The Courage Playbook

The Courage Playbook

by Gus Lee
Released April 2022
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781119848905

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Book description

A practical pathway to a meaningful life and courageous leadership

In The Courage Playbook: Five Steps to Overcome Your Fears and Become Your Best Self, Gus Lee, bestselling author and leadership expert, delivers an astonishing reveal that with moral courage, we can overcome our fears. This is a practical guide to gaining your courage to live rightly, treat others without bias and lead inspirationally. Readers will acquire Five Steps to Courage, 3 NO’s, 3 GO’s and Courageous Communication Plays. These lend deeper meaning to life, strengthen our character, improve relationships and allow us to help others for the common good. They lead to contentment, love and even happiness.

The Playbook is a practical, behavior-based “Other-Help” guide that equips us more effectively than the worried “self-help” approach. The Courage Playbook includes:

  • Skills and strategies for healthfully and authentically deploying courage in your life
  • Ways to actually solve tough moral problems and conflicts at their root cause, genuinely help others, model strength and close the “Courage Gap”
  • Methods for courageous and inspirational communication and leadership for all manner of situations – professionally, personally, relationally and organizationally

Designed for people in all circumstances, to include young professionals, executives and leaders, The Courage Playbook belongs on the desks and libraries of business organizations, government agencies, healthcare, education, non-profits, military units, public safety organizations and on the bedside table of all people who want a seriously effective pathway to deeply improve themselves.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. PART I: The Courageous Self
    1. 1 Step One: Where Am I? I Assess Myself
      1. The LOC Biography Form 5
      2. Section I: Personal Information (13 Questions)
      3. Section II: Reflections (12 Questions)
      4. Section III: Courage (28 Questions)
      5. The Tier 4 GPS Tool
      6. Notes
    2. 2 Step Two: Who Am I, Really? I Admit and Quit the 3 NOs
      1. The 3 NOs Overview
      2. The First NO: Disrespects Others
      3. The Second NO: Gives in to Anger
      4. The Third NO: Hideouts (Avoids Conflict, Denial, Excuses, and Blame)
      5. Avoids Conflict
      6. Denies the Truth
      7. Making Excuses
      8. Blames
      9. Admit, Quit, and Repair
      10. Notes
    3. 3 Step Three: Getting It Right—The 3 GOs
      1. The 3 GOs Overview
      2. The First GO: Unconditionally and Positively Respect All People (UPR)
      3. The Second GO: Comprehensively Self‐govern/Act with Humility
      4. The Third GO: Discern | Act | Train Others in the Highest Moral Action “DAT”
      5. Our Third GO Inventory: Discern the HMA | Do the HMA | Train in the HMA
      6. Notes
  9. PART II: Courage with Others
    1. 4 Step Four: Playsets for Basic CourCom
      1. The First Basic CourCom Play: CLEAR—The Central CourCom Model
      2. The Second Basic CourCom Play: Encourage Others
      3. The Third Basic CourCom Play: Ask Challenges
      4. Notes
    2. 5 Step Five: Playsets for CourCom Conflicts
      1. The First CourCom Conflict Play: Action‐emotional Reaction—The AeR
      2. The Second CourCom Conflict Play: Fix the Fire with Reflect‐Back | Situation‐Check | No‐Thank‐You Declaration
      3. The Reflect‐Back: When Someone Criticizes or Attacks You
      4. The Situation‐Check: When Someone Takes a Clearly Wrong Action
      5. The No‐Thank‐You Declaration: When You Are Asked to Do Something Wrong
      6. The Third CourCom Conflict Play: The CBS—We Get Serious About Reconciliation
      7. Notes
  10. PART III: You Decide: Choosing Your Core
    1. 6 Your Identity: Naming, Claiming, and Aiming
      1. Your Personal Core Principles
      2. Notes
    2. 7 The Individual Courage Advancement Plan: ICAP
      1. Notes
    3. 8 Crossing the River
      1. Crossing the River Exercise
      2. Notes
  11. Epilogue
  12. Appendix: Cut‐out Memory Cards
  13. Glossary of Acronyms
  14. About the Author
  15. Index
  16. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: The Courage Playbook
  • Author(s): Gus Lee
  • Release date: April 2022
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781119848905