Here are the four new practices I’m going to add to my life – or attempt to add to my life – during February. I’ll say more about each in subsequent posts (I plan to post 3x/week btw, and fine tune if that’s too often or too infrequent).
- Big Body Language. There is some evidence that simply increasing the size of your body language (in the same way that peacock spreads its tail or a dog raises the hair on its neck) increases your chutzpah. This is the “get down on your knees and move your lips in prayer and you will start to believe in G-d” school of behavior change.
- Do What You’re Afraid Of. As we will explore, there’s an intimate connection between chutzpah and fear. Actually, for February, I’ll try not (yet) to do what I’m afraid of but simply to be aware of what I’m afraid of. Start small but steady.
- Dare to Fawn. Seems like an oxymoron on the surface, but I believe that deliberate fawning is a tool of chutzpah growth. More soon.
- Associate with people who have Chutzpah. You are who you associate with, or so the story goes. Don’t lurk in the shadows with the chutzpah-poor. Get out in the floodlights with the chutzpah crowd.
Wish me luck.