by Margie | May 23, 2013 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
I’ve come across lots of fabulous research about the psychology of risk-taking over the last two years as I was writing Stop Playing Safe. As I shared in the interview above, we human beings are wired to be risk averse. In other words, we find it much...
by Margie | May 3, 2013 | Live Passionately
A big hello from NYC! Stop #1 on my U.S. book tour! This morning, I had the ‘special treat’ of starting my day with a run through Central Park. I love Central Park any time of year but right now the Cherry Blossom trees are in full bloom so it was...
by Margie | Apr 22, 2013 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
Having been stretched very thin last week, I decided over the weekend that I needed to go back and read chapter 9 of my first book Find Your Courage. It’s title: The Courage to Say No! If you haven’t read Find Your Courage (slap your wrists!), let me give you a...
by Margie | Mar 18, 2013 | Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
While writing Stop Playing Safe I interviewed numerous business leaders and entrepreneurs for their insights about why courage—action in the presence of fear, doubt, uncertainty and risk—is important to success. In the process, I heard many tales of boldness,...
by Margie | Feb 24, 2013 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
“There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.” John F Kennedy While researching my new book, I came upon numerous fascinating studies by neuro-scientists about how our...
