The document discusses the nature of courage and how to build courageousness. It defines courage as a willful, intentional act executed after deliberation that involves risk and is motivated to achieve a noble end. It suggests developing courage through small acts and overcoming fear rather than being fearless. Preparation and setting achievable goals are also described as important skills for courageous action. Exercises are provided to help people reflect on fearful situations they faced and how their fear lessened through acting.

1. Courage

2. You develop courage by doing
small courageous things.
https://hbr.org/ideacast/2013/05/maya-angelou-on-courage-and-cr
Maya Angelou

3. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but
the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does
not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mindful-self-express/201208/the-six-attributes-courage

4. Definition of courage
1. A wilful, intentional act,
2. Executed after mindful deliberation,
3. Involves objective substantial risk to the person who acts,
4. Is primarily motivated to bring about a noble good or worthy end.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mindful-self-express/201801/new-research-shows-how-facilitate-social-courage

5. Interviews with over 200 senior and midlevel managers
show that careful deliberation and preparation
is important to take courageous action.
https://hbr.org/2007/01/courage-as-a-skill

6. https://hbr.org/2007/01/courage-as-a-skill
Setting goals that are within reach,
is an important courage skill.

7. Courage building exercise
1. Think of a situation when you felt afraid – and chose to act.
2. What were you most afraid of?
3. What did you do to get rid of the barriers that stood in the
way of acting?
4. At what point did your fear start to go down?
5. How did you feel afterwards?
Adapted from
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mindful-self-express/201208/the-six-attributes-courage

8. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6380102200483422208/
When building up courage to do what you want to do,
what is your future self going to regret more: Failing
or failing to try?