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 | Nov 27, 2012 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
It’s easy to find excuses not to put in effort and show up. But to create the rewarding life you want, you have to commit to showing up and pressing on, even when you don’t feel like it, even when it’s cold outside, even when you aren’t making the progress...
by Margie | Oct 29, 2012 | Live Passionately
(Reprinted from my CourageWorks column in Forbes magazine) While many of our fears are valid, many of them actually stifle our happiness and success. In an increasingly fearful world, knowing what to fear (and what not to fear) is increasingly important. Moving down...
by Margie | Jun 12, 2012 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
How often have you met a really smart person who did really dumb things? The reality is that our E.Q. (Emotional Intelligence) determines our success in our work, our relationships, and life far more profoundly than our ability to computer mathematical equations. And...
by Margie | Aug 10, 2011 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
From oppression in Syria to famine in Somalia, from the UK riots to the US Credit Rating, from high unemployment to low housing prices to drawn out wars claiming the lives of the finest of young men and women – there’s no doubt about it, we are...
