8 Ways To Make Courage A Habit (From The Stoics)
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🗓️ 6 March 2022
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
The world wants to know what category to put you in, which is why it will occasionally send difficult situations your way. Think of these not as inconveniences or even tragedies but as opportunities, as questions to answers. "Am I brave? Am I going to face this problem or run away from it? Will I stand up or be rolled over?"
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Let your actions etch a response into the record—and let them remind you of why courage is the most important thing.
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