Fastcompany iconFastcompanyAug 13, 2026 ~1 min source read

Why you should build an ‘inventory of courage’

The first filing in my inventory of courage is indexed at when I was six-years old and finally stood up to a bully. That confidence booster led to the next leap, and then the next, and all along the way taking stock of my pains along with my gains.

Why you should build an ‘inventory of courage’

Share this story

Send the public story page.

Useful takeaways from this story.

The first filing in my inventory of courage is indexed at when I was six-years old and finally stood up to a bully.

Here's an example of a data point that led me to a shift out of a 16-year career in academia to entrepreneurship.

That confidence booster led to the next leap, and then the next, and all along the way taking stock of my pains along with my gains.

Building the complete brief

The page is ready to read now. The fuller skim-friendly version will appear here automatically.

The useful part

The first filing in my inventory of courage is indexed at when I was six-years old and finally stood up to a bully. That confidence booster led to the next leap, and then the next, and all along the way taking stock of my pains along with my gains. Very importantly, your inventory of courage helps you to follow your intuition.

How it works

  • Here's an example of a data point that led me to a shift out of a 16-year career in academia to entrepreneurship.
  • Stories as data It turns out that stories are data too.

Details worth keeping

They are a summation of your gains and your pains, losses and failures.

Keep reading in the app

Open the app view to save this story, compare related coverage, and continue from the same source.

Open in app