“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.

Without courage, we cannot practise any other virtue with consistency.”

– Maya Angelou, American author, poet and civil rights activist

“I’ll tell you one thing about this self-esteem stuff,” he said. “It’s a lot of hard work.”

I was speaking with a colleague about some significant changes he wanted to make in his life – in particular, letting go of some disempowering patterns of thought and behaviour.

“Do you still play the piano?” I asked. “I saw you perform once at a piano bar.”

“Oh, my goodness,” he replied with a chuckle. “That was a long time ago.”

“Did it take yo...

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