March 6, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
A new order of things “Is nothing more difficult nor more doubtful of success nor more dangerous to conduct than to make oneself a leader in introducing a new order of things. For the man/woman who introduces it has for enemies all who do well out of the old...
March 5, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
Speaking differently We know more of the same gets more of the same. Yet we do more of the same. Someone said this was a definition of insanity. Or foolishness. Cultural change happens when we stop arguing well and start speaking differently, particularly in a world...
March 4, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Endurance Sport, Personal Development
Reconciling aging and fitness You will find me out doing hard physical exercise seven mornings a week, well before dawn. This habit built over 35 years. At least twice a week, I am in the pool, swimming laps with a squad. Currently, I am struggling to make peace with...
March 3, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Both ways We cannot ask for honesty when we lie. Respect when we treat others with disrespect. Cry for freedom from hate while we rage against certain types of people. Love as a principle, be that a moral, ethical or religious principle, cannot be dissected into...
March 2, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Honest millions Reading about how so much of wealth is made – I seriously wonder if there is any such thing as an honest multi-millionaire. I am pretty sure there are near zero honest billionaires. Maybe Taylor Swift, which is ironic, given how much she is hated...
March 1, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Shining light on others In a recent conversation with a brilliant woman, she said she receives little external acknowledgement and validation of her work and being. In the Dare to Care program, I teach the art of acknowledging others. I begin with the question, who...