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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.  […]

Powerfully Choosing Women Every Month In my opinion, every month is Women’s History Month. Every day is Women’s Day, and every day is a day to celebrate the undervoiced, the underrepresented, and the underserved, no matter what minority group. As we embark on this month of April, I’m following my true, authentic self to share […]

Powerfully Choosing to Network Powerfully choosing to connect and network can translate as powerfully choosing to be vulnerable, transparent, and put myself out there.  That can be scary, but it can also be exciting.   From a young age, I was taught to look people in the eye, smile, shake a hand, and say hi.  […]

Powerfully Choosing Everyone In the corporate space, there has been a focus around diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We see companies that embrace it with intentionality and others that are less than ideal with their intentions.   In the sporting world, there is beautiful noise that is bringing about awareness and amplification that hasn’t necessarily been […]

The Courage to be Disliked We’re almost three months into the new year, and we all have made choices about what kind of year we’ll have.  Perhaps you are powerfully choosing to be inquisitive this year?  I’m a strong believer that we can learn something from everything.   After coming off a year of authoring […]

A Life of Influence and Inspiration For my first 2024 blog, I want to honor someone who’s been a continuing influence and inspiration in my life. I want to teach about them, and I want to remember them.  Oftentimes, we may forget to look at those that have gone before us.  We can learn something […]