Quote for the day . . .

"What we label courage is a strong emotional commitment--and the key word is emotional--to some ideas. Those ideas could be called a vision for where we're trying to drive the enterprise [or they could be called passion], they could be called values for what we think is important to life, they could be called principles of what is right and wrong. When people don't just have an intellectual sense that these are logically good, but are deeply committed to them, they're developing courage. When you run up against barriers that keep you from those ideals, the stronger your commitment, the more likely you are to take action consistent with those ideals. Even if it's against your your short-term best interests. And other people will look at that and say, 'Wow, that's courageous.'" - John Kotter