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You don’t need to move faster.
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Tag: Brene Brown

  • Are you a Learner or a Knower?

    It’s easy to assume that leadership is about having the answers. That’s how most of us were trained — rewarded for certainty, praised for decisiveness, and conditioned to believe that not knowing equals weakness. But somewhere along the way, many leaders stopped learning. They became knowers — walking encyclopedias of past experience who mistake information…

    Giselle

    October 14, 2025
    Alignment, 👥 Leadership, 🧩 Tools & Resources
    Adam Grant, authority, Brene Brown, curiosity, fear, innovation, Learner vs Knower, listening, neurobiology
  • This Halloween I’m Showing up as IMPOSSIBLE!

    CONTEMPLATE THIS… Why you might ask? Because IMPOSSIBLE is frightening! Let the word tumble around a bit in your head…that’s right…impossible…impossible…impossible…I’m going to attempt to do the impossible. If you want a little help stirring up feelings for the impossible, this account of Felix Baumgartner’s record breaking highest jump ever should get you tingling. “Trust…

    Giselle

    October 15, 2012
    Alignment
    breaking records, Brene Brown, Daring Greatly, fear, Felix Baumgartner, impossible, setting terrifying goals, Teddy Roosevelt
  • Guess What? You’re not perfect.

    As published in the Woman Express – Sunday Express Magazine, Trinidad and Tobago on April 8th 2012 Feel relieved? Someone needs to remind us right? Yet how often do we measure ourselves against some perfect life that we could never attain? Think. How many ‘shoulds’ are floating around in your head right now? Let me…

    Giselle

    April 9, 2012
    Alignment
    authenticity, Brene Brown, compassion, connection, courage, perfection, shame, standards, The Power of Vulnerability
  • What is the Value of a Second Effort?

    I have always tried to follow my intuition. Today is difficult because I’m being asked to put myself ‘out there’ – to expose myself to John and Jane public. In a recent interview – Natalie Cole talks about her life and why God puts her in certain situations that are incomprehensible to her. Like the…

    Giselle

    June 25, 2011
    Alignment
    Al Jarreau, Brene Brown, life purpose, Og Mandino, taking responsibility, The Choice, The Gifts of Imperfection
  • Be Authentic and Remain Open to Inspiration

    I have been reading and listening to Perry Marshall for quite some time now, especially his “Guerrilla Marketing for Hi-Tech Sales People” and he always shares great stuff. So of course when I saw the subject line in today’s email “The #1 Enemy you will conquer in your life is SHAME” I immediately clicked to…

    Giselle

    December 11, 2010
    Alignment
    authenticity, Brene Brown, creativity, Guerilla Marketing for Hi-Tech Sales People, Karen Walrond, Perry Marshall, the Beauty of Being Different
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