What does it mean to be an audacious leader? In this episode, Kevin talks with Anne Marie Anderson, who shares that she believes four things generally hold us back: time, money, inner critic, and fear. She introduces the idea of "making friends with fear," encouraging us to see fear not as an obstacle but as an invitation to grow. They also discuss building your front row, a trusted circle of people who challenge, support, and give honest feedback.

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00:00 Welcome and Episode Overview
00:38 Join Live Recordings on Social Media
01:15 Sponsor Message – Flexible Leadership Book
01:53 Introducing Anne Marie Anderson
03:25 Anne Marie’s Journey to Sports Broadcasting
04:56 Why She Wrote the Book “Cultivating Audacity”
06:09 Making Friends with Fear
08:28 The Fear of Being Judged
09:16 The Power of Building a “Front Row”
11:57 Front Row vs. Mentors
14:17 What Audacity Really Means
15:00 Audacity Isn’t Just for Extroverts
16:18 The Tragedy That Sparked Anne Marie’s Audacity
17:46 The Urgency Fallacy Explained
19:12 Urgent vs. Important – A Daily Discipline
20:07 Audacity in Leadership
21:36 What Anne Marie Loves About Broadcasting
22:05 Her Favorite Sport to Call
23:20 Common Misconceptions About Play-by-Play
24:48 Lessons Leaders Can Learn from Play-by-Play
25:10 Phil Jackson and Flexible Leadership
27:02 Final Thoughts on Practicing Audacity
27:35 What Anne Marie Does for Fun
28:36 What She’s Reading – “Good Awkward” by Henna Pryor
29:11 Where to Find Her and the Book
30:07 Final Thoughts and Call to Action

Anne's Story: Anne Marie Anderson is the author of Cultivating Audacity: Dismantle Doubt and Let Yourself Win. She is a three-time Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, keynote speaker and author. As she walked through ESPN’s doors fresh out of college, Anne Marie embarked on a career that led her into the boardrooms and locker rooms of some of the most successful franchises in sports. Utilizing the methods observed through behind closed doors coverage of high-performing coaches, athletes and executives, Anderson applied their penchant for taking bold, sometimes surprising, risks to her own personal and professional life. The knowledge and experience she has gained making one intrepid career move after another led her to become one of the most experienced female play-by-play announcers in the country.

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Book Recommendations

Cultivating Audacity: Dismantle Doubt and Let Yourself Win by Anne Marie Anderson
Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life by Laura Gassner Otting
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
Good Awkward: How to Embrace the Embarrassing and Celebrate the Cringe to Become The Bravest You by Henna Pryor

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