September 22, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development
Really choosing versus half assed Choosing in your marrow is very different from choosing half-assed. The difference lies in the micro spaces. The small details. Taking action that others don’t. Going the extra. That last 1%, or .099%. To really make a choice to...
September 17, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
How success can kill entrepreneurship – in 7 days Day 1. You start. High risk. Nothing to lose. Give it all. Live on the edge…creativity abounds. Figure out how to make it work with few if any, resources. Day 2. Like the “Little train that...
September 16, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Reflections on risk, life, edges – the entrepreneurial imperative In my morning run, I was listening to a Jonathan Fields Good Life Project podcast. (Highly recommended) The guest was saying how he was a graduate of Harvard, Class of 1968. And that they had...
September 15, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Cultivating Synchronicity in Business I was at an event hosted by a client a few weeks ago, and one of the speakers said, “We are an industry that believes in magic. Magic is an illusion.” And in a world of straight lines (no such thing) and 5-year...
September 11, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Living on Spaceship Earth, Cyrus the Great, global tolerance while doing no harm Imagine your home has a blocked toilet, and raw sewerage is overflowing onto the bathroom floor. How many hours would you tolerate this before you took very decisive action?...
September 9, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
If we lose the conversation with ourselves, then we are lost If we lose the conversation with ourselves, the opportunity to be still, quiet. To not do. To not have deadlines. To not have mountains to climb, places to go and people to meet…if we lose this...