Olive’s 5 Tips for Developing and Protecting The Inner Bottom Line®

Olive’s 5 Tips for Developing and Protecting The Inner Bottom Line®

September 30th, 2012 • no comments

The Inner Bottom Line® operates from the premise that the value of our lives is determined by the choices we make.

Every moment of our lives is filled with hundreds of choices, from small, trivial ones like “what should I wear, do I want a blueberry or walnut muffin, or which street should I take” to momentous moments such as “what I should I say when I get there or do I stay in this relationship or bail?” Given the pressure and desire to make the best possible choice, it can sometimes seem overwhelming to tackle, and too much pondering can leave us stuck.

Here are 5 tips for developing and protecting The Inner Bottom Line that will lead to the best decision—every time!

Executive and Life Coach Olive Gallagher

Executive and Life Coach Olive Gallagher

1. Clarify the real issue.

2. Ask what’s at stake.

3. Figure out who’s in control.

4. Acknowledge how long this problem has been going on.

5. Determine how much this is going to cost you to resolve – in time, money, and emotional treasure.

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Tune into The Inner Bottom Line on blogtalkradio to listen and ask Olive about your ethical dilemmas and personal choices.

More tips and information can be found in Olive’s book, The Nude Ethicist: A Simple Path to The Good Life available in Kindle and audio as well as hard cover at amazon.com.

Tags: Career/Workplace Issues, Executive Coach, Leadership, Life Coach, Making Good Choices, Personal Accountability, Relationship Coach, Respectful Relationships, Setting Boundaries, The Inner Bottom Line

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“The Inner Bottom Line” episodes on Blog Talk Radio

Check out thirty of Olive's past radio shows on Blog Talk Radio. Two of the more recent interview shows you might want to catch: The November 30, 2018 broadcast featuring Deborah High and her work with Wildlife Act in Africa. Deborah has spent the past two years volunteering and will be returning again in June, 2019. On the show, she shares her incredible and inspiring insights and experience. And don't miss the return appearance on the December 4, 2018 show by Faith Maloney, one of the amazing co-founders of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Faith shares some of her extraordinary stories about their successful but ongoing global efforts to establish no-kill shelters and provide forever homes for all kinds of animals at the sanctuary in Knaube, UT.

Who is Olive Gallagher?

Olive's book on The Inner Bottom Line®, "A Simple Path to The Good Life™," was published in 2004. She initially created, produced and hosted "The Inner Bottom Line®" as an award-winning Los Angeles-based television interview show that ran from 1988-1991, then transformed it into a nationally syndicated column that ran from 1996 - 2014, last contributing as the national ethics columnist on examiner.com. She holds a BA in Humanities from Case Western Reserve and earned an MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute, where her thesis film won a Sloan award. Along with Personal Best, Olive has founded four other companies.