31: How to Live a Courageous Life
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2015
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Each one of us encounters fears from time to time, the key is to understand how to navigate them as we continue toward our goals and stepping into our full potential. In today's episode, listeners will discover 11 specific ways to master fear in their everyday lives and livle more courageously.
In this week's Petit Plaisir, the recipe for an appetizer that is simple, scrumptious and ideal for mid-week or weekend entertaining: Pear, Goat Cheese, Prosciutto and Honey Bites.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.2 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. |
| 0:18.8 | And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:25.0 | cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Well, here we go guys. Another week is upon us and we are going to knock it out of the park. |
| 0:49.2 | Do you feel that? Do you feel that? That courage, building up in this and we're thinking okay the |
| 0:54.0 | fears be gone fears be gone and that is exactly what we're going to talk about today |
| 0:58.6 | courage and how to live courageously or how to live a courageous life and master those fears. |
| 1:07.2 | I want to start today's podcast with a quote by Napoleon Hill. |
| 1:11.5 | He states quote, when defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your |
| 1:16.6 | plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more towards your coveted goal. |
| 1:25.0 | I pulled this quote because just because we fail doesn't mean we're going in the wrong direction. |
| 1:30.0 | Just because we fall down, just because we make a mistake and things don't work out the way we had hope doesn't mean |
| 1:35.1 | we should not continue to pursue that goal. |
| 1:39.0 | If something continues to be inside of us and just speaks to us about maybe moving into a new town or trying a certain career or reaching out and meeting a certain person. |
| 1:50.0 | Just because we fail at our first attempt. |
| 1:52.5 | If that keeps popping up and percolating within us, |
| 1:56.8 | doesn't mean we shouldn't ignore it. |
| 1:58.6 | It just means we need to readjust and set sail again again as Napoleon Hill said. |
| 2:05.0 | I recently read an article speaking of this whole idea of fear |
| 2:08.8 | and why it's so difficult sometimes to overcome. I was reading an article in the Wall Street |
| 2:14.8 | Journal by Allison Gopnik and she shares that this power of fear it's it has a |
| 2:21.3 | lot to do with when we are exposed to fear, meaning how old were we, what stage |
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