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don’t go to the ocean with a thimble…
How do we find the light, that glimmer of hope, that it’s possible to cross over each chasm we face and emerge, ready to move forward?
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Do You Trust Yourself?
In his book, The Art of Significance, Dan Clark says that we should trust predictability instead of hope and faith. Hope and faith propel us to try something, he says but too many people drop to their knees to pray versus standing on their feet and doing their part in facilitating an answer to their…
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You Can’t Afford to Swim in an Ocean of Sameness
If you haven’t already, you need to subscribe to Success Magazine. I get nothing for this promotion but I think that hands down it’s the best value for money. Not only do you get great content but you also get an audio CD featuring spectacular interviews with people who you may not necessarily come across…
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Facing Our Fears
The need to step into what we fear and in so doing disperse its hold on us is powerfully brought to life by this moment in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. After searching everywhere within reason and memory for the Holy Grail, Jones stands on an enormous precipice, a deep chasm before…
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Stop Telling Yourself “It’s because you don’t have the money…”
A lack of money seems to be the reason most people give for not having, not doing and not becoming better, smarter or further ahead in life. “If I just had more money I would…” We all have a response that we could plug in there. But is it really about money? I had the…
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How to Rebuild Trust in our Nation, in our Businesses and in Ourselves
As published on page 12 of the Business Newsday April 19th 2012 Our survival is linked to trust. Trust is inherent in our biology. As a species we are most dependent for the longest time, entrusting ourselves to the care and protection of our parents. Our life experiences shape us as we grow and bit…
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The World According to Garp et al
Not because it works for you makes it right! I’m struggling with this right now – my world – the world according to Giselle. Isn’t that how it is for most of us? Our frame of reference, beliefs, conditionings over long stretches of time create what we call our truth and we lock into and…
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The importance of keeping your word
There is a sort of internal crumbling that takes place when you don’t keep your word. We’ve all experienced what happens when someone else doesn’t keep theirs: The minutes aren’t done They didn’t bake the cookies as promised for the bazaar They promised to watch grandma while you went shopping but never showed up Promised…
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Today NOT Tomorrow
Nike popularized “Just do it”. One of my colleagues instilled in me “Do it now” Yet at times I find myself putting off the very thing that I KNOW will take me to the next stage – the next level of my life. Why? Perhaps because I am afraid and fear really is our only…
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 