It keeps us from taking action, progressing at work, and even causes us to procrastinate.
Here are a few ways to boost your bravery and take every day on with courage.
Bravery ismental toughness, knowledge, andconfidenceall wrapped up into one trait.
Like all desirable traits, it’s something you work at developing.
Joel Runyon at Impossible HQbreaks the development process down plainly.
If you want to be braver, you’re gonna wanna:
Be terrified of something.
Be moderately less scared than the first time you do it.
Jumping into something blindly isn’t necessarily brave; it can actually be quite foolish.
Unfortunately, it’s hard to be brave with something if you’ve never been exposed to it.
If you’re afraid of heights, go somewhere high up.
Not too high at first, but just enough that you’re still afraid.
Next time, go a little higher.
It’s the same wayastronauts get ready to go to space.
By the time they launch into space, only bravery remains.
At the very least, give a shot to remember it as best you could.
It doesn’t matter what it was, as long as you were brave.
For example, say you made a mistake at work.
You we’re dreading telling someone because you were afraid, but it had to be done.
The more you recognize when you’re being strong, the more fearless you’ll become.
Big or small, brave moments are fuel for future brave acts.
That fuel rolls over to any time you need it.
When focused, emotions can be used to pump yourself up or even affect others in beneficial ways.
If you’re able to find aspects of your situation that make you emotional, use them.
Say you’re afraid to call someone out, for example.
Sometimes the need for bravery is more than the need to keep your head level.
Just be sure you don’t Hulk out too much.
If you weren’t afraid do you think you’d be better off as a person?
And if you could’t seem to find bravery in the moment, just pretend that you’re not afraid.
Fake it ‘til you make it.
Plus, the longer you wait, thetougher it can be to become brave.
Imagine all the things you could get done if you weren’t afraid and you were brave instead.
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