August 24, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
On the question of personal power and surrogacy In the award-winning but chilling movie, No Country for Old Men, there is a scene between the psychopath Anton and a woman called Carla Jean, an innocent bystander. If you have not seen the movie, Anton Chigurh kills...
July 11, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Endurance Sport, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
On a Sunday morning run It was freezing. Well, freezing for us from the Sunshine State of Queensland. About 6 C (42F). Our homes are built for the heat, so in winter they are often cold, and we do not use heating. Getting out of bed in winter on a cold, dark Sunday is...
July 4, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Endurance Sport, Personal Development
Gold Coast Marathon 2011 I have lost count, but counting is not that important. I am heading to 20 marathons in total, which have included New York (twice), Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Big Sur, Sydney (pre-Olympic, and on the actual Sydney Olympic Marathon Course), a...
June 30, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Who’s to Blame? Hmm-let’s start with the man in the mirror How did we get to this place? The place where the first response to anything we don’t like is to find someone or something to blame. Our complete abdication of any form of responsibility makes me...
June 5, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Silence is the new loud A few weeks ago, I wrote about getting back to basics. Part of that was to spend 10 minutes every morning and evening in silence. Not necessarily meditation, although it may be, not always prayer, although that may be there, not even...
May 22, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Practicing Commitments There has not been much written of late by yours truly. That is not to say that there has not been much going on, or even too much going on to find time to write. There just hasn’t felt like there has been anything to say. I have been struggling...
