I love Taylor Swift. You don't have to. But if you look at how she changed the world, it boils down to courage. She had the courage.

I have adopted a mantra that has opened a lot of doors for me: "Be afraid but do it anyway. Do it afraid." If I hadn't, you wouldn't be listening to this podcast and the book that it stems from wouldn't exist. We're all afraid of failure -- there's a million What Ifs that hold us back.

But being afraid and doing it anyway is squarely in the gray. And doing so can give us purpose and clarity.

But back to Taylor. I've been watching her docu-series. She kept taking chances and being courageous. I'm inspired that she's out there doing what she was born to do and sharing it with us. In one episode, she talks about going back on stage after having to cancel a show because of a terror threat. It took c ...