Bravery Won’t Be There When You Need It

Here’s a great expression from Navy SEALs: “𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.”

During my recent podcast interview with Emma-Louise Parkes, we talked about that Navy Seal quote and the requirements for bravery. Let me expand on that.

What is the final test for a U.S. Secret Service agent applicant at the end of sixteen weeks of brutal training?

Two trainers jump the applicant who must overcome them, unarmed.

“We train unlike any other federal agency,” former deputy director A.T. Smith told the Washington Post.  “We train to the edge and then we lean over.”

Smith said the President’s Secret Service security detail trains two weeks out of every eight to stay refreshed and adapt to new threats.

The Secret Service trains bravery into its agents – so they can respond to any threat.

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 – 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆-𝘁𝗼-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 – 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲?

Build your bravery.  Practice it steadily.  Train your bravery to a high level.

Then you can call on your bravery to spark you, your team and your organization to outperform.

Here’s the full podcast interview https://shorturl.at/nVMwN