February 11, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Maintaining a grounded response I have just spent four days in my version of a health spa. By the beach. In a National Park. No hot water. (It is summer here.) Three hours of surfing a day – arms so tired I could hardly lift them. Back and neck stiff from...
February 10, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Humility is very good medicine My learn-to-surf adventure continues. At a snail’s pace. Despite my almost daily commitment to be in the water. Learning to read waves is one part of the giant puzzle. Even if you surf the same break, the conditions are never the...
February 5, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Loss is the forge of character Is the trigger for change. We lose something. A piece of the puzzle of our existence is gone. A role, job, home, love, friend, beloved, our health – or even more esoteric, a tightly held belief. At the existential level, we might...
February 2, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The art of being offensive If you are not willing to offend people, then perhaps it is better for you to hide under a rock and accept everything that comes your way. If you choose this path, then you have no right to complain. Complaining from the stalls while doing...
February 1, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Ah, but can you say you made a mistake? A person with great character will own their mistakes publicly. A person with a small or non-existent character cannot or will not ever admit mistakes, choosing instead to pretend perfection. Or to blame everyone else. To be...
January 27, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
I am in despair I find it incomprehensible that a child born, no matter the pigment of their skin, the endless possibilities of their skills, gender expressions, abilities and background, is considered an abomination by anyone. The miracle of life, still beyond the...
