by Margie | Jul 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
Greetings from Assisi. I first heard of Saint Francis of Assisi when I was a young girl. So what a blessing it was this week, ahead of a leadership conference in Florence, to finally walk the narrow, cobbled streets of Assisi, worn smooth by eight centuries of...
by Margie | Jan 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
One of the most special parts of my trip to Egypt was cruising down the Nile, watching life unfold on its banks the way it has for thousands of years. I couldn’t help but think of how differently most of us live. The relentless pace. One more email or “to-do” that...
by Margie | Sep 16, 2025 | Build Resilience, Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately
For over 30 years, scientists had been observing Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) in the wild. In 1952, they began an experiment—dropping sweet potatoes in the sand for the monkeys to find. The monkeys loved the taste but hated the gritty sand that clung to them....
by Margie | Sep 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
My Uber to Union Station in Washington DC this morning took twice as long as it often does, the traffic heavy as everyone returns from summer breaks. Crawling across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, bumper to bumper with hundreds of other commuters, I couldn’t help...
by Margie | Aug 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, I found myself buckled into a helicopter seat, headset on, lifting off above the ancient sandstone cliffs and winding waters of Katherine Gorge in Australia’s Northern Territory. Beside me sat my 90-year-old dad. “Dad, want to take a chopper ride over...
