Category Archives: Leadership

Programming Strategy & Tactics In Your internalGPS

By Paula Shoup | Published: August 30, 2010
“Let’s have a meeting to discuss our strategy” was the response to a question about how we were going to proceed with a big supplier negotiation. Ugh, another meeting to try and cram into our busy schedules. Why can’t we just move forward? “Why are we using this supplier again in this design? They have [...]
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Quitting or Sticking Using Your internalGPS

By Paula Shoup | Published: August 23, 2010
On my recent adventure to Bali we had a planned bike ride in the mountains. It was a beautiful sunny morning and even a bit cool in the mountain breeze. We put on our helmets and did a little test ride; it has been way too long since I had to shift gears on a [...]
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Playing For Extraordinary Results on the Road to Success

By Paula Shoup | Published: July 12, 2010
Summertime brings back memories of neighborhood softball games, Hide and Seek, “Tag- You’re It”, and many more.  I can smell the grass, feel the sun and see that big fly ball coming right at me in center field that I somehow managed to catch in a co-ed softball game; what a moment!  Hours flew by [...]
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Lightness and Faith On Your Path to Success

By Paula Shoup | Published: June 27, 2010
There has been a lot of press about Apple’s big milestone in May of becoming the largest technology company in the world at $50 billion plus (and only second in size to ExxonMobil in the U.S.).  Recently a friend sent me Steve Job’s commencement speech from 2005 (linked).  His messages are timeless; I am focusing [...]
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Navigating to Success Anniversary!

By Paula Shoup | Published: June 21, 2010
To celebrate this year of blogging I reflected back on some of the obstacles I faced in writing it and hope that sharing these lessons will help you navigate to success (toward your dreams). Daunting This is the best word to describe how I felt as I looked at my new site with zero blog [...]
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Keeping it Simple & Easy on the Path to Success

By Paula Shoup | Published: June 5, 2010
I read a couple posts this past week about keeping things simple and not grinding away at things (see links below).  It is such a powerful (and simple!) message.  I sometimes catch myself making something more complex that it needs to be or inviting struggle into a situation that does not need it or keeping [...]
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Gut Pointing to Success

By Paula Shoup | Published: May 29, 2010
It is so powerful to use your gut instincts in pointing you in the right direction for success.   Using your gut takes practice and is a bit of a challenge if you are used to using your logic or head to analyze and then re-analyze which way to go. This is my typical mode or [...]
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Building Character: Using Your internalGPS for Strong Leadership

By Paula Shoup | Published: May 22, 2010
I scrapped my original topic idea this week due to something I witnessed.  I was in the bulk food section of a local grocery store when it happened.  An older woman, nicely dressed, lifted up the lid to the bulk cashews, scooped some nuts out into her hand and then proceeded to snack on them [...]
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Sharing With Competitors & Peers for Success

By Paula Shoup | Published: May 16, 2010
We were all told, “Be good, share your toys” and many of you probably say this all the time to your kids.  But, how often do you hear this advice in your business?  And I’m not talking about sharing your marketing information with your customers or sharing your latest accomplishments with your boss.  How about [...]
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Opinions and Navigating to Success

By Paula Shoup | Published: May 6, 2010
I continue to work on catching myself in offering up my opinion about something before I am asked for it or before I ask permission to give it.  This was a good lesson in my coach training; let the client work through and decide based on what is best for them and hold back on [...]
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