September 9, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
For the love of hierarchy The original structure of truth was mythic. I am the word, and my word is God. Believe in me. (Expressed in one thousand variations.) Truth became knowledge and science-based as humanity emerged from the mythic to modern evidence-based....
September 8, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Roiling emotions Injustice. It makes me so mad. My guts are roiling. I am mad because politicians get away with lying, cheating and fattening their bank accounts. It has become normal operations. Sponsored by big money, they sell their souls to the highest bidder....
September 7, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Mission drift Slowly, slowly, then suddenly, mission drift happens. We start with the bold Source Idea. It has a Pattern Integrity as part of the idea. The idea can manifest in an infinite variety of forms. When we dilute the number of shareholders and decision...
September 4, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Simple Guides to Live By Treat others kindly first. Be aware of your surroundings and the spaces you share. Know that everything can change, even things that feel impossible. Take your turn. Give first. Ask for what you need to be able to do your best work, even if...
August 31, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Asbestos, asbestos everywhere In 2015 the government of Sri Lanka changed. The new government proposed a ban on asbestos, to be fully in place in 2018, but was pushed back to 2024. The producers of asbestos applied pressure. The producers are Russian companies. They...
August 25, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Non-cooperation of the elements One of the simultaneously beautiful and frustrating aspects of surfing is we are beholden to the elements. When there is no swell, there are no waves. You can’t manufacture waves at will. I love this about Nature. She breaks the fallacy...