A Special Kind of Courage

[Susan : )]

There are several different aspects of courage. Perhaps the most important is the courage to endure, to persist, to "hang in there" in the face of doubt, uncertainty and criticism from others.

Practice Patience in Adversity
This is called "courageous patience," the willingness and the ability to "stay the course" in the face of uncertainty, doubt and often criticism from many quarters.
Stay the Course
In my experience, there is a critical time period between the launching of a new venture and the results that come from that venture. During this hiatus, this waiting period, many people lose their nerve. They cannot stand the suspense of not knowing, of possible failure. They break and run in battle, they quake and quit in business.

The True Leader
But the true leader is the person who can stand firm, who refuses to consider the possibility of failure. The turning points of many key moments in human history have been the resolution, or lack thereof, of one person. Courageous patience is the acid test of leadership.

To encourage others, to instill confidence in them, to help them to perform at their best requires first of all that you lead by example.

Allow Honest Mistakes
The second thing you can do to help alleviate the fears of failure and rejection in others is to encourage them to take calculated risks and allow honest mistakes.  Speaking Words of Progress and Promise

Build People Up
Give the people who look up to you regular praise and approval. Celebrate good tries as well as success, large and small. Create a psychological climate where people feel safe from censure, blame or criticism of any kind. Then do things that make people feel terrific about themselves.

Become Unstoppable
Courage comes from acting courageously on a day-to-day basis. Your personal development goal should be to practice the behaviors of a totally fearless person until you become, in your own mind, unstoppable.
Action Exercises
Here are two ways for you to develop courageous patience.
First,

prepare yourself in advance for the inevitable

disappointments and setbacks you will experience on the way to your goal.

Don't be surprised when they occur.
 Second,

resolve in advance that you will bounce rather than break

and continually encourage others to think and act the same way.

 

~ Brian Tracy

 

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[Hot Ta-Molly]

Hi Bette!  RAWR!  <heehee>  I am feeling courageous today.  After passing on so many temptations today and living to tell the story, I am feeling uber courageous!

Susan, I'm going to buy extra ink and a cute binder to put in your blog posts.  They are always the right words at the right time!!!!  Thank you for all you do here in RFR!

[Susan : )]

I didn't realize that this blog went up today... It was meant for Sunday...oh well, someone needs it!!  :)

[Bette Bliss Shaw]

OH MY this hit the spot today. I was in a little trembly place this morning and WHAMMO I got hit with a big dose od courage from you Susan. Now I feel like a lion!!! Hear me ROAR!!!! Thankx! n lv.

[djd]

"courageous patience,"  Now there is a mobilizing phrase.  :-)