December 17, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
I invite you to ask this question This time of year is a time of transitions and threshold crossings. I am a big fan of threshold crossings. Be that the daily small. From night to morning. A chance every day to begin again. From one surf session to the next. Or the...
December 13, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Luxury in our times I was awake very early, just after 3 AM. No alarm. I rarely use an alarm. At the gym by 3:30. I took this photo of the sunrise at 4:15 AM. Then I went for a 6 km run and had a swim in the ocean to cool down. For some, this type of morning might...
December 9, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Take your stand superwomen I was listening to a friend who has raised two children as an almost single mother, held an amazing career, and been a good daughter, sister and daughter-in-law, deny any association with being a superwoman. I like humility. I respect it as...
December 8, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
One sweet moment of time I can hear the cicada orchestra as I write. Ever present in the summer months. Associated with heat. The breeze is blowing strong northerly. This means no waves to catch. The kookaburras have been fed. They are taking food for two or three...
December 6, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
My theory of systems change 1. Understand the system. Few people actually take the time to do this. 2. Get comfortable and familiar with complexity as a priority. Complexity is complex. Therefore challenging. Our default is to revert to simplicity or reductionism....
December 5, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Clarity leads to power Lost and confused, our minds fall down into a spiral that can become self-generating, keeping us trapped. Confusion begets confusion. Similarly, when we are feeling overwhelmed. Too much going on, a million thoughts bouncing around seeking our...
