🎙️TMIT 12: Courage 🦁🧡

Hi friends,

Courage usually gets the Gladiator treatment.

We picture epic battles, high-stakes wins, and shirtless heroics.

But in real life?

It’s not just about “being brave.”

This week, we are talking about Courage, and what makes it possible for families to practice courage—not just in big moments, but to show up persistently courageous, day to day.

Here’s what we’re learning:

TMIT about Courage: Courage needs scaffolding.
People don’t learn to be brave just because we tell them to. And to practice courage consistently, we need mindset shifts.

🏗️ Mindset Shift #1: Deliberate practice builds confident action
Whether it’s a spelling bee, a tough conversation, or a hockey tournament, we can rehearse for hard things—together. As Bill Belichick says: “Practice execution becomes game reality.”

🔁 Mindset Shift #2: Mistakes aren’t failure—they’re feedback.
From Peloton instructors to portfolio managers, high performers in every field know: You’re not winning every time. You’re learning. Federer only won 54% of the points in his career—and still won 80% of his matches.

🎧 In this episode, we unpack:

• How preparation turns into courage

• What it looks like to normalize mistakes at home

• Why we want our kids to stay in things long enough to get good

• The family cheer, family meetings, and other everyday ways we build a culture of courage

💡 Experiments we’re trying:

• Role-playing how to handle disappointment before it hits

• Naming acts of courage in family meetings

• Writing down the “misses” to normalize the process

• Helping our kids shift from outcome-thinking to process-thinking

✨ Favorite quote from the episode:

 “Work ethic eliminates fear.”—Michael Jordan

🎙️ Listen to Episode 12: Courage
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Here’s to building the habits that help our kids (and ourselves) show up again tomorrow.

With heart,

Danielle + Greg

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