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Who do you seek to help you regain focus, when you’re overwhelmed?
My journey, once I left ‘working for someone else’, has been for the most part – lonely. I could no longer commiserate with colleagues, get feedback nor hear any office gossip. There were no more casual encounters at the coffee station. My invites to my client’s events stopped, as I was no longer serving them.…
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You Will NEVER Succeed If….
First things first: how would you describe success? What needs to be happen for you to feel successful or feel like a success? Believe it or not, much of the potential for success in your life depends upon two things: Your ability to effectively function physically, mentally, and emotionally and How well you balance where…
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A Face to Face Visit With Confidence
Many years ago, I visited my optometrist to have my glasses adjusted. The woman who usually helped me was attending to another customer. Reluctantly I shared my reason for being there with an obviously new employee. The way she took my spectacles from me, made me uneasy but I chalked that up to me not…
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When you are DOING… it’s hard to be Doubting
I will be like a raindrop that washes away the mountain; the ant who devours a tiger; the star which brightens the earth…small attempts repeated will complete any undertaking – Og Mandino That’s the power of persistence. Hacking away at the tree with an axe until it falls. Doing a little bit every day. Taking one…
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Do You Have What it Takes to Be an Entrepreneur?
Who has the most talent for building and sustaining a business? How can we find these people who are so crucial to the future of our economy? What are the personality characteristics and behaviors that lead to business building success? These are valid questions because we’ve all heard the challenges small and mid-size companies face…
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Safeguard your Authentic Self …
by Building your own Castle It is so easy for us to get undone by something someone says. And that someone could be just about anybody. Someone we don’t know makes a remark about how long we’re taking at the checkout; a broadcaster says something that we don’t agree with; our boss is sarcastic for…
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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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Never Apologize (in this context)…
I’m reading Julia Child’s “My Life in France” with Alex Prud’homme. At a recent business event, I got up to make a comment. With my sore throat, I first apologized because my voice was hoarse. On getting back to my table, this woman who I had only met that morning said to me – “What…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
When the stakes are high, DON’T MOVE without CLARITY
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 | Business Diagnostic Specialist | Clarity before high-stakes decisions 