Flex The Courage Muscle

“There’s a lot of wisdom in intentionally making ourselves uncomfortable,” Sears says. “Courage is a muscle. If we’re fearless we’re not in a courageous state, we’re doing something that’s easy for us. Courage is we’re doing something that scares us.”

In order to flex your courage muscle, Sears recommends doing something everyday that scares you both physically and psychologically. When you challenge yourself to acclimate to greater and greater thresholds of discomfort, difficult feats, like being authentic, will become more effortless for you.
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This article originally appeared on Forbes.com