Courage is an important leadership quality that can be developed by practice. American speaker and consultant Brian Tracy, one of the leading personalities in the areas of personal and professional development, described on his blog the basic kinds of courage that we should master in order to be successful in work and life.
Courage to have big dreams
No leader should lack the courage to set big goals.
Courage to committment
Great leaders live fully, they do not do anything halfway in life or at work.
Courage to stand out from the comfort zone
Leaders should overcome the fear of embarrassment and discomfort of loneliness that follow after leaving their comfort zone. Otherwise, they will not move anywhere.
Courage to start something with no guarantee of success
Leaders should not be afraid of unknown things whose success is not guaranteed in advance. Every step forward must be taken as an experience from which they can learn.
Courage to risk failure
Leaders must know to fail. They know that failure is a prerequisite for success and, therefore, they must learn to overcome it.
Courage to make mistakes
Successful leaders make decisions, make mistakes, learn from them and adapt their behavior according to them.
Courage to take responsibility
Successful people take full responsibility for their life, including the consequences of their actions. It means the courage not to seek excuses but solutions.
Courage to persevere
Success requires not giving up. Nobody is defeated until he accepts a defeat as a fact. No one other than yourself, therefore, can defeat you.
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