Signing up for the race you might finish last in is still a better day than watching it.
RESILIENCE
WHAT THIS MEANS
Last place still ran the race. Watching produces nothing at all except the memory of standing there, and yet the two options do not feel equally weighted, because the fear of finishing at the back is social rather than practical. Spectators forget results within about a week. The person who entered keeps the day.
Enter the one you would finish near the back of, and set a goal that belongs to you rather than to the field. A time, a stretch you will not walk, a lap you will not slow on. Then measure yourself against that.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Would you rather finish last or watch from the fence?
MORE IN COURAGE & RISK
- The scary conversation gets scarier the longer you wait. Have it while it’s still small.
- Courage can look like going to the doctor, the counselor, or the coach and saying, “Something’s off.”
- Every time you do a scary thing and survive, your fear’s prediction record gets worse. Keep breaking its streak.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.