory. Life will become a bore regardless of the limitless potentials that lie on the inside of you. You literally become a slave to your own limitation.
On the other hand, you can think of the apparent disadvantage as a challenge and an opportunity. Immediately, you deny it of its limiting influence. You clip the wings of limitations and instead, you increase your capacity in handling issues and experience the joy of turning your challenge into a victory parade. As you do this, you develop a new aura around you – an aura of hope and confidence. People around notice this change and accept you. They see beyond your apparent disadvantage and embrace the hope you represent. They identify with your vision and align themselves with your goals.
Remember, dear listener: Limitations exist only in your mind. There is no such thing as limitation except the one you create in your own mind. You are the one that labels your apparent disadvantage a limitation, not God. Not even the people around you. You create the label and the people around buy into it. You say you ca never rise again after the death of your husband and the people around say, Amen. You say I can never attract good men because of my lackluster look and good men run away from you. You say, I can never join the big league because of my poor background and people around look down on you.
Dear listener, make up your mind to change your label today. As you do, your dreams will change, God will move behind your dreams and the people around will buy into your new label.
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