by Bill Treasurer | Feb 12, 2025 | Courageous Coaching, Courageous Leadership, Leadership Development, Personal Growth
A lot has been written about the natural tendency to fear the unknown. In my opinion, the first (and perhaps best) description of this phenomenon comes from the 4000-year-old masterpiece of Plato. In The Republic, Socrates (an early Right Risk-taker) describes fear as...
by Bill Treasurer | Nov 13, 2024 | Courageous Leadership
I’m an ex-high diver. Every day for seven years I would courageously climb to the top of a hundred-foot high-dive ladder (the equivalent of a ten-story building) and stand atop a one-foot-by-one-foot perch. Then, after a quick prayer, I would leap into the air like an...
by Bill Treasurer | May 17, 2023 | Team Building
Inside and outside of work, these are fearful times. Over the last few years, the world has suffered through an unusual amount of anxiety-provoking situations, including the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous wars, the toppling of governments, multiple natural disasters, and...
by Bill Treasurer | Nov 16, 2022 | Personal Growth
In a world that continually reminds us about how unsafe it is, it is difficult to maintain a “play it safe” approach. From political divisions to a tumultuous stock market to polluted skies, we are buffeted by the reckless risks of others. In an increasingly compressed...
by Bill Treasurer | Oct 13, 2021 | Personal Growth
When faced with a challenge, whether professionally or personally, it is often fear that holds us back. Maybe you are afraid to start because you might fail. Afraid to put your idea out there at the meeting, because of what others might think. Afraid to take a...
