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...
October 18, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
What we say yes to Do you know where the line is? That one that when you cross it you know you have done something that violates your own code? Do you know the feel, taste, touch and thought of that violation? Is it so familiar to you that your spidery senses are...
October 16, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Collusion The path to sabotage and treachery begins with collusion – when we conspire with or play with others in fraud and deception. Collusion often begins with a simple act of silence. By not naming the small lie or deception we become a party to it through...
September 27, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Seek the third If we find ourselves in an argument – back and forth, back and forth – we can insist on our position remaining, or we can seek a third position that is not ours, not the person we are arguing with but a combination of them both, or even, if...