July 15, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The value of one small step repeated every day As a marathon runner, I know the value of the next small step. And then the next. And the next. Eventually, you will have stepped 42.275kms. Almost anyone can do this. The question is always… how long will it take?...
July 9, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Where do you go at 2:23AM when you cannot sleep? It’s at this time that the cold hand of our deepest questions rise up, unasked for. No matter how we try to suppress it, there you are, awake. Facing the soul yearning that will not yield to a diet of more work,...
July 8, 2013 | Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
On endurance, starting a business and running a marathon Yesterday I ran my 9th Gold Coast Marathon, and about my 20th marathon in total. There is no easy way to run a marathon. It is a test for anyone who shows up at the start line. A marathon has a mythic quality to...
July 5, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
The greater conversation. Living on the edge No one knows what will happen in the next second. It is in the second that life changes forever. We say yes. Or no. A phone call comes. Someone dies. Someone is born. Something precious breaks. Living on the very edge, the...
July 2, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Pick Yourself. Again. And then again Its the old story. Wanting to be picked. For the sports team, the school play. For your work. For the job. As we get older the stakes seem to get higher. Especially when we pour our heart and soul into our art, and then put it out...
July 1, 2013 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Remembering how to be human, finding our coherence in work, life and play Multitasking is not a good idea. There is no ability to do anything with care and attention when we multitask. Yet our lives often pull us in multiple directions simultaneously. We feel...
