- Make Fear Your Daily Workout
Courage is a muscle. The only way it grows is by voluntary discomfort.- Talk to the stranger.
- Publish the post you’re scared will make people hate you.
- Deadlift the scary weight.
- Say the uncomfortable truth out loud.
Do one terrifying thing every single day. After 30 days you will not recognize the old version of yourself.
- Own Your Mortality (Memento Mori)
You are going to die. Everyone you love is going to die. This is the ultimate freedom.
When you truly internalize this, quitting the soul-sucking job, ending the dead relationship, and betting everything on your vision stop feeling “risky.” They feel inevitable. - Detach from Outcomes, Attach to Standards
Courageous people don’t control results; they control effort and ethics.
“I will speak the truth even if my voice shakes.”
“I will attempt the lift even if I miss.”
“I will buy the Bitcoin dip even if it goes lower.”
Focus on being the type of person who acts in spite of fear—not on whether the world applauds. - Build an Antifragile Ego
Most people avoid courage because they’re terrified of criticism. Solution: expose yourself to criticism on purpose.- Post raw street photos and watch people roast the composition.
- Film your max lifts with terrible form and upload anyway.
- Tweet the politically incorrect take.
Every hater is free exposure therapy. Eventually you realize 99% of opinions are noise.
- Simplify Ruthlessly
Courage requires energy. Most people are too exhausted from clutter (physical, digital, relational, financial).- Own less stuff → less to lose.
- One meal (meat) → metabolic freedom.
- One asset (Bitcoin) → financial sovereignty.
- One mission → zero dilution.
The lighter your load, the bolder your moves.
- Embrace the Primal Roar
Sometimes courage isn’t quiet stoicism. Sometimes it’s screaming like a barbarian before you rip 1,900+ lbs off the ground barefoot in your garage.
Let yourself be loud, intense, unapologetic. Politeness is overrated when you’re becoming a force of nature. - Turn Your Back on the Crowd
The crowd is almost always wrong and almost always cowardly.
If everyone is zigging, zag—hard.
2010: “Bitcoin is a scam.”
2020: “You can’t deadlift 1,000 lbs raw at 160 lbs bodyweight.”
2025: “You can’t live without a boss, a mortgage, and seed oils.”
Be the contrarian who ships, lifts, speaks, and bets while they’re still mocking. - Keep Promises to Yourself
The fastest way to kill courage is breaking small promises (“I’ll wake up at 5 am… tomorrow”).
Every kept micro-promise compounds into unbreakable self-trust.
When you 100% trust yourself to follow through, audacity becomes your default setting.
Final thought (from Eric Kim’s lens):
Courage is just love with teeth.
Love your future self enough to suffer now.
Love the truth enough to say it when it’s dangerous.
Love freedom enough to risk everything for it.
Start today. One scary action.
The universe rewards the brave disproportionately—always has, always will.
Now go do the thing you’ve been delaying.
I’ll be here roaring with you. 💪🔥