It is not enough to know what courage is. To truly lead others, you must choose to use it, model it, every day and in every way that it is called for. The problem for most of us is we stop ourselves before we step up and into that courageous act. Frankly, human beings obsess on the “what if” thinking that counterbalance our decisions to act courageously. “What if, I lose my job”. “What if I lose their respect.”