“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” ~ Babe Ruth “We are programmed at an early age to think that failure is bad,” wrote Amy Edmondson in a 2011 article in the Harvard Business Review. “That belief prevents organizations from effectively learning from their missteps.” But how do organizations create an […]
Battling longstanding cultural traditions, ones that are harmful despite their being embedded in people’s way of living in a society, takes courage – the courage of a fearless leader. A fearless leader such as Rebecca Lolosoli, who lives in Kenya and is part of the Samburu people. In her culture, women are considered possessions. They […]
Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey didn’t even want to start a company. He just “had an idea and decided to pursue it,” he said. His suggestion to everyone and anyone: don’t just leave an idea festering in your head. Get it out and start working on it. He didn’t think in terms of failure, […]
Stepping off the path of familiarity into the unknown is common to other well-known and hugely successful individuals as well. In fact, the ability to take a leap of faith may be a characteristic of success. Certainly, when Christie Hefner became president of the then-financially ailing Playboy, it took nerves of titanium not just to […]
If you don’t control fear, then fear will control you and possibly sabotage your most valued goals. Take Susan Lyne. Named one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in 2011, Lyne is the perfect example of a Fearless Leader willing to take risks and potentially fail in order to succeed. As an inexperienced programming executive at […]
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” – Rosa Parks Does fear control you or do you control fear? Do you have the courage to fail in order to succeed? Fearless Leaders don’t like to fail; some […]
Let’s take a quick quiz to help you gauge your capability. It’s a quick pen-and-paper exercise, and you’ll really get a lot out of it. What are you capable of? Answer Y=Yes or N=No to the following: I prefer taking action rather than waiting for direction. I often prefer to express myself even if my […]
Did you know that psychopaths can teach you things about happiness? Really. In researching his landmark book, “The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success,” scientist Kevin Dutton visited Broadmoor, England’s best-known high-security psychiatric hospital. He , interviewed psychopaths whose most typical traits included, among other things, fearlessness, […]
Let me tell you now my co-author’s story and how he moved forward. When TC North was 27 and working for Dr. Robert Swearingen as the exercise physiologist at a wellness clinic, Dr. Swearingen one day asked him if he’d like to run an aerobic exercise presentation for a few people at a local running […]
Let me talk to you about a particular moment in my life when I needed to be courageous, fearless and a leader. By all outward indications, my life was a success. I had a lucrative career as an executive at a global firm. I was living in an eight-bedroom house on a very large estate […]
