“Phases of the creative process: Preparation-gathering impressions Incubation-letting go of certainties Immersion/Illumination-creative intervention/risk Revision-conscious structuring and editing of creative material.” ProcessCreativityCreativeRiskMaterialsLetting GoConsciousImpressionCertaintyPreparationCreative ProcessPhasesEditingGatheringInterventionIlluminationRevisionImmersionIncubation Author:Gail Sheehy
“COURAGE isn't an absence of fear. It is doing what you are afraid to do, letting go of the familiar and forging ahead into new territory. What I have discovered is that the best leaders have the courage to act - are willing to take the risk, make the statement, point the way, lead the way - when others hesitate out of fear. Effective leadership requires the ability to stand up, stand out, and the conviction to do it. I have never known a successful leader that was not courageous.” WayAbilityKnownLeaderSuccessfulRiskWillingLetting GoConvictionAbsenceStatementsFamiliarCourageousTerritoryStanding OutEffective LeadershipBest LeaderForgingNew TerritorySuccessful LeadersForging Ahead Author:John C. Maxwell
“...Help me let go of my need to stay immersed in negativity. I can change the energy in myself and my environment from negative to positive. I will affirm the good until it sinks in and feels real. I will also strive to find one quality that I like about someone else who's important to me, and I will take the risk of telling him or her that.” NeedsFeelsI CanImportantRealHelpingEnergyChangeQualityEnvironmentRiskLetting GoStriveHelp MeNegativity Book:The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections Source: The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections
“The call of Christ is to deny ourselves and to let go of our lives. To relinquish control of our lives, to surrender everything we are, everything that we do, our direction our safety our security is no longer found in the things of this world. It is found in Christ. And that is great risk when it comes to the things of this world.” WorldFoundChristOur LivesRiskSecurityThis WorldLetting GoSafetyDenySurrenderGreat Risk Author:David Platt
“And sometimes we cling because the memory is so painful that we can't stop visiting it and hoping to make it come out differently. The risk of letting go is that we have to confront our own selves and our own possibilities.” SelfSometimesMemoriesGriefRiskPossibilityLetting GoPainfulVisiting Author:Amy Bloom
“The great enemy of creativity is fear. When we're fearful, we freeze up - like a nine-year-old who won't draw pictures, for fear everybody will laugh. Creativity has a lot to do with a willingness to take risks. Think about how children play. They run around the playground, they trip, they fall, they get up and run some more. They believe everything will be all right. They feel capable; they let go. Good businesspeople behave in a similar way: they lose $15 million, gain $20 million, lose $30 million and earn it back. If that isn't playing, I don't know what is!” IfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsYearsBelieveChildrenPlayRunningFallFearLosesEnemyCreativityMillionsLaughingRiskLetting GoCapableDrawsGainsNineGet UpBehaveWillingnessFearfulFreezePlaygroundsNine YearsGood BusinessChildren Playing Author:Faith Ringgold
“The biggest fear you face, as an actor, is whether people are going to like you. When you learn to let go of that fear, you can go so much deeper into the role and really take much bigger risks 'cause you're not worried about trivial things like that.” PeopleFacesActorsCausesRolesRiskLike YouLetting GoBiggerDeeperWorriedBiggest FearTrivial ThingsLearn To Let Go Author:Seth Gabel
“Beginning a new habit, or ending an old one can feel like letting go of a rope that swings a mile above the ground. So we feel reluctant to let go, after all, we've survived so far doing what we've done, why risk it.” FeelsDoneRiskHabitLetting GoMilesSwingsSurvivedRopeReluctantRisk ItNew Habits Author:Philippa Perry
“I think companies over the last 10 years have done a very bad job of explaining to their employees what the intrinsic risks are. All I know is, if you wait until you let the employee go to deal with the issue of how do you communicate to the employee about being let go, it's too late to do anything.” ThinkingDoneWaitingRiskLetting GoCommunicateEmployee Author:Paul Saffo
“If you let go of me now,” I whispered, stretching against him, “it could be another six hundred years before you find me again. Are you willing to take that risk?” IfsYearsRiskWillingLetting GoSixHundredFind MeStretching Book:Juliet: A Novel Source: Juliet: A Novel
“You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go.” LoveRiskWillingLetting GoCoreTelling The Truth Author:Kenny Loggins
“He was a martyr of peace but was the victim of hate. If people can't let go of the hatred of their enemies they risk sowing the seeds of hate among themselves.” PeopleIfsHatePeaceEnemyRiskLetting GoHatredVictimSeedsMartyrSowingCan't Let Go Author:William J. Clinton
“In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk. Nothing could be further from the truth. The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.” WayIdeasStatesWisdomHandsGovernmentRunningSidesRiskStreetsSecurityGoes OnPromiseLetting GoCrossesOppositesOvercomingRefuseGentleInsecurityFalse Promises Author:Theodore J. Forstmann