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When you pay with yourself, is the trade-off worth it?
Have you been sacrificing your energy, health, dreams, or even your sense of self to gain external rewards—like financial security, societal approval, or meeting obligations that don’t align with your purpose? Today, a colleague and I discussed how easily we equate money with success. The assumption? More money means greater success, fulfillment, and character. But…
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Hard work gets even harder when your business is out of alignment
We all want to improve our businesses and achieve better results. Yet, if this is your goal, there’s one thing you need to do first. Do you remember the BBC gameshow The Weakest Link? Initially broadcast in August 2000 and hosted by Anne Robinson, it became famous for its sharp eliminations and the iconic phrase,…
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Everything begins in mind
The real work in bringing anything to life if how we manage our thoughts. I daresay it is the hardest work. Our preprogramming makes it sometimes feel impossible but there is hope. If you’ve been trying to change your thoughts in your head, you will have a hard time doing so. However if you write…
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What’s in your toolbox?
Every five years or so, I go through my books and decide what I’ll donate and what I will hang on to. This is difficult for me because I don’t like to part with books, but it is now a question of practicality – I don’t have the shelf space to keep all the books.…
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Operation “Get 10” for Start-Ups & Entrepreneurs
If you’ve had dreams of running a high-profit, high-impact business but still feel that you’re a struggling start-up, this is the piece that’s missing. There is a lot of information out there about product-marketing fit, strategic planning, systems creation, process documentation, content marketing, social media effectiveness as well as the business building essentials – budgeting,…
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Are you working from the finished picture?
No matter if you’ve been in business for a number of years or just starting out. What I’m going to share with you today is going to shift the way you approach your business from here on in. You might be thinking that I am crazy. I mean, what could I possibly tell you? You…
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How do you develop a self you don’t know?
I attended an event last Saturday called “Spilling the Tea”, hosted by Sunny Gopaul. I wasn’t sure what was going to happen at that event, however I am so grateful that I attended. The panel consisted of five women who spoke about their experiences in business and life and in particular underscoring many of the…
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Redefine your problem as a missing or faulty system
Yesterday I wrote about seeing versus actually solving problems. Being aware of or seeing problems is only half the battle. If you’ve been struggling with a recurring issue in your business, and no matter what you do, it’s still there, resurfacing and rearing its ugly head then what I am about to share, will help…
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Seeing versus solving problems
We all see problems. Or so we think. What we really see are problem’s symptoms, not the cause of a particular problem – that is, why it occurred in the first place. I saw this illustration below recently showing problem awareness in companies. I think it might be more accurate if the word symptoms was…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
If you could better understand one thing about your business right now….
Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.
I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions 