# Katy Cowan - Debbie Millman on the Power of Courage Over Confidence, Embracing Criticism and Overcoming Fear (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/59129788) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Katy Cowan]] **Full Title**:: Debbie Millman on the Power of Courage Over Confidence, Embracing Criticism and Overcoming Fear **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [www.creativeboom.com](https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/debbie-millman/) **Host**:: [[www.creativeboom.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2026-03-19]] **Created**:: [[2026-03-21]] ## Highlights - Realising that anything meaningful requires hard work. Everything! ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01km37917gpk4v47jtttv2xfdq)) ^998432594 - So if you’re considering settling because going after what you want seems too hard to do, remember that hating what you do every day is even harder. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01km37gmsefk2fk93g8r62jemc)) ^998434110 - Dani argued that courage was more important than confidence. When you are acting from a place of courage, you are saying that no matter how you feel about yourself or your opportunities or the outcome, you are going to take a risk and take a step toward what you want. You are willing to allow yourself to be vulnerable – in showing your art, starting a business that might succeed or fail, having an opinion on something, being in a relationship. You are not waiting for the confidence to mysteriously arrive. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01km37m88n2zs376ka73seevkv)) ^998434655 - I believe that confidence is achieved through repeated success. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01km37n0v7081nm02byd09w9ey)) ^998434680