Glenn Marsden’s Post

I recently came across a story with a powerful lesson for life: While walking through an elephant camp, a woman noticed that the elephants were only being secured by a small rope around one ankle. The huge animals were clearly capable of breaking the rope. Confused, she asked one of the keepers why the elephants didn't break the ropes and wander off. "Well, when the elephants were very young, we used the same small rope, but at that age, it was strong enough to hold them. Now, even though they are much bigger, they still believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break it." The lesson: An old, patterned belief has the power to keep you trapped. At this very moment, you have old beliefs and stories about who you are that are holding you back from your goals. It's time to question them: What are the beliefs that no longer serve you? How might you change your life if you change those beliefs? This weekend, step out of your comfort zone and ask those questions. You may find that you break free of the tiny rope that was holding you back in life. Enjoy this? ♻ Repost to help your network... #LifeLessons #MindsetMatters #BreakFree #PersonalGrowth #SelfBelief #Motivation #Inspiration #OvercomingLimits #Empowerment #StepOutOfComfortZone #Leadership #LinkedInCommunity

#truestory Years ago, five 'friends' cheated me out of Rs 10 lacs. I blamed myself for being foolish and not judging them well. I vowed never to trust anyone again. Suspicion became my shield, and I refused to help people in need, even the genuine ones. I convinced myself to stay unemotional and stand my ground. Then one day, a priest at a church I visited, asked me, "Has anyone helped you when you needed it?" I nodded. "Did you break their trust?" he continued. I shook my head. "There are many like you. Isn't it possible?" he asked. His words made me rethink everything. What other lesson did I learn from my 'bad' experience? "To vet the requests better," I replied. He smiled, "That's it. Be blessed. Keep doing the good work." It’s so natural to want to get back at those who hurt you or protect yourself by shutting others out, isn’t it? But what if, instead, we gave back double the good that comes our way? What if we competed to be the most generous? Since changing my outlook, life has been so much better. Sure, there are times when doubt creeps in, but then I hear the Father’s words in my head: Get even with people who have helped you, not with those who hurt you. What’s your take? How do you handle trust and generosity? Victory is in your hands. Be cool. Be classy. Be victorious. If this post inspired you, tap the heart to recommend it to others. #farzanasuri #victorycoach #motivation #coaching #lifecoach #numerologist #victoryisinyourhands #inspiration #leadership #trust #generosity

Renewing is selfish in the most positive “self” kind of way. Your spirit rejoices when you take the time to restore and revamp. And, rediscovering the “you” that you remember you have always really been. You begin to open new doors for renewing that you didn’t know existed. You’re going to soar totally renewed. https://yes2yes.com/ #inspiration #positive #renew #executivecoaching #leadershipcoaching

One of my favorite saying is 'You can do anything you set your mind to'. It's not just a cliché; it's a battle cry for the determined. With grit and a relentless spirit, the sky's the limit. It’s a powerful reminder that with determination and hard work, anything is possible. What’s your favorite motivational quote? Share it in the comments below! #motivation #inspiration #quotes #positivethinking

Just turn 53! Grateful for life’s challenges and blessings. If I can share a bit of wisdom about aging it would be to: Leave yourself open to life’s little miracles and wonders. They really do happen all around us. Feel comfortable with being uncomfortable. It’s boring to play it safe. Trust that the net will appear. Let go of any resentment. Your face will thank you for it. Be generous with others. Your soul will thank you for it. If you want to lead, lead. If you want to create, create. But be open to keep learning and keep learning from others. The magic comes when we build with others. Honor your aging. It is a gift.   

Happy Easter everyone. I thought it would be a good time to write about resurrection (without thinking religion 😉 ). Consider that for 10,000 years, we've been trained to function, to do-more-to-survive, to fit expectations of others. For millennia, we've vigorously live through our five senses: - We believe in what we see or hear - We don't do what doesn't smell good - And to get things done, we use our words or our hands. To change or improve anything, without knowing why, we roll up our sleeves and get to work: develop strategies, work harder, convince others to buy our stuff. We've been doing this for so long that we don't even know, anymore, why we behave this way (we have an eye-opening course that outlines how we got here: https://lnkd.in/gXPrPpQZ). Fact is: it's exhausting us; it exhausts our natural environment; it kills our spirit. It's time to break this pattern. Not by Doing something different or developing new strategies, but by remembering and acknowledging who we're here to Be: - that we're spiritual beings having a physical experience - that we all have incredible, untapped abilities, if we learned how to turn inward (beyond our 5 outside senses) - that we're all in the same boat: in a classroom to grow beyond our fears. When you go to that space, you know that there's a different place of Being, altogether. You've experienced it many times in your own life. To create a more life-giving world order - whether in your business or at home - is there a possibility to break aways from our 10,000 years of habit and instead try another approach? Wouldn't that be a true resurrection? #leadership #consciousbusiness #easter #thriving Joe Laranjeiro Tamara Moore Julia Armet, ELI-MP Zsuzsanna Ferenczi

