by Margie | Jul 31, 2018 | Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately
It’s hard to believe it has been two years since I stepped onto the ‘roof top of Africa’ – Mt Kilimanjaro – after a grueling 9-hour ascent with my husband and our four children. (Here’s the blog I wrote about ‘summit day’ soon after.) While our view...
by Margie | Jun 15, 2018 | Latest Thoughts, Speak Bravely
The last time I spoke to my youngest brother Peter was on his 31st birthday. Six times, I had tried to get through, but each time the phone connection dropped out. Finally, on the seventh attempt, it went through. I was at my home in McLean, Virginia. He was in a...
by Margie | Feb 21, 2017 | Build Resilience, Latest Thoughts
Yes, “Fortune favors the bold.” But that doesn’t mean every risk we take will be immediately rewarded. Sometimes when we take a deep dive out of our comfort zone into the water below, we land flat on our face. The question is, what to do when your best and...
by Margie | Feb 18, 2016 | Brave Interviews, Build Resilience, Latest Thoughts, Live Passionately
In recent months I’ve spent time with several people going through a tough time and struggling to hold on to hope and stay optimistic. Depression is tapping at the door of a few. I know there have been times over the years I’ve felt that way myself. When my brother...
by Margie | Aug 5, 2013 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
In late 1996, when I was nineteen weeks pregnant with my first child, I found myself in the midst of a violent armed robbery in Papua New Guinea. With a gun thrust into my forehead, I was commanded to open the company safe where the robbers (or ‘rascals’ as they are...
