Friends,

This and my next few posts will be about the relationship between fear and bravery.

I’m so excited about this topic that I’m offering a two-day, retreat-style workshop, “Breakthrough to Brave,” happening live in Missoula, May 30 and 31.

But first: fear.

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It’s easy to think being afraid and being brave are opposites.

We want to be brave.

But often we’re scared to do—or even ask—what we really want.

As soon as I’m not afraid, we figure, I’ll act.

And so we wait to gather courage…indefinitely.

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Bravery isn’t the absence of fear, though.

That’s a total misunderstanding.

You can be bold without being afraid.

You can be reckless without being afraid.

But you can’t be brave.

Bravery requires fear.

That’s its real-world definition.

Brave = do it afraid.

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Something magical happened when I started internalizing that equation.

I realized everything I was most proud of came from being brave.

So if success required bravery, and bravery required fear, I wanted to welcome that heart flutter instead of avoiding it.

It was a good thing.

“Because I’m afraid, I have a chance to be brave!”

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If this interests you, check out “Breakthrough to Brave.”

The workshop is limited to 16 seats.

Learn more and grab your spot—and spread the word.

Or reply to this email and let me know if it would be helpful to have a conversation about what you might use a weekend like this to create.

Either way, next time you have the chance, do something because you’re afraid, not in spite of it.

I call this doing “a bravery push-up.”

The world is your gym.

And fear is your trainer.

Get in shape to get what you really want.

And, like almost any new exercise routine, know that it’s a lot easier with support, and much more fun in a group.

Afraid so—

Jeremy