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Stop Teaching and Start Doing the Work
I’m sure you’re all familiar with the saying ‘We teach what we most need to learn’. Regardless of the service we provide – whether we are teachers, insurance executives, or massage therapists, we can often get so caught up in the “service part” to others that we forget to do our own work on ourselves.…
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We are all creative
I am not This is what we say all the time. I am not the creative type. Yet we’re creating every single day. By our very thoughts and words we are always creating. Do you like what you’re creating? Think different thoughts, and you will get different results. Try it. Experiment. Stop saying you’re not…
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Don’t ‘should’ on Yourself!
Do you remember the last time someone told you that you SHOULD do something? How did you feel? I’m sure you didn’t graciously say “why thank you for that tip” Why am I so certain of your response? Well should is a word that we attach to authority figures, be it parents, or folks paid…
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A Message Worth Remembering
Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science. Born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, he received only an elementary education. At age 21 he purchased a 17-acre tract near Lunenberg, Massachusetts, and thus began his 55-year plant breeding career. On his last birthday Luther sent this message to his friends: “As you…
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Knocking on doors is frightening
Before any door can be opened you need to knock. However we are usually afraid of what will turn up once that door opens. Robert Collier said in his book ‘The Magic Word’: “The doors of opportunity are always closed. They have been since the world began. History tells us of no time when you…
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Choices have consequences, Choose authenticity!
As published in the Express Woman Magazine October 3rd 2010 as part of the Women In Leadership Series where Dr. Marcia Reynolds and I explore the barriers that are still in the workplace and the world at large and help women confront their inner demons before they can find the peace they desperately seek. If…
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Sometimes a poem says it all
Let go and Let God we’re oft advised. Easier said than done. It’s like thinking “God I trust you but let me drive!” Or as Marianne Williamson once said in one of her tele-talks “It’s not that we don’t hear what God is telling us to do – it’s that we don’t LIKE what God…
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Make your ‘Mess’ your Marketing Message
Born in the mid sixties I grew up hearing about soul “The brother’s got soul!” “Be careful not to sell your soul” “Have you saved your soul?” and in the early seventies we welcomed the ‘Soul Train’. When we say people have “soul” I guess we think that somehow their lives have a deeper meaning.…
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Are you stuck in your own “Twilight Zone”?
Dictionary.com defines the twilight zone as a state of mind between reality and fantasy; dreamlike or hallucinatory state. It’s natural to dream and to want a better life but we must be careful if all we’re doing is ‘dreaming’ and ‘wanting’. Sometimes we can become mired in the zone between reality and fantasy and remain…
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The importance of keeping your word
There is a sort of internal crumbling that takes place when you don’t keep your word. We’ve all experienced what happens when someone else doesn’t keep theirs: The minutes aren’t done They didn’t bake the cookies as promised for the bazaar They promised to watch grandma while you went shopping but never showed up Promised…
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 