How Being Brave is our Access to Being Free with Melanie Curtis: An EOFire Classic from 2022

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Jul 6, 2025

Melanie Curtis, an inspiring coach, speaker, and professional skydiver with over 11,000 jumps, joins to share her insights on bravery and personal growth. She discusses how embracing fear can lead to freedom and transformation, using her skydiving experiences as metaphors. Listeners learn to challenge perfectionism and the importance of supportive networks. Melanie emphasizes courageous self-expression, reflecting on personal stories that highlight vulnerability's role in growth. Engage with her coaching opportunities and explore her book for further development.

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ADVICE

Do Things That Don't Scale

Do things that don't scale, especially in personal relationships and connection.
This builds lasting power that can't be accessed through other means.

ANECDOTE

Skydiving Changed Fear Mindset

Melanie started skydiving at 18, growing up around aviation and a drop zone.
Her first jump transformed her mindset about fear and capability.

INSIGHT

Courage and Fun Magnify Success

Fun and excellence are not mutually exclusive and fun actually magnifies progress.
Courage to face fears is essential for breakthroughs and long-term sustainability in growth.

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From the archive - This episode was originally recorded and published in 2022. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant.

Melanie Curtis is a coach, speaker, author and professional skydiver with over 11,000 jumps and 26 years in the sport. Melanie is a passionate entrepreneur and voice in personal development.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Be brave. Break down. Crack up. Be free.

2. Do your best to interrupt your auto-pilot. We tend to not think about intentionally reflecting on what values, ideas, or fears are driving our choices and actions.

3. Preparation is awesome, but it’s not great when preparation seems like perfectionism, and then ends up keeping us from ever launching whatever it is.

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