January 12, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Intellectual Humility There can be great delight in a robust debate, where there is a willingness to consider opposing arguments and where each party is open to consider that their strongly held position may be in need of an upgrade. It is hard to admit that we might...
January 11, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Real value To be worth something. Like beauty, value is in the experience of the exchange. Our current economy has conflated value to extraction and accumulation. How much we have accumulated, how much we have sucked up from the economy without giving value to others,...
January 10, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The Gravity of the Battle Means Nothing to Those Who Are at Peace Occasionally, words spoken on a podcast or audiobook literally stop me in my tracks on my morning run. Mo Gawdat spoke these words that were tattooed onto his son, while narrating his wonderful book,...
January 9, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Metamorphosis A transformation, to transform. An alchemical process. The process is never easy. In distinction to an adjustment, or a rearrangement, metamorphosis occurs to the entire organism, leaving no part untouched. The caterpillar to the butterfly, the babe in...
January 8, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
The heart of a pioneer Pioneering is a mix of love of adventure, awareness of risk, preparedness for risk, and delight in the unknown. Being on the edge of emergence, right on the threshold of the unknown, trusting that everything will be there at the right time, is...
