Fearless Friday Quotes

 Nothing inspires like famous quotes.  Here are some of mine around fearlessness and what it means to try.  

Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.  ~  Arthur Ashe 

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.  ~  Eleanor Roosevelt

If you think you can, or if you think you can’t…you’re right.  ~  Unknown

Those who feel certain they will not succeed are seldom mistaken.  ~  Francis Osgood
 
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.  ~  -E Osborn
 
The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.  ~  Sven Goran Eriksson

Success is moving from one failure to the next with undiminished enthusiasm.  ~  Winston Churchill

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.  ~  Unknown

To living fearlessly,

Starla

5 Lessons from the Runway

I have a dog named Scooby.  We think he’s a chiweagle - a Chihuahua and Beagle mix.   He’s damn cute and we always hoped that he would be our ticket to fame and fortune.  But after 10 years, he still hadn’t had his big break, until a couple weeks ago. 

 

He was asked to be in a doggie fashion show.  I was all over it.  I just didn’t realize that I would have to join him on the runway.  So Scooby and I made our double debut in front of a few hundred people.  

 

So I thought I would pass along a few business lessons from the runway… 

1.  Dress rehearsals may feel like a waste of time, but they’re not.  Not only do you work out the kinks, but you get over any nervousenss you might have.  In your business, don’t just wait for the big event to break out your pitch, do a lot of dress rehearsals to work out the kinks and hone your message.  
2. Look like you know what you’re doing, even if you want to run screaming.  Chin up, shoulders back and smile.  You’re the only one who knows how nervous you feel.  
3. Mistakes WILL happen.  Scooby took out a camera tripod as we walked onstage.  Nothing is perfect in life or in business.  Sometimes it will be your fault and sometimes you can blame it on the dog.  Laugh about it and keep moving forward.  
4. Always have a cheering section who love you no matter what and who believes that everything you do is amazing.  (Thank you David, Dor, and Lord B)
5. And always take your dog’s sweater off before he lifts his leg.  No business lesson here - just good advice.  

To a bold business and extraordinary life,

 Starla

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