Mother Teresa had a poster on the wall of her home in Calcutta and spun her own version of these into a prayer you may have heard of…
The Paradoxical Commandments by Dr. Kent M. Keith
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Love and forgive them anyway.
If you are kind and do good, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating and building, others could destroy overnight. Create and build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
Honesty can make you vulnerable. Be honest anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.
In the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway…
The In-Powered Coach Prayer
People will not reciprocate when you try to help them because the industry is full of people who can’t be trusted. Help them anyway.
People will ghost you in interview processes and play the game transactional. Light the way and do the opposite anyway.
People won’t resonate with the light you bring and insist on staying in the dark. Bring the light anyway.
People will think you’re weird for playing the game differently than them and their peers. Play the game differently anyway.
Your subscribers may not like that you post occasional spiritual teaching. Post it anyway.
Power appears weak, coach In-Power anyway.
Or as
says:Run ‘Your’ Race
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