December 4, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Syntropic Enterprise
Skills needed I am not optimistic about the short-term future. The next ten or so years. I believe we humans have pushed the limits. We have gorged ourselves on excess, become bloated with arrogance, and clogged the lifeblood of our system with lies, corruption, greed...
November 27, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
Why do we need new language Words create worlds. When the world we have needs to be re-created, when many of us aspire to ensure our beautiful world continues to exist for humans and all creatures, then we need new language. My intuition says in many cases we are not...
November 16, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Syntropic Enterprise
Earning trust You cannot force trust. Even requesting trust without relationship is premature. Instead. Be your word. Do what you say. If you make a mistake, own it all. Manage expectations really well. If you have made a promise and discover you cannot keep it,...
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...
