Editorial program
The Courage Curriculum
Fear and shame are quietly running more of your decisions than you realise.
A short, demanding stack on doing hard things on purpose — and not letting your ego drive.
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Lead article
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Daring Greatly
Brené Brown
Editor's note
Brown first. Without her, the rest reads as bravado.
Reading order
Read it like a sequence, not a shelf.
Each book earns its position by setting up the next question. Move through the stack in order, or jump to the pressure point you can name today.
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01
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
Brown reframes vulnerability as the courage move.
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02
Ryan Holiday
Ego Is the Enemy
Holiday turns obstacles into the actual path.
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03
William H. McRaven
Make Your Bed
Holiday again — on the ego that ruins all of it.
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04
Ryan Holiday
The Obstacle Is the Way
McRaven distills discipline into one made bed.
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05
Gary John Bishop
Unf*ck Yourself
You have the life you're willing to put up with.
Practice desk
Pair the shelf with a tool.
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