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Forbes
12-06-2025
- Business
- Forbes
The 4-Step Courage Formula To Unlock 10x Growth In Your Business
The 4-step courage formula to unlock 10x growth in your business If you don't have the guts to do something, you'll make excuses your whole life. Because the timing wasn't right. Because I got that injury. Because that competitor did that thing. Stop. Excuses are everywhere. You might find yourself giving them without thinking. But the people breaking through aren't the victims of excuses. They are getting intentional, taking control, and becoming the hero of their life and business. You could continue this way, living a shadow life and forever wondering what could have been. Or you could say enough is enough, step into the spotlight, and see what's possible when you give it all you've got. Bravery directly correlates with growth potential, far more than skills or market conditions ever will. Your courage quotient determines your ceiling. While most entrepreneurs plan conservatively and operate within comfortable parameters, the ones making history take bigger swings. Nobody remembers the person who played it safe. Don't let that be you. Playing it safe keeps you small. Calculating odds costs building momentum. Here are four moves to make to move forward with courage. Magic happens when you make public announcements of your intentions. Telling clients, team members and partners what you plan to accomplish creates accountability you can't escape. When you publicly state "We're going to double revenue this quarter" or "We're launching in three new markets by year end," your brain shifts from wondering if it's possible to figuring out how to make it happen. I've watched countless entrepreneurs transform their results through building in public. The founder who announced her software product months before writing a single line of code. The consultant who pitched a global client despite having no experience at that scale. Each created a situation where courage became their only option. That flutter in your stomach when considering your next move serves as your guide. If a decision feels completely safe, it's probably not taking you where you need to go. The most successful business owners recognize fear as confirmation they're expanding their capabilities. Growth and comfort never coexist. When you aim for ten times your current results, conventional approaches no longer apply. You have to reinvent processes, realign resources, and reimagine possibilities. Your established playbook becomes obsolete, forcing innovation. Like physical proficiency, courage strengthens with consistent use. Start with decisions that stretch you slightly, then build from there. Make it a practice to attempt something that scares you every day. Pitch that dream client. Apply for that industry award. Speak at that prestigious event. Share that controversial opinion. Each act of courage, regardless of outcome, develops your capacity for bigger moves. Track your progress by noticing how quickly you recover from fear-inducing situations. What paralyzed you last year might barely register today. Level up by saying yes. The bold moves of those around you normalize bigger thinking. Purposefully surround yourself with entrepreneurs who operate beyond conventional boundaries. Their ambition pulls you forward when you start to doubt yourself. Their impossible targets make yours seem reasonable by comparison. They stop you from listening to your own excuses. Peer pressure to stretch takes you further than going alone. When everyone in your circle sets outrageous goals and takes uncomfortable actions, courage becomes your baseline rather than your ceiling. You start to see bigger possibilities as standard practice. Every time you choose the bold path over the safe one, you expand what's possible. Being scared means you're onto something. The butterflies in your stomach confirm you've discovered your next level of growth. Commit publicly to audacious targets, use fear as your compass, build your courage muscle, and create a courage community. Fear turns from obstacle to indicator, showing exactly where your business needs to go next.
