November 6, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Let us learn, again and again, to Dare to Care David Graeber said the moment we think we cannot talk to another human being is the moment we have decided they are no longer human. I think about this as I watch people speaking of other humans as animals. In this...
November 4, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Standards and expectations High standards are not the same as having high expectations. An expectation is a future event. A standard is a way of being. My standard is to be rigorous with my honesty, to act with integrity, and be as precise as possible with my words....
October 15, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Another lesson in enough Yesterday I was in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, one of the many great wine-producing regions of Australia. I was there to speak on leadership to a group of about thirty top-performing agents. After so many years I am still learning that...
October 10, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
Telling the truth sets you apart Against an endless sea of lies. People telling lies knowing they are telling lies and people listening knowing they are lies, but no matter, the liar is more important than the lie. And then the lie becomes a virus and spreads,...
October 9, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Syntropic Enterprise
A True Coalition A true coalition is one that brings together and unites. It is not a quid pro quo, where we trade back-scratching. You violate your principles over there and I will violate my principles over here. A healthy coalition is based on Principles that...
October 8, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
Hypocrisy From hypo- “under” (see hypo-) + middle voice of krinein “to sift, decide” c. 1200, ipocrisie, “the sin of pretending to virtue or goodness,” From Etymology Online Pretending good or virtue. The practice of claiming to have...
