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Why Do So Many Personal Change Initiatives Continue to Fail Miserably?
I recently received a thought provoking email from a client and friend of mind, containing excerpts from a book she is currently reading. “He was desperately looking for a new policy that would correct his problems. He thought if he could establish new rules, people would automatically obey. He had just returned from a management…
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“In my mind and in my soul…”
Are you familiar with the story of Mary McLeod Bethune? I first learned about her from popular motivational speaker, Les Brown. But I only recently found out some other things about her that I didn’t know in the book “The Ultimate Competitive Advantage – Why Your People Make All the Difference and the 6 Practices…
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How You Work may be Working Against You
In my column today I want to look at how we work through the lens of productivity and that of procrastination. While procrastinators are well aware that this habit is working against them, those of us who are busy all the time and seemingly productive may not see their way of working as working against…
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Small Business Success Requires an Open Mind and the Ability to Think
Thinking seems to be a lost art. Today you can get an answer to virtually any question by typing in our question into a search engine. Compare that to the age BEFORE Google where children had to use their imagination all through playtime and draw on both sides of their brains to solve problems. Playtime…
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Talent and Promise Won’t Get You Results Without This…
What makes a great performance great? Have you ever been told that you hold so much promise? That you have a lot of potential? When you hear that, how do you feel? In my own life I was tired of hearing it because nothing seemed to change as the days and subsequent years sailed by.…
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Are You Ready to Conquer the Behaviours that Sabotage your Success?
Just under a week ago, I came across a quote by Melody Beattie that got me thinking about what really happens in that space between what we say we want and what actually happens. But first, here’s that quote: Do not ask for love unless you’re ready to be healed enough to give and receive…
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Dare to Start Something!
When John MacDonald first proposed to build the great New York Subways people laughed at him. He went to one “big” financier after another and the answer of all was the same: “Dig a tunnel under all these streets and houses, with their maze of pipe lines and electric cables and gas mains and sewers?…
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The Real Story of How Good Ideas Become Great Businesses
The archetype of the solo genius is so pervasive in the way people talk about and think about extraordinary success that it obscures the real story of how good ideas become great businesses. – The Self Made Billionaire Effect by John Sviokla and Mitch Cohen. When contemplating the lives of those we consider successful, we…
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The Time for AVERAGE is Over!
This is your time. This is your moment. Put your shoulders back. Hold your head up high. Walk with confidence. Winning is in your DNA, and it’s about to come out in a greater way. You may have had some victories in the past, but you haven’t seen anything yet. Do you believe that winning…
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Being an Entrepreneur isn’t about being your Own Boss
Why do you want to get into business for yourself/own a business? This question is usually met with the F answer: FREEDOM! The freedom to do WHAT you want, WHEN you want, with WHOM you want and work on WHATEVER you like WHENEVER you like. Many envisage being free as being able to spend more…
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 