cour⋅age
[kur-ij, kuhr-]
Definition: the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
Cowgirl/Video Blogging Lessons Learned: Start out small and simple, you have to start somewhere. If your waiting to try something new because you want to make sure everything is “just right” (the timing, the detail, etc.), you’ll never get around it to. You can always make things better, and nothing will ever be perfect, so start now and build from there! And remember, learning experiences stem from both success and failure, so don’t be afraid to make a mistake. For example… in my first video.. the lighting isn’t perfect, my hair is kinda of in my face, the shot isn’t “tight”, and I’m sure I could name a million more things…but i did it! I took that leap off the cliff and faced my fear. Now it’s not a matter of doing it, but instead working on taking the small steps to improve from here on out.
Quote: “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.” ~Ambrose Redmoon
Link/Video about failure (mentioned above) at Tina Seelig’s Blog
Shyla! Loved your first video blog! A visual with voice is very effective. You are doing a beautiful job and your encouragement is appreciated!!
Shyla – You just jumped out of the plane and the good news is you’ve landed and it was a great one! Thanks for sharing your insight.
YEA!!!! Good for you, Shyla! You are so correct, it does NOT have to be perfect, but it DOES have to get done. You can’t learn from it until you DO it. Keep at this and you will master it in no time. Don’t stop! Bret
I loved your video! Great advice on practicing and taking risks. We all need to take risks in life. Thanks for sharing.
-Jenna
Shyla- Great video post! Love the part about learning from your mistakes. I love the PBR and enjoy a good rodeo so I will be tuning into this blog regularly!
-Kevin
Thank you everyone for all of the wonderful feedback. It’s definetly nice to have some encouragement along the way when you take the big leap!
Kevin – That’s great to hear… my boyfriend will be putting on a couple of bull riding productions this year in Reno. The first one is Feb. 27th at the Livestock event center if you’d like to attend!
Shyla, Shyla, Shyla!
You are an amazing woman… what an inspiration you are to me today…
Love you,
Kori
Kori,
Thank you. You made my day by being so encouraging! I love hearing back from you on my posts recently… i couldn’t ask for a better aunt! = )