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Compromise is NEVER a Viable Strategy
I recently read a headline about the Grammys and by the end I was questioning my own habits of compromise. For sixty-eight years, the award for Album of the Year had never gone to a Spanish-language record. Not once. Then a man who once packed groceries in a small Puerto Rican supermarket ended the streak…
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What Courage looks like in HR
The final day of the CANTO HR Conference did not disappoint. After two days of panels, keynotes, hallway conversations and a lot of earnest talk about “people first,” Liberty Caribbean took the stage and did something refreshingly simple… They talked about what they are actually doing. Just a clear walk through policies they’ve tried, decisions…
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Why is it that only 2 percent of HR execs become CEOs?
If every company on earth says “our people are our greatest asset,” why is the person who understands people best almost never handed the baton? The corporate world treats people leadership like the orchestra pit instead of the conductor’s podium. We say the words with such confidence. We carve them into mission statements. We repeat…
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Before you think “SELL” – think – “Start a Conversation”
I have often said to people that my job is primarily a sales job. If I don’t sell, I don’t eat. That is the unromantic truth of being self-employed for more than thirty years. And yet… despite all those years, I still lose my way sometimes. I lose it when I start focusing too hard…
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What your taste in music can tell you about your alignment
As a musician you’d think I’d remember to play music during the course of my day. Yet I often work in silence… forgetting my love for music. Today I remembered. The second my favorite playlist started, my mood shifted into high gear. No negotiation. I started at 6 and I’m still working five plus hours…
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You Are Right Where You Are Meant to Be
Life is chemistry long before it is philosophy. We react, we adapt, we combine, we separate. Sometimes we burn too hot. Sometimes we refuse to ignite at all. But at every stage, whether we admit it or not, we are built for change. Even when we resist it. Even when we pretend we want stability…
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Wealth, Optionality, and the Deliciousness of “No”
The Economic Times features a quote each day. Today’s quote is from Nassim Nicholas Taleb – Lebanese-American New York Polytech Professor, essayist, mathematical statistician, former option trader, risk analyst, and aphorist; whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, complexity, and uncertainty. You are rich if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept. There’s…
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The Invisible Obstacle and Money Flow
We make money heavier than it needs to be. Leaders talk about revenue, runway, profitability, receivables… the whole glossary of financial adulthood. Yet beneath all of that is something quieter, older, almost embarrassingly human: our relationship with giving and receiving. Somewhere along the way we made receiving the crowned jewel. We elevated the incoming. The…
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Should is a Judgment. Could is an Opportunity
There’s a small linguistic trapdoor that most leaders fall through without noticing. It’s tucked inside two tiny words that shape entire days, teams, and decisions. Should.Could. One shuts the room.The other opens it. Should is the quiet judge at the back of the boardroom. It carries the weight of expectation, obligation, invisible rulebooks written by…
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Present Moment Avoidance Ensures the Absence of Miracles
The word miracle carries a lot of weight. Miracles are those extraordinary events that defy natural laws, usually attributed to a supernatural power (like God) or divine intervention, causing wonder and amazement We usually pray for miracles: So generally miracles manifest as healings, deliverances, resurrections, or provision, exceeding our control and expectations. What if we could experience…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
High-stakes decisions deserve disciplined thinking
You don’t need to move faster.
You need to reduce unnecessary risk.
When your decision affects income, reputation, or stability,
pause with structure before you act.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Advisory for Leaders Under Pressure 