September 28, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Tracking energy flow This morning I went for a surf. The waves were all over the place, here, there, inconsistent. It was like trying to read a map while riding a downhill mountain bike. I did manage to catch a great wave. It was luck and timing. Certainly not skill...
September 22, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
No one can take our power away Many of us have a warped relationship to power. We have difficulty naming our power, which is always available, yet rarely recognised. We see those who are actually wielding force as being powerful. Does brute strength or welding...
September 20, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Never stop challenging your own beliefs Remember when you believed in the tooth fairy and Santa Claus. Do you remember how you believed with absolute conviction? Remember how this belief was reinforced by ritual, your trusted parents, and culture? What changed your...
September 19, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Open mind open heart Consider a decision you are making. Pause. Ask yourself, if you dare, how open is your mind is to the whole field of this decision. Is it closed completely, is there a window of possibility that you could change your mind? If not, if you are...
September 17, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Sustainability, Syntropic Enterprise
The comfort of routine and the shape of change I love creating containers in which to play, create, build and live. A structure that is robust enough to provide a sense of safety, integrity and self and other respect, yet porous enough to allow breathing. A morning...
September 16, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Paddling against the current This morning, I had a literal lesson in paddling against the current. Surfing at Kirra Beach. It was frustrating. Hard. I used too much energy. And essentially, I didn’t get anywhere. On the positive side, it was good for my paddling...