by Margie | Aug 11, 2016 | Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately
Get a new job. Not worry about money. Eat mayo. Travel to a foreign country. Ask for help. Try out for the Princeton crew team. Bike over a volcano. Ask for Date #2. Go into a shelter. Quit my job. Tell my secrets. Love myself. These are some of the things people have...
by Margie | Jul 20, 2016 | Latest Thoughts, Lead Purposefully
Terrorist attacks. Police shootings. Brexit. Political coups. Refugee crisis. Zika virus. President Trump. Let’s face it, we live in fearful times. There’s no shortage of headlines alerting us potential threats to our safety and future. Which is why, when headlines...
by Margie | Jul 20, 2016 | Lead Purposefully, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
Ever been in a conversation where you felt like the person you were talking to wasn’t listening to a word you said because they were too busy trying to convince you of their opinion? Yep, me too. It’s a common phenomenon. So much so that there’s likely been times...
by Margie | Jul 14, 2016 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
ONCE UPON A TIME, about one hundred years ago, a partially deaf four year old kid came home from school with a note in his pocket from his teacher. It read: “Your Tommy is too stupid to learn. We cannot have him at our school.” His mother decided to teach...
by Margie | Jul 13, 2016 | Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately
Last year I was invited to interview Sir Richard Branson on his private Caribbean island. A career highlight for sure! Fortunately for me, “Just call me Richard” is incredibly down to earth person who quickly puts people at ease around him. Phew. During...
