Helps us develop courage.
By remembering our competence, we view things as a [[Challenge response]] which can help with things like [[Cultivating discipline]]
## Examples
- Think about your current progress
- Similar to [[Using imagination to increase your perception of probability]]
- Focusing on your strengths
- It may not even be your strength
- Thinking about how you have prepared for a particular challenge
- Imagining the support of your team, friends, and/or loved ones (Courtney has a whole team to help with logistics and pacing, including her husband, Kevin Schmidt, who even once ran the last 30 miles of a race with her!)
- The knowledge that others are praying for you ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h3hxg4d81gsfzfa6jfsh40te))