May 7, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
To respect myself What does this mean? Literally, the act of looking back. To treat with esteem, regard with some degree of reverence. How do we respect ourselves? How do we treat ourselves with esteem? Are we our word? Hence, can we trust the promises we make to...
May 6, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Profit and its illusions Profit – from Latin profectus ‘progress, profit’, from proficere ‘to advance’. We seek as humans to advance. To make progress. This is a healthy impulse. But at what price? And is it acceptable that one person profits at the expense of...
May 5, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
All the pieces around you “Arrange all the pieces around you” is a quote by Virginia Woolf. This quote has been haunting me. Simple as it sounds, it carries enormous resonant truth. Imagine this scenario. You are at a stage in your business where you need...
April 30, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Dangerous questions Are the best questions. They force confrontation with the truth. The questions we do not want to ask, because we are terrified of the answers. Questions that threaten our identity, the story we have told ourselves about our life and work....
April 29, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Viva la resistance The designation “terrorist” is a political act, not a legal classification Nelson Mandela was designated a terrorist; his party, the ANC, was considered a terrorist organisation for years by my country and many others. He went on to win the Nobel...
April 28, 2026 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Inner power When we seek power in the external world above all else, it simply means we lack a sense of our own power within our interior world. Money for power. Status for power. Stuff for power. Fast cars. Hot women/men. Sex. For power. Title for power. None of...
