The Greatest Source of Courage.

Last year, when I was selecting my panel for this year’s Proven Success Skills for Business Women: Building Courage And Confidence Forum, I asked them all the same question: “Where did your courage come from?” From their replies, I noticed something very interesting that these women all had in common.

Even though the three of them had never met, they all cited that it was their faith in God that got them through some of the most difficult times in their lives. One had been in the medical field for over seven years. When it came time for her to choose between getting a mandatory vaccine or sticking to her religious convictions, she walked away from her job and started up her own business. I’m sure she was trembling every step of the way because it was the last thing she ever expected to do. Yet, she was surprisingly successful at it.

Another one went overseas and witnessed some terrible atrocities against babies that were desperately in need of rescuing. Despite her outrage over the situation, she found it in her heart to adopt eight of them to raise alongside her own natural child. And even though most of them have disabilities, she noted that her faith in Jesus Christ gave her all the strength she needed to travel the long road ahead — for them and for her.

Still another one answered my question immediately and said, “It was when I found myself pregnant at 15 years of age.” Not only did she raise a beautiful daughter, but she walked away from a very lucrative career — also in the medical field — and dedicated her life to becoming a third-generation manager of a farm geared toward helping veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, deal with their trauma, and learn some useful skills in a field that is valuable and necessary.

Their faith in God turned out to be their universal common denominator for building courage and confidence. I must admit, their personal stories humbled and inspired me, witnessing how much can be done once you start off with such a strong foundation. I can’t wait for you to hear them reveal the rest of their stories.

“Courage is not having the strength to go on. It’s going on when you don’t have strength.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

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This excerpt was taken from my upcoming Proven Success Skills for Business Women: Building Courage and Confidence Forum. I encourage you to click here to register for the Proven Success Skills for Business Women: Building Courage and Confidence Forum on Thursday, June 22, 2023 from 9 AM to 12 noon Eastern Standard Time at the Comfort Suites in Mount Joy, PA. This event will also be available through live streaming.