August 4, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
A little theft When we rescue someone who needs to learn to rescue themselves, we enact a little theft. We take from them the opportunity to learn, grow and become self-reliant and responsible. The theft might make us feel good, as rescuing so often does. We might...
August 3, 2026 | Syntropic Contemplations weekly e-news Archives
A culture with real integrity is brutally hard to build Enron once had these words carved in marble in the lobby of their headquarters: “Integrity. Communication. Respect. Excellence.” Marble. Not a poster. Not a value statement buried on page nine of the...
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...
