August 20, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Growing older is not the closing act. It is the opening All those insecurities. All the doubts. What will people think if I say this, do that or wear this? Self-persecution. On endless repeat. All that worry, and life passes by. So fast you do not notice. Until you...
August 17, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Failing well and often From the moment we are born till our last breath, we are inculcated with the glorious stories of success. We are taught early that you are either right or wrong, and being wrong is very bad. So bad in fact, that it is often not worth the risk of...
August 16, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Really important conversations are not safe The Bendigo Writers Festival, to take place this weekend, has faced intense criticism for its late request for a code of conduct, which authors believe would restrict their ability to exercise free speech. 48 Participants...
August 15, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Bucky Fuller-Critical Path, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Oftentimes simple is beautiful Example #1: The diet/food industry. A nightmare of opinions. One day, bananas are good for you, the next, they are bad for you. However, the rules for eating are generally very easy. 1. Eat real food. (If it is in a package, box, tin,...
August 14, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Overcoming rejection Some time ago, I was sitting with my mentor, and he said that I had to get over my fear of rejection. This fear, he had observed, was what was stopping me from having everything I desired. I knew he was right. Rejection is situational. I have no...
August 13, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
I had to let go to see What is my relationship to the unknown? How comfortable am I sitting on the precipice of the emergent? Am I able to stand in the tension of uncertainty? And if so, for how long? How much is my life trapped by an identity that no longer fits? I...
