💪 Courage Is a Contact Sport — You Build It by Doing It

LIP #224

Feb 20, 2025

Courage isn't one fixed thing. Sometimes it means speaking up boldly. Sometimes the harder, more courageous act is to hold back.

Here's the reality: every morning, yesterday's courage is basically gone. You have to rebuild it every single day.

Courage is a contact sport — you don't build it by thinking about it. You build it through reps, in the real world.

Courage also compounds — one courageous act creates momentum that carries into the next.

The daily practice:

Hardest mission first — not the easy warm-up tasks
Find your courage limit, then train it like a muscle
Inaction is a root cause of anxiety — the things you could do but aren't doing create the heaviness

The new focus isn't productivity hacks. It's building courage, generating momentum, and using it while it's there.

Go deeper by watching the full-length Leadership in Practice episode to see the entire discussion in action.

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