If you’re scared to stop, start, and take the leap of faith on the one thing that you’ve been thinking about but not taking action on, then this message is for you. 𝑫𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒐—𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑, 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆!🚀 Here’s a powerful quote that I always revisit to conquer my fears: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Marianne Williamson If you know someone or that one friend that needs to hear this, don’t keep this to yourself. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 ♻️ 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰. #Inspiration #Motivation #Empowerment #Influence #Leadership #PersonalBranding #EmbraceTheJourney #GrowthMindset #Success #Fear

It sounds like a teaser for a new action flick: What would you do if you only had 24 hours left to live? 😁 But it is a serious question that I believe we should all reflect on, no matter how scary it might seem. In my values-based leadership classes, I often ask my Kellogg students and executive leaders to think about this question, and to help them with this important self-reflection, I offer the following questions: What are your values? What is your purpose? What really matters in your life? What kind of a leader do you want to be? What kind of example do you want to set for those with whom you interact? I think these are very important questions to ask, and as the professor, I get to ask them. 😁 This process got flipped on me yesterday morning at the @Saints Joseph and Francis Xavier Parish at the 8AM mass. I had stayed up very late Saturday night and rolled into church thinking I would just casually listen but maybe not take the service too seriously. My plan changed abruptly when Father Rob Ryan, our associate pastor (and all-around great guy), started his homily with a simple question: “What would you do if you knew you would die tomorrow?” He explained that it was not meant to be depressing or a downer, but worth spending a little time thinking about. He noted that it appeared many people would immediately and urgently begin running around nonstop to fix the unfinished business in their lives that they had put off. That list may include contacting witch people they hadn’t spoken to in many years, maybe apologizing to people that they had hurt in some way, and also maybe reflecting on their faith life. As I sat in the pew, and personally reflected on the question, I actually felt very much at peace. I attribute this in large part to the three-day silent retreats I have been participating in every December for the past almost 40 years (this year it will be December 5-8) and refreshed daily by my self-examinations every evening. I felt at peace because I realized many years ago that each one of us eventually has one last day left on this earth – we just don’t know when that day is. As a result, I decided many years ago that since you never do know when, why wouldn’t you live each day of your life as if it were your last? This thought process could be a result of your faith, your religion, your spirituality, or maybe an innate desire to simply be a good person; some simply refer to it as “living the Golden rule.” You can read the rest of my blog post at the link below. #selfreflection #valuesbasedleadership #thoseguys

WU-TIME DAILY DEVOTIONAL The #Awakening #Leaders' #Devotional Author: #Ebenezer O George Topic: #LEADINGFAITH! Sunday   ||   07072024 #ANCHOR #SCRIPTURE: "How could you say to your friend, ‘Here, let me show you where you’re wrong,’ when you are guilty of even more than he? You are overly critical, splitting hairs and being a hypocrite! You must acknowledge your own blind spots and deal with them before you will be able to deal with the blind spot of your friend.” (Luke 6:42 TPT) #KEY #MEDITATION: The goal of your faith is not for you to feel constantly persecuted and to always desire some form of revenge! Your faith is not to always give you the basis to have something else to complain about one after the other or to give you the sense that you always blamed the world for being against you. Sometimes ago, a boss in an organization came to me gun blazing. She was very angry about one of her reportees. She was on a revenge mission and ready to tear the other person apart. She saw her life as full of battles, betrayals, belittling, and persecution.  As I saw her anger and hostility flaring up, I said to her: "Your assignment is to manage this person up the cadre. Make her reach a higher height. Cultivate a leadership style of making people who pass through you reach  higher levels and give yourself a chance of making other people confirm your doubts about them. And not only you seeing things from your own perspectives and seeing yourself as always right." I am not saying that the other party is justified of insubordination. But most often, we allow our 'I-know-better-than-you' mentality to play through our faith to with pleasure criticise others and see them fail; and thereby, we throw away the best of future friends and helpers! A church member who is so stingy can see greediness in a pastor who is so supportive of them, and yet he's not ministered to with their substance and vice-versa. Or a spouse of a 'holier-than-thou' mentality accusing his or her partner of not loving him or her. If you take a microscope and you look closely to discover symptoms of that mentality in yourself, root it out  immediately and continuously! If God is the one leading you and you believe in Him, you're unstoppable by either any human tricks or satanic installations! "If with heart and soul you’re doing good, do you think you can be stopped? ... Don’t give the opposition a second thought. Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick. They’ll end up realizing that they’re the ones who need a bath." (1 Peter 3:13‭, 16) Don't make yourself the source of any defensive and hostile response! All of us have some kind of hostility in us. Maintain your faith in God to overpower your own hostility. Don't let the devil feed off your hostility and make you narrow down the possibilities of the goodness of God that can come from others to you! #ariseworldswealthiestfromafrica [email protected]; www.ebggo.org

Good morning and Terrific Tuesday! Today’s motivational message is about identifying the need for personal change and being brave enough to implement. Here are some of my takeaways: 1. Do you want change more than you want to change? Take the energy you have to identify flaws in others and apply it to yourself. 2. Be intentional and deliberate about making personal change, make it a priority. 3. Take your blinders off! Be brave enough to identify the change you need, and implement it daily. 4. Be clear on what you want, so you can make a path and a plan to get there. 5. You need to be committed and convicted, you’re convictions will push you pass your emotions. You have it in you to do and be more. #dailymotivation #terrifictuesday #MasterChange #committed&convicted