July 30, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Critical to life, health and happiness I call it bookending. The reference to the very start and the end of every day. The actions we take to begin a day that ensure that no matter what happens during the day, we have begun well. Of course, to begin a day well is to...
July 29, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Arguing skillfully A healthy ecology includes robust debate and argument. To agree all of the time, to be in consensus, is to be entropic. To move closer to death and decay. So many of us loathe conflict. We avoid it at all costs, choosing instead to remain silent to...
July 27, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
The process of Synergy Take several seemingly brittle metals, apply serious heat, suck out the air, and you create something with enormous strength. The more heat we undergo…the harder the path, the more the adversity, the more opportunity we have of becoming...
July 24, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Invite the exiles home I remember, like most parents, the first time I looked into my newborn daughter’s eyes. I was not prepared, like most parents, for the overwhelming feelings of love. I was also stunned by the return look my daughter gave me. It was long,...
July 23, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Things I am not doing anymore The idea is to make a list of the things you are not doing anymore. Actual things, or thought patterns or responses. Want to give it a go? Here is my first round. Saying yes to meeting times that have me rushing to make it, which stresses...
July 22, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
In the details I am a big picture person. I see, with ease, the threads and connections between and within complex systems. My default is to look at the whole and not focus on the minutiae. Yet there are areas where the minutiae are all I see and hear. The little...
