June 6, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Constraints are the field of creativity “Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work.” Gustave Flaubert For so long I resisted self-discipline. I wanted freedom. I wanted to feel I could do anything I wanted, when I wanted....
June 5, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Truth and Reconciliation One of the wonderful actions I admired in post-apartheid South Africa was the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Context creates bad behaviour. People do terrible things under the influence of culture, alcohol, or tribal/goup consensus. I...
June 4, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Rightfully relegated to a small place in the Universe I was reading an article by a publication I admire, and they mentioned someone from my past. (Nearly thirty years ago) This person fits a typical stereotype – white male, seen as super successful by certain...
June 3, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Bad anger good anger The energy of maintaining bad anger is all-consuming. Something you do not realise until you let it go. If you can. Projected blind anger, anger that refuses to listen. Anger baked in superiority. Anger projected to such a degree that in its...
June 2, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Little atrocities beget big atrocities Yesterday in Australia, a man decorated as a war hero lost his defamation case against investigative journalism accusing him of horrendous war crimes. The judge said that the accusations had been thoroughly reported and most of...
June 1, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Ask for the impossible Ask. For help. For support. To be held. For feedback. Failure to ask is a form of rejection. People want to participate. To give. Be included. If you are that nervous about asking, give the person you are asking easy permission to say no to the...
