FAQ

Q: What is Courage, Inc.?
A:  Courage, Inc. is a company based out of Austin, TX that helps people overcome social fears and create stronger confidence and connection in their lives, thereby increasing success and happiness in life, love, business, and so on.  We do this through in person through live events, seminars, parties, and virtually through the Courage, Inc. Inner Circle website.

Q: What is the Courage, Inc. Inner Circle?
A:  The membership portion of this website, which is focused on helping individuals build their social skills and self confidence, as well as insights on how to broaden one’s world view and lead a fuller and richer life. 

The site features:

• Extensive articles on everything from dealing with approach anxiety to cooking for a date
• Streaming and downloadable audio interviews with internationally-renowned dating coaches (male and female) career counselors, college professors, world-class musicians, and more, with new interviews added every month
• Mini-mission guides that offer small “missions” to overcome battles with shyness or self-limiting beliefs in life, love, and career one step at a time
• A social networking area where community members can interact, learn from and teach each other, and even find like-minded activity partners in one’s own city
• Inspirational stories, videos, and messages
• Monthly community calls with Courage, Inc.’s CEO, Benjy Portnoy
• Ongoing community contests and challenges
• Lots more

Q: Is this community for kids too?
A:  The subjects we focus on deal with issues faced primarily by adults.  We don’t hold back.  There are explicit mentions of sex, drugs, addiction, profanity, violence, and other very adult issues in our interviews and articles.  Anyone is welcome to use the site, but we recommend that parents be involved for anyone under 18.

Q: Is this like therapy?
A:  In a way.  We encourage our users to explore their negative and limiting beliefs, then push through their comfort zones to grow.  How it’s different than therapy, however, is that we are more focused on our virtual community to learn and grow from each other.  Through our interviews, we bring in experts in different fields to give advice and examples to help as well.

Q: How can I learn more?
A:  Read through the free articles to start learning ways to overcome what has been holding you back.  You can sign up for our free e-mail list for tips, stories, and info on upcoming events.  We also encourage you to take a look at our Join Courage, Inc. section to get a sense of what is involved in becoming a member of our community.

Thanks for reading!