Reuters
11-06-2025
- Reuters
Gisele Pelicot settles privacy case with Paris Match magazine over photos
PARIS, June 11 (Reuters) - Gisele Pelicot, the French woman who became a symbol of courage and resilience during the trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men for repeatedly raping her, has settled with magazine Paris Match after it published photos of her without her consent. The magazine, owned by French luxury group LVMH ( opens new tab, has agreed to make two 20,000-euro ($22,900) payments to associations that support victims of sexual violence, her lawyer Stephane Babonneau said. Pelicot had taken Paris Match to court alleging invasion of privacy, but withdrew her case ahead of a court hearing on Wednesday. Pelicot's case against Paris Match raised interesting questions about the right to privacy in France, which has strong laws to protect against intrusions. Pelicot waived her right to anonymity during the rape trial, becoming an internationally recognized figure. The court's ruling would have likely hinged on whether or not there was a public interest in her private life now the trial was over, experts said. "She became a public figure unwillingly," Babonneau told Reuters. "It didn't mean that because she waived her right to anonymity for the trial, she was giving up her right to privacy." The pictures of Pelicot and her partner were taken on the Île de Ré, an island off western France where she now lives. "We had warned Paris Match not to publish these photos ten days before," Babonneau added. A lawyer for Paris Match didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Pelicot has said she "never regretted" going public during the trial, which ended last December. Her ex-husband was found guilty of repeatedly drugging and raping her for almost a decade, and inviting dozens of strangers to their home to rape her while unconscious. The other 50 co-defendants were also found guilty of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault. Her lawyer said the publication of the pictures shocked her greatly. Sophie Barre, a member of women's rights organisation #NousToutes, told Reuters the pictures represented another act of violence after the abuse she had endured. "Her former husband filmed the rapes," she said. "With these pictures, her image is again captured without her consent." ($1 = 0.8724 euros)
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Democracy Forward' Compilation Features Tracks From Michael Stipe, Wilco, Brandi Carlile, John Prine and Tyler Childers
The 20-track Democracy Forward double album will feature songs from R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, Wilco, Tyler Childers, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and many more on a compilation focused on democracy, resilience and courage. The collection is a partnership between literary magazine The Bitter Southerner and national legal organization Democracy Forward. 'The work of Democracy Forward ensures that people and communities – that all of us – are heard and that our rights are protected,' said Skye Perryman, President & CEO of Democracy Forward in a statement about the collection that will be release on vinyl the week of July 3; pre-sales begin today here. More from Billboard Cardi B Blasts Donald Trump's 'Dictatorship Vibe' Over ICE Raids & National Guard Deployment Cloonee Postpones L.A. Shows Amid ICE Raids: 'I Will Not Throw a Party Whilst the Latino People Who Have Supported Me in This City Are Hurting' Leon Thomas' 'Mutt' Snatches Third Radio Crown of 2025 'At a time when so many communities across the nation are hurting and being targeted, music, art, and expression helps to bring people together in community, which creates the conditions for courage,' read the statement. 'We are incredibly grateful to the artists who have dedicated their music to support the American people's rights and our democracy during this consequential time. Each of us has a role to play in strengthening our democracy, and every voice matters.' Proceeds from the album will benefit Democracy Forward's work, which includes free representation for people and communities in defense of their constitutional rights. Since the second inauguration of President Donald Trump, Democracy Forward said in the statement that it has been focused on 'some of the most significant issues affecting people, families, and communities to confront anti-democratic extremism head-on. From stopping the federal funding freeze, to blocking the decimation of the Department of Education, to protecting religious liberty, to safeguarding due process, to stopping DOGE and Musk from taking Americans' sensitive and personal data, and more – Democracy Forward has won court orders for people and is just getting started.' The album will open with Stipe's new original spoken word piece 'Invocation.' The singer and activist said in a statement, 'We believe in the importance of our democracy and also our ability to save it. The world is depending on us. This fight is not over. The day is not done.' Since Democracy Forward's formation in 2016, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit has taken the Trump administration to court more than 100 times and worked with dozens of prominent groups to combat some of the administration's actions by partnering with organizations including: Abortion Fund of Ohio, National Immigrant Justice Center, National Parks Conservation Association, Alliance For Justice, National Resources Defense Council, New York Civil Liberties Union, American Federation of Teachers, Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The album announcement comes as Trump is attempting to muscle through his so-called 'Big Beautiful Bill,' a proposed tax and spending package that aims to permanently extend the president's big tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest individuals, as well as make deep cuts to social programs including Medicaid and food aid and roll back a wide variety of environmental regulations and green energy initiatives in an effort to focus on climate-warming fossil fuels. It also coincided with Trump's provocative deployment of 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles on Monday (June 9) — without the consent of Gov. Gavin Newsom — in order