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...
by Margie | Apr 11, 2013 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
A friend recently shared with me how her husband fell into yearlong depression after he was laid off from his finance job during the global economic meltdown in late 2008. He’d worked hard all his life, thrived on the pressures and challenges of his work, and enjoyed...
by Margie | Feb 12, 2013 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
(Reprinted from original CourageWorks column in Forbes Magazine) We’ve all been there: Brimming with resolve on December 31st as we boldly declare the goals and changes we plan to make in the year ahead, and by January 31st that resolve has evaporated...
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...
by Margie | May 4, 2012 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
There’s no two ways about it. Losing your job is hard. Whether it has everything to do with your performance, or nothing at all, it’s still hard. But as I’ve said so many times before, often as I’ve struggled with my own adversities, success in life isn’t always about...
