Please answer Yes or No to the following questions. Then, add up your “Yes” questions.
1. Do you fail to perceive how to tap into your hidden strengths?
2. When you face daily challenges, do you sometimes feel “stalled at the start?”
- Have obstacles in your life ever made you feel isolated?
4. Do you find it difficult to live with uncertainty?
5. Is lack of direction holding you back from manifesting a vision?
6. Do you frequently forget to apply courage to confront difficult situations?
7. Do you tend to stay stuck in your personal or professional life on one rung of a ladder rather than “stepping up” to the next level?
8. Are “defining moments” (also known as steppingstones) in your life difficult for you to put into perspective?
9. When you react to situations, do you recognize courage as one of your prominent virtues?
10. Do you find you’re not living your calling/passion or have you lost it?
11. Is it uncomfortable for you to reveal vulnerability?
12. Is complacency a driving force in your life?
13. Are you in a relationship (personal or professional) that is less than satisfying; in other words, you know you’re settling?
14. Is courage a forgotten virtue in your life?
15. Do you live in the shadow of missed opportunities?
16. Do you accept gender stereotypes because “that’s just the way society will always be?”
17. Have you ever given up on a goal only to be later disappointed in your behavior?
18. Have you ever “kicked yourself” for not following a great hunch?
19. Do you often refrain from speaking the truth for fear of angering or
upsetting others?
20. Do you linger in an unhealthy situation because of guilt, fear or other emotions?
21. Do you “give up” easily?
22. Do you find you linger in suffering because you’re stuck in a “B” movie script?
23. Do you know the original definition of courage?
24. Do some of your answers here surprise you?!!
If you answered “Yes” to the majority of the questions above, you are unaware of the energy of courage operating in your life. I would love for you to share your courage comments by posting them below.
Sandra Ford Walston is known as The Courage Expert and originator of StuckThinking™. She is an organizational effectiveness consultant, speaker, internationally published author of bestseller COURAGE, trainer and courage coach. She is certified in the Enneagram and MBTI®. www.walstoncourage.com.
Posted
Nov 02 2009, 12:05 PM
by
Sandra Walston