December 20, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Learning from the Mistress “Nature is the source of all true knowledge”. Leonardo da Vinci “We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.” Albert Einstein We walk on her without care. We extract from her endlessly. Cut her trees...
December 19, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
I was wrong I made a mistake. I apologise. Simple words. Hard to speak. The problem with a world where lies are the currency of power is that to admit a mistake is distrusted, even if it is sincere. Not only distrusted, but ridiculed. That is the order of cynicism...
December 18, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
One person’s freedom cannot mean the suppression of another This is the aspiration I hold. Yet within this statement lives the tangle of understanding that freedom that doesn’t take away the freedom of others is never about taking. It is always about partnering....
December 17, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Small actions repeated It takes an average of 40,000 steps to run a marathon. 42.175 kilometres. At the start of a marathon, you do not think about 40,000 steps. Or 42.175 KM. You think about the next step. Or the first kilometre. All great things are built by...
December 16, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
We can’t talk about that Next weekend, I will have a house full of family, both my family and Tony’s. To keep the peace, I have strong boundaries around subject matters that may be discussed. This is because, within my family, there are world views poles apart....
December 15, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
Seven tools for responding to sensitive geopolitical issues Last night we wrapped up the Dare to Care Workshop. There was a robust conversation, something I adore, about gradients of truth when dealing with hyper-sensitive geopolitical issues. You might find the...
