April 8, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Learn to love what you have been taught to fear “Learn to love what you’ve been taught to fear.” Felix Baumgartner That quote came into my inbox overnight. I usually delete them quickly, but this one needed pondering. Our fears are such funny things, as they...
April 7, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The link between Great, great leadership and death The leaders the world remembers as figures who lead change in deeply entrenched systems, such as slavery, an India free from British rule, an America where all people are equal, or South Africa free from apartheid,...
April 1, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The art of non doing – scheduling whimsical time to increase productivity We live in a society that values doing. Action. Go hard. Busy. Busy. Busy. Focus. Clear intention. Manage schedule. A gazillion emails. Calls. People asking for their pound of flesh. Even...
March 31, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Future of Business, Syntropic Enterprise
The price of disconnection from the source of productivity The further we are away from the source, the more disconnected we are. And the more disconnected we are, the higher the price…in all domains. Take food…most of us now buy it from a supermarket. It...
March 28, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
Part 5. There is a difference between monetary debt and monetary credit. Do you know what it is? In Part 3, I raised the example of a friend or family member lending you money (or time), coming from a place of deeply caring about you, wanting to support you, and...
March 27, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Syntropic Enterprise
Part 4. Debt – what to do when you are shamed by debt If you have debt shame, then you are not alone. Take me into any cafe in any city in the Western world, and if we asked the question, “Who has debt and who has shame about that?” I would guarantee...
