There are few things that peel me away from watching my Nittany Lions play a football game. One of those occasions happened recently when my daughter’s alma mater put a female kicker on the football field in a game against Missouri. Sarah Fuller became the first woman to play for a Power Five college football team when she delivered the second-half kickoff. Fuller was named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week.

I can only imagine what it must have been like for Fuller to take the field that day. The only other person who might have shared her amped emotions at that moment was her coach, Todd Fitch. Being the first at anything takes guts.

On or off the field, brave leaders reconcile what their heads perceive as fear but their hearts know is right. A Buddhist monk once said this about courage: “The longest journey you will ever take is the 18 inches from your head to your heart.”

Courageous leaders understand that leading a team or company through unprecedented circumstances requires a meeting of the heart and mind.

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