Brave

Brave will help you have the relationships, career, and everything else in life that you’ve always wanted but have been afraid to go for by teaching you how to become more courageous.

When her son Ben was turning 13, Margie asked him what he’d like to do for his birthday. He excitedly exclaimed “skyjumping!” This was a little scary for both of them, especially when it was time to get into the airplane!

But Ben did make the jump and Warrell noticed that it had a clear impact on his personal development. This young man became a better person because he faced his fears, and you will too. Don’t resist the things that scare you because they are important exercises for your courage muscles.

You don’t have to hop out of a plane or dive with sharks, though. Sometimes even the smallest actions of bravery can change your life dramatically. Just like working up the courage to talk to that pretty girl in college did for me!

Let’s say you’re wanting to get better at cooking and also improve your social skills. You might invite some friends over for dinner, as a start. If you’re too afraid to cook then eat out. Or if the fear of making new friends is too much, try cooking for your closest friends.

Another fear-busting tip is to notice when fear is paralyzing your ability to act. If you write it down this becomes even easier so you can improve little by little. You’ll only grow the courage to do the big scary things if you start with the small ones first.

Where’s the best place for you to live? What should you do for work? Who do you want to spend your time with? Making decisions is a never-ending struggle. For example, in recent years we’ve gone from most people changing jobs only a few times to most people doing so about six times! We can’t accurately predict what is going to happen to us on any route we’re considering. And changes don’t usually happen a little at a time. It’s often a lot at once and then nothing for a while. Some jobs today didn’t even exist ten years ago, for example! The best thing to do in these cases is to weigh your options and choose the best option with the information you have at the moment. There’s a story of some firefighters who were on a mountain that had to make a decision about where to go. The problem was they didn’t have radio reception where they were at the moment. After deliberating, they opted to not make any decision and stay put. Unfortunately, they later learned that if they…