I am the captain of my ship and the master of my fate

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Nor does she do the necessary networking for you. YOU needt o polish your resume, send it out to jobs you see advertised, and also tell people what youвЂ™re looking for. вЂњIвЂ™m dying for a good new job and wish IвЂ™d hear about an opening.вЂќ Sorry, but the wish fairy doesnвЂ™t do the looking for you and then whisper in your ear where to apply.вЂњI need to find a better place to live and keep hoping someone will tell me about a great vacancy.вЂќ I ask why someone would do that if they havenвЂ™t made an effort to look or a place.This kind of wishing for something outside of you to just knock on your door with what you need makes you powerless.

When I counsel creative types, especially musicians, I hear about hopes of being discovered wishes that someone out of the blue will notice them. Yes, occasionally one gets lucky and finds someone who believes in them enough to help them. But the best way to get what you want is to get it yourself.

Too many people sit around wallowing in negative circumstances that occur and give up or wait for someone to do the work and help them achieve their goals, or they pray for a miracle.

I read it when I was in sixth grade and those last lines have stayed with me. As you stated in one of your earlier posting (Feb 5), вЂњleadership is a team sport.This is one of my favorite poems. Leaders should never see themselves as alone or needing to have all the answers they need to draw from and rely on others if they are going to exceed their own limited capabilities. We so often talk about leaders being people who encourage, enable, and energize others to achieve what they never dreamed they could however, we too seldom take into account that great leaders do the same for themselves.ДЄnd, while you conclude with the dictum that leaders have the responsibility for their own continued growth, and must take to heart that вЂњI am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul,вЂќ is perhaps the most important insight given by Francois Pienaar/Matt Damon when he states that to help others вЂњto be better than they think they can beвЂќ (and I believe the implication would be to help oneself do the same), вЂњвЂ¦it is by using the work of others?вЂќ вЂњWe must all exceed our own expectations.вЂќ What a challenge! Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!! May you remember always: You are the master of your fate, You are the captain of your soul! Continue to be more than you ever dreamed you could beвЂ¦ and moreвЂ¦ so much more.

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Speaking of building his nation, Mandela says: вЂњ We must all exceed our own expectations.вЂќ As great leaders build their own professional and personal life, they, too, вЂњ must all exceed their own expectations.вЂќ They are the role models, the examples, the works of others, from which others learn and grow when all they want to do is lie down. What beauty and power they bring in shaping our mindset and way of living, and which become an example for others to emulate and from which to grow. вЂњ I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soulвЂќ вЂ“ reaffirming words that inspire the great leadersвЂ™ own belief in themselves and their lifeвЂ™s purpose. Mandela states that it вЂњ helped me to stand when all I wanted to do was lie downвЂќ while he was imprisoned on Robben Island for eighteen years.

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That is exactly right.вЂќ He then asks: вЂњ But how to get them to be better than they think they can be?вЂќ His response to his question is: вЂњ I sometimes think that it is by using the work of others.вЂќДЇor Mandela it was a poem, Invictus, by William Ernest Henley. I have always thought to lead by example, Sir.вЂќ Mandela confirms his answer saying: вЂњ That is right. Mandela asks him: вЂњ Francois, what is your philosophy on leadership? How do you inspire your team to do their best?вЂќ Francois responds: вЂњ By example.

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In a scene from the 2009 movie Invictus, Nelson Mandela, played by Morgan Freeman, is meeting with Francois Pienaar, played by Matt Dillon, the captain of the Springbok Rugby Team which is preparing for the 1995 World Cup.

I am the captain of my ship and the master of my fate