March 14, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Slow steady persistent As an ultra-marathon runner I know the power of slow, steady and persistent. Start at a pace that you can finish. Too hard and furious and we burn out. Too slow and we dig a hole of exhaustion. Building an enterprise, family, or community is a...
March 13, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Visionary thinking requires space One of the most essential conditions I create as a non-negotiable is white space. I aim for at least two days in my working week when my calendar is empty of appointments. I call this white space. I use this time in various ways. A...
March 11, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
When we give feelings primacy For many years I was taught that my feelings are the most important element in making decisions. Our feelings are one aspect of a complex decision-making process. When we give feelings primacy over all other elements we lose our complex...
March 10, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Sustainability
A culture of helplessness In a world of victims and bullies, trauma and helplessness, we become so fragile we cannot find a finger to raise in our agency. The pendulum has swung too far towards soft. Hypersensitive and overly precious is not a way to live or build...
March 9, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Even the hardest of news gifts us a choice It is the way of things. With a few words, everything changes. For better. Or for worse. There is no rhyme or reason. We cannot rationalise our way out of the news. Be that a diagnosis, accident, or amazing good fortune. We...
March 8, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
We cannot find women who match us I have heard this statement from so many male-dominated enterprises. To be clear, the male-dominated enterprises I follow are super smart, widely read, complex thinkers. They often achieve a cult-like status in the world of...
