#LeadershipTuesdays: Have Confidence…Rosalynn Carter

“If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.”

—Rosalynn Carter

On Tuesdays, womenatliberty.com presents #LeadershipTuesdays, a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage and strengthen women leaders. Today we feature a practical quote on confidence from former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and a resource written by leadership expert and motivational speaker, Brian Tracy.

The article, “How to Be a Confident Leader in Uncertain Situations”, provides helpful insight how you can build self confidence and make better decisions for yourself and your team. One thing that you have to be comfortable with is that you do not know everything and you will make mistakes sometimes. Everybody does. What is important is that you can admit your failures and move forward.

Lastly, I was thinking about this just yesterday. One of the most important things you can do and also teach your children is this: know what your values are and then live a life that is consistent with your values. Your values are the foundation for your entire life. Consistently living your values builds confidence and makes you a better leader.

For more information on #LeadershipTuesdays, check us out and follow us on Twitter: @LeadershipTues.

Nona Ogunsula, Founder, womenatliberty.com

Self Love...Tyra Banks

"Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself."

--Tyra Banks

Source: http://twitter.com/TyraBanks

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Give Yourself Some Credit...Tanya Burr

"Don't overestimate everyone else and underestimate yourself."

--Tanya Burr

Find One Thing...Tyra Banks

"It is important for women to feel beautiful when she looks in the mirror, and I tell women, 'If you don't feel beautiful, find one thing that you can look in that mirror and say, 'That is beautiful.'"

--Tyra Banks

Stay Positive...Germany Kent

"Convince yourself everyday that you are worthy of a good life. Let go of stress, breathe. Stay positive, all is well."

--Germany Kent

Some People Don't Deserve You...Shannon Adler

"Don’t waste your time trying to explain yourself to people that are committed to misunderstanding you."

--Shannon L. Alder

Your time is limited and precious. It should be spent with people who value, genuinely care and love you. Sure, we all have to do things with individuals we may not particulary care for, but don't dwell in spaces where people are always negative and continuously criticize you. You deserve better than that.

You're Born Worthy...Viola Davis

"There's no prerequisites to worthiness. You're born worthy, and I think that's a message a lot of women need hear."

--Viola Davis, 75th Golden Globes

Know Your Value!...@vnona

We spend a lifetime training, and enhancing and honing our skills and abilities. Don't let someone come along in a minute and discount everything you've worked for. Know your worth! Know your value!

--Nona O.

#LeadershipTuesdays: You've Got To Believe In Your Abilities...Sonia Sotomayor

"In every position that I've been in, there have been naysayers who don't believe I'm qualified or who don't believe I can do the work. And I feel a special responsibility to prove them wrong."

--Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Supreme Court Justice

Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides Leadership Tuesdays, a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage and strengthen women leaders. It's 2016! If you are reading this blog that means you made it! Congratulations! You have been blessed with a blank canvas to begin your 2016 masterpiece.

You may not have all of the paints or colors you want or you may not even know exactly what you want your masterpiece to look like right now, but know this: you have been blessed with opportunity. So, to help you take advantage of this opportunity, check out "Setting New Year Resolutions For Your Career" by Amy Lindgren. This article offers great advice on setting career goals for 2016. Amy is president of a career consulting firm and she has a lot of experience helping clients achieve their career goals. She suggests that you start your planning process with "where you want to be in January 2017" and then create your plan with that goal in mind. Read her article and you will be led through a brief process that will help you begin to identify the short term objectives and tasks you need to accomplish your overall goal.

Well, here's to a great 2016! For more information on Leadership Tuesdays or WOMEN AT LIBERTY, click here. 

Can't Keep Doubting Myself...Mary J. Blige

http://www.maryjblige.com

Doubt

By Mary J. Blige

(see video below)

You said I'd never be a leader
You said I'd never wear a crown
If I wanted to be someone
I should learn to settle down

(You should know better) I tell myself
(You'll never go further) I warn myself
(You'll never be better) Don't know me that well

I made it to the end
I nearly paid the cost
I lost a lot of friends
I sacrificed a lot
I'd do it all again
'Cause I made it to the top
But I can't keep doubting myself anymore

No! No

I can't keep doubting myself no

Now you're looking at a leader
Now you're staring at a queen
You said I'll never be someone
But now I'm pulling all the strings

(You should know better) Won't let me back down
(You'll never go further) Can't turn me around
(You'll never be better) So no-one's stopping me now

I made it to the end
I nearly paid the cost
I lost a lot of friends
I sacrificed a lot
I'd do it all again
'Cause I made it to the top
I can't keep doubting myself anymore

No! No, no, no, no, oh no no, oh no

You think you know
But you don't know the half
You think you beat me down
But I'll have the last laugh
I'll keep getting up
'Cause that's what I'm gonna do yea
I'm gonna be the best me
Sorry if it kills you

I made it to the end
I nearly paid the cost
I lost a lot of friends
I sacrificed a lot
I'd do it all again
'Cause I made it to the top
But I can't keep doubting myself anymore
 

No, oh no no no no,
I can't keep doubting myself no, no no oh no oh no oh no

You Must Nurture Yourself To Blossom...Deborah Day

“Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.” 

– Deborah Day

Your Value...@iamsophianelson

"You cannot base your life happiness or your value on people who try to tear you down, try to hurt you, who walk away from you, talk about you, lie on you, or worse. Your value is based on how you see and love yourself."

--Sophia Nelson, Esq., Author, Motivational Speaker, and Journalist

http://www.thewomancodebook.com

How You See Yourself Matters...Viola Davis

I didn't see myself any different from my white counterparts in school. I just didn't! I thought I could do what they did. And what I didn't do well, I thought people were going to give me the opportunity to do well, because maybe they saw my talent, so they would give me a chance. I had no idea that they would see me completely different.

Viola Davis, Actress, 2015 Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) Award Winner for Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama

Think For Yourself & Be Who You Are...Margaret D. Nadauld

The world will try to make you think that being good is outdated and old-fashioned and that popularity comes from breaking the rules and lowering your standards. Don't buy into that way of thinking. As you watch TV or read magazines, you might be made to feel abnormal when, really, you are the one who has it figured out.

--Margaret D. Nadauld

Plan But, Allow For The Impossible Too...Lupita Nyong'o

"What I will say is that what I have learned for myself is that I don’t have to be anybody else; and that myself is good enough; and that when I am being true to that self, then I can avail myself to extraordinary things such as this, you know, that I didn’t think was necessarily possible, but I didn’t cancel it out of my realm of possibility, and I think that’s the thing. You have to allow for the impossible to be possible.”

--Lupita Nyong'o, 2014 Oscar Winner--Best Supporting Actress for "12 Years A Slave"

*Photo credit: DuJour Magazine, ootdmagazine.com

You Do You...Amy Dubois Barnett

“Stop comparing yourself to others. What she’s got, that’s fine for her. But you, girlfriend, are unparalleled. Your life and your path are your own. Learn from others’ successes and failures, but do you! 

-- Amy Dubois Barnett

Defining Myself...Bell Hooks

“I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance. ” 

--Bell Hooks

Image: WashingtonPost.com

Free Yourself!!!...

The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think.  
--David Icke

Free Yourself!! Some people are never going to be your fans or approve of you.

Work On Being Who You Really Are...Anna Quindlen

The thing that is really hard and really amazing is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

--Anna Quindlen

A Charming Woman...Loretta Young

A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself.

--Loretta Young 

2012 Dove Real Women Role Models