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When you refuse to Align – You rot
The title of my post today sounds as if I’m an alignment zealot. But this is my belief or as my friend Giselle Martin once told me in high school.. It’s an inevitable consequence. It has to happen! Rotting is the consequence of refusing to align with who you are, and with what you are…
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The Tools Will Change. Your Craft—and Calling—Shouldn’t Have To.
I read an article today highlighted in Medium’s newsletter by Agustin Sanchez, a design director, photographer, and musician, reflecting on conversations with his teammates and the unspoken fear people seem to feel but rarely talk about. There’s a line from that article that landed hard for me today: The tools will change. Your craft doesn’t have…
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Are You Learning or Just Memorizing?
If you’ve ever attended a business seminar, read a book on marketing, or listened to a podcast on scaling your revenue, you’ve probably walked away thinking, That makes so much sense! But here’s the real question: Has it actually changed how you run your business? There’s a difference between memorizing and learning—and that difference shows…
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Redefine your problem as a missing or faulty system
Yesterday I wrote about seeing versus actually solving problems. Being aware of or seeing problems is only half the battle. If you’ve been struggling with a recurring issue in your business, and no matter what you do, it’s still there, resurfacing and rearing its ugly head then what I am about to share, will help…
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Seeing versus solving problems
We all see problems. Or so we think. What we really see are problem’s symptoms, not the cause of a particular problem – that is, why it occurred in the first place. I saw this illustration below recently showing problem awareness in companies. I think it might be more accurate if the word symptoms was…
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Why hire a consultant if you already know what to do?
My doctor use to say that every Trini is a doctor. He would laugh at the number of diagnoses I would have arrived at before finally coming to see him to determine what was going on with me. He knew that in addition to asking family and friends, that I had consulted Dr. Google and…
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Don’t grow too comfortable with the knowledge you have
Our entire education system is set up with an end in mind: to pass a test following a period of learning, well cramming in most instances; getting our answers right and then moving into the job of our dreams, where we get to use this knowledge we’ve amassed over the years as an indication of…
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I never thought of politics as a profession
“I never thought of politics as a profession”. ― Georgios A. Papandreou I’m with Georgios. I never really considered politics as a profession but it should be. I’ve heard the following arguments: The second argument seems to be the stronger of the two as we keep voting for the same ‘experienced’ – gradually becoming old…
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Turn words into work
When he was in second grade, Harry Truman came down with a rare bacterial infection that paralyzed his arms and legs. The boy who could hardly stand to be indoors was suddenly and helplessly bedridden. “That’s when he started reading,” Truman’s sister recalled. “He couldn’t do anything else.” He read so much that when, miraculously…
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How Are You Using Your Power?
The measure of a man is what he does with power. This statement was made by Pittacus of Mytiline, Greek Statesman and sage. What feelings do you have when you think about power? Do you hold the view as Lord Acton did when he insightfully observed that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely? Do…
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 