March 15, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
A civilised society To be lazy is to be averse to labour, action or effort. Positive laziness is when we take needed recovery time from effort and work. Laziness as a personality trait is when we wilfully choose not to do what will support a better life. It is when we...
March 14, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Slow steady persistent As an ultra-marathon runner I know the power of slow, steady and persistent. Start at a pace that you can finish. Too hard and furious and we burn out. Too slow and we dig a hole of exhaustion. Building an enterprise, family, or community is a...
March 13, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Visionary thinking requires space One of the most essential conditions I create as a non-negotiable is white space. I aim for at least two days in my working week when my calendar is empty of appointments. I call this white space. I use this time in various ways. A...
March 12, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Fantastical is an amazing word Fantastical – So strange or extreme that it does not seem to be true or reasonable. So says the Cambridge Dictionary. We are making up new words all of the time. And sometimes they make it into renowned dictionaries. New language...
March 11, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
When we give feelings primacy For many years I was taught that my feelings are the most important element in making decisions. Our feelings are one aspect of a complex decision-making process. When we give feelings primacy over all other elements we lose our complex...
March 10, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Sustainability
A culture of helplessness In a world of victims and bullies, trauma and helplessness, we become so fragile we cannot find a finger to raise in our agency. The pendulum has swung too far towards soft. Hypersensitive and overly precious is not a way to live or build...
