Sixteen life habits that put you in the top 5% of most courageous people

(These will bring triple the success into your life.)

Alex Mathers
5 min readSep 18, 2024

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It’s easy to look at some people and assume they were born with some kind of action-taking gene.

The truth is that courage is a muscle we practice and flex like any other.

The more courage we use, even in small steps, the more courage we will have.

After a while, the things we looked at as scary become almost effortless.

As Franklin Roosevelt said, “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.”

Here are some habits that will help you rise up as a courageous being:

Regularly make the first move.

Most of us either need permission or to see someone else doing something before we decide to act. It’s a herd mentality thing, and we’re more likely to act when we see others also doing it.

The problem with this is we deny ourselves the juiciest piece of the pie, and instead end up with crumbs.

Have faith that your decision is a good one, and make the first move.

Do something every day that makes…

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Alex Mathers

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