January 5, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
How we grow up We hold a view, opinion or perspective. We hold it tight. It informs our beliefs, actions and choices. The stronger the view or opinion holds us, the more fiercely we protect it from being revealed as a lie. Cracks appear. Small at first. Things do not...
January 2, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Sustainability
Finding good New York City’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor was sworn in yesterday. I am a fan. Mayor Mamdani said, after winning the election, I also think that we have found exactly the way to defeat organised money, which is organised people. Organised...
January 1, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Never perfect Nine years ago today, I started writing this daily blog. I made a commitment to write every day for one year. I have missed a few days, here and there. I may miss more going forward. Many times, the articles I hesitated to post are the ones that get the...
December 31, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
What cleaning legacy do you want to leave I am supposed to write something smart on this last day of 2025. But I am out of smarts. Yesterday, my sister, her husband, my daughter and my partner spent a day cleaning the home – if you could call it that – of...
December 29, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
I don’t feel like it This is the threshold question of life. An inflection point that determines character. When we do not feel like doing it, taking action, smiling when we are lost in despair because we are in customer service (and we are all in customer service),...
December 28, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Digital despair Digital despair is a new and sophisticated tool of class domination, where algorithms and artificial intelligence are methodically and imperceptibly used over time to spread content that fosters feelings of helplessness and resignation. Rezgar Akrawi...
