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I believe we all have stories that empower us to successfully navigate challenges and transformation in our personal and professional lives. In my blog I share stories and how they have empowered me and encourage each of you to reflect on your stories.
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Right Calling. Wrong Job (opens the original)
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Sometimes in life, we feel a deep calling or intuition to one particular direction, action or position in our careers and personal life endeavors. However, sometimes we are right about the calling, but we seek it out in the wrong job or endeavor. This reflection was prompted today by stories shared by a friend that touched something deeply personal for me. And I felt a strong sense to share my story so that others who may also need to hear these words today may benefit.In my friend’s story he ta
Maybe This Time I’ll Win: Part 43 (opens the original)
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Buenos Aires September 8, 1943The warmth of the early Spring sunshine streaming in through her Villa Cavallo bedroom window in Recoleta gently woke Salvatrice from her dreams.Your Story Matters is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="button primary" type="submit"
Dišpet (Croatian) (pronounced deesh-pet) (opens the original)
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Funny how different cultural contexts and experiences coalesce around a similar theme. This newsletter is about finding a word or phrase with deeper cultural meaning to describe beyond resilience or bouncing forward. As always, I’m pleasantly surprised by where and when subjects for my newsletters appear. This one came about as I am riding along on a Korean tour bus with my husband and one of his company client tours along the coastline, towns, historic cities, and countryside of Croatia while t
Maybe This Time I’ll Win: Part 42 (opens the original)
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Late July 1943As she closed the private ledger on her desk at S.B. Art Associates, Salvatrice sighed and thought to herself, “I hope one day all of this meticulous information I’m collecting is helpful to document and track ownership of the art passing through the gallery from war ravaged Europe to the private collections of my clients. It may be useful to return some of the stolen treasures from Jewish families in Europe being terrorized by the Nazis,” she continued to think with a sigh. In her
Raise Your Hand (opens the original)
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It’s funny to me sometimes how topics for my newsletter come to mind. Today’s topic was prompted by a sun visor in the car on the way to the subway station for my morning commute to work. The bright morning sun low in the sky was bothering my husband so he flipped the sun visor to the door window and extended the retractable shade extension which effectively blocked the sun glare so he could drive more comfortably and safely. The thought that came to my mind was about how that retractable part o
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