Courage in the workplace

“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” - Dr. Brené Brown The most common theme that ran across all the answers mentors/coaches/teachers/parents gave to the question - "What is the single biggest indicator of being successful?" - was COURAGE. Now to some that might be obvious but for people like me - who aren't blessed with a lot of self assurance, it was actually troubling. So you are telling me that the one thing I seemingly lack the most in - is the MOST important thing?! Well to say that I have cracked it would be completely wrong - almost everything is still super terrifying to me. Even this post, even though I have written quite a few on LinkedIn already, makes me want to throw up. Things that are supposed to be second nature by now still don't come easy to me - public speaking, coaching, plan presentation, etc everything takes a toll on my body still. And YET, here I am, still writing this. I am writing this. I am going it despite every cell in my brain telling me not to because I know that posting this here might have a very slight chance of giving someone the courage to be who they really truly they are and pursue what they really truly want. And that's what I care about more than my own insecurities. That's my purpose. I am also very very fortunate to have a strong support system who I know will have my back no matter what - no matter how stupid this post is, if no one even sees it or thinks anything about it, if everyone makes fun of me - no matter how bad I fail, they will always have my back. This gives even someone like me enough courage to do this. I have a support system that gives me the belied to go out there and do my thing.