Growth & Resilience

Stretching your comfort zone on purpose and bouncing back stronger from setbacks.

Definition

Courage acts in the face of fear for a worthwhile reason; recklessness acts without weighing the risk at all.

Face a fear in small, ranked steps — starting with what's mildly uncomfortable and climbing only when each rung feels manageable.

Instead of goal-setting, write down exactly what you're afraid of — then how you'd prevent it, repair it, and what inaction costs.

You don't need to feel ready — you need to make the first step small enough that fear can't block it.

Your belief in your own ability to handle a specific challenge — the quiet conviction that "I can do this."

The familiar range of situations where you feel safe and in control — comfortable, but where little growth happens.

When you feel the pull to act on something brave, count down — 5-4-3-2-1 — and physically move on "1" before hesitation takes over.

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