{"id":1281,"date":"2021-07-14T12:31:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T12:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/growingtallcoaching.com\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2021-07-30T13:18:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T13:18:50","slug":"courage-it-is-just-a-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growingtallservices.com\/?p=1281","title":{"rendered":"Courage – it is just a habit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u201cWow! You must be courageous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

This is a common reply I get when people find out that I do Stand Up Comedy.<\/p>\n\n

Would you like to know the truth?<\/p>\n\n

The first time I had to get up on stage, I did not sleep for two nights. I was a nervous wreck. I would have chickened out, but I had lost a bet. My friends were sitting in the audience waiting, which made the whole affair even worse.<\/p>\n\n

Over a decade later, my stomach starts feeling queezy about an hour before the show. The very moment I stand at the side of the stage waiting for the MC to announce my name, butterflies are playing catch in my stomach.<\/p>\n\n

What has changed between the first gig and now? Thankfully, my sleep is uninterrupted. But I still need the courage to step on that stage every single time. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n

The difference is experience. I live off the buzz and the energy. The fear of a total unknown has turned in to a calculated risk, which I can handle. After all, there are always some performances that go South!<\/p>\n\n

The biggest lesson for me is that getting used to muster up this courage repeatedly has made it a habit. If I want to achieve a goal, I go for it. The thought of fear is questioned and put in perspective. I learned that if I do not conquer fear and use courage to jump into the unknown, I won\u2019t move forward and will miss opportunities.<\/p>\n\n

Did you ever make the excuse that you were too busy and did not attend or volunteer for leading a meeting or event, because you felt you didn’t know enough yet?<\/p>\n\n

Would you like to start your own business but are afraid to be rejected?<\/p>\n\n

When have you last missed an opportunity?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

What does your self-doubting voice in your head tell you to chicken out of?<\/p>\n\n

To move forward remember the Slogan Nike has.<\/p>\n\n

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\u201cWow! You must be courageous.\u201d This is a common reply I get when people find out that I do Stand Up Comedy. Would you like to know the truth? The first time I had to get up on stage, I did not sleep for two nights. I was a nervous wreck. I would have chickened […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/growingtallservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/growingtallservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/growingtallservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growingtallservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growingtallservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1281"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/growingtallservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000,"href":"https:\/\/growingtallservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions\/2000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/growingtallservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growingtallservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growingtallservices.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}