i-TFTD #315: Strong, Positive Effort

#315-1. There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
-R. Buckminster Fuller

#315-2. Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

#315-3. Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it--in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.
-John C. Maxwell

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Good leaders must believe in the existence of unique talents in their subordinates. We must avoid labeling individuals based on their past performance in a given situation.

We need to at least believe in our own untapped potential! I! t is easy and popular to blame those around us and our circumstances. It appears harder but is more useful to examine if we can do something to achieve better success, if there are great things in ourselves and our lives that we are not utilizing.

Of course, achieving anything of value requires our effort, a willingness to step up and forward.