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It Takes More than Passion to Succeed
Follow your passion is bad advice. So says Cal Newport, Ph.D., a 30 something year-old and assistant Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. Yet many of us feel badly because we don’t know what our passion is. First we have to find it and THEN we can follow it! Makes sense, somewhat but it doesn’t…
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Money, Mastery and Meaning – Is it Possible to Get All Three in Your Lifetime?
After years of coaching high-achieving women, my friend and colleague Dr. Marcia Reynolds started noticing something troubling: many of her clients were jumping jobs regularly, defining and redefining their relationship with the marketplace, constantly questioning their roles. Dubbing her subjects “wander women,” Marcia found that what these women most wanted was to find peace of…
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The Importance of Developing a Personal Philosophy
I admire people who choose not to drink or eat certain foods until they begin to instruct others to follow their particular regimen. This was a quote that I fell in love with the minute I saw it, from consultant, author and speaker Alan Weiss. I believe that we need to make choices that work…
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Existing in your Universe of Unrealized Potential is PAINFUL!
You have so much potential! Hated to hear people tell me this because HAVING potential and actually USING it are worlds apart. And when you’re not using your potential YOU KNOW! Knowing that you’re NOT using your full potential is one thing. DOING something about it is another. On my walk last evening, I was listening…
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Allowing the Universe to Give You What You Need
There was a time when I could sit for hours reading. I would finish a 200 plus page book in about 2 days. I felt centred, connected, in touch with the Universe. Whatever I read I understood immediately. I would underline; make notes; everything made sense. And then I developed this compulsion to constantly check to…
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How the Language of Ownership Affects Your Results
Language matters. The words we choose to use frame our understanding and set the tone and foundation for how we see ourselves and how we view our world. Often the words we use are a product of our environment, and we repeat what others around us say without giving it much thought. But I think…
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Overnight Success REALLY Doesn’t Happen Overnight
With headlines like “From Zero to $1 Billion in Two Years” describing what happened to Instagram and “They did it! YouTube Bought by Google for $1.65 Billion in Less than Two Years” it’s no wonder that we’re seduced and romanced into thinking about what it would be like in our own lives to go from…
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Do You Know What People in Your Company are Capable of Doing?
Do you know what YOU are truly capable of doing? Two very important questions that need to be seriously thought about if we wish to see growth and improvement in our own lives and growth and improvement in our businesses. Have you ever been snorkeling? Or perhaps put on a face mask and risk looking…
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We Need to Stop Settling!
In a recent O Magazine article I saw a quote by Iyanla Vanzant and jotted it down in my journal When we believe we cannot have what we desire, when we lack faith in ourselves and in the goodness of life, we settle for less. We decide that whatever is in front of us is…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
If you could better understand one thing about your business right now….
Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.
I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions 