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How to Ensure Learning Morphs into Successful Action
In 1977, guitarist Lee Ritenour recorded Captain Fingers — a track that would come to define him. It’s bright, technical, and bursting with groove — and, “he makes it look easy.” Except, it isn’t. More than forty years later, Ritenour admitted in a Guitar Player interview that Captain Fingers is still difficult to play. Even…
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Edge Leadership Series Reflection: Scaling Starts with Belief
Last evening, I attended the Edge Leadership Series under the theme “From Local to Global: The Blueprint for Scaling.” The keynote was delivered by the electrifying Vusi Thembekwayo, elite coach and founder of the School of Scale, and followed by a powerhouse panel featuring: As I sat there listening, one insight underscored everything: Scaling isn’t…
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Resting on past glories? You’re only a success in the moment of the successful act.
Every breath I take is a new me GAUTAMA BUDDHA Studying hard for an A in math, doesn’t make you an A student forever. This is easy for us to understand intellectually, yet in our daily lives, we either want our successes to last OR feel that our past mistakes are irrevocable – we become…
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Is your fallback plan a blessing or a curse?
I was chatting with a friend today. She was asking me about the process when selecting a coach. She was sharing her observations about what she was seeing out there on the market and asked a couple questions about the coaches in my life. In sports, athletes invest a lot in coaches. They have competitions…
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What Are You Willing to Risk?
Have you ever planned something – visualized exactly how it was going to unfold and then experience something totally beyond your control? That’s how it was for me when I met Arnold Best. We were meeting at half past one at Rituals in St. Ann’s. I got there about quarter after to settle myself and…
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These 12 Words are All You Need to Understand How to be Successful
In the last couple of months I have been paring down to the essentials. I have cleaned out my inbox, and my files. This has helped declutter my mind in remarkable ways and I can now say that those things that I have written in my catchall mental inventory are all meaningful and valuable to…
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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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How Do You Get to and Maintain the Number one Position?
Striving to be number one is an admirable goal. And who wants to be number two? I believe it’s the secret desire of all of us in business to be in the number one position in our market, or field. I think that whether we actually hold the spot or not, many of us have…
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Who’s the REAL Boss – the Trouble Maker in Your Office or YOU?
Who is in charge? Is it the trouble maker in your office, the voice in your head, or the worries that keep you up at night? According to Marlene Chism author of Stop Workplace Drama – If you’ve been a leader for any length of time, it’s probably common knowledge to you that drama is the…
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 