A 13-week class on Courage as taught at Yale by Roz Savage, Ocean Rower, this syllabus covers various kinds of courage and their underlying elements with the intention of promoting courageous behaviour in the students as they head out into the world to lead corporations, nonprofits, teams, families, or governments.

1. Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale
Courage in
Theory & Practice
Roz Savage

2. Why does courage matter?

3. Courageous Life vs Average Life
Lifetime

4. What types of courage are
there?

5. Course Overview
❖ Week 1: Definitions of Courage
❖ Week 2: The Hero’s Journey
❖ Week 3: Intellectual Courage (Critical Thinking)
❖ Week 4: Motivation and Purpose
❖ Week 5: The Courageous Mindset
❖ Week 6: Courageous Decision-Making
❖ Week 7: Courage and Truth

6. Course Overview (contd.)
❖ Week 8: Managerial Courage
❖ Week 9: Nonconformity
❖ Week 10: Military Courage
❖ Week 11: Political Courage
❖ Week 12: Nurturing Courage in Self and Others
❖ Week 13: Courage and the Future

7. Introducing Myself
❖ Roz Savage MBE: first woman to row solo across three
oceans - Atlantic, Pacific, Indian
❖ (show video)

8. Week 1: Definitions of
Courage

9. What kinds of courage are
represented by…?

10. Martin Luther King

11. Martin Luther King

12. Rosa Parks

13. Ernest Shackleton

14. Captain Oates

15. WW1 Soldiers

16. Viktor Frankl

17. Pacifists

18. Tank Man, Tiananmen Square

19. Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger

20. Fireman at World Trade Center, 9/11

21. Malala

22. Caitlyn Jenner

23. Chesley Sullenberger

24. Purple Heart

25. Joe Biden

26. Edward Snowden

27. Alex Honnold

28. Common phobias

29. Game of Thrones battle scene

30. What are the essential
components of courage?

31. Fight or flight (fear)
Executive function
Overcoming fear

32. A Definition of Courage
❖ A wilful, intentional act
❖ Executed after mindful deliberation
❖ Involving objective substantial risk to the actor
❖ Motivated to bring about a noble or worthy purpose
❖ Despite the presence of fear
(Rate, 2007)

34. MOTIVATION FEAR>
= COURAGE

36. Courage to do what?

38. Courageous Life > Courageous
Acts