This very interesting article on Inc.com starts with, "To become a fearless leader, you need to examine and overcome whatever is holding you back." To paraphrase FDR, there is nothing to fear but fear itself. Is fear a construct that lives completely in our minds and through our perception or is it real? How does this apply to leadership and how we run our businesses?

Now that the total number of U.S.-based airline companies is going down from five to four, how will the change affect your travel habits? Leave a comment.

Is the economy showing continued signs of an upswing? Or is this part of the annual cycle of back-to-school spending, carry over from traditional summer holiday spending, or something more sustainable? This article Yahoo News explores several indicators and hypothesis, but what do you think? Leave a comment.

Ramesh Raskar presents femto-photography, a new type of imaging so fast it visualizes the world one trillion frames per second, so detailed it shows light itself in motion. This technology may someday be used to build cameras that can look “around” corners or see inside the body without X-rays.Imaging at a trillion frames per second http://on.ted.com/ijBG #TED

Do you see opportunities where others see problems? Are you a solution-oriented thinker? If so, you could consider yourself an innovator. "Innovator" can be perceived as a catch-all phrase for someone who sees things in a different way than everyone else, but, Tom Kelley of IDEO (@IDEOorg) posits that there are Ten Faces of Innovation. Check it out and see if you can identify yourself, http://www.tenfacesofinnovation.com/tenfaces/index.htm.