Читать книгу The Courage Playbook - Gus Lee - Страница 15

An Army buddy was a brave and brilliant wounded combat veteran with a PhD. Conditioned to face discomfort and tough it out, he ignored persistent chest pains. Candid as a professional, he wasn't honest with his VA physician or his friends, so he'd survived the terrible and constant dangers of deadly close‐quarters combat only to let heart disease kill him as he was peacefully gardening.

Looking at ourselves often involves discomfort, and we feel like using denial to get a momentary illusion that we can avoid unpleasant feelings. Denial is the opposite of courage.

Thus, I want you to be brutally honest in filling out the Bio. Doing the Bio is a once‐in‐a‐lifetime opportunity to get candid and highly useful information on where you are, what you value, and how you treat yourself and others.

The Bio uncovers key data. We then leverage your honesty about your past and present to build your courageous abilities for the future.

After each question you'll see a general courage‐based comment in italics.

Do your best to not read the comment until after you've thoughtfully answered the question.

Ready to be totally and courageously honest with yourself? Take a deep, diaphragmatic breath, slowly exhale completely, begin, and enjoy!

“Courage doesn't happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are willing to face the questions that you have been avoiding your whole life.”

—Shannon L. Alder, author1