by Margie | Jan 27, 2015 | Live Passionately
Nearly two years ago I took the plunge toward a long held aspiration: producing my own online TV channel focused on supporting people (particularly women) to be more courageous in their work, relationships and life. I had no idea how to go about it (Actually, I’m...
by Margie | Jan 13, 2015 | Live Passionately, Work Courageously
Sometimes you’ve just got to say YES! and then figure out how to make it work! I was recently invited to spend five days with Sir Richard Branson and 25 women leaders on Necker Island, his private island in the Caribbean engaging in big conversations about how we can...
by Margie | Dec 29, 2014 | Live Passionately
“I don’t do resolutions,” my friend Jane told me recently. “What’s the point? I never keep them.” You probably know a few people like Jane yourself. Perhaps you’re one of them! Given that fewer less than 50% people who make resolutions ever keep them until...
by Margie | Dec 21, 2014 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
It’s Christmas time again. As my years on earth grow, so too do they seem to pass faster. As a child, it seemed to be an eternity between each birthday or Christmas and yet now, they roll around with a swiftness that makes me realize how quickly life is...
by Margie | Dec 8, 2014 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
Growing up my dad would often jokingly call me ‘bumble foot.’ By high school I had labeled myself as a bona-fide “non-athlete” and during school athletic carnivals, would only enter the walking race, too intimidated by the ‘real’ athletes to line up against them in...
by Margie | Nov 24, 2014 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
It’s Thanksgiving week, at least for all US readers, so I thought I’d pen a few thoughts on gratitude to mark this special holiday. My dad often says he feels like the richest man in the world. It always makes me smile because, having been a dairy farmer his entire...
by Margie | Nov 10, 2014 | Live Passionately, Work Courageously
Nothing stifles our success more than the pressure we put on ourselves to do things perfectly, and to avoid the possibility of falling short in the attempt. I’ve spent the last few months immersed in words while writing my next book Train the Brave (due out next...
by Margie | Oct 21, 2014 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
There’s no doubt that the Ebola virus is deadly. It has buried thousands of helpless victims in the western region of Africa and challenged the world’s best health specialists in how best to contain its spread. News of the tragic death of the first US Ebola victim,...
by Margie | Sep 29, 2014 | Brave Parenting, Live Passionately
When I asked my son Ben what he wanted for his 13th birthday in August he pondered the question for about ten seconds before replying, “To go sky diving.” While I was a bit taken aback I knew that given both Andrew and I had both been parachuting I’d be a hypocrite...
by Margie | Aug 26, 2014 | Brave Parenting, Build Resilience, Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
So early this morning I kissed my sixteen-year-old son Lachlan goodbye. He has left our nest; he has spread his wings. Despite steeling myself for months for this moment, it didn’t lessen the wrench on my heart as I waved him goodbye. I am not worried about Lachlan...
