Short spoken segment from a YouTube video by David Jenyns arguing that courage is not an inner resource discovered alone but is generated externally through relationships and supportive teams. The speaker uses the metaphor of a trapeze artist needing a net and cites partners, business teams, and personal relationships as sources of courage (people who say “I believe in you; I got your back”).
I've learned that courage is not some deep internal fortitude that you don't dig down deep and find the courage. That courage is external. Courage comes from the relationships we have with those around us. A partner in business, a personal relationship, our team. That's why we want to build good cultures, because our team believes in us, which gives us courage to do difficult things. A world famous trapeze artist would never try a brand new death defying act for the very first time without a net. Right now, all that courage, they're the world's greatest trapeze artists. But they need something external before they do something very dangerous. And it's the same for the rest of us. So when we have someone who says, I believe in you, I got your back. Even if this doesn't work out, I'm here with you.
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