Well, I've decided to engage in a massive courage growth for the next 9 months. So, to do that, I intend to spend 2-3 hours a week on engaging in exercises to stretch my courage muscles. I got this idea from the principles that Steve talks about in his PDSP books.
Basically, courage is like a muscle, so to grow it, you pratice it a lot. Social courage is one of the most important one, and it deals with other people in any shape and form. You can grow it by tackling doing things to stretch it, that requires some courage. You start with what is just a small stretch and you keep on stretching over time. Each time, your courage grows and eventually you get comfortable with where you're at, so you do something else beyond where your new level is to keep on growing it. My goal is to do some really huge things by the end of the 9 month period..things that scares the hell out of me, but which should just be a small stretch by the time May comes around
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Anyone else interested? Maybe we could form a support/encouragement group
. It'd be fun to share stories and ideas on exercises we could do to grow our courage, and to see each other's growth over the course of months! We would encourage and help keep each other accountable too.