by Margie | Apr 22, 2014 | Live Passionately, Work Courageously
About ten years ago I got the idea of writing a book. I had never aspired to be an author. In fact, I didn’t even see myself as a writer. But as I’d started to do more public speaking, I was asked more and more if I had a book and, if not, if I would write one. The...
by Margie | Jun 23, 2013 | Live Passionately, Work Courageously
When I was twenty-two I returned from a year backpacking around the world after graduating university. It was a tough job market and after months of washing dishes in corporate cafeterias while looking for a ‘real job’, I finally landed one – selling...
by Margie | May 10, 2013 | Live Passionately
Greetings from Washington D.C. on Day #10 of my whirlwind US book tour. What an exciting trip it’s been, topped off by meeting Katie Couric this morning while taping an interview for Washington Business Report. I’ve wanted to meet her for a long time so...
by Margie | Feb 19, 2013 | Live Passionately
A friend emailed me this morning. “You’re so brave,” she wrote. I thought about it for a minute before I replied, “No I’m not. I’m just trying to walk my talk – ‘feeling half scared to death but saddling up...
by Margie | Feb 12, 2013 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
(Reprinted from original CourageWorks column in Forbes Magazine) We’ve all been there: Brimming with resolve on December 31st as we boldly declare the goals and changes we plan to make in the year ahead, and by January 31st that resolve has evaporated...
