Braver Than You Think

Would you consider yourself brave? I bet you would probably respond to that question with a casual, “no,” however when we asked our amazing Facebook Community, Just Gen X: Talking Business, Career +Life with Bold + Brave Women, their stories of being brave were amazing!

Everything from leaving their corporate career to start their own business, to fighting cancer to skydiving, to divorce. You see, bravery isn’t about not having fear or a constant state of challenging your fears. Instead, bravery is about having courage. 

In this episode, we’re going to talk about chances are you are braver than you think and how your courage has always been inside of you. 

• “Courage is how you live a full life. Science shows women are terrible predictors.” — Jackie Ghedine 
  
  
• “Bravely step into your greatness”—Mimi Bishop 
  
  
• Our personality traits are part of the equation when we determine how much courage we have, however, the good news is traits only make up 50% of our personality and how we act. The other 50% is made up from past experiences and stories we tell ourselves. 

How to become braver and step into our courage:

• Think about how we can make uncertain situations a bit more certain. Analyze a situation to consciously recognize what the real risk is. 
  
  
• Develop a friendship with fear. Think of fear as the big brother that wants to protect you. 
  
  
• Flip your view, fear is giving you FOMO! Think about what you are missing out on because you aren’t being brave. 

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EPISODE RESOURCES

The Courage Quotient by R. Biswas-Diener  

Articles + Podcasts: 

From Mental Breakdown to Mental Breakthrough (podcast)
Walking with Fear (podcast) 
Why are we so Afraid of Fear? (blog post) 

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