December 27, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Intimacy in relationship requires profound sharing When we hold back what we are thinking, feeling and sensing in a relationship that matters to us we simultaneously fail to gift the other the opportunity to partner with us. Often times we do this because we might not...
December 11, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
Dangerous Words Words create culture. We create words, speaking them again and again until they become culture. The culture we have is the culture we agreed to. This truth is both depressing and liberating. Depressing because if we want to change the culture we need...
December 9, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
I can’t do that! I won’t do that. I do not feel confident to do that. You are asking me to do something that is against my principles. I will not be able to give this action my wholehearted attention. This request is not aligned with the projects I am working on. I do...
December 2, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication
Precision of words Like complexity on the other side of simplicity, to be precise in our words, and specifically in our requests, can take considerable effort – the work required to reach clarity. What exactly are you feeling? Or asking for? Why does it matter?...
November 12, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
A cascade of foolishness “The slightest deviation from truth is multiplied a thousand-fold.” Aristotle Building an enterprise where it is safe to speak truth at the earliest instance is critical. If we allow lies and mistakes to go unchecked, if we shame and blame...
November 6, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
I do not fit in I wonder if anyone in their younger years feels like they fit in. I certainly didn’t feel like I was part of the tribe or in-group. This feeling of being an outsider drives us to find places to belong. If our self-identity is fragile, we become easy...