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S3-Q1 – Conformity is the Jailer of Freedom … John F. Kennedy

Conformity is the Jailer of Freedom and the Enemy of Growth

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Conformity is the Jailer of Freedom and the Enemy of Growth.
~~ President John F. Kennedy

In honor of Presidents Day this week, I am going to talk about Presidential Quotes. Great quotes from great Presidents of the United States.

I’ll start with President John F. Kennedy. President Kennedy as assassinated when I was 5 years old. We lived in Connecticut then. I vaguely remember going down to the railroad station and watching the train go by with his casket.

We all like conformity. Today we talk about stepping out of our comfort zone. The knowledge that conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth is not knew. JFK believed we needed to step out of our comfort zones. He took several when he was President. We went to the the moon, he changed politics and he took other risks. As a leader, we have to take a few risks to grow. If we don’t we won’t change. Anytime you take risks you will change. Without change there is no growth.

Don’t let conformity keep you lock in your current world.

It is like a jailer. If you don’t take risks because what you are doing is comfortable, easy, status quo, you will not be happy later in life. Doing what we want is freedom. Freedom to choose, freedom of thought.

I’d love to see you step up and break the chains of conformity and be the person you want to be.  Be Free, Take Risks!

 

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QOD-130: You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –Christopher Columbus

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Today’s Quote is from Christopher Columbus

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You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was an explorer. Columbus had dreams. We are often explorers in our own lives. We often have to make the proverbial journey across an ocean. We have to do something we have never done before. Maybe even something no one has done before. That’s a scary thought.

Letting go of our past, getting out of our comfort zone can be frightening. But, like Columbus and other explorers before and after him, we must have the courage to lose sight of the shore if we are to cross the oceans before us.

It is possible to leave the shore, to leave your comfort zone and it’s also possible to cross the oceans in our mind. We can achieve the goals and dreams we have before us.

You don’t need courage to cross the ocean, just to leave the shore and then to lose sight of it. Once we do that, the other side is easy to see.

Go Out Today and Let Go of the Shore! Be Courageous! Cross Your Oceans.


Hi Goal Getting Quote of the Day listeners. I just want to let you know that we will not be doing a Quote of the Day episode on Wednesdays going forward.

Goal Getting Podcast releases it’s weekly show with myself or a guest sharing tips, strategies and inspiration on How to Get the Goals You Set. I would really like to focus Wednesdays on our guests when we have them and on the lessons and ideas to help you achieve your goals.

I hope you are also listening to our Wednesday shows and if not, I invite you to check them out on Wednesday.

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QOD-039: Virginia Rometty – I learned to always take on things I’d never done before.

I learned to always take on things I'd never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist. - Virginia Rometty (CEO of IBM)Virginia Rometty

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I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.”
— Virgina Rometty (CEO of IBM)

Virginia “Ginnie” Rometty is the current Chairman, President and CEO of IBM. She rose through the ranks to get to be the first woman CEO of the company. A really dynamic person, she has taken her position as one of the most influential women in America by having the right attitude.

Ginnie takes on things outside of her comfort zone. While most people do not like to leave their comfort zone, Ginnie always takes on things she has never done before. She knows that Growth and comfort do not coexist. You can have comfort and growth.

One of my best friends, Bud Malmstrom, who also happens to be my martial arts teacher, has what we affectionately call “Budisms”. One of Bud’s most famous is “Without Change There Is No Growth”.  This agrees with Ginnie’s thoughts in her quote. And really, you cannot have both comfort and growth. They do not coexist.

Ginnie and most executives and entrepreneurs have not gotten to where they are by only taking on things in their comfort zone.  They reach out of the zone as often as they can.

Grow by reaching out of your comfort zone. Do what other won’t!  Do what you’ve never done! Be what you’ve never been before.

 


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