Courage

Prove Them Right

It’s natural to lean on proving people wrong as a motivation to show up and do the work. They always said you couldn’t do it. They always said it couldn’t be done. They always said you were naive. You’ll show them. You’ll do it. This makes the world your enemy. This makes everything hard. No [...]

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Get Up and Take Care of Your People

The blast and flash of the IED brought the convoy to a screeching halt. I sat in my Humvee for about 90 seconds before I decided to get out and see what was going on. As I scurried up to the front of the convoy from its rear, I saw so many airmen crouched underneath [...]

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What Makes an Act Courageous?

This last week has been a bit strange on the writing front – I’ve mentally written a lot of posts, but I haven’t actually written them. Now we’ll just have to see whether they actually materialize into something worth reading. The reason for the strangeness of the week has been due to me being on [...]

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12 Ways to Practice Courage

In my overview of Aristotelian ethics, I noted that we become more virtuous through practice. This post gives activities and suggestions that help you practice courage. The virtues are interconnected in a very important way. It turns out that working on one virtue has reciprocal effects on other virtues. You’ll see the reciprocal virtues listed [...]

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