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Cheesy First Firsts…
First of the First month. First Firsts. Thoughts about how this year is going to unfold. Walter Anderson says “I am responsibile. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude towards the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to…
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Settling into Your Life Raft…
The image of a raft without oars has got my attention. If I’m in a raft without oars, I’d have no choice but to make sure I stay IN the raft and go with the flow. One things for sure is that I would not be traveling backward. I would always be heading down stream…
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Something GOOD is gonna happen to you!
Growing up, we would see broadcasts from televangelist Oral Roberts. I don’t remember much of what was in that hour with Roberts except at the end of each hour he would look straight into the audience in TV land and say “and remember something GOOD is going to happen to you!” Good was emphasized almost…
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Profit is NOT a bad word!
Just finished reading George Cloutier’s ‘Profits Aren’t Everything, They’re the Only Thing’, and it got me thinking about how I usually address profit. I’d say mostly as an afterthought – but not any more! Aren’t we in business to make a profit? I’m not sure where ‘profit’ got its bad rap but going into 2011…
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Why aren’t ‘what if’ scenarios helpful?
Unless someone experiences something first hand they seem to remain unmoved even in the face of compelling evidence. I can go back to the days of studying geography and learning that slash and burn will eventually lead to massive soil erosion and depletion of much needed minerals in the soil. Try explaining that to someone…
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Are you afraid of the ‘deep end’ in your life?
When I was growing up and learning to swim, I had a lot of respect for the deep end of the pool. I could see where the shallow section ended and the deep started and I avoided the deep like the plague. In his book A Year to Live Stephen Levine says “We are motivated…
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You’re Either Consistent or Non-Existent
This phrase appeared on my radar while listening to a CD by Mike Litman called ‘Greatness Held Hostage’. If you’ve ever listened to anything by Mike, you know you will remember something! He is ‘Mr. Enthusiastic’ and was once described as a modern day Napoleon Hill. So when Mike said ‘You’re either consistent or non-existent’…
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Fake it till you make it – is this really good advice y/n?
Depends on how you look at it. I’m sounding like an economist. I think it was Paul Zane Pilzer who said, the world would be a better place if there were more one-hand economists since when forecasting you’d often hear them say “on the one hand…..but on the other hand…..” But back to… Someone shared…
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A quote to make you go hmmmmmmmmm
Owen Laughlin said: “Money never starts an idea. It is always the idea that starts the money.” Yet don’t we almost ALWAYS think: it takes money to make money? I meet people every single day who share great ideas but are too afraid to go out into the Universal Laboratory and test to see if…
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Self doubt is a good indication that you’re doing this…
Have you noticed that right after you say you want to do something – set a goal that really is outrageous – something you’ve never done in your life – that self doubt begins to bubble up – almost on cue. What you do next is extremely important. You can continue thinking along the line…
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 