August 11, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Economies for justice, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Do you need money to start a business? Part 1 (of 3) In the current industrial model, the script goes something like this. Have an idea, raise capital. And then it goes like this. Unless I can raise ‘X’ dollars, the business won’t fly. And...
August 7, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
“Willpower is a condiment” not a permanent way of being Today I interviewed the beautiful Hiro Boga, a business leader, my mentor and someone I respect. I was captivated by this quote from Hiro. “Willpower is a condiment.” Hiro’s origins...
August 6, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Eavesdropping on dreams – living the clock of the day Nights are often busy for me. Not with activity, but with the deep clearing of the subconscious. I trust the night to do its work…cleaning out junk to surface what is important. Sometimes I float in the...
August 6, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The obstacle is the way – finding the way through accessing desire Yesterday I wrote about the obstacle being the way, a Stoic principle. I purposefully take obstacles to bed with me, not to gnaw over, but to put into the deep places of sleep…the sleep...
August 5, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Perhaps we can learn from water I have been thinking a lot about water. Flow. Ease. Without effort. Water flows. And if it doesn’t have a path to flow, it stops for a time, until it either dries up or there is extra water added, and it flows again. If it comes to a...
August 5, 2014 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The obstacle is the way – the rocky road of entrepreneurship As a serial entrepreneur, I have tried many things and failed with almost equal frequency. At this, the very pointy end of my business gestation…of this I am sure…you have to want something...
