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In this episode, I unpack a key principle from The Courage Gapâone I learned early in life: âGrowth and comfort canât ride the same horse.â Because while staying in our comfort zones might feel safe, over time, it can slowly cause us to shrink on the vine of our own lives.
I share a few personal stories of my own dance with discomfort, including the time I risked looking like a borderline stalker as I refused to let my fear of feeling awkward keep me from taking the very actions that would open new doors and enable me to travel far⊠literally!
Weâll explore why the âtyranny of a comfortable lifeâ can keep us stuck, what Maslow observed about our deep need for growth, and how neuroscience shows that even the smallest brave actions can rewire our brains and strengthen our âcourage musclesâ over time.
If thereâs something youâve been putting off or playing small around, I hope this episode gives you the nudge (or loving kick) you need to step into your âcourage gapâ and make peace with discomfort!
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In this episode, I speak to General Stanley McChrystal to explore the intersection of courage and characterâtwo mutually reinforcing virtues being put to the test in todayâs world. Building on his powerful Foreword for The Courage Gap and themes from his upcoming book On Character, we discuss how to find the courage to do the right thing, particularly when uncertainty is high and thereâs a lot at stake. Together, we explore why anchoring to core principles is essential for staying true to ourselves and shaping a better world.
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Sweaty hands. Butterflies in the belly. A total sense of paralysis. Letâs face itâfear is deeply physical.
In this episode, I explore another key concept from The Courage Gap: how to reset your fear at the physiological level. Fear isnât just in your mindâit embeds in your body. Understanding this unlocks a powerful pathway to cultivating courage and harnessing the full power of your physical presence.
I share a personal experience from 2020 when COVID-19 tilted my world totally off its axis, triggering my fear and leaving me awash with anxiety. While very humbling, it reinforced the importance of learning how to reset our âdefensive selfâ at the ground level and respond more effectively when stressors pile up.
Learn how to turn the psychology of fear into the physiology of courage, so you can bring your bravest self, to your biggest challenges and boldest goals.
Get ready to breathe in courage, breathe out fear and play your bravest game.
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All behavior is belief-driven. Finding the courage to take actions that would strengthen our relationships and improve our future requires examining the narrative weâre living inâincluding the stories we tell ourselves. These stories can fuel doubt, shrink confidence, and keep us stuck in place. This episode shares why the price tag of our self-protective stories is never worth the payoff and how you can rescript your narrative to connect to the courage lying dormant within you. If you ever feel defensive, insecure, frustrated with your situation, or more anxious than youâd like to be, take a listen!
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Ever found yourself going down a rabbit hole of âWhat ifs?â
What if I mess this up? What if it all goes to hell in a handbasket? What if I just donât have what it takes? What if âŠ.?
Youâre not alone.
Your brain isnât wired to focus on the positives. Itâs wired to focus on the negatives - on what you donât have or donât want to happen. Yet dwelling on deficits siphons your confidence, feeds your worries, shuts down your ability to find solutions, narrows your vision, and keeps you stuck in ruts - of thought or action - that you are wholly capable of climbing out of!
So in the latest episode of my new podcast series on closing your âcourage gap,â we dive into the power of focusâand how resetting your attention on what you want, rather than what you fear, can transform your life.
As Iâve written in The Courage Gap, until you are clear about what you really want, your fear of what you donât want will direct your life.
Take a listen!
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As we step into a new year, many set resolutions â but letâs face it, the vast majority will fall by the wayside before February.
This episode kicks off the new year with a new series to celebrate my new book The Courage Gap! Tune in as I guide you to set a bold vision for your year ahead and embrace discomfort as the key to closing the gap between where you are now and where youâd like to by year end.
If youâre not okay to settle, then you need to step forward amid the unknowns. Are you ready? Letâs dive in!
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This episode was recorded during my brother Frank's visitâa journey of over 10,000 miles from Australia. What makes this journey truly remarkable is that Frank, living with paraplegia, approaches travel with a 'can do' mindset that sets him apart. In a world often focused on limitations, Frank's determination to embrace new adventures despite his life-altering injury embodies the 'live brave' message of this podcast. Frankâs resilience and refusal to let his condition define him serve as a powerful testament to the human spirit. I hope his story will inspire you to be captain of your life, not captive to your circumstances.
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Not only does nobody enjoy failure, but we also often fail to learn from it, resulting in failing twice! Building on my previous podcast episode with Amy Edmondson (Episode 116), Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, we dive into her latest book, Right Kind of Wrong, and unpack the science of failing well.
This approach helps us avoid the tripwires that often crush courage, limit learning, and expose entire enterprises to greater risks. Learning how to risk more intelligent failure will not only propel you forward more quickly but also spare you the additional setback of neglecting to learn from the invaluable feedback that failure holds.
If you've been holding back from trying something due to the fear of failure, Amy's insights into befriending failure will help you summon the courage needed to take the risk.
Read Amy's book Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
More about Amy at amycedmondson.com
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Leadership isnât about position or title. Itâs about the decision we make, moment by moment, to show up⊠with head and heart and be a force for good in the lives of others.
In my conversation with Kirstin, we discuss her new book Head & Heart and how you can be the leader the world needs you to be. We talk about staying self-aware (easier said than done!), being humble, having the courage to say sorry and to bring both your head and heart to making each moment better for others. No small task, but one weâre all called toward in some form.
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"Unsafe cultures endanger everyone," says Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor at Harvard Business School.
