Leveraging personality and interpersonal skills to receive betterservice, upgrades, discounts or freebies.
Skipper just got moved up to first class...he pulled a Braner!
How did Doug get seated without any reservations...that's pulling a Braner!
Nathan got the smoker for half the price others paid....he pulled a Braner!
Someone who brakes his or her car for no apparent reason. This person could be driving in front of you, or, Godhelp you, may be the driver of the car in which you are currently driving.
TOM: (yelling out the window of his car) Hey! What are you braking for? There's nothing in front of you! Come on! Move it!
SAM: Tom, he's just a random braker, dude. His first instinct is to brake. They suck...
Knowing something is incredibly stupid that makes sense to do, but you know you'll get your ass kicked for doing it. And still you step up and do it because no one else will. Or confronting you're worst fears but acting like it's nothing and facing down the fear.
A professor in a university once stressed a huge test that was coming up that was worth 3/4 of your total semesters grade. When the students got the test they were stunned. There was only one question:
What is bravery?
all the students got to work and wrote for hours, except one he tapped his pencil on the desk, smiled, andtook the test up to the teacher. It was handed back to him with a 100% at the top.
The students answer was:
This is Bravery.
A term coined by Bob Ross, he would use it as a way to describe when you have to paint something that could very easily ruin the painting. Typically it'd also be something he'd tell you not to trace or copy the way he does it.
Also usable as any time you need to do something with high risk/reward.
Bob Ross: See, you have to decide where the tree lives. This is going to be your BraveryTest
-Being scared shirtless, being 28273% terrified, but fighting anyway.
-Doing the right thing, or what is right, even if it hurts.
"Grandpa look! It's Superman! And Iron-man and Captain America! Can I be like them one day? A hero? Be courageous, and honest, and have bravery-"
"Bravery," the man sneered, "Is losing everything you have to the darkness, but still finding the light within you to fight. Are you ready to lose everything? Are you ready to die?"