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Have you ever
wondered how you could be more courageous?
Have you ever
wondered you could have the guts to take action in difficult situations or how you
could become more at ease to take action when you should?
Most people
would like to be more courageous at some point or another. Whether it is to
make the first move on new people, to take control of their health, to build a
solid business, and so on.
Courage is
needed to take action in a variety of situations. And everybody needs it, since
everybody is afraid at some point or another.
What sets
apart the people who go for it from the others is their relationship to
courage.
People who
stand still and struggle to make progress in their life usually believe that
they cannot become more courageous. They believe that their lack of courage is
unchangeable. They believe that there’s nothing they can do about it.
As a result,
they struggle to take action.
Because it
seems so difficult, they tell themselves that they’re not built for it. They
tell themselves that there should be another way.
And thus, they
rarely take action in such a way as to grow and become stronger.
And it’s a
pity, because those people could take action much more easily and with much more
confidence if they understood that courage is something they can develop.
Because here is
the thing:
Courage is
like a muscle.
The more you
train it, the bigger and stronger it becomes.
Which means
that the more you take action in stressful and frightening situations,
the more courageous you’ll become, and the more easily you’ll be able to take
action in such situations in the future.
And like
weight lifting, training yourself to being more courageous can take time.
You don’t
become so strong that you can bench-press 300lbs after only a few months of
practice. It usually takes some years of training.
To achieve
this performance, you should start with lighter weights, and then progressively
increase the load you’re benching, by adding more weight week after week.
Training
yourself to be courageous follows the same principle:
It’s totally
okay if you feel that for now you can’t take action in a lot of stressful and
frightening situations.
In the same
way you would train the muscles of your body, you should train regularly your
courage muscle by taking action in more and more stressful and frightening
situations.
By getting into the habit of taking action in
stressful and frightening situations you’re faced with, your courage muscle is
going to grow.
It will get bigger
and bigger. Stronger and stronger. Day after day.
And you’ll
find yourself able to take action in some situations you would have thought
impossible to cope with a few months before.
But there’s
more…
All of this is
backed up by science:
When you take
action in the face of fear, your body actually produces more testosterone.
In other word,
you get bigger balls ;)
And you can
naturally take action in situations that you would have found very stressful if
you had had lower testosterone levels.
So get in the habit of taking action. Especially in stressful and frightening situations. Whether it is to talk to new people, to start a conversation with this person you find attractive, to stand up for yourself in a conversation, to do an extreme sport, to do something unusual that generates a bit of stress, and so on.
It can be
anything. What matters is that it makes you feel a bit of stress.
Understand
that you can be more courageous if you want to. It’s your job to do it. So go
for it.
Jack Vitel –
founder of RoadtoSolidity.com
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