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How do you create the reality you want to see?
Businesses want results. More money. More profit. We want ways to make more money. We want action and we want it fast. Business owners love guarantees. Do X, and I promise you will get Y. Guarantees are lies because not all ideas are going to work. In order to create your reality you need to…
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why knowledge alone won’t make you successful
Primary school tests, entrance examinations, secondary school tests, matriculation examinations… In preparation, what we did was to study texts and formulae. The more we remembered and regurgitated, the better our score. The more correct answers we were able to give, the greater the possibility that we would be deemed “bright”. If we managed to get…
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What do you believe?
Regardless of what you are able to envision – see yourself in some future – nothing actually comes to being until you believe. If there is doubt, you don’t believe. You might think it’s possible but you just don’t believe it’s possible for you. I recognized this recently in my own life. I believe possibility…
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Sprinkles Are For Winners
I love this advertisement. Every time I see it I always laugh BUT it also serves as a gentle reminder that I should not just settle for good if I could do better! The vast majority of us today rarely achieve better than mediocrity. We would all love to be wildly successful yet 80% of…
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Who Believes in You?
Do you have people around you who believe in you? Do you have friends who challenge you…encourage you to stretch? If you have people around you who agree with the way you are, and how you’re doing things then you are in trouble. If you are not getting the results you want in your life…
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Why Do Change Initiatives Flop Far More Often Than They Fly?
Published in the Business Newsday May 24th 2012 As the business owner or leader of your team what is your most important job and focus? I want you to think about this question carefully because in it is the answer as to why the changes you want to see aren’t sticking. Sure any change that…
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A Trinbagonian’s strength is his character
“I could write a book about what is wrong with Trinidad and Tobago, but I could fill a library about what is good about it”. My friend and colleague Nigel Wall had this up recently as his Facebook status – inspired by Charlie ‘Tremendous’ Jones accomplished speaker and writer (with over 5000 seminars under his…
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Why Self-Help is not always Helpful…
People all over the world, including here in Trinidad and Tobago, are consuming in excess of US$9.6 billion of self-improvement or personal development products a year. These products are available to consumers as books, electronic books (or E-Books), CDs, DVDs, teleconferences and webinars, and are offered not only by well-known “gurus” like Deepak Chopra, Brian…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
High-stakes decisions deserve disciplined thinking
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 | Pre-Decision Advisory for Leaders Under Pressure 