Be Brave

I am scared more than you might think. Publishing my podcast. Posting on social media. Building my business. Telling people I can help them.

I know it doesn’t sound very scary, but my brain still thinks that if I do them, I’m gonna die. 

And it produces lots of fear to be sure that I know that.

On days like today, where we remember the unfathomable courage of people who faced a battlefield and fought for peace, for the things they held dear, and for the lives and freedoms of people they would never meet, I can hardly imagine the amount of courage that required.

Their brains told them that they were going to die and then produced enormous amounts of fear and terror to keep them from going. And they went anyway.

We all need a little more of that.

Our brains produce fear to keep us from moving forward. Courage allows us to do it anyway.

The other day, I read something that James Clear wrote, “Most of the excuses I made…were just ways to avoid the real bottleneck: Not enough courage.”

This is true of all of us. 

What would you do if you had more courage?

On a day where we honor true bravery, I want to remind you of two things: You don’t need to be less scared to get what you want, you only have to have more courage. And they aren’t the same thing. 

My next coaching group starts tomorrow. Changing your life requires courage. Being vulnerable and believing in yourself and investing your money takes courage. And I just want you to know that you can be scared and join the program anyway. Be brave! Get the life you want!