Amy and I unpack why courage and psychological safety are two sides of the same coin, and why fostering psychologically safe workplaces requires people to trust that the pay off for courage is worth the pitfalls.
Regardless of your position, making people feel safe to be honest and vulnerable with you â including sharing things you may not enjoy hearing - is vital for any meaningful relationship to flourish, personally or professionally.
Check out Amyâs book, The Fearless Organization
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You like to think of yourself as a person with integrity, right? Yet, doing whatâs right is easier said than done. In a world where examples of poor character are easy to find, itâs easy to rationalize cutting corners or telling âlittle white lies". However, we often underestimate the cost of compromising what we know, deep down, is the right thing to do.
This episode is a siren call to the highest angels of your nature, guiding you in cleaning up any fractures to your integrity, in your relationships and in your life. If you want to move forward lighter, more rooted to your deepest values and guided by your True North, listen up then lean in to level up how youâre running your life. Doing so will spare you a considerable amount of mess down the track.
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Stanley McChrystal spent his military career navigating the real and deadly risks of combat, finishing a four-star General in Afghanistan overseeing 147,000 soldiers. He has walked the path of courage in ways most of us never will, concluding that the greatest source of risk lays in us - in how we identify, assess, respond and learn from risk.
We cover a lot of ground in our conversation â from the need for more moral courage in leaders today to raising resilient kids.
If you want to navigate risk better and lead smarter, this episode is for you.
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RISK: A User's Guide
The McChrystal Group
Watch our full conversation on YouTube
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This episode is inspired by chapter one from my book Find Your Courage: The Courage To Take Responsibility
The quality of your life directly correlates to your willingness to own your experience of life and resist the temptation to blame others or pity yourself. We live in a culture that encourages people to feel powerless and operate from a victim mindset. Yet your greatest power lays in taking full and compete ownership for your life. Sure, you cannot always choose your circumstances, but you always get to choose your response.
In this episode, I unpack what it really means to be responsible for your life and challenge you to stop making excuses and justifications for whatâs not working. Taking responsibility is not always comfortable, but itâs absolutely essential for living a truly rewarding life.
Manâs Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Find Your Courage: 12 Acts for Becoming Fearless in Work and Life
Margieâs other books can be found at www.margiewarrell.com/books
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Letâs face it, if it were easy to be brave with our lives - to lean into our fears, choose âcourage over comfortâ and lay our pride, ego and vulnerability on the line, more of us would. Truth is, our deep seated fears often keep us from taking the very actions that would help us create more rewarding lives. In this new series, I invite you to step back and consider where and how youâre being called to step up and âtake courageâ even as that little voice in the back of your head urges you not to.
If you need a little encouragement right now, youâve landed in the right place!
I'll be sharing insights from my first book Find Your Courage (McGraw Hill, 2009) throughout this series. Check out this book and all my books at www.margiewarrell.com/books
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Itâs easy to criticize those in leadership roles for their lack of courage. Yet before we can change the world around us, we must first look at the world within us and reclaim the power we so often give to our fears. So as we close out one year and look toward the next, I invite you to think about where you may be letting your deepest fears keep you from moving toward the bravest vision and honoring your highest values. This podcast invites you to reflect on three key questions. Whatever your answer, I hope that you will move in that direction. Your future is riding on it.
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Every trait you admire in others also resides in you. Yet, it's easy to tell ourselves the lie that we have to first have more resources outside of us before we can become the person weâd most like to be.
Not true. Deciding how you will show up for life right now is the most powerful way to become the person you eventually want to be.
In this podcast, I invite you to start acting like the person you want to become and look after yourself as the would. There is no more powerful way to live life than by intentionally deciding how we will show up regardless of our situation or our setbacks.
If you are feeling anything but fully positive and powerful in how you are showing up, take a listen.
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Decisions, decisions, decisions. Every day you make hundreds of decisions. Some large, many small. Yet too often fear â conscious and unconscious â keeps us from making the decisions that would serve us most â in our careers, relationships and lives. Left unchecked, fear of what might go wrong can drive us to make short-sighted, reactive, overcautious decisions that limit our lives in ways we often cannot see in the moment. So whatever challenges you are facing right now, take a listen and then make the best decision you can. One year from now, you will be so glad you did.
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In this podcast, I dive into the dark shadows in which we carry shame that disconnects us from others and keeps us from living our best and bravest lives. As I share one of my most significant experiences with shame, I explain how 'shame stories' are not the truth, yet they warp our perception and shape our reality. Over time, they can keep us stuck in self-sabotaging patterns that disconnect us from all that is lovable in ourselves and good our lives. If you have any area of your life in which you hold secrets or feel âless thanâ, then this podcast is for you.
Read my blog post: Shame Keeps Us Stuck
Chapter 19 â Sharing Secrets in my book Brave
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If your life was a Grand Masterclass, what lesson would it be teaching you? In this comeback podcast, I extend three invitations to transform what tests you the most into your most profound opportunities to learn and grow into the person your life is calling you to be. Beware â your fear and pride are pulling in the other direction. Please rate and review! USEFUL LINKS:
Stop Playing Safe Audio Book
Live Bravely - My Four Lessons for Living Bravely
TEDx Talk How To Be Brave
Youâve Got This! The Life-Changing Power of Trusting Yourself
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Time is a finite resource so learning how to multiply your time is a game-changer. In my conversation with Rory Vaden, New York Times bestselling author of Take the Stairs and Procrastinate on Purpose, we unpack how you can allocate your hours in the day in ways that create more time for what you love most and what makes the biggest impact for others.
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