Key Takeaways: Embrace discomfort and take risks to broaden your range and become a more powerful leader and fundraiser. Release the outcome to unlock confidence, productivity, and opportunity. Honor and manage feelings of shame and guilt rather than avoiding them, as they play a role in keeping you humble and motivated. Acceptance of discomfort leads to evolution and achieving amazing feats, while the ego system hinders growth. Overcome fears, embrace vulnerability, and practice gratitude for challenges to empower personal growth, confidence, and connection with others. “As fundraisers, we're called to be uncomfortable. Making friends with discomfort and putting yourselves in situations where you are uncomfortable can broaden your range of comfort.” “Guilt and shame have a role in your life. They keep you humble, they keep you hungry. And we're never going to get rid of them because this is how our bodies work. But we can also learn to manage it and learn to understand.” “The ability to be uncomfortable, to take risks, to ask for what you want, to let go of the result, to navigate the feelings, of guilt and shame that come up when you face rejection is completely 100% key to being a fundraiser.” - Maryanne Dersch Ask for and receive all you want, need and deserve without feeling rejected, ineffective, or pushy. Learn to manage your mindset, lead yourself and others more effectively and have the meaningful conversations that drive your most important work. Get your free starter kit today at www.theinfluentialnonprofit.com Connect with Maryanne about her coaching programs: https://www.courageouscommunication.com/connect Book Maryanne to speak at your conference: https://www.courageouscommunication.com/nonprofit-keynote-speaker
Key Takeaways:
“As fundraisers, we're called to be uncomfortable. Making friends with discomfort and putting yourselves in situations where you are uncomfortable can broaden your range of comfort.”
“Guilt and shame have a role in your life. They keep you humble, they keep you hungry. And we're never going to get rid of them because this is how our bodies work. But we can also learn to manage it and learn to understand.”
“The ability to be uncomfortable, to take risks, to ask for what you want, to let go of the result, to navigate the feelings, of guilt and shame that come up when you face rejection is completely 100% key to being a fundraiser.”
- Maryanne Dersch