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Maintaining Momentum: My Aim towards Finish Line and Productivity Tools

August 22, 2022 Mary Jo Goolsby

I recently wrote about my personal quandry regarding whether to start on a book emphasizing the opportunities for NPs to…

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Posted in: Persistence

What’s Your Sparketype?

July 22, 2022 Mary Jo Goolsby

Jonathan Field is an entrepreneur, host of the Good Life Project podcast, and creator of the Sparketype approach, which helps…

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Posted in: Leadership, Persistence, Productivity and Momentum, Uncategorized

Start Today

July 20, 2022 Mary Jo Goolsby

So I have apparently had two long lapses in blogging. I keep busy, but if I’m going to have a…

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Posted in: Persistence, Productivity and Momentum

Do You Have a Mentor?

March 3, 2020 Mary Jo Goolsby

When thinking of mentorship, one option involves a mentor/mentee dyad. This is actually the format with which I have the…

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Posted in: Mentorship

How Gritty Are You?

July 31, 2019 Mary Jo Goolsby

How gritty are you?  There is a great “Grit Scale” that lets you see how you compare to others in…

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Posted in: Persistence, Productivity and Momentum

Getting Started: Mentorship as Powerful Engine

February 4, 2019 Mary Jo Goolsby

Mentorship is powerful—both for the mentor and the person being mentored.  And professional growth is enhanced when a trusted mentor…

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Posted in: Mentorship

What’s Stopping You? No. 2

November 20, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

The last post described the need to develop what Collins calls your Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) and to develop…

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Posted in: Goals, Persistence

What’s Stopping You?

November 13, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

What’s stopping you from achieving your big goal?  Are you even clear about your big goal?  Collins talks about our…

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Posted in: Goals, Persistence

Emerson’s Words to Live and Lead By

August 23, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

  Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all…

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Posted in: Uncategorized

You Might Be a Thought Leader If . . .

August 5, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

A thought leader is someone recognized for knowledge in an area, a go-to person. Their knowledge allows thought leaders to…

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Posted in: Thought Leadership

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