August 3, 2026 | Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Syntropic Contemplations weekly e-news Archives
Staying in the question Imagine you are walking down a path towards a goal, very focused, clear on your intent, and all of a sudden, completely unexpectedly, you hit a major speed bump, or even a mountain. This mountain is right in your path. It is not supposed to be...
August 3, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
When we give away our agency For the last few months, my learn-to-surf journey has taken a downward turn. For no apparent reason. As someone with a lifetime habit of looking at all aspects of my life without separation, I have found my daily sport to be a place of...
July 31, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
No one completes us My first relationship lasted seven years, from age 14 to 21. I dated the equivalent of the high school jock. The cool guy. I was the nerd, buried deep into books and study and getting top scores in exams. He was the player, the party boy. I have no...
July 30, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Critical to life, health and happiness I call it bookending. The reference to the very start and the end of every day. The actions we take to begin a day that ensure that no matter what happens during the day, we have begun well. Of course, to begin a day well is to...
July 29, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Arguing skillfully A healthy ecology includes robust debate and argument. To agree all of the time, to be in consensus, is to be entropic. To move closer to death and decay. So many of us loathe conflict. We avoid it at all costs, choosing instead to remain silent to...