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Competency without alignment = Burnout
You have the vision, the framework, your plan of action. You design a roadmap for execution and you determine criteria for measuring impact. This is clear, crisp and linear. Yet things still fall apart. Some say competency might be the missing link; but I’d argue that competency without alignment just leads to burnout! In my…
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Be heard AND seen…
If you don’t stand for something, you’ll tolerate everything. Think of those times when you have deferred to others who were louder, appeared more ‘in the know’ than you. Perhaps you’ve encountered a bully or three, who wouldn’t even let you speak – your point of view lost in their bravado. Yet it is important…
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You are best at being you
Why aren’t you using more of this knowledge to your advantage? When Giulia Enders was 17, she developed a skin disease and realized how little she knew about her own body, so she started reading, and it turned out it was the gut that fascinated her the most. She cleared up her problem by diet.…
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Instead of purpose, think: life’s task
Got the idea of ‘Life’s Task’ from Robert Greene’s book Mastery. Purpose has always been difficult to understand and define, especially when it’s always paired with the verb ‘to find’. To find ones purpose suggests that it is out there somewhere. Oftentimes we link purpose with career and if we aren’t fulfilled in our careers…
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If you don’t have this, your business is as good as dead!
Recently I spoke about the importance of understanding what our customers need along each step of their buying journey. Customers need to KNOW, LIKE and TRUST you BEFORE they buy from you. This happens, sometimes subconsciously, other times their decisions are conscious ones – either way, this needs to happen FIRST. In the late eighties,…
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Self-doubt has a positive message within
The more important a call to action is to our soul’s evolution, the more Resistance we will feel about answering it. But to yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be. STEVEN PRESSFIELD Steven Pressfield insists that self-doubt is par for the…
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do you agree that frustration is a sign you haven’t given up?
You would not be frustrated if whatever you’re doing didn’t matter to you. You are frustrated because some thing is not working in a way that you imagined it to work. Often we remain so close to an issue that we are unable to see the forest from the trees. We are so wedded to…
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where are you selling yourself short?
You may have been brushing over this question for a long time. Even if you haven’t put it into words to form the question, you have had a feeling…a knowing…that all is not right in your world. On the outside, you look OK and feel OK but you know that you are not OK. You…
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Caught my eye…
Do you think you need permission to succeed? We admire folks whose names we see in neon lights. We celebrate bestselling authors, athletes, chefs, ninja warriors, ordinary people showcased doing extraordinary things…yet we fail to picture ourselves as successful. Countless people have asked me some version of – “How do I find my purpose, and…
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 