In the first two Realiteen Talks conversations about unconscious bias, FranklinCovey Education High School Practice Leader Gary McGuey and a panel of teenage guests have tackled how to identify your own biases – after all, if you have a brain you have bias – and how to be open enough to be willing to overcome them.

In this third installment, the answer to true growth was revealed – courage.

In order to confront bias and experience genuine growth, you have to have the courage to be uncomfortable. No one likes to look in the mirror and see things they wish they could change, but the irony is that those things can’t be changed unless you’re brave enough to take them on.

Some would argue that confronting bias just leads to more conflict. While that misconception can appear true, especially in the early stages of such a confrontation, it’s certainly not true over the long run.

“If you are confronting bias with respect to the people you’re talking to, with tact, with the correct information and with different viewpoints, it can be effective,” one panelist said. “It can create a good response. It can create a safe space for everyone to feel like they’re represented [and that] their viewpoint is being heard.”

Watch the full episode for more thoughts on how to meet this final battle with unconscious bias head on.