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Andy Maier, CGD
Professional Member Society of Graphic Designers of Canada
I’m located where the water meets the mountains in beautiful North Vancouver, BC.
Mobile phone is 604 781 0897. Call anytime.
If you’d rather send an email, you can do so at andy@courageousb.com
“What we label courage is a strong emotional commitment — and the key word is emotional — to some ideas. Those ideas could be called a vision for where we’re trying to drive the enterprise, they could be called values for what we think is important in life, they could be called principles of what is right and wrong. When people don’t just have an intellectual sense that these are logically good, but are deeply committed to them, they’re developing courage. When you run up against barriers that keep you from those ideals, the stronger your commitment, the more likely you are to take action consistent with those ideals. Even if it’s against your short-term best interests. And other people will look at that and say, “Wow, that’s courageous.”
The bigger the context, the greater the barriers, the more the snake pits — pick your own overused metaphor — the more there will be times for courageous acts. And the people who go down in history as great leaders always meet these tests.”
– John Kotter, Author and Professor at Harvard Business School