to quell demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the city. Check out the track list for Democracy Forward below. Michael Stipe – 'Invocation' (new) Sierra Ferrell –'American Dreaming' Wilco – 'Cruel Country' Tyler Childers – 'Long Violent History' Brandi Carlile – 'Speak Your Mind' Hurray for the Riff Raff – 'Colossus of Roads' Brittany Howard – 'Another Day Tunde Abebimpe – 'People' Kevin Morby and Waxahatchee – 'Farewell Transmission' Fruit Bats – 'A Lingering Love' Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – 'Something More Than Free' (Live from the ACL Live) She Returns From War – 'Ruthless' John Prine – 'Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven' (Live at Fifth Peg Chicago) S.G. Goodman – 'Satellite' Allison Russell (featuring Brandi Carlile) – 'You're Not Alone' Langhorne Slim – 'Life is Confusing' Blue Mountain – 'Jimmy Carter' Danielle Ponder – 'So Long' Jim James – 'Here in Spirit' Michael Stipe and Big Red Machine – 'No Time For Love Like Now' Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘If you fall silent, the country is doomed': CBS News' Scott Pelley stresses courage as network faces pressure campaign
A climate of fear is perceptible in the United States today, and it must be resisted no matter what, CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley says. 'People are silencing themselves for fear that the government will retaliate against them, and that's not the America that we all love,' Pelley told Anderson Cooper in an exclusive interview after CNN's Saturday telecast of 'Good Night, and Good Luck.' The Broadway play, which recounts CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow's unflinching 1954 broadcasts about Sen. Joseph McCarthy's Cold War witch hunts, has stirred comparisons between McCarthyism and Trumpism, and between the CBS network then and now. Fear and courage 'are the two themes that run through both of these moments in American history,' Pelley told CNN's Cooper. 'The most important thing is to have the courage to speak, to not let fear permeate the country so that everyone suddenly becomes silent,' the former 'CBS Evening News' anchor added. 'If you have the courage to speak, we are saved. If you fall silent, the country is doomed.' Cooper asked Pelley, a nearly 40-year veteran of CBS: 'Do you still believe in journalism? Do you still believe in the role of journalists?' 'It is the only thing that's gonna save the country,' Pelley responded. 'You cannot have democracy without journalism. It can't be done.' Cooper, who also works alongside Pelley as a correspondent on '60 Minutes,' anchored a discussion about the state of journalism after the Broadway telecast Saturday night. One inescapable topic was President Donald Trump's pressure campaign against CBS News. Trump filed a legally dubious lawsuit against CBS over a '60 Minutes' interview with Kamala Harris last fall. CBS News journalists and executives have sought to fight the suit and its allegations of 'election interference.' But lawyers at CBS parent Paramount Global have been trying to strike a settlement with Trump, perhaps believing that such a deal will help secure the Trump administration's approval of Paramount's pending deal to merge with Skydance Media. The settlement could look like a payoff in exchange for government approval and would spark an outcry from CBS News journalists. At '60 Minutes,' 'everyone thinks this lawsuit is an act of extortion, everyone,' a network correspondent recently told CNN. When Cooper asked Pelley what Murrow would think of the state of play at CBS, Pelley said that 'he would probably be waiting to see how this lawsuit from the president works out and how the Paramount Corporation deals.' Murrow, he said, 'would be for fighting,' not settling. A settlement would be 'very damaging to CBS, to Paramount, to the reputation of those companies,' Pelley added. 'I think many of the law firms that made deals with the White House are at this very moment regretting it. That doesn't look like their finest hour.' When asked about the April resignation of '60 Minutes' executive producer Bill Owens, Pelley repeated what he told viewers — that Owens felt that he no longer had 'the independence that honest journalism requires.' At the time, the correspondents talked about leaving with him, but Lesley Stahl recently told The New Yorker that Owens 'explicitly asked us not to resign.' Pelley told Cooper that, on the one hand, 'you really wish the company was behind you 100%, right?' On the other hand, 'my work is getting on the air.' Paramount bosses have not killed any '60 Minutes' segments, even though the newsmagazine has aggressively covered the Trump administration. 'While I would like to have that public backing,' Pelley said, 'maybe the more important thing is the work is still getting on the air.' Pelley caused a stir with a commencement address at Wake Forest University last month. Many conservative media outlets said Pelley ripped Trump, though he never mentioned the president by name. 'Why attack universities? Why attack journalism? Because ignorance works for power,' Pelley said in the speech. 'First, make the truth seekers live in fear. Sue the journalists. For nothing.' Pelley also talked in the speech about the Trump administration's actions against major law firms and warned that people in power 'can rewrite history.' 'With grotesque, false narratives, they can make heroes criminals and criminals heroes,' Pelley said. 'And they can change the definition of the words we use to describe reality. 'Diversity' is now described as 'illegal.' 'Equity' is to be shunned. 'Inclusion' is a dirty word. This is an old playbook, my friends.' In the sit-down with Cooper, Pelley said he thought he was echoing the sentiments of Murrow in the 1950s, 'that freedom of speech is what matters in this country.' 'You can agree with the government. You can disagree with the government. But you have the right to speak no matter what your opinion is. If the government begins to punish our citizens because of what they have to say, then our country's gone terribly wrong.' As for the furor over his commencement speech, Pelley remarked, 'what does it say about our country when there's hysteria about a speech that's about freedom of speech?'
