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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…
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you’re already ready and you’ll never be ready that’s why you should do it
Whatever that “it” is that you’ve been contemplating. We want to feel a certain degree of peace with regard to our decisions. When we decide, we want reassurance that this is best for us; that whatever it is – it’s the right thing to do. However there is never complete certainty. There is always going…
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Where will 2022 find you?
Like it or not, you are EXACTLY WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. Maybe you are unhappy. Perhaps you are in a job you’re thankful for, but silently hate. You might be out of a job now given COVID-19 and its effect on work generally. You might be working but your hours have been severely slashed.…
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our desire for control
We want to have everything the way we want it yet we don’t realize that this is the source of our anxiety. Before COVID-19 we felt that we had more control, because we had more choices. We could go out freely to the malls, go out to dinner, take our kids to the park, get…
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In this “Covid Season” – How Do You Get Potential Clients to Come to You?
This pandemic experience has been VERY depressing for many service business owners and entrepreneurs. Many businesses have had to shut down completely and some have reopened only to have their doors closed once again. Uncertainty is rampant. Most people who run their own businesses love to have control yet as we have all experienced, these…
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What Do You Do When Life Throws You a Curve Ball?
This post is really one about how you deal with uncertainty in your life and business. Life is exceedingly uncertain but for our own sanity, I think we fool ourselves into thinking that we have control over what happens in our lives. When we plan we are optimistic that the plan will unfold without a hitch…
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Psychology is the most under-appreciated, yet most important part of building a company
We hear a lot about the external journeys of startups. Mitchell Harper – Big Commerce co-founder shares… “Everyone talks about startups being akin to roller-coaster rides. There are high highs and low lows. The highs are easy to deal with — you celebrate with your team, share the victories with your friends and partner and maybe even…
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We All Have a Piece of Good News Inside Us
For her 13th birthday on the 12 of June 1942, Anne Frank received a book she had shown her father in a shop window a few days earlier. Although it was an autograph book, bound with red-and-white checkered cloth and with a small lock on the front, Frank decided she would use it as a…
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The Only Truly Reliable Source of Stability and Security in Business and Life
We place our faith in other people and the advice they provide. We put our all into companies that promise us employment and a salary at the end of the month. We invest in “sure-win” businesses that promise unheard of returns after just one year. We want to count on something, believe in someone because…
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You Don’t Have to Leave Your Job to Become the CEO of Your Destiny
“Sometimes it just takes the right attitude and the confidence to know that the old way isn’t necessarily the right way – and the belief that better days are ahead.” This quote by Maynard Webb, bestselling author of the book *Rebooting Work* is truly inspiring. His book focuses on how work models developed a…
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 