Are You a Person of Courage?
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Weekly Wisdom - Being a Person of Courage Mandates More than Just Meeting the Challenge
In an interview from the Passion Struck podcast,?Jeff Struecker, a pastor, author, and former Army Ranger who fought in?Black Hawk Down, said, “It’s not fear that makes a coward. All of us get afraid in the circumstances like this (being at war). There’s something psychologically wrong with you if you’re not scared right now. It is what you do when you are afraid. That’s the real difference between a person of courage and a coward.”
There is, then, some other component of courage than mere disregard for danger. And cowardice is more than walking away from danger. If we examine the subject more closely, we shall find that three qualities — self-mastery, faith, and intention — are our tests of courage.
A man or woman may be brave, absolutely fearless, yet not possess courage. Indeed, a person who does not have the feeling of fear can never be genuinely courageous. That is because their bravery lacks moral quality. It is instinctive, like the jungle lion picking its next prey. It just knows. Such bravery is mere indifference to a threat.
No virtuous moral state is attained without striving for self-mastery.
No fear of the unknown is overcome without having faith in the future.
No act is admirable; that is not the consequence of being intentional.
The truly courageous person is the one who, upon sensing fear, possesses faithfulness to duty, the willpower to act, and the intentional desire to conquer their fear and face their enemy head-on.
As Ambrose Redmoon once said, “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
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How To Overcome Complicity And Create A More Ethical World
I talk to Dr. Max H. Bazerman, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Max and I discuss his new book, “Complicit,” and explore the root causes of complicity, how it’s enabled and how to stop it.
While It is easy to blame obvious offenders, we rarely consider the many people supporting their unethical or criminal behaviors. There was a corroborating cast of people who were complicit: business partners, investors, news organizations, employees, and others. And, whether we’re aware of it or not, most of us have been complicit in the unscrupulous behavior of others. We explore complicity through the stories of McKinsey, Arthur Andersen, Theranos, ExxonMobile, and BP and learn valuable lessons on not only what creates complicity but our role in allowing it to happen.
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Professor Max Bazerman, believes seven different behavioral profiles lead to misconduct or complicity, ranging from faithful supporters to those who unknowingly benefit from offenses others commit. In our interview, Dr. Bazerman offers a path to creating a more ethical world by describing how individuals, leaders, and organizations can more effectively prevent complicity.
Click to listen: https://passionstruck.com/max-h-bazerman-how-to-overcome-complicity/
How Brain Energy Improves Mental Health
I talk to Dr. Chris Palmer (@chrispalmermd), a Harvard psychiatrist and neuroscientist researching the link between metabolism and mental health. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education at McLean Hospital.
Dr. Palmer has generated the first sweeping theory of what causes mental illness, incorporating existing research into one unifying idea—the brain energy theory of mental illness. You can discover more in his new book?Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More.
Dr. Palmer is a world-renowned expert on mental health and brain energy, and he shares with us some surprising insights about how this essential factor affects our physical and mental health. Tune in to learn more about how to get more brain energy and improve your mental health! If you’re interested in alternative health and want to learn more about the role brain energy and metabolism play in our mental health, this episode is for you! Dr. Chris Palmer discusses the surprising discovery of how brain energy affects mental illness in an easy-to-understand way. Thanks for listening!
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Founder and Director of the Metabolic and Mental Health Program and Director of Postgraduate and Continuing Education, McLean Hospital; Author of Brain Energy
2 年Thanks, John, for having me on the podcast! It was a great conversation!