Courageous

Are courageous actions successful actions? - Taylor & Francis

If you are interested in different angles of courage, consider these: Courageous

( ResearchGate ): A study on how "courageous followers"—those who speak up against unethical practices or challenge leaders for the good of the organization—are actually the secret to effective leadership. Are courageous actions successful actions

: The study found that people overwhelmingly describe courageous acts as having a successful result. When an action ends in failure, people are significantly less likely to label it as "courageous," even if the risk and fear involved were identical. When an action ends in failure, people are

( PMC ): A fascinating "spider test" study where researchers measured courage by how close participants with phobias would get to tarantulas, finding that courage scores directly predicted their ability to approach the source of their fear.

An interesting academic paper to explore is (2010), published in the Journal of Positive Psychology . Why it’s interesting