 May has arrived and we've got a great new theme for you this month and a new leadership challenge for you. Welcome back and congratulations on taking one more step towards becoming one of the great leaders of tomorrow. It's hard to believe it's already May and with Memorial Day right around the corner we've got a great new theme and another leadership challenge for you. So in honor of all those who sacrificed so much for our country this month we're going to be talking about courageous leadership and we're going to be helping you build your confidence and your strong leadership skills. Being confident in ourselves our values and our skills and talents is what makes great leaders. We all have doubts sometimes but we can overcome them by developing the rest of our leadership skills. So for this month's challenge we're going to ask you to step out of your comfort zone and do something that scares you a little. It doesn't have to be truly frightening but it should be something that makes you a little uncomfortable. Maybe you're going to talk to someone who you haven't met at work before or maybe you're going to volunteer for a project that's a little more challenging than what you're used to. Doesn't matter what it is but it should be something that challenges you. By challenging ourselves and stepping out of our comfort zone it forces us to apply our skills and talents to new situations. It also helps avoid being complacent and forces us to look at new ways of the things we've been doing for a long time. Admitting to ourselves that something is a little intimidating can help us look at how our fears might be keeping us from achieving our goals. So get out there and do something that scares you a little bit and tell us in the comments what you did. If you get it done early in the month go out and do another thing that's intimidating. Let's all commit to each other to be courageous leaders for the entire month of May and beyond. If you found this helpful don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter and join us every Friday at 10 a.m. pacific time for a live interactive leadership discussion on BLAB. If you can't meet us there click off on that globe to the right that'll get to subscribe to our email list and bring all of our content direct to your inbox. Thanks for watching. I really appreciate it and remember the future is out there. Lead the way.