December 19, 2020 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
All plans of mice and men If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that plans are OK, but the moment we become attached to them working as we expected, the plan owns us. When a plan owns us, when our expectations are entangled with the plan unfolding as we want it, then...
December 17, 2020 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
An ode to rest One of the key elements of steward leadership is holding the shape and space for that which you are stewarding. While this appears to be a passive role, it is entirely active, requiring deep intentionality, clarity of mind, constant scanning of the...
December 15, 2020 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
A personal letter of gratitude and love to close 2020 2020 has been one of my best years. If not my best year. I say this without any form of hubris. Humility and gratitude have been my daily bath. Gratitude of dimensions unable to be squeezed into a sentence, even a...
December 15, 2020 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
I found myself asking this question yesterday Do the elected leaders of my country, Australia, the USA, and the UK, actually want democracy? There is a form of capitalism that sees any restraint on accumulation of capital, be that through taxes, regulation, public...
December 13, 2020 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Between the wild and tamed Twenty four hours ago I was in the ocean, catching waves, the ocean calm, the waves taking their time to arrive. Today its is wild. It would take any human entering its domain and suck them to eternity. I remember when I was about 8 years...
December 12, 2020 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The World’s Richest Failed Country The United States is often touted as the world’s richest/wealthiest country. I am not sure how this is measured, or who does the measuring. It brings into question what is rich? What is wealth? Many countries have been paying their...
