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Slipping Into Darkness
Was feeling a bit like this song by War today…like I couldn’t see exactly where I was going with this particular client. For me to be able to function I MUST always have a framework – a point of reference and I had none. I was slowly slipping into darkness so of course I decided…
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Why is Change so Difficult?
Old habits die hard – the saying goes – but why is that? We’ve been told that it takes 21 days to change a habit. This I believe came from Maxwell Maltz. Originally a Plastic Surgeon, Maltz noticed that it took 21 days for amputees to cease feeling phantom sensations in the amputated limb. From…
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Do You Feel Tired ALL the Time?
Find the Energy to Live Your Best Life NOW! As published in my Women In Leader Series Column – Express Woman – 14 3 2011 Post Carnival and many Trinbagonians are tired. That’s understandable. But I’m talking about feeling tired all the time. Do you? How many times have you said it yourself – “I’m…
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Meetingitis – Meet the Time Vampires Extraordinaire
As published in the Business Newsday today March 10 2011 Meetingitis is a disease that turns businesses into unproductive, indecisive, behemoths. These meetings can be of the ‘got a minute’ variety to the all day marathon and any version in between but ‘got a minute’ is the most insidious of all the time vampires. He…
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Want to be Strong and Self Reliant?
Then ASK FOR HELP! I don’t know why for such a long time in my life – I wanted to go it alone. I needed to prove that I did it all – by myself with no help from anyone else. What a huge ego I had back then. But so many of us do.…
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Success is…
Well first I want to talk a bit about synchronicity. You see life ALWAYS delivers. Thoughts are so powerful. You think a question in your head and voila! the answer shows up in someone’s blog post, or in a conversation that you’re overhearing or in a sitcom. You never know where you answer will come…
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The missing ingredient in the success sauce
As published in my column – Business Newsday Thursday, March 3 2011 In this fast paced world, boredom is prevalent. So much to do, so much to see – what’s next? We are never totally anywhere. We’re at the art gallery but in our heads we are already having dinner while another part of us…
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Great Teachers are Great Leaders (I’ve had a few in my life)…
They don’t make teachers like they used to – But then again – I’m no longer in school so what do I know? What I do know for sure is that at Bishop Anstey Junior School there were three teachers that had a significant impact on my life: Mrs Massiah Miss (as far as I…
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Go Ahead, Admit it: “You want SOMETHING MORE in your life…”
Tell me why things have to get bad first before you decide to make things better? Is it that you have become so attached to the phrase “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”? Why wait for it to be broken if you already realise that this is the direction that it’s going in anyway?…
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 