Train the brave: 50 everyday acts of courage to soar in work, love and life

Live every day with greater clarity, confidence and courage. Brave is a handbook for being more courageous. Written for busy people on the go, its short, focused chapters provide practical tools and empowering perspectives to help you build your 'courage muscles' in your work, relationships and life. Drawing on her background in business, psychology and coaching, author Margie Warrell will guide you in moving past the fears, doubts and beliefs that keep you from making the changes, and taking the chances, you need to enjoy the fulfillment and success you desire. Courage is a habit. Practicing it daily, even in quiet small ways, unlocks new possibilities, creates new opportunities, grows your influence and enables you to meet your challenges with more resilience and self-assurance. So whether you're stuck in a rut, struggling in a relationship, overwhelmed by your daily juggling act or uninspired about your future, Brave will provide you with a regular dose of positive and practical inspiration to: Clarify what 'success' truly means to you, and be more purposeful in your daily efforts to achieve it Speak up with greater confidence, and be more assertive in dealing with difficult people, getting what you want and changing what you don't Define the person and leader you aspire to be, become more resilient under pressure, decisive in uncertainty and adaptable to change Scrap the excuses (your age, education, gender, busyness or children) that sabotage your future actions Dare more boldly, passionately pursuing the goals that inspire you most, no matter how daunting Courage begets courage. You build it every time you choose to leave the safety of your comfort zone for the sake of something more important. Day by day, brave action by brave action, you can Brave within you to create a life rich in all that you seek. If you want to live your life more powerfully and purposefully, this book will become your trusted companion.

Live every day with greater clarity, confidence and courage.

Brave is a handbook for being more courageous. Written for busy people on the go, its short, focused chapters provide practical tools and empowering perspectives to help you build your 'courage muscles' in your work, relationships and life.

Drawing on her background in business, psychology and coaching, author Margie Warrell will guide you in moving past the fears, doubts and beliefs that keep you from making the changes, and taking the chances, you need to enjoy the fulfillment and success you desire.

Courage is a habit. Practicing it daily, even in quiet small ways, unlocks new possibilities, creates new opportunities, grows your influence and enables you to meet your challenges with more resilience and self-assurance. So whether you're stuck in a rut, struggling in a relationship, overwhelmed by your daily juggling act or uninspired about your future, Brave will provide you with a regular dose of positive and practical inspiration to:

• Clarify what 'success' truly means to you, and be more purposeful in your daily efforts to achieve it
• Speak up with greater confidence, and be more assertive in dealing with difficult people, getting what you want and changing what you don't
• Define the person and leader you aspire to be, become more resilient under pressure, decisive in uncertainty and adaptable to change
• Scrap the excuses (your age, education, gender, busyness or children) that sabotage your future actions
• Dare more boldly, passionately pursuing the goals that inspire you most, no matter how daunting

Courage begets courage. You build it every time you choose to leave the safety of your comfort zone for the sake of something more important. Day by day, brave action by brave action, you can Brave within you to create a life rich in all that you seek. If you want to live your life more powerfully and purposefully, this book will become your trusted companion.

