The Last Stand [DIRECT]

That person is braver than you were yesterday. But they are also scarred.

So, here is my advice for your next Last Stand—whether it is a final objective in a video game, a tough conversation you’ve been avoiding, or a literal moment of crisis. The Last Stand

You stand so that the enemy knows that taking this ground costs more than they budgeted. You stand so that the people who come after you have a higher ground to start from. You stand because, frankly, surrendering to the dark feels worse than facing it head-on. That person is braver than you were yesterday

We love the myth of the Last Stand. It is baked into our cultural DNA. From the 300 at Thermopylae to the Alamo, from the Ride of the Rohirrim to the final scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , we are obsessed with the idea of going out swinging. You stand so that the enemy knows that

Because a Last Stand is not about the outcome . It is about the cost .

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt What is your Last Stand story? Did you hold the line, or did the line hold you? Drop the tale in the comments below.