Courage is the king of all virtues. Developing it on purpose can make a huge impact on our own lives and on the people we seek to serve.
All in Building Character
As it turns out, the antidote to “I can’t” need not be “Of course, I can, I’m the shit.” It can also be, “I have something special to contribute, just as everyone does. So I’m going to figure this out, even if it’s hard.”
I don’t want to live in a fear-driven culture for the next twenty years. I’ve grown tired of it.
It seems to me that “know thy self” is good advice to end an attachment to fear. If we have something more compelling to focus on, we have something to think about that’s more compelling than the fear others are trying to project into our lives.
Holy is an interesting word. Most people kind of know what it means, without knowing what it means. What is holiness? I’ll know it when I see it.
But what about me, what does it mean to be holy? Am I holy? This post is an attempt to put words to holiness without having to depend on just knowing it when we see it.
Unless I define “enough”, surplus doesn’t exactly exist.
I am committed to helping us - on this journey to be better husbands, fathers, or citizens - all rise together.
This exercise has helped the best version of myself to show up more than he would otherwise. It’s a “dress rehearsal for the day.”
I snapped out of the LinkedIn doom loop by thinking about the sacrifices a counterfactual world would’ve required.
How I respond to feeling used up is a choice. It’s a choice. It’s a choice.
I want to be humble and generous enough to give without receiving.
What I was told would lead to success, led to fragility. Hard things, as it turns out, lead to courage and inner-strength.
We can’t “teach” our kids character, but we can debrief it.
Some questions in support of your 2020 holiday reflections.
I am grateful or a lot this Thanksgiving. But what am I doing for others?
Thinking of who lifted me up, gives me courage and strength.
A note about 2020, algorithming ourselves to find our individual higher purpose.
A Jimmy Fallon Clip with Chadwick Boseman changed the way I think about role models.
Reflection changed my relationship with my inner-critic.
A thought experiment, just like an athlete would do to visualize their peak athletic performance.