When facing adversity, showing courage will change your life and inspire others. While it is easier to stay safe in your comfort zone, truly great things require taking risks and overcoming challenges through hard work rather than luck. Drawing from interviews with people who have survived misfortune, this document provides the beginning of a motivational speech encouraging people to find strength in stress, conquer fear, and live their dreams by climbing outside of their comfort zone to achieve something extraordinary rather than settling for average.