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 18, 2017 | Latest Thoughts, Live Passionately
I’ve been writing in a journal off and on since I was eleven. While my entries have evolved since my ‘tween’ years, a common thread has woven through many of them: COURAGE. Or more precisely, the need to dial it up! Of course, courage comes in many...
by Margie | Jul 1, 2016 | Brave Parenting, Build Resilience, Live Passionately
When our guide came by our tent shortly after 3 AM to wake us up to begin the climb up Mt Kilimanjaro I’d already been awake for some time. The sleeping bags we’d rented for our week hiking to the rooftop of Africa weren’t quite up to the sub-zero temperatures so...
by Margie | May 17, 2016 | Latest Thoughts, Live Passionately, Women Rising
“Most people live in a restricted circle of their potential.” William James I’ll never forget where I was the day that a mental image change the direction of my life. It was March 2002 and I was laying on a beach south of Cancun, Mexico, doing a...
