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Be Wary of Predictions – Why Alignment Outlasts Forecasts
We are terrible at predicting the future, but very good at letting predictions shape our behavior. That gap matters more than we’d like to admit. Predictions rarely arrive as neutral observations. They come wrapped in authority, data, confidence, and often urgency. They promise structure in a world that feels unstable. And because humans are wired…
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What You’re Pretending Not to Notice Is Still Running Your Business & Life
Most people think their biggest barriers are external: Difficult people, slow systems, economic pressure, unpredictable environments. But far more often, the real barrier is internal: the things they’re pretending not to notice. Avoidance looks passive, but it isn’t. Avoidance is an active choice—one that silently hands authority over to patterns, habits, and dynamics we’ve stopped…
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How to Reclaim your Muchness
You used to be much muchier. You’ve lost your muchness. I came across this quote recently where the person posting said that every time she feels the need to apologize for being too much, she remembers that this is what the Mad Hatter told Alice. I naturally assumed it belonged to Lewis Carroll’s 19th-century Alice’s…
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How is this Going to Affect Me?
We always have a choice in how we are going to respond to any situation. Yesterday I was thrown off my game because I chose to be rattled by a text in the morning and I let it consume me for a couple of hours: I discussed it with 3 friends and commiserated with my…
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The Importance of Going Beyond What We Think We’re Capable Of
You have to push… – young Japanese woman encouraging my friend’s daughter to stretch herself. Simple yet powerful words…words of encouragement…wise words that remind us that only when we put effort in, do we really begin to get the results we want in our lives. “You have to push…” My friend repeats these words often…
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It’s a New Day
Jumped into my car yesterday on my way to my regular coaching session with Sean, Sian and Maria at the Plant People and Patti LaBelle’s song started to play. For those of you who don’t know me well, I seldom listen to the radio. I have mixed CDS that I play in the car with…
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Don’t be so Stubborn about Changing your Mind
To change ones mind about a person, an approach, a direction means to admit that perhaps we were wrong about the choice we made. Rather than quickly jump off the path we’re on – to another; rather than cut a completely NEW path – we plod on, wanting to prove ourselves RIGHT. We’re often equally…
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Beware of the Illusion of Progress
Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) was a United States Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit, which fought in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations, or CBI, during World War II. Charlton Ogburn, Jr. (15 March 1911, Atlanta, Georgia – 19 October 1998, Beaufort, South Carolina) was a journalist and author of memoirs…
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Embrace the Hand You’re Dealt
When I was a child, I remember both my mother and grandmother giving me a thick, viscous, malt-based concoction on a spoon daily. It was “good for me” I was told. There was no evading it. It was poured and administered – spoon immediately in mouth – I had no choice but to swallow it…
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 