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A Living Legacy: Martin Luther King Jr.

A Living Legacy: Martin Luther King Jr.

Are you audacious? If not, there is no better time to become so than right now, in this moment.  We can evoke meaningful change by starting small—anything worthwhile is best tackled in bite-sized chunks.  As Team BA member Scotty Black recently reminded me, during a...

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A Lesson In Audacity From A Little Person

A Lesson In Audacity From A Little Person

As someone who writes and speaks for a living, the task of writing a short essay about the four year-old child who forever changed my life on a brilliant bluebird autumn day shouldn’t have caused such angst and procrastination.  But back in August, when my wife gave...

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Disability Matters: Fly Fishing With The Audacious Joyce Bender

Disability Matters: Fly Fishing With The Audacious Joyce Bender

During an incredibly challenging time this past year, when I spent nine months in a walking boot cast—out of the field and the gym, off the guide circuit, and away from my beloved mountains and rivers—I developed the determination and courage to begin sharing my story...

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Hau’oli Makahiki Hou: Happy New Year From Kauai

Hau’oli Makahiki Hou: Happy New Year From Kauai

The sun has set on 2012, a year filled with so much struggle and heartache for so many of us.  But there is no doubt in my mind that our best days are ahead and that we are going to make twenty13 an All-time great. Now is the time of our becoming and we can become...

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Hope In The Wake of Tragedy: Sandy Hook Elementary

Hope In The Wake of Tragedy: Sandy Hook Elementary

There is no way to make any sense of the tragic and unconscionable events that occurred yesterday in Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary. The entire nation and global community mourns the senseless loss of life that yesterday's tragedy represents. My heart breaks for...

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Let the Movement Begin

Welcome to the first post of the Be Audacious (BA) blog.  It’s been months in the works and I couldn’t be more excited to launch my next big project at www.BeAudacious.com If you’ve ever dreamt of finding the audacity to throw off the shackles of our societal norms,...

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Embracing New Beginnings: Carpe Diem

Embracing New Beginnings: Carpe Diem

It's my brand and our family motto: Be Audacious. And we are doing just that. After a decade exploring and working on behalf of the wilds of the Yellowstone ecosystem, new beginnings are on the horizon.  Montana and Yellowstone Country will always be home and while we...

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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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