Be Ballsy

“You’ve got balls.” Twice in one month I’ve been told this by men who, after carrying around my business cards for month, finally took some time to check out my website and blog. To paraphrase, they went on to say, “I could never put myself out there like that.” These successful men were afraid of what people would think of them if they actually expressed what was really on their minds.

So, yeah, I guess I’ve got balls. It takes a big pair to walk away from a cushy gig – good salary and benefits, working from home, company car, boss in another province – and venture into the wild world of entrepreneurship. It takes courage to express your opinions out loud and in color. It’s the kind of courage that I didn’t have for a very long time. And there are days now, where it takes a lot of effort to call upon that part of me when I am subjected to the judgments – spoken or implied – by ego and everyone else’s.

My lesson learned is that whether God gave you balls or not, you only have one life – a finite amount of time on this planet – make your choices about what YOU want. Speak you truth. Choose to Embrace Your Potential.

If you need a little help and are in the St. John’s area, check out my upcoming workshop at http://www.embracingpotential.com/register.php.

Just to back me up, here’s what another ballsy lady had to say on the matter:

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, there may be jealousy; Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.

~Mother Teresa