Listen Before You Leap

Listen Before You Leap

Risk-taking is critical to business success. But the starting point for taking smart risks should be in action, not action. Come on, you might be thinking, let’s fast‐forward to where the action is.  Risk‐taking is James Bond throttling a motorcycle off a cliff and...
Intentional Courage

Intentional Courage

You are a courageous person.  I know that because I know that you have done courageous things in your life already.  You were courageous the day your parents dropped you off at summer camp for your first time.  You were courageous as a budding thespian in your high...
Stupid Courage

Stupid Courage

What, exactly is “stupid courage”? When I was a kid, a ferocious dog named King lived down the street.  Being six years old, I was deathly afraid of King, a black Doberman Pincher. Every time I walked past my neighbor’s house, King would bark viciously. ...