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Why “doing what you love” isn’t enough
We’ve all heard the advice: do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. It sounds inspiring. It looks good on a coffee mug. But it’s misleading — even dangerous — because it oversimplifies how we are truly designed as human beings. The truth is: love alone isn’t enough. You can…
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How we enter each day matters…
We all know today’s the first day in the new year. However every day that we get up to experience a new day, is an opportunity to recommit and reconnect to who we are, what we are doing and why. Rituals have been helpful to me in so far as centering me at the beginning…
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“Carrying the Curry”
Every day about 5,000 dabbawalas, or lunch box people, deliver nearly a quarter-million home-cooked lunches around Mumbai, India…a city of seventeen million people…at a high speed and WITHOUT ERROR! What’s their secret? Their mission is simple – serve their customers accurately and on time, every time. Their value proposition – to bring a fresh, home-cooked…
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You’ve Got to be YOU if you’re Going to Succeed
For some reason, the song “I’ve Got to Be Me” by Sammy Davis Jr. and recently made popular by the cast of Glee, came to mind. All I could remember of the song was “I’ve got to be me…” What that meant to me then as a child, I have no clue. But the feeling…
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How Do You Keep Your ‘Music’ Playing?
This is not an article about the music industry in Trinidad and Tobago although music will be mentioned a number of times. It’s not about the song by James Ingram either but I will make reference to the lyrics. It is, though, about you and me, our talents, our strengths, the promotion of the two…
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 