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Siobhan Kelleher Kukolic

Words to inspire the belief that we have all we need to be the change we wish to see.

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The way we live our lives

May 10, 2021 /

I was listening to The Tim Ferriss Show and his guest was Ricardo Semler.  He is the former CEO of Semler Partners and he grew his father’s business from making four million in 1982 to 212 million in 2003.  He now has a podcast called Leadwise that challenges what we think about the way we live our lives at home and at work.

When he joined his dad’s company, at age 19, he didn’t understand why they did things they way they did.  He talks about asking three whys and how by the third why, many find they aren’t really sure why it’s done that way at all. Continue reading

Jerry Seinfeld

December 14, 2020 /

I was listening to Jerry Seinfeld on The Tim Ferriss Show.  So many golden nuggets.  He said, “When you have a creative gift, it’s like someone just gave you a horse.  Now, you have to learn how to ride it.  You got to learn how to ride this horse.  I’ve seen people that are born by the dozens and dozens, I’ve seen people that were given black stallions, and it usually — if you have a black stallion, like from that movie, and you’re born, and they just put you on it — and that’s what happens.  They just put you on it.  And you either learn to ride this thing, or it’s going to kill you.”

You must put in the work.  You must learn how to use that gift.  For Seinfeld, it was writing and he explained how painful it was to learn to ride that horse. Continue reading

Shallow

February 25, 2019 /

When Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper sang the Oscar-nominated, original song Shallow at the Oscars last night, it was arguably the highlight of the evening.  It went on to win the coveted award and in her acceptance speech, Lady Gaga (whose stage name was created after the Queen song Radio Ga Ga which is a funny twist of fate as the movie Bohemian Rhapsody was also up for multiple awards last night) said, “This is hard work. I’ve worked hard for a long time. It’s not about winning — what it’s about is not giving up. If you have a dream, fight for it. There’s a discipline for passion, and it’s not about how many times you get rejected or you fall down or get beaten up. It’s about how many times you stand up and are brave and keep going.” Continue reading

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