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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: rituals

  • How to Find out what Actually Works

    Excellence is not hustle-culture bullshit. It is not waking up at 4 AM to cold plunge and telling everyone about it. It is not a restrictive diet. It is not a chest-thumping act of look how great I am. It is not sacrificing your soul or bending the knee to make as much money as…

    Giselle

    January 27, 2026
    ⚡ Clarity & Realignment, 👥 Leadership, 🧠 Zone of Genius
    abandonment, Alignment, character, discipline, excellence, focus, integrity, loyalty to self, mimicking performance, pathway, performing excellence, rituals, self betrayal, self improvement, success
  • Don’t go it alone: trust, let go and welcome the unknown

    When the student is ready, the teacher appears and she usually walks into a class already in session. Today I was contemplating my need for certainty and where that often leads me. I think that’s why I love rituals so much. Just knowing what is going to happen tomorrow morning…what will happen first, second and…

    Giselle

    October 17, 2023
    Alignment
    Dan Rockwell, Leadership Freak, Peter Drucker, purposeful abandonment, rituals, routines, uncertainty
  • Why is Change so Difficult?

    Old habits die hard – the saying goes – but why is that? We’ve been told that it takes 21 days to change a habit. This I believe came from Maxwell Maltz. Originally a Plastic Surgeon, Maltz noticed that it took 21 days for amputees to cease feeling phantom sensations in the amputated limb. From…

    Giselle

    March 22, 2011
    Alignment
    21-days to habit change, bad habits, habits, Maxwell Maltz, repetition, rituals
  • In order to change some things in your life…

    You need to change some things in your life! Sounds like double speak I know – but it makes sense. Except for habits. I’ve been doing an exercise since the 7th July 2010, recommended by my guru of choice for the next 6 mths – Eben Pagan. THE EXERCISE: In your journal – on the…

    Giselle

    July 28, 2010
    Alignment
    change, conscious mind, Eben Pagan, habits, rituals
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