From Challenges To Change

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Katie Goar Katie Goar

Let Go of Old Fears

What does a flight, a fortune teller, and a lesson have in common?

As we were descending into Charlotte, a quiet man seated next to me unexpectedly shared, โ€œ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™– ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™š ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™™๐™ž๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ง๐™–๐™จ๐™.โ€

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4:15 AM Lessons: Turning Mistakes into Systems

I made a rookie mistake even though ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ I'm not a rookie.

Daylight Savings Time - definitely ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต the week for a 5:15am departure and early flight. My whole being knew it was really 4:15am. Coffee was consumed. And for every meeting, my go-to phrase was: โ€œwant to grab coffee?โ€

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Climbing to Excellence

On my visit to the Chick-fil-A headquarters in Atlanta, I learned a lot from a chicken sandwich and โ€ฆ a staircase.

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Strategic Time Away for Growth

This week I spent hours being strategic and not living off emails.
It felt unconventional to disconnect from my laptop and activate an out-of-office reply. However, each quarter, I prioritize such periods toโ€ฆ

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I met my younger self for coffeeโ€ฆ

I met my younger self for coffee. She was 20 minutes late and I was 10 minutes early. She ordered a caramel frappuccino - extra whip, no hesitation. ๐Ÿ˜ฏ I held my nonfat latte and smiled.
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Self-preservation is a Superpower

Self-preservation is a superpower Iโ€™m still discovering. Too often, we focus solely on getting the work done and overlook this hidden gem.

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