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When Words Start Wars
Orem, Utah, September 10, 2025: Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, was midway through a “Prove Me Wrong” campus debate when a single rifle shot ended his life. The scene—open-air forum, microphones humming, thousands of students—could hardly have been more emblematic of his chosen medium. Only weeks earlier he’d said, “When people…
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How to Reverse Engineer your Perfect Customer Profile
If you’re a service provider struggling to define your perfect customer—don’t start with demographics. Start with YOU and how you’re wired to deliver value. I use two tools to get radically clear on this: Both give you deep insight into why you do what you do, how you work best, and what others can consistently…
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The Hidden Costs of “I’ll do it” Leadership
Every time a leader says “I’ll just do it,” a little bit of clarity, trust, and team momentum quietly slips away. The Upper Limit Problem, a concept introduced by Gay Hendricks, refers to a subconscious self-sabotaging behavior that occurs when individuals approach a level of success, happiness, or abundance that exceeds their comfort zone. This often leads…
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Are you using your mental magnet?
Whenever I talk to clients about choosing a niche, or focusing on solving one problem, or mastering some area of expertise, they always view this as cheating themselves out of something larger. Why narrow my focus when I can have it all? But there is wisdom in a narrow focus. Have you ever had to…
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How do you create the reality you want to see?
Businesses want results. More money. More profit. We want ways to make more money. We want action and we want it fast. Business owners love guarantees. Do X, and I promise you will get Y. Guarantees are lies because not all ideas are going to work. In order to create your reality you need to…
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I’m not for everyone. Neither are you!
Today’s title is from a book, written by David Leddick. It’s an advice book on life, style and fashion. In the book’s description he underscores that you need to make it your top priority to dig deep and find your own style and express it as freely as you would a work of art. As…
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are you letting unworthiness hold you back from building a great business?
You are in a great place. So many good things are heading your way. Life is finally starting to make sense yet you may be thinking that good is not possible for you. OR that you are not worthy of the good things in life. Where does unworthiness come from? When did you start to…
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Relationship building cannot start with a hard sell
Have you ever received a friend request on Facebook or someone wanting to connect on LinkedIn and then soon after you get a message asking you if you’re interested in a business idea or crypto currency or some other sales pitch to buy their premium offering. How does this make you feel? Think about who…
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How do you choose a teacher or coach?
Most of us who train never believed it possible to do the things we now do. But we trusted the teacher who told us we could do it if we would just try. And the teacher was right. jennifer lawler In July of 2011 Seth Godin wrote a piece called the arrogance of willful ignorance.…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
If you could better understand one thing about your business right now….
Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.
I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions 