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.
I notice this pattern constantly with my hypertrophied left hemisphere coaching clients: they're paralyzed needing to understand before they trust. But transformation happens when we trust without reason…understanding (may) arise later.
The number-one-by-a-mile way that people avoid living their values is by going out into the world and telling everyone else how important those values are and how everyone needs to be living them.
On your deathbed, you won't wish you had argued more on Twitter. But you will wish you had written more manifestos staking out bold positions and claims to good faith audiences.