July 21, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability, Syntropic Enterprise
Embrace the mystery A wonderful teacher advised me…embrace the mystery. This life of ours is a mystery. We try to order it…to have it be shaped in our image. Wisdom teaches us that this is a fool’s errand. It was never ours to shape. Rather, the path is one of...
July 21, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
What to do when your business crashes and you lose it all. Stage 7 (of 7) Reinvention At this stage, who you are is profoundly different. The world looks different in your eyes. Things that you used to sweat over no longer trouble you. There is a sense of infinite...
July 18, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
MH17, Gaza, Microsoft. Its time to change I am at the end of a seven-stage series on how to deal with the loss of a business. For today, July 18th 2014 (Australian time), this last piece will have to wait. I started Syntropic World because I believe beyond question...
July 17, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
What to do when your business crashes and you lose it all. Stage 6 (of 7) Emergence Anything worth doing well goes through a period of deep consideration. To grow a beautiful garden, prepare the soil well. To create a remarkable space for an event, cover every little...
July 16, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
What to do when your business crashes and you lose it all. Stage 5 (of 7) Silence You have reached rock bottom. You are able to speak about your crash/loss without shame and guilt, bringing humility and compassion to the story. Now you enter a stage of silence. All...
July 15, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
What to do when your business crashes and you lose it all. Part 4 (of 7) Rock bottom It may feel like you have hit rock bottom from Day 1 when you first lose your business. Rarely is this the case. What you are experiencing at that time is simply the first stage of...
