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 | Apr 7, 2017 | Latest Thoughts, Live Passionately
Is sweating unimportant decisions keeping you from making smarter ones? I’ve just returned to Australia after a very rewarding but not very restful 6 days in the US. As a ‘frequent flyer’ I’ve learnt the importance of giving myself permission to make...
by Margie | Mar 6, 2017 | Latest Thoughts, Women Rising
Happy International Women’s Day! We are women. Hear us roar. Some days. Other days, not so much. In fact, there’s a lot of days that we spend a large majority of time second guessing our decisions, questioning our value, beating ourselves up or talking ourselves...
by Margie | Jul 14, 2016 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
ONCE UPON A TIME, about one hundred years ago, a partially deaf four year old kid came home from school with a note in his pocket from his teacher. It read: “Your Tommy is too stupid to learn. We cannot have him at our school.” His mother decided to teach...
by Margie | Jul 13, 2016 | Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately
Last year I was invited to interview Sir Richard Branson on his private Caribbean island. A career highlight for sure! Fortunately for me, “Just call me Richard” is incredibly down to earth person who quickly puts people at ease around him. Phew. During...
