Reckless is not checking the depth before you dive. Brave is checking, seeing it’s deep enough, and going.

The two get confused because from outside they look the same at the moment of the jump. What separates them happens earlier and in private. Recklessness skips the part where you find out what you are jumping into; courage does the finding out and then goes anyway, which is harder because there is no longer any excuse.

Before the leap, spend ten minutes on the boring question of what is actually down there. Ask someone who has done it. If the information says yes, the remaining hesitation is just nerves, and nerves are not a reason to stay on the edge.