Gall

Audacity

Chutzpah

Courage

Guts

Mettle

Gusto

One thing many names!

Courage

High Stakes

• Education, skills, experience, clout, history…• It’s not what you accomplish that matter…it’s

what you overcome• Even the young lions do lack and suffer

hunger…

Acts of Courage

• Readiness: Opportunity + Preparation = “Good Luck”• In spite of your fear, do what you have to do.• Many people spend too much time trying to get perfect

before they act. • Always concentrate on how far you have come not how far

you have left

Drive

U can never cross the ocean unless u have the courage to loose sight of the shore

Streams of Courage

• Conviction• Inspiration• Passion • Objective

Stories of Courage

• Slave girl• Fearful• Queen• Prayed (with fasting)• Became Courageous• Salvaged the Jews

Esther(Book of Ester)

Stories of Courage

• Pioneer of modern business entrepreneurship• Failed a number of times on his route to success• Failed 1.5 years after first motor coy was started• Started again but failed again a year later.• Entire motor industry lost faith in him.• Persisted and found another investor and stared the

Ford Motor Company • Rest is history.

Henry Ford

“One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do

what they were afraid they couldn't do.”

Stories of Courage

Shedrach, Meshach & Abednego

(Book of Daniel)

“King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of

gold you have set up.”

Stories of Courage

• Co-founder and chairman of Microsoft • Dropped out of Harvard and set up a business called Traf-O-

Data• Partnership between him, Paul Allen and Paul Gilbert was

based on a good idea but a flawed business.• Company ran up losses between 1974 and 1980 before it was

closed.• Took what they learned; avoided old mistakes and created

Microsoft Corp.

Bill Gates “the beginning of anything great begins with the written and

spoken word”.

Stories of Courage

• Author of the Harry Potter books selling over 400 mill. copies and one of most successful book & film series ever

• Received endless rejections from publishers.• Many rejected her manuscript outright because 'it was far too

long for a children's book' or 'children books never make any money'.

• Started as a single mum on welfare.

J.K. Rowling

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case,

you fail by default.”

Stories of Courage

• Weakest clan in Manasseh • Least in family• Had a fearful heart yet was called “mighty warrior” by an

Angel• Found favor in the sight of God• Believed afterwards• Routed armies in battle

And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I

sent thee?

Gideon(Book of Judges)

Stories of Courage

• One of greatest business leaders who created the global Disney empire of film studios, theme parks, etc.

• Was fired from an early job at the Kansas City Star Newspaper because he “was not creative enough”

• 1922: started his first coy called Laugh-O-Gram to produce cartoons and short films; 1923: went bankrupt.

• Didn't give up, he packed up, went to Hollywood and started The Walt Disney Company

Walt Disney

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue

them”.

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