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I recently got a chance to hear Stuart Weitzman, American shoe designer, entrepreneur, and founder of the shoe company, Stuart Weitzman, speak at an event.   He shared his key “truisms” that have sustained him throughout his entrepreneurial journey. To hear about those once-in-a-lifetime moments that he held onto and maximized as they related to […]

Be confident.   The sentence is simple, but the concept is rather complex. This first and possibly most important GSD Factor attribute is composed of three smaller tenets: Knowing and embracing your true authentic self Using your voice Finding your passion and dedication. Once you identify and embrace all three of these tenets, you can […]

Hi, GSD Factor friends!  R.C. Farrish here!   This year at our school our theme of the year is love your people.   Our principals and teachers have been teaching us about what this means.  We have been talking about why it’s important.  And finally how we can show how to love people.  This is my […]

Powerfully Choosing to Lead with Confidence Being born in the 1980s and raised by a Dad that was in business, I was raised with all of the offerings of the successful motivational world, such as attending Success Seminars to hear the likes of Zig Ziglar, listening to cassette tapes of Brian Tracy and Stephen Covey, […]

Powerfully Choosing to Slow Down to Speed Up Slowing down to speed up.   If you have been around me, listened to my podcasts or read my blogs you know that I love saying this phrase.  It’s such a simple phrase that holds weight and power.  It resonates with everyone, no matter our age or […]

Powerfully Choosing to be Open to Learning   If we are open, we can learn something from everything, be it from people or from something we read or observe.  Who knows, maybe a billboard has the two words of encouragement you need at that moment.   As I’ve shared in my book, growing up, my […]

A Short Statement of Truth or Conduct Maxim: by Webster’s definition, a maxim is a short statement that expresses a general truth or rule of conduct. When living life, these maxims are small nuggets of reminders that can pack a powerful punch. Just like stories were used to share history and pass along important lessons, […]

Powerfully Choosing to Be Inquisitive Growth Mindset or being inquisitive has many synergies.  Growth mindset can be defined as believing that your brain can grow and that you can try many new things even as you age.  We define being inquisitive as the capacity to always be learning. Maybe we are learning what to do […]

Powerfully Choosing to Navigate Pivots Life pivots.  We all have them.  They vary in size, degree, and magnitude.  How we respond to them is what sets us apart as GSDers.  We know they are coming because life always has pivots since things are ever changing.  We embrace them.  We see them for what they are.  […]