I have the distinct privilege of being part of a team that delivered the November 8, 2007 Global Telesummit, A Brand You World, celebrating ten years of personal branding.
It was an amazing experience that was made no less incredible by the fact that the team orchestrated this event in just under six months – all while juggling their own full time jobs and businesses. And before you underestimate the immensity of this achievement, consider that the team needed to: build a website, recruit a world-class line up of speakers, put together a social cause partnership, find sponsors to provide needed resources, create a program schedule that worked for all, and get word of this event out to bloggers and journalists.
Certainly the team gained a lot of support and momentum from speakers, hosts, partners, sponsors, bloggers and journalists. Yet, there is an essential lesson in this; one that you can apply to your own life:
No one on this team played small!
The drive and ambition of team members was always clear. We set a big goal and stretched. Yet, coincidentally, just after the event, I found a quote that captures this basis for achievement. The quote is from Marianne Williamson; it has a spiritual quality, but the message is appropriate:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world."
She goes on to say:
"And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."
How about you? Are you playing big?
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