September 25, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
To be a part of something great Make it easy. Reduce it to a sound bite. Don’t use big, strange words. Yes, do all of these things if you want to appeal to everyone and invite participation with low levels of commitment. The reason we love Gold medals at the Olympic...
September 23, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
A great business mind I heard a reporter say yesterday that Rupert Murdoch is one of the greatest business minds of our generation. This is what we celebrate? A man who builds an empire that controls three nation-states. The politicians and journalists terrified of...
September 22, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
No one can take our power away Many of us have a warped relationship to power. We have difficulty naming our power, which is always available, yet rarely recognised. We see those who are actually wielding force as being powerful. Does brute strength or welding...
September 20, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Never stop challenging your own beliefs Remember when you believed in the tooth fairy and Santa Claus. Do you remember how you believed with absolute conviction? Remember how this belief was reinforced by ritual, your trusted parents, and culture? What changed your...
September 18, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Slowly changing the needle Watching as men in positions of power are being brought to their knees, and hopefully imprisoned, for the exploitation of women, brings me a grateful sense of change. In my younger years, as a single attractive, woman, I knew the predatory...
September 16, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Paddling against the current This morning, I had a literal lesson in paddling against the current. Surfing at Kirra Beach. It was frustrating. Hard. I used too much energy. And essentially, I didn’t get anywhere. On the positive side, it was good for my paddling...