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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.

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Tag: journaling

  • What Have You Got to Lose?

    I got The Book of Alchemy for Christmas by Suleika Jaouad. It’s not a journal in the trendy, habit-stacking sense. It’s quieter than that. More deliberate…built around the idea of writing not as output, but as a way of staying in relationship with yourself when certainty thins out…when confidence feels unearned…when you’re standing at the…

    Giselle

    January 1, 2026
    ⚙️ Business Alignment in Action, 👥 Leadership, 🧠 Zone of Genius
    brilliance, C-Suite, confronting fear, cost of containment, courage, journaling, leadership, nothing to lose, performance, Suleika Jaouad, The Book of Alchemy
  • How to Suffer Less & Live More

    Most of us want to move through life with a little more ease… yet our emotional landscape often feels crowded, tight, or noisy in ways we can’t quite name. We want relief, but we’re rarely taught how to create it. We’re encouraged to journal… but most journaling begins as a kind of free fall. A…

    Giselle

    November 24, 2025
    ⚡ Clarity & Realignment
    blocking flow, journaling, joy, Julia Cameron, living, morning pages, sadness, The School of Life, worry
  • In silence we find clarity

    We live in a very noisy world. This is not all bad except for when we are required to think. We have been schooled to go in search of answers externally – Google being our favorite go-to. Well ok, it’s my favorite go-to. Some rely on Tik Tok experts or field answers from those already…

    Giselle

    May 28, 2024
    Alignment
    answers, clarity, Google, growth, internal wisdom, journaling, silence, wisdom
  • How to make a difference tapping into your wisdom – pt 2

    Yesterday, I started talking about wisdom and your message. I believe that many of you reading this post desire getting your message out there, except that message may still be a bit unclear, or maybe you find you’re sounding like everyone else in your area of expertise. How do you tap into your own wisdom…

    Giselle

    September 6, 2023
    Alignment
    acting, Beyoncé, Eric Liu, eye open meditation, Guiding Lights, Hollywood, Ivana Chubbuck, journaling, what you do best, wisdom, your message, your method, your solution recipe, your voice
  • Small Business Success Requires an Open Mind and the Ability to Think

    Thinking seems to be a lost art. Today you can get an answer to virtually any question by typing in our question into a search engine. Compare that to the age BEFORE Google where children had to use their imagination all through playtime and draw on both sides of their brains to solve problems. Playtime…

    Giselle

    July 18, 2015
    Alignment
    change your story, Don Miguel Ruiz, journaling, Napoleon Hill, possibility thinking, self-worth, thinking, W. Clement Stone, writing things down
  • Why Comparisons NEVER Put Us in a Great Frame of Mind!

      Yesterday I found myself feeling down. I started to bitch to myself about what I was doing with my life. I felt as if I was making zero progress and not ‘getting it together’ as quickly as I thought I needed to to take the steps I SHOULD be taking. I guess I could…

    Giselle

    November 11, 2012
    Alignment
    comparison, David Neagle, depression, improvement, journaling, performance, Rich Schefren, Sonya Derian, Tiny Buddha
  • The Greatest Asset in Your Business? – YOU!

    In financial accounting, assets are economic resources. Anything tangible or intangible that is capable of being owned or controlled to produce value and that is held to have positive economic value is considered an asset. Tangible assets are physical, material and financial resources, such as: plant machinery office equipment and Intangible assets are valuable resources…

    Giselle

    February 24, 2012
    Alignment
    assets, business model, journaling, Shawn Driscoll, Sir Richard Branson, skills, talents, The Positivity Blog, values
  • Contrast can be a POWERFUL reminder

    Was chatting with someone today who survived two surgeries and breast cancer. She was telling me that during her first surgery, she remembered how painful it was to move just to answer the phone. Although that particular operation was on her stomach – she felt the FULL sense of EVERYTHING being connected – as if…

    Giselle

    September 5, 2011
    Alignment
    contrast, having, health, journaling, not having, sickness, surviving cancer
  • The importance of writing stuff down

    Nowadays with the Internet and email, writing, as with a pen or pencil in ones hand seems so archaic, so farfetched – “write it down?” you ask incredulously? Yes start a journal…start writing stuff down. Richard Branson keeps notebooks upon notebooks of his ideas, thoughts and other observations daily. He is never without a notebook.…

    Giselle

    August 22, 2010
    Alignment
    introspection, journaling, notes, results, Richard Branson, writing
  • The magic of writing your goals down…EVERYDAY

    Personally this has to be one of the most effective techniques I have tried in keeping a steady focus on my goals and maintaining a high level of personal motivation!

    Giselle

    August 3, 2010
    Alignment
    choices, decisions, dreams, focused action, journaling, magic of setting goals, visualization
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