“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”
― Maya Angelou
According to vocabulary.com – The adjective courageous derives from the Old French word corage — meaning “heart, innermost feelings, or temper”.
Last week, I stepped out of my comfort zone and had a difficult conversation that wasn’t the easiest to have. The thing with difficult conversations is that you might not end up with a perfect end result. If we walk into things with a mindset of always expecting a perfect outcome from taking an action that requires courage, then we could be setting ourselves up for failure. After the fact, we may decide to never take a similar risk again.
Instead, why not aim for specific progress instead of perfection. Why not have a clear awareness that we can move on to trying something else if this doesn’t work?
This week’s word of the week is “brave“. This is your nudge to step out of your comfort zone from a place of inner self-trust and confidence.
Do you have anything on your pending but feel-scared-to-do list of things that you can tackle this week — even if you know that taking an action may not lead to a perfect outcome?
If you do, take the initiative and get that thing on your to-do list done.
Have a great week!
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Thank you for this nudge. I intend to visit the Doctor for a checkup. It has been on my to-do list which I had been pushing until now.
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Glad you’re going for a checkup! That is such an important task that so many of us put off. Have a great week.
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Thanks for the nudge.
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Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week.
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Love this post and your courage! You make a great point about not expecting perfection but instead focusing on progress. Thank you for the inspiration!
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You’re welcome! Have a great week.
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Great post. I have several difficult conversations coming up with my parents about their increasing care needs.. I don’t want to do it at all but got to be brave, fingers crossed.. I’m trying to think positively and even trying to convince myself this is my new hobby 🤣🤣as it takes up an increasing amount of my free time I might as well try to enjoy it..
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I like the new hobby strategy..maybe you can do it a little at a time and bring cake? Those are tough conversations. I find that both courage and dessert can be helpful at times 🙂
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Excellent idea.. cake always helps 😋😋
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Omg difficult conversations are my bane. I can’t confront people, even those who’ve blatantly wronged me, for instance when they jump in my queue. I guess that should be my goal. To not be such a pushover. I can do so many things that people consider ‘scary’, like speak in front of hundreds of people, but I can’t confront someone for the life of me. Thanks for this post and reminder!
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Agree, it is a tough thing to do! This is definitely on the top of my difficult-to-do list as well. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week.
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