Special Note: Stephen has created a new blog that chronicles a nine month journey of seven amazing men standing firmly in their integrity.  Please take a moment to check it out. Go to www.theaconcaguaproject.com Just keep stepping. That is the council I give myself when things get tough. All I have to do is take the next step. I can even pause if I want to. I may not stop for long, because there is a momentum to taking action.  It’s like dancing or hiking or driving a business project forward. I must keep moving. I heard that about Sharks …

“I can’t do it.”…”I don’t have a job.”…”It’s too hard.” As a Leadership Coach I hear those things every day. I say them sometimes too. It’s not true. Not one word of it. It only seems true because that kind of thinking seeks evidence to be “right.” Can you hear that? It’s a trajectory. It’s like a missile headed for hell. I understand it, because I have compassion and I just don’t believe it. I suppose that’s why having a coach is so powerful. A great coach will mirror back to you, where you are limiting your Self. I see …

You must swing to lead. I was sitting at a baseball game last week and something became intuitively obvious. Sitting back and playing it safe is for sissies! I think that’s especially true in a tough economy. The more constricted a leader, the further constrained his/her business. Why do you suppose that is? Because when the game is on the line, we all want to see a Babe Ruth step to the plate, because in our hearts we know there is a chance for victory. It’s important to note that Babe Ruth struck out many more times than he slammed …