Ranjay Gulati
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Nelson Mandela talked about this.
He said that you know, I thought courage is the absence of fear.
I've discovered courage is conquering fear.
It's taking action in the face of fear.
It's looking fear in the eye and still choosing to do something.
Courage is not the absence of fear, which is the way Hollywood and other fictional accounts portrayed.
Courage is taking action in the face of fear.
Most of us are not fearless.
The fearless are far and few between.
Most of us experience fear.
Courage is being able to take action in the face of fear.
So, you know, it's a great observation.
And actually one of the starting points for cowardice or lack of courage is this self-talk.
We all have a narrative that we tell ourselves about ourselves.
This is who I am.
This is what I'm capable of doing.
This is what I'm not capable of doing.
And this inner voice can be a powerful enabler.
It can also be a powerful disabler.
I'll just give you an example of this.