April 11, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
A melange and bricolage of thoughts Today, I received the draft ideas for the layout of my first book, Beauty of Beginnings. After six years and three months of daily writing, a collection of these contemplations is on the journey to publication. The layout has been...
April 10, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Out of my comfort zone It is such a beautiful morning. For the first time this year, the temperature dropped, and a touch of winter was evident. Blessed relief after a horrid, humid summer. My partner is recovering from surgery, unable to surf for six weeks. I go...
April 9, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The Tyranny of Structurelessness The absolute rule of cruelty, where rules are for the ruled, never for the tyrant. Or where there is a perception that structure and regulations inhibit freedom. Power wants to do whatever the hell they like when they like it. If we...
April 8, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Arrogance I know you well. “disposed to give oneself undue importance, aggressively haughty” Arrogance is expressed in so many different ways. Intellectual arrogance is a superiority of knowledge and intellectual ability. It is a weapon used against those who...
April 7, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Reconcile our history face our present The ocean temperature is set to summer, even though in the Southern Hemisphere, we are well into autumn. Today, the weather is wet, wild, and still too warm. The last few days were another round of supporting my partner through...
April 6, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The world needs this type of role model I met with a wonderful human yesterday, a rare combination of highly trained special forces military and incredibly evident humanity. In a world where the bro club of testosterone-fuelled displaced masculinity still rules, I...
