December 21, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Two headlines that speak to 2024 From the Times of Israel, December 20th 2024 Report: Netanyahu won’t attend Auschwitz liberation anniversary event, fearing arrest by Poland. The history, the tragedy in this headline. The true victims of horror become the...
December 20, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Enshittification Three weeks ago my Instagram account was hacked and taken over. I was working against the hacker in real time, I even knew where they were operating from. But they were faster than I and my account was gone. I then spent 7 hours trying to get it back,...
December 18, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Goodness Some people, like my partner and my daughter, are good people, all the way down, all the way out, in every way. They think of others, first. They will rise to an occasion, as needed, doing whatever they can. They do not lie, cheat, deceive, abuse, gaslight,...
December 17, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
I invite you to ask this question This time of year is a time of transitions and threshold crossings. I am a big fan of threshold crossings. Be that the daily small. From night to morning. A chance every day to begin again. From one surf session to the next. Or the...
December 16, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Dare to Care-Conscious Communication, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The crowded field of the compromised The boy who cried wolf. We know the fable. It has been told in many ways as a cautionary tale. Tell enough lies and the moment you tell the truth, no one believes you. But paradoxically, tell the same lie over and over, and...
December 15, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
How cruel is meritocracy On paper, it sounds great. Those of merit get the prize. Such a persuasive argument. Rational. And horribly enduring. Yet, like all things, when we fail to include context, when we fail to look at merit through a systems lens, we end up...
