February 26, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Future of Business
Another leap When we arrived at the airport to catch our flight to New Zealand, we found out that the company we were flying with didn’t accept the length of the surfboards we had brought with us. Even though we had paid for oversized luggage when we booked. Even...
February 25, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Dizzy with beauty Our New Zealand adventure is unscripted. Go where the ocean is likely to have waves. Follow the swell. So far we have not surfed, but the forecast is looking good. This is what happens when your sport is fully dependent on weather. Patience learned....
February 24, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
All the bumps I am writing from the only shop in Piha on the West Coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The ocean is wild. Too wild for surfing. But the locals say if we head north and east, which was the plan, we would find an almost empty beach with perfect...
February 23, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Counting perfect days Our society has an obsession with perfection at the individual level. Perfect body, hair, skin, bank account…name your addiction. Yet perfection never happens when we have everything perfect. It happens when the whole is perfect, and the whole is...
February 22, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Stability in chaos If we are to design a spaceship to get from Earth to the Moon and back, we need to design a spaceship that can withstand extraordinary, unforeseen chaos. When the world is stable, and life ho-hum’s along, it is easy to assume this is how it will...
February 21, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The full measure of moral courage To be committed to higher principles like integrity, truth, trust, dignity, respect, justice for all, kindness, all-care, non-exploitation, becomes an act of moral courage. Not words, but actions. To live your principles in all...
