Why One Former Aviator Says “Courage is Just Fear That Held On One Minute Longer

04/10/2017 49 min
Why One Former Aviator Says “Courage is Just Fear That Held On One Minute Longer

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"Courage is just fear that held on a minute longer." That's the philosophy for Lissa Young, a former army aviator and current West Point professor. Her courage has guided her through a wide ranging career that has included flying Chinook helicopters in the Denali mountains, helping build a rum distillery in Massachusetts, shaping her own doctoral program at Harvard and coming back from a curveball that would change everything about how she thought her life would be. Learn how she manages fear and what humility has taught her about leadership and change.