September 10, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
To be wealthy, accumulate all those things that money can’t buy At some stage in life accumulation of more things begins to feel empty of joy. It dawns on us that happiness doesn’t exist in manufactured matter far removed from animating life. We walk through our...
September 9, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
A problem that can be solved with money is not really a problem This quote by Kevin Kelly is worth considering. I used to think in my younger years that lack of money was always the problem. And it is true when you do not have money, when you are in constant...
September 8, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Our way of thinking about problems might be the problem Our education system, our career guides, the way we do business and our life training has us think in silos and parts. Our default is parts – seeing only the part and not the whole. We are trained to be...
September 7, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Bucky Fuller-Critical Path, Current Affairs, Future of Business, Syntropic Enterprise
Incremental versus transformational change Change is the constant. Incrementally my body is undergoing change as I age. No one gets off that journey. I can invest in a healthy lifestyle, movement, strength training, vital food and an open heart and mind to prevent...
September 6, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Become the qualities we want to see in the world First, we must know the qualities we want to see. For me, they are integrity, respect, stewardship, care, comprehensive consideration, humility, joy, beauty, open-mindedness, vitality, responsibility and love. I might...
September 5, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
It’s not fair So often it is not fair. Those who have profited from centuries of industrialisation, capitalism and colonisation are the ones least affected by climate change, while those who suffered through colonisation are paying the biggest price in every way. ...