5 Ways To Boost Your Courage Instantly

If you have ever had a hope for anything in this life, you’ve likely also felt fear. Fear of failure. Fear of ridicule. Fear of being a target. Fear of success, even. If if you’ve ever felt your steps falter on the way to an audition, an interview, or even on your way to perform your civic duty, fear is likely to blame. Fear can stop you from taking the actions necessary to achieve success.

Some folks are pro at yeeting fears into the next millennium, while others could use a few tips. You’d be shocked by how much your perception of a difficult or intimidating task changes if you could just increase your courage a little!

Courage creates action, which boosts your courage even higher.

Follow these strategies to increase your courage and accomplish more:

1. Visualize success. Fear comes from imagining the worst, so one solution is to imagine a positive outcome. If we must live in the world inside our minds, then we also how the power to select how we spend our mental time. It’s important to make the visualization as real as possible. Use all of your senses to create a realistic scene. Imagine how you’ll feel when you’re successful.
2. Imagine your child is watching you. It’s easy to take the easy way out when you’re alone. Have you ever noticed that the presence of an audience can make you a little bolder? No one wants to lose face in front of their peers. Now, imagine that your child is watching you. Who wants to be afraid in front of their own kid? No one! Tell yourself that you’re going to set a good example. Behave the way you’d want your child to behave.
3. Call on your alter ego. You have multiple “personalities”. There’s the personality you use at work. There’s another personality you use with your friends. Another you use at home. And yet another you’d use at a job interview. You can have a personality that is bold and brave. Become that person. Give him or her a backstory. Feel the way they would feel. Do what they would do. Just be that person, even if only for a few minutes.
4. Focus on the regret you’ll feel if you fail to act. Instead of thinking about failure, think about the consequences of never trying. Regret is a painful pill to swallow. Give yourself the chance to be successful. The last thing anyone wants is to spend the latter part of life wondering “what if?”
5. Change your physiology. Breathe deeply. Stand up straight. Look straight ahead. Stand the way an emperor would stand. Imagine yourself as the most successful and powerful person in history. How would you stand, breathe, and think? Do that.

Is fear limiting your choices? What would you do if you were free of fear? Fortunately, you don’t have to eliminate your fear by 100% to see a drastic change in your life. It just takes a small boost in courage to get the ball rolling.

When you’re faced with fear, try using one of these techniques and notice what happens. Take action and learn a new way of approaching the world — without fear!