May 4, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Generative To create, to beget offspring. From the same root as generous. Choose…to bring more…leave more…leave things better…than when you arrived. If you have nothing physical to give, then give your light, which has an infinite supply. Levity, grace, kindness. Or...
May 3, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
A Game of Perspective Pick a spot. Stand and look to the horizon. The unknown future. Sense it. Does it feel impossible? Does it excite you? Or terrify? Is it beautiful? Does it entice? Notice the distance…far far…or closing in. Pause. Take a breath. Step into that...
May 2, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
How Love Speaks Often in strange ways. For many, the ability to drop into the fullness of our emotional scale is terrifying. Instead of the many keys on a piano, the white and dark, we might be limited to 3 or 4. This is a result of our culture, our upbringing, our...
May 1, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice
On Surplus ..when we have extra, more than enough. When we have more than enough of something, be that time, energy, money, love, things, knowledge… Perhaps we might make our surplus useful to those who may not have enough. Stagnation and idle accumulation do not...
April 30, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Future of Business
Zero Exploitation In its original use, to exploit was to achieve and accomplish. In the 1830s the word exploit began to be associated with selfish use of humans, particularly in slavery. We might consider the word a template of human development. There are few...
April 29, 2019 | Beauty of Beginnings, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Create the way It appears hopeless. Whatever the wall, the obstacle, the rules, the box. Plant your feet on the ground, flesh to earth. Stand tall, back straight, shoulders back. The birth of the never-been-done-before is a commitment to the question that has never...