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What Do You Do When Life Throws You a Curve Ball?
This post is really one about how you deal with uncertainty in your life and business. Life is exceedingly uncertain but for our own sanity, I think we fool ourselves into thinking that we have control over what happens in our lives. When we plan we are optimistic that the plan will unfold without a hitch…
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How do you stay the Course en route to Success?
From time to time I hear the following “I tried that goal process. It didn’t work. I don’t know why.” It’s a great place to be! Getting and staying motivated is the key. Not knowing why is the beginning of wisdom. Here’s the truth nobody ever told you: developing your own process to get you…
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The Labyrinth Called Life
I wrote this piece in my journal on February 1st 2016, and decided to share. I started that day feeling “bummy” but once I worked my way through my feelings, I realized the importance of writing stuff down and getting it out of your system. It unclogs your creative arteries allowing helpful thoughts to flow freely again.…
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Start Applying “the Meez” to your Morning Routine
If you’re working in the kitchen of Anthony Bourdain, legendary chef of Brasserie Les Halles, best-selling author, and famed television personality, you don’t dare so much as boil hot water without attending to a ritual that’s essential for any self-respecting chef: mise-en-place. The “Meez,” as professionals call it, translates into “everything in its place.” In…
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Remind Yourself Always…”One Step at a Time”
One step forward, two steps backward… That’s how life feels doesn’t it? What’s that…you think it’s more like twelve steps backward? 🙂 I was reminded today how much I need a daily dose of inspiration. I cannot live without it. If I don’t read something to stretch and inspire me daily, I find the journey…
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Do You Have a Business or a Hobby?
Today it’s so easy to “start” a business. Come up with a name Design / create a logo Invest in 100 business cards Create a website And voila! You are “in” business! The real question is: Is the business in you? So what exactly is a hobby? This definition from Wikipedia sums it up: A…
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The Secret to Getting What You Want in Your Business and Life
People form habits and habits form futures. That quote by Mike Litman is one of my all-time favorites! And it is the backbone of the secret to getting anything you want. Jason Leister a direct response copywriter, internet entrepreneur and editor of the daily e-letter, The Client Letter, says of his own experience in search…
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Much Food is in the Fallow Ground of the Poor
Proverbs 13: 20 I’ve been reading Proverbs daily now for the last couple of years. It started from a suggestion by Steven K. Scott in “The Richest Man Who Ever Lived – King Solomon’s Secrets to Success, Wealth and Happiness.” Just to provide a bit of backstory – this is what his mentor Dr. Gary…
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“What you are is what you have been; what you will be is what you do now.”
A new year! Promise. Intentions. Well wishes. Hopes and dreams. Excitement. Anticipation. Yearning. May your year be a year of miracles. Marianne Williamson describes a miracle as a shift in thinking from fear to love. At first glance that sounds ridiculous, she says… How does shifting a thought cause a miraculous change? Her answer: Mind is Cause…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
When the stakes are high, DON’T MOVE without CLARITY
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 | Business Diagnostic Specialist | Clarity before high-stakes decisions 