35. The Law of Courage
The ability to make decisions and act boldly in the face of setbacks and adversity is the key to greatness in leadership.
Winston Churchill once said, “Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.”
Leaders have the courage to make decisions and to take action in the face of doubt and uncertainty, with no guarantees of success. Your ability to launch, to step out in faith, even when there is a chance of loss or failure, is the mark of leadership. Leadership is not lack of fear or absence of fear. Leadership is control of fear—mastery of fear.
Everyone is afraid; leaders are simply those who face their fears and take action in spite of their fears. And you develop the habit ...
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