Courage is key to greatness

Courage can be best described as the ability and willingness to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. Courage is something that everybody wants an attribute of good character and that makes us worthy of respect. It comes in many shapes, sizes and forms. Physical courage is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death. The moral courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, scandal, shame, and discouragement. We can mention few social activist leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther and great entrepreneurs who took financial risk such as Steve Jobs.

 Characteristics of courageous person

• ·         They have mentor or group of people have gone where they want to go: it takes  courage to seek advice from someone higher than them
• ·         Courageous people stand up for what they believe: they don’t jabber, parrot, and shy away when the truth has to be said. We have examples such as Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther.
• ·         Recognize your moral and spiritual core: it motivate us to do the right thing, to a wrong thing e.g. Jesus when he was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane he says “if possible let this cup pass from”
• ·         Follow your heart: it takes courage to suffer the sharp pains of self-awareness than to follow the pain of unconsciousness that keep us blinded the rest of our lives. If we follow our heart will have passion that will allow us to do extraordinary things, to discover, to challenge ourselves.
• ·         Move toward your fear: the courage will help us to have the ability to, face accepts, and fight to become oneself in the world is a tremendous act of boldness.
• ·         Embrace the adventure in your life: the appetite for adventure is more important than the easy life. You need to empower yourself, so there is no need to lean on, rely on, or blame. Life is amazing journey and alone you are responsible for the quality of it.

Courage on a Daily Basis

• ·         Standing up for yourself;
• ·         Leaving abusive relationship;
• ·         Doing something by yourself for the first time;
• ·         Leaving a well-paid job that you don’t like and trying to find new one;
• ·         Standing up against prejudice or racism; and ask for raise or promotion at work.