Gifted Professionals and Communicators Journal

July 31, 2025
Peter O'Neil
July 31, 2025
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Peter J. O’Neil, CAE, FASAE

Gifted Communicator and Transformer of People and Associations I met Peter in 1999—for lunch. My association executive peers said, “You gotta meet Peter O’Neil.” I was past 50 and well established. Peter was a young man, not yet 30 years old, and already an interim executive director of an association I had […]
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July 23, 2025
Lily Jedynak, Ph.D.
July 23, 2025
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Gifted Belonging at 60: Bigger Adventures Still Ahead

Lily Jedynak, Ph.D., Author, Musician, Business Owner, Creative Dreamer   “I’m uncomfortable if I’m not aiming for the mastery. I become dissatisfied very quickly with myself if I’m not heading for the mastery.” Where do you belong and where is your community when you are an extraordinarily talented adult, professional, and communicator? […]
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July 18, 2025
July 18, 2025
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Michele Molitor. Her Life’s Work Started When Her Career Ended

Join Us On This Journey from Job, to Career, to Calling Nobody tells you this when you are 18, so dive into this story about Michele Molitor and see if it speaks to what you know already or may be experiencing now. Nobody tells you that you start with a job. It […]
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July 11, 2025
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July 11, 2025
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When the Gifted Log Off: Why the Digital Economy Rests on the Shoulders of the Few

From insight to consequences to reckoning The digital economy appears as frictionless, infinite, powered by code and data. Beneath the sleek architecture of platforms and algorithms lies a truth that rarely makes it into earnings calls or tech manifestos: The digital world runs on the backs of gifted humans. The journalists, authors, […]
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July 2, 2025
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July 2, 2025
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When All Goes Dark, Turn on the Light

Do you like mystery movies and detective shows? Me too. Have you ever shouted at the TV as though the characters could hear you or might even answer back? Normally, I watch quietly to get the story. In most detective shows, there’s a scene near the end of the chase where the […]
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June 26, 2025
Decisions
June 26, 2025
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Decision Fatigue

How to Deal with 35,000 Decisions Every Day, Plus AI How did you get this far and achieve so much without knowing about brain science? What more and what better might happen if we looked for neuroscientists and invited them into our community of Gifted Professionals and Communicators? These questions enter my […]
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June 18, 2025
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June 18, 2025
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Don’t wait. If it calls to you, do it now. Seize the day!

Somewhere around the third chapter of your life, the story of you needs a rewrite. I didn’t see this until I turned 50. This seemed overwhelming and scary, so I called for backup. Who would understand this, and who has experience with life journey rewrites? I surrounded myself with a trusted inner […]
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May 29, 2025
Thinking man
May 29, 2025
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Critical Thinking and Systems: Why Your Way May Not Work for Me

What do we gain by naming and practicing something we’ve always done unconsciously? “Do you know what you want?”  It’s a tough question that never goes away. From others and from yourself, this question seeks a truth or satisfaction you may struggle to achieve. It comes at the start of every decision, […]
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April 19, 2025
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April 19, 2025
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Professions Facing Extinction

Legal Profession Goes First, Then Yours is Next Did you ever think the legal profession would go on the endangered species list? The extinction of a profession has been rare and not at the top of our mind. Forget the lawyer jokes. Whether or not you are a lawyer or hire lawyers, […]
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