CNN
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘If you fall silent, the country is doomed': CBS News' Scott Pelley stresses courage as network faces pressure campaign
A climate of fear is perceptible in the United States today, and it must be resisted no matter what, CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley says. 'People are silencing themselves for fear that the government will retaliate against them, and that's not the America that we all love,' Pelley told Anderson Cooper in an exclusive interview after CNN's Saturday telecast of 'Good Night, and Good Luck.' The Broadway play, which recounts CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow's unflinching 1954 broadcasts about Sen. Joseph McCarthy's Cold War witch hunts, has stirred comparisons between McCarthyism and Trumpism, and between the CBS network then and now. Fear and courage 'are the two themes that run through both of these moments in American history,' Pelley told CNN's Cooper. 'The most important thing is to have the courage to speak, to not let fear permeate the country so that everyone suddenly becomes silent,' the former 'CBS Evening News' anchor added. 'If you have the courage to speak, we are saved. If you fall silent, the country is doomed.' Cooper asked Pelley, a nearly 40-year veteran of CBS: 'Do you still believe in journalism? Do you still believe in the role of journalists?' 'It is the only thing that's gonna save the country,' Pelley responded. 'You cannot have democracy without journalism. It can't be done.' Cooper, who also works alongside Pelley as a correspondent on '60 Minutes,' anchored a discussion about the state of journalism after the Broadway telecast Saturday night. One inescapable topic was President Donald Trump's pressure campaign against CBS News. Trump filed a legally dubious lawsuit against CBS over a '60 Minutes' interview with Kamala Harris last fall. CBS News journalists and executives have sought to fight the suit and its allegations of 'election interference.' But lawyers at CBS parent Paramount Global have been trying to strike a settlement with Trump, perhaps believing that such a deal will help secure the Trump administration's approval of Paramount's pending deal to merge with Skydance Media. The settlement could look like a payoff in exchange for government approval and would spark an outcry from CBS News journalists. At '60 Minutes,' 'everyone thinks this lawsuit is an act of extortion, everyone,' a network correspondent recently told CNN. When Cooper asked Pelley what Murrow would think of the state of play at CBS, Pelley said that 'he would probably be waiting to see how this lawsuit from the president works out and how the Paramount Corporation deals.' Murrow, he said, 'would be for fighting,' not settling. A settlement would be 'very damaging to CBS, to Paramount, to the reputation of those companies,' Pelley added. 'I think many of the law firms that made deals with the White House are at this very moment regretting it. That doesn't look like their finest hour.' When asked about the April resignation of '60 Minutes' executive producer Bill Owens, Pelley repeated what he told viewers — that Owens felt that he no longer had 'the independence that honest journalism requires.' At the time, the correspondents talked about leaving with him, but Lesley Stahl recently told The New Yorker that Owens 'explicitly asked us not to resign.' Pelley told Cooper that, on the one hand, 'you really wish the company was behind you 100%, right?' On the other hand, 'my work is getting on the air.' Paramount bosses have not killed any '60 Minutes' segments, even though the newsmagazine has aggressively covered the Trump administration. 'While I would like to have that public backing,' Pelley said, 'maybe the more important thing is the work is still getting on the air.' Pelley caused a stir with a commencement address at Wake Forest University last month. Many conservative media outlets said Pelley ripped Trump, though he never mentioned the president by name. 'Why attack universities? Why attack journalism? Because ignorance works for power,' Pelley said in the speech. 'First, make the truth seekers live in fear. Sue the journalists. For nothing.' Pelley also talked in the speech about the Trump administration's actions against major law firms and warned that people in power 'can rewrite history.' 'With grotesque, false narratives, they can make heroes criminals and criminals heroes,' Pelley said. 'And they can change the definition of the words we use to describe reality. 'Diversity' is now described as 'illegal.' 'Equity' is to be shunned. 'Inclusion' is a dirty word. This is an old playbook, my friends.' In the sit-down with Cooper, Pelley said he thought he was echoing the sentiments of Murrow in the 1950s, 'that freedom of speech is what matters in this country.' 'You can agree with the government. You can disagree with the government. But you have the right to speak no matter what your opinion is. If the government begins to punish our citizens because of what they have to say, then our country's gone terribly wrong.' As for the furor over his commencement speech, Pelley remarked, 'what does it say about our country when there's hysteria about a speech that's about freedom of speech?'
