May 2, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Don’t aim to be the best be the only Don’t aim to be the best, be the only, is a quote from the remarkable Kevin Kelly. I learned to live this quote the hard way. For most of my life I tried to be a carbon copy of someone else. Or a facsimile of many others smushed...
April 30, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Losing our agency is a choice only we can make I read the news this morning about another mass shooting in the USA. Another tragedy. Yet what I feel as an observer of the country that self-proclaims greatness is frustration. When, oh when, will it be enough? Enough...
April 29, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
I learn from my mentor the ocean Standing this morning meters away from one of the world’s most famous surf breaks, Snapper Rocks, I could feel the power of the ocean. Boom. Against the rocks. Over and over. It was breathtaking. The ocean is my mentor. Some days she...
April 28, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Do what matters most first There is no right or wrong way to create a to-do list, or make time in a calendar. There is only a way that works for you. No matter which method you use to record action items, the most important element is to put first things first. Know...
April 27, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
What we love Consider the people and things and places you love. The activities you participate in, the time you spend doing something. What we love and care about the most tells us more about ourselves than we even realise. In our love, in our spontaneous giving from...
April 26, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Doing work that is valued Oh, the list! It feels like it has one thousand things on it to do. Always behind, always trying to catch up. We confuse being busy with offering real value. It is not about doing more work. It is about doing work that is valued. What do...
