October 23, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
If you don’t ask the answer is no. How to ask for what you want If you don’t ask the answer is no. Ask. Certainly approach the ask from a win-win-win. Not a me me me. Why are we afraid of asking? What is the worst that can happen? They may say no? Or is it...
October 22, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
When to go hard and when to step back – in business, sport, life As a long-distance runner with decades of experience, I have learned, often the hard way, the difference between the times to go hard and bust through thresholds and the times to take a back seat,...
October 21, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Distinguishing noise from desire. And why desire matters in building business as unusual We live in a noisy world, bombarded by thousands of things and people seeking our attention. Buy this, eat that, do this, be that, go here, stay there, read this, watch this, buy...
October 18, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Work Life Balance. Let’s dispense with the BS There has been a lot of noise about work life balance. What it is, how to achieve it. Most of it is just noise designed to distract you from the real issue. If you work at something you love, something that gives you...
October 17, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Lighten up; the serious work of screwing business as usual There is serious work to be done in the world. We are rewriting the rulebook for business as usual. Yet what we don’t want is more factory humans. Cold steel and anti-life work environments. Doing work...
October 16, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Handling overwhelm. 7 foolproof steps. Unless you are addicted to the adrenaline rush You know the feeling. A list a mile long and 5 minutes to complete everything on the list. Or…so much to do and some actions are way out of your skill and comfort zone. Head...
