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Everyday Is A Good Day

Everyday Is A Good Day

It’s so easy for us to get wrapped up in the hustle and frenetic pace that consumes so much of our lives, but it’s important to stop and take a moment to smell the roses from time to time. In a haze, following a big week of presentations in Boulder and Denver, I awoke...

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Flooding Waters

Flooding Waters

Some days the waters flood no matter your good intentions or headspace. With 75,000 more words to read through in my last look at the Be Audacious book before it comes out, I decided to shake things up a bit. Though I never thought I would be one of those writers who...

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Positive Visualization

Positive Visualization

Two of my least favorite places to visit are the post office and big office supply stores; but I received a request over the weekend from a local film production company I’ve been working with on a pilot show for one of the big nature networks. It required a scanner....

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Managing Our Time: The Art of Carving

Today was one of those days where I journeyed from task to task simply attempting to keep my head above water. Does that sound familiar? For those of us choosing to live audaciously and from the heart, balancing the juggling act that comes with wearing numerous hats,...

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National Independent Bookstore Day: The Audacious Ones

National Independent Bookstore Day: The Audacious Ones

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! It was one year ago this month that my memoir Grizzlies On My Mind was released. The legendary indie bookstore Tattered Cover in downtown Denver was the release site and they had awarded me the tremendous honor of speaking at their...

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The Gift of Adversity: Be Adaptable

The Gift of Adversity: Be Adaptable

Packed house at Out West Books in Grand Junction, Colorado.There is no doubt that one thing all successful people have in common is the ability to be adaptable. In my next book Be Audacious: Inspiring Your Legacy and Living a Life That Matters I write a lot about the...

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Livingston, Montana, Love for Grizzlies On My Mind

I want to extend my most sincere and heartfelt nothin' but love shout out to everyone who turned out for our reading/presentation at the Shane Center in Livingston, Montana, last night. There are those rare nights in your life (personal and professional) that you...

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Utah Public Radio’s Access Utah Talks Grizzlies on My Mind

I was thrilled to join Tom Williams of Utah Public Radio on his hit show Access Utah yesterday.  After a big week of presentations in Salt Lake City it was an honor to share the Grizzlies On My Mind story with the rest of the state.  Utah has clearly embraced...

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Utah’s Deseret News Reviews Grizzlies On My Mind

"Leach’s love and reverence for Yellowstone National Park and the wildlife shine in his writing. He provides enough background so those unfamiliar with wolf pack dynamics, bear jams and other terms can get the context of what he’s referencing. And Leach has ridden a...

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Be Audacious blog

Storytelling is the heart of the Be Audacious blog. Each post is a medley of thoughts, observations, training tips and stories.

With so much noise out there telling us how to be, how to train, how to think, how to live, it’s my hope that this blog can help readers redefine what success looks like (a deeply personal thing and matter of perspective), while combating the demons of self-doubt and fear that so often accompany athletic pursuits, creative endeavors, bold adventures and passion projects. 

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