Take Heart. A Call To Courage.

Good morning,

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At the core of my keynote on change and adaptability is a call to courage.

Change creates uncertainty and unpredictability.

This is very much opposed to the stability and predictability that we crave as humans.

Therefore, to step into the unknown and deal with the angst created by change requires courage.

Not the grandiose, run-into-a-burning-building type of courage, but a quiet, determined courage to take on the challenges of life and emerge victorious.

When we are trying to encourage people, we often say, "Take heart."

This is because the root of the word courage, "cor", means heart.

And today, this is exactly my message to you:

Take heart!

I know that change can be scary and overwhelming. But it's a process that's necessary for progress to occur. I mean this as literally as possible.

We cannot create progress when we think, act, and feel like we did yesterday.

Growth only comes from change.

Here's Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the brilliant mind behind one of my favorite characters of all time, Sherlock Holmes. On top of being a great novelist, he also wrote incredible poems. And one of his poems is called "Take Heart."

So, I'll allow him to take us home for today's message.

Take Heart

When our souls are filled with fear,

When the path is dull and drear,

When the wind is chill and strong,

When the way is rough and long.

Take heart!

When vague terror fills our breast,

When forebodings break our rest,

When we search for any light

In the black encircling night,

Take heart!

When with feeble hands we grope

For some faint elusive hope,

When we wander hand in hand

Through the gloomy twilight land.

Take heart!

Courage, comrade! Courage still!

We will breast the weary hill!

Hand in hand we scale the height,

Till we reach the golden light.

Take heart!

Erik

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