October 28, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Can you teach someone to become an entrepreneur and other ruminations on entrepreneurship It’s not about entrepreneurial skills or processes. These can be taught. Entrepreneurship is a way of being. Entrepreneurs see the world as a giant playpen with unlimited...
October 25, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Decisive, Clarity, Intention – critical for leadership Get clear. Speak. If you are not clear, find someone who can help you get clear. If you don’t have time to do this, at least have the respect for the other party to let them know you are not clear. Be...
October 24, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Future of Business, Syntropic Enterprise
The myth about work. Take a walk in the park Does walking in the park look like work? Writing in your journal? Washing your car? Sitting in silence and tuning into your business, or your clients, or your suppliers? Doing the hard work of self-awareness and inner...
October 23, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
If you don’t ask the answer is no. How to ask for what you want If you don’t ask the answer is no. Ask. Certainly approach the ask from a win-win-win. Not a me me me. Why are we afraid of asking? What is the worst that can happen? They may say no? Or is it...
October 22, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
When to go hard and when to step back – in business, sport, life As a long-distance runner with decades of experience, I have learned, often the hard way, the difference between the times to go hard and bust through thresholds and the times to take a back seat,...