Life Conversations: Boldness

Being bold is less about courage, more about character - Ashish

At work, we are often presented with moments when we need to be bold, and decisive. For some, it comes naturally. For others, they have to learn at the moment. But what does acting boldly mean and look like?

One can learn what boldness is from Ferdinand Magellan, the famous explorer, biography.

'To act boldly did not, in his case, mean to act on the heat of impulse, but to lay his plans craftily, to do the dangerous thing with the utmost caution and after careful consideration. His most venturesome schemes were, like gold steel, forged in fire and then hardened in ice. It was by the mixture of imagination and caution that, again and again, he triumphed in moments of danger.’

The formula is spelled out perfectly. Here’s to you using it right when it counts.