Ranjay Gulati
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And till the very end, in Buddhism they say, you know, the biggest fear is fear of death.
So you're confronting your mortality.
And how do you do it with grace?
Without reading my book, I think she relied on connections for support.
She did comprehension by trying to get more information slowly to understand it.
She relied on coping.
a belief in some higher power, of a higher force, right?
So I think part of the issue, I think, is the word courage is out there as a lofty word.
It's for the heroic characters out there who do incredible things to save the world.
And I think part of the hope I have
is we make courage part of our daily vocabulary.
I am courageous.
Fear, it's okay, bring it on.
I'm scared, yes.
I am scared.
It's a scary situation, but you know what?
I'm going to figure out some way.
I'm not going to let it paralyze me.
I'm going to find some way forward.
Might be reckless, might not be the right answer, but being paralyzed is not the answer either.