by Margie | May 1, 2017 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
What does it take to make God laugh? Tell him your plans. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying. Well let’s just say that God has been having a good old chuckle at me over the last week because guess what? I’m moving to Singapore. And guess what else? This was not in my...
by Margie | Apr 19, 2017 | Latest Thoughts, Work Courageously
When I sat down to interview Bill Marriott at Marriott’s international headquarters, I hadn’t reckoned on him turning the tables to interview me at the end. As you will see from our exchange, one of the things I shared with him is my belief that failure is never final...
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 | Jan 10, 2017 | Build Resilience, Latest Thoughts, Live Passionately
Courage is like a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets. And in our increasingly fearful world, it’s a muscle we must practice daily. Here’s 7 ways to help you do just that. Of course while fear often gets a bad rap, without it our cave...
by Margie | Dec 19, 2016 | Build Resilience, Work Courageously
When I met Teresa while running a leadership program at her company, she was miserable in her job as a risk analyst and had been for over 12 months. A year earlier she had applied for more senior position in her firm. When it was given to a less experienced analyst,...