March 17, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Not thinking seeds the space for excellent thinking Once upon a time I was always on – always in work mode. Driven. Obsessive. My mind working, even as I slept. The rush of adrenaline, the surge of dopamine. It felt powerful. A drug of choice of the dominant...
March 12, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
I celebrate my fierce More than once, I have been invited to consider that I speak only of love and beauty in my writings. A few quotes frame my position. (There are many more, but these ones have been with me for a long time.) This one from Kahlil Gibran But if in...
March 6, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Hand wringing and hoping for better I was out at dawn this morning, walking beachside as the winds from Cyclone Alfred practised their warm-up routine. The streets were quiet. No one was in the surf. Not even the pros who have flown in from around the world to catch...
March 5, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Sustainability
The house comes tumbling down My community knows floods. Only three years ago, whole townships and communities went underwater. But we do not know cyclonic winds that last for hours and hours. About 6 weeks ago, a short gust, lasting less than 5 minutes, swept...
March 3, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Selective outrage The tricky thing about principles and integrity is that they need to be practised in all cases at all times. Situational convenience doesn’t work. Turning a blind eye because it is convenient is turning a blind eye to things your principles and...
March 2, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Do you agree with me? I hope you do not agree with me all the time. I hope there are things I write and say that have you pause. And question. How do I feel about that? Part of my work is to challenge perceptions. To expand questions. I write to expand my own...
