Day 4: Courage, Fear of Failure and Self-Doubt

What are some of the elements that keep us from successful courage?  What circumstances interfere with us building courage?  How about the fear of failure?  The fear of falling short or failing can keep us from trying risky opportunities.  When we are overly cautious and do not take on risky opportunities, we are not confronting hard and challenging growth.  When we grow our confidence grows as well.

How about self-doubt or lack of self-trust?  When you don’t believe in your own abilities, you have no pathway to success and that relates to no confidence and your inability to be a risk-taker.  When you take on risks and are either successful or you fail, and you keep taking risks.  Your courage to take on adversity grows.  Quitting is not an option, I didn’t say failing is not an option, quitting is not an option.

People pleasing is one of the hardest.  In order for us to be popular and liked by everyone.  Instead of doing what is right and respectful, we end up doing what others want and need.  We set aside our moral values for the privilege of being liked by others.  We lose ourselves, our own identity, and the very nature of the person we were meant to be.  This means we have set aside our courage and end up following anyone who will mandate who we are and what we do.  No need for courage.

"Courage is feeling fear, not getting rid of fear, and taking action in the face of fear".