Your Courage Quotient

"If you're afraid to do something and you do it, it makes you stronger."

According to kinesiologist Michael Gass there are three kinds of people: Risk AVOIDERS, Risk REDUCERS, and Risk OPTIMIZER.

• If you're an avoider, step out of your comfort routine. You might try indoor rock climbing, canoeing in a river with a spot or two of white water, snowshoeing, or cross country skiing.


• If you're a reducer, push yourself a little further. A strenuous high altitude hike, scuba diving, or a night camping solo in the desert could take it up a notch.


• And if you're an optimizer, keep at it. Make physical risk taking a lifelong pursuit and keep challenging yourself in new ways. Try BASE jumping, hang gliding and helicopter skiing.