BECAUSE YOU'RE HARDWIRED TO defend YOUR VIEW OF REALITY, YOU MUST CONTINUALLY QUESTION IT. UNCHALLENGED PERCEPTIONS ARE RARELY REALITY, BUT THEY HOLD THE power TO SHAPE IT.; THE map IS NOT THE TERRITORY.; Chapter 3: Face your fear to rise above it; NOTHING CAN ROB OUR freedom MORE QUICKLY THAN FEAR.; MOST PEOPLE SUFFER FAR MORE FROM THEIR imagination THAN THEY EVER DO FROM THEIR REALITY.; IT'S NOT WHAT YOU think YOU FEAR, IT'S WHAT YOU link TO FEAR.; WHEN YOU acknowledge YOUR FEARS, YOU dilute THEIR STRENGTH.; WHEN YOU TAKE ACTION DESPITE YOUR FEAR YOU DIMINISH ITS POWER AND amplify YOUR OWN WHAT WOULD YOU DO TODAY IF YOU WERE BEING BRAVE? Courage begets courage. It's a habit. Doing something brave every day-no matter how small-unlocks new possibilities and grows your 'courage muscles' to thrive in your work, relationships and life. Drawing on her background in business, psychology and coaching, best-selling author Margie Warrell guides you past the fears that keep you from making the changes and taking the chances to create your ideal life. Learn how to shape your circumstances so they don't shape you. The everyday acts of bravery in this book will empower you to: overcome y Cover; Epigraph; Titlepage; Copyright; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PLAYING SAFE AND AVOIDING RISK doesn't MAKE US MORE SECURE, IT MAKES US less SO.; COURAGE ISN'T ABOUT fearlessness. IT'S TAKING ACTION EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SCARED.; THE MORE OFTEN YOU act BRAVELY, THE MORE YOU GROW YOUR 'MUSCLES FOR LIFE'.; EVERY WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOUR REQUIRES MAKING YOURSELF vulnerable.; TO THRIVE IN OUR CULTURE OF FEAR WE MUST NOT LET IT SET UP residence IN OUR LIVES.; COURAGE IS A habit AND LIKE ALL HABITS, IT CAN BE LEARNED.; GROWTH AND COMFORT never RIDE THE SAME HORSE Chapter 4: Value your own opinion above all othersIF YOU DON'T APPROVE OF YOURSELF, NO AMOUNT OF praise WILL EVER BE ENOUGH.; THOSE WHO judge HARSHLY DO SO FROM THEIR OWN FEAR OF INADEQUACY.; YOU'D CARE less ABOUT WHAT 'EVERYBODY' THINKS OF YOU IF YOU KNEW HOW SELDOM THEY DO.; YOU RELINQUISH YOUR POWER TO PEOPLE EVERY TIME YOU LET THEIR OPINIONS DICTATE your ACTIONS.; Chapter 5: Trust your intuition; FEAR CAN CLOUD YOUR ability TO DISCERN REAL THREATS FROM IMAGINED ONES.; BE CAREFUL YOUR head DOESN'T HIJACK YOUR HEART.; LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. IT deserves YOUR ATTENTION IF IT DOESN'T feel RIGHT, IT PROBABLY ISN'T. IF IT DOES, IT PROBABLY IS. YOUR GUT RARELY LIES. NEVER LET FEAR OF MAKING A WRONG DECISION KEEP YOU FROM MAKING A right ONE.; IF YOU sense THAT SOMEONE NEEDS YOUR HELP, JUST GIVE IT.; Chapter 6: Focus on what you want; WHAT YOU focus ON EXPANDS.; ENERGY flows WHERE ATTENTION GOES. DON'T BE AN ACCOMPLICE IN YOUR OWN MISERY.; THE WORLD IS YOUR mirror. IT'S REFLECTING BACK WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT.; WHAT YOU think, YOU BECOME.; Chapter 7: Own your choices; spare the excuses Part I: Live PurposefullyChapter 1: Decide what you stand for; WHEN YOU'RE unclear ABOUT WHAT YOU STAND FOR, YOU CAN FALL EASILY ONTO THE PATH OF CAUTIOUS, COMFORTABLE MEDIOCRITY.; KNOWING WHAT YOU STAND FOR IS THE FOUNDATION STONE UPON WHICH bravery IS BUILT.; Chapter 2: Interrogate your reality; THE STORIES YOU TELL YOURSELF EITHER EXPAND OR SHRINK WHAT'S possible FOR YOU. REWRITE THOSE THAT CONFINE YOUR FUTURE.; WHATEVER YOU TELL YOURSELF IS true, YOUR BRAIN AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO WORK TO PROVE YOURSELF right OUR LIVES ARE SHAPED BY THE QUALITY OF OUR choices, TOO OFTEN DISGUISED AS EXCUSES