Building Informed Confidence
Resources and tools to help you face fear with courage and move toward what matters most
The Bravery Framework
Bravery is not the absence of fear. It's understanding the fear and doing it anyway. To build informed confidence, we need to get over the "fear hump" through two strategic approaches:
What am I running toward?
Remind yourself of the positive outcomes and the better future you're working to create.
What am I running from?
Consider the cost of inaction—what happens if you don't face this fear?
Worst-case scenario planning
Define what could go wrong and create contingency plans to reduce uncertainty.
Assess likelihood
How likely is the worst case to actually happen? Often lower than we imagine.
Key Insights
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."
"Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome."
"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
Further Learning
Daring Leadership
Brené Brown
Fear-Setting & Stoicism
Tim Ferriss
The Courage Quotient
Robert Biswas-Diener
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
Crucial Conversations
Kerry Patterson et al.