September 23, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development
Triggers and reactions There has to be a fractal pattern within us in order for words or actions to trigger a response or reaction. Our lizard instinct kicks in – developed over years of defence and protection. We strikeout. Put up walls. Harden ourselves. To no...
September 22, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Everyone lives downstream To realise this, to know that what I throw away – be that words, rubbish, clothing, chemicals – goes to my neighbour. I am your neighbour. The fish are my neighbour. The birds, my neighbours. You are my neighbour. If we say it...
September 21, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Treat others as you wish to be treated yourself It is a simple statement. Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. If we unpack this statement it says something that is incredibly inconvenient to many of us. To honour this statement means we become...
September 20, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
No mistakes Listening to the audiobook, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (exquisite) while reading Peter Kingsley’s just released, The Book of Life, (challenging) writing this with the ocean as my view, sitting beside my love whom I met where I write…...
September 19, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Bucky Fuller-Critical Path, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Serve self and the short-term, or others and the long-term? Serve self, serve the short-term. Or serve others, serve the long-term. The principle of precession, where nature’s side effect is often the main effect, where a honey-gathering bee accidentally...
September 18, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Bucky Fuller-Critical Path, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Receiving gifts as an act of syntropy The light from the sun, offered freely. Clean air. Water to drink. The beauty of birds singing. The cool breeze. All gifts. When we forget the gifts of our beautiful home planet, when we put a paywall between them and our...