A short Brian Tracy video explaining the importance of 'courageous patience'—the willingness to persist through uncertainty, criticism, and temporary failure—as a core leadership quality. Tracy argues leaders must stand firm, lead by example, encourage calculated risk-taking, allow honest mistakes, and create a supportive psychological climate; he urges practicing fearless behaviors until one becomes 'unstoppable.'
There are several different aspects of courage that you must learn to develop in order to become unstoppable. Perhaps the most important is the courage to endure, to persist. Hang in there in the face of doubt and uncertainty and criticism from others, and, of course, temporary failure. This type of courage is called courageous patience. It's the willingness and ability to stay the course and in the face of uncertainty and doubt, and often criticism. Temporary failures and setbacks. In any area, in my experience, there's a critical time period between the launching of a new venture and the results that come from that venture. During this hiatus, this waiting period, many people lose their nerve. They cannot stand the suspense of not knowing of possible failure. They break and run in battle, and they quake and quit in business. But the true leader is the person who can stand firm, who refuses to consider the possibility of failure. The turning points of many key moments in human history have been the resolution, or lack thereof, of one person. Courageous patience is the acid test of leadership. To encourage others to instill confidence in them, to help them to perform at their best, requires, first of all that you lead by example. Now, the second thing you can do to help alleviate the fears of failure and rejection in others is to encourage them to take calculated risks and then allow honest mistakes. Give the people who look up to you regular praise and approval. Celebrate good tries as well as successes large and small. Create a psychological climate where people feel safe from censure or blame or criticism of any kind. Then do things that make people feel terrific about themselves. Courage comes from acting courageously on a day to day basis. Your personal development goal in this area should be to practice the behaviors of a totally fearless person until you become, in your own mind, unstoppable. Thank you for viewing this video. If you enjoyed watching this video, please press the like button below and subscribe to my channel by clicking on the link on the screen.
