Evan CarmichaelSpeaker / Author / Introvert

How to Cultivate Leadership | Discover the Leader Within You

2 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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In this motivational segment, Evan Carmichael asserts that everyone harbors valuable ideas and a desire to serve, yet they often suppress these ideas by inventing logical excuses. He explains that these excuses are not truly rational; they are rooted in fear—specifically, the fear of taking the next step and the fear of being seen failing. By recognizing that the real barrier is fear rather than lack of ability, listeners are encouraged to move past these self‑imposed limitations and act on their ideas, thereby cultivating leadership within themselves.

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You have great ideas inside you. You know you're capable of more. You know you want to serve. You know you want to help. And great ideas are flowing through you and we shut them off because we find a logical reason why we can't do it. Whatever logical excuse that we come up with, that's— listen, it's based in reality. You're a smart person. You wouldn't believe a stupid reason. So the reasons that we're listening to are actually based on some kind of fact, but they're still an excuse. And underneath it, underneath that reason why you can't do something, is because you're afraid. You're afraid. I'm afraid. We're afraid of taking the next step. And the fear underlying that is not the fear of it not working out. It's the fear of it not working out and who's going to see you fail.