It is one thing to think courageously and it is another thing to act courageously. We all have them – those courageous thoughts, mine happen in the shower! We work out what we really feel and what we want to say. This is the first step – thinking courageously. The second step is to muster further courage to actually engage in the conversation. 
This second step generally requires us setting aside thinking time to work out the exact words we are going to use. We also think about the reaction we might incite and determine how we can counteract these or better still prevent them. As you can imagine this requires an investment of time and energy.
I have raised the issue of talking in draft in earlier BLOGs and tweets, and I think this is where it becomes incredibly pertinent. If we can talk in draft when sharing our courageous thoughts that would be fabulous – we enable our courageous thinking.
If we could create the context and not get too caught up in the detail of the content then I think we would put our courage into action with greater speed and regularity. Courageous Leaders create this kind of space with the people in their team and so are able to put courage into action – sharing their inner most thoughts and feelings with greater speed and regularity. Try it out and let me know how it goes.
