The amount of people who seem to live as if cowardice were heavily rewarded really make me think that simply being brave has a greater effect on life outcomes than intelligence, conscientiousness, beauty, etc.
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The amount of people who seem to live as if cowardice were heavily rewarded really make me think that simply being brave has a greater effect on life outcomes than intelligence, conscientiousness, beauty, etc.
Reflecting on my own life experience, I think reducing one's cowardice by half creates far more utility than tripling or quadrupling one's analytical intelligence
X. It’s what’s happening
Sometimes people can be bold and fearless in one part of their life and exhibit extreme (usually moral) cowardice in another. Because people compartmentalize. Because we rationalize.
Ryan Holiday • Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave (The Stoic Virtues Series)
You just need to be smart enough to understand that your success is more about your courage than your intelligence.
"The difference between a hero and a coward isn't what they feel. They're both scared. It's what they do."
Ben Horowitz • Ben Horowitz: Quit being a coward and do the hard thing
Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave (The Stoic Virtues Series)
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How we decide to respond to our fears, that is the person we become.