by Margie | Apr 3, 2013 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
I often get asked what I mean when I talk about courage. While I say that courage is action in the presence of fear and self doubt, I am also aware that it is far far more than that. Courage comes in many faces and what it means to each of us to act with courage...
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 | Aug 5, 2012 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
Sometimes disappointment can hit with an intensity that can knock us down hard. When it does, we have to take the time to look for the gift our disappointment holds, and to be sure we unwrap it. Doing so sets us up to succeed in the game of life that much more. As I...
