November 8, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
How easy is it to blame I am hurt. It is their fault. Look what they did to me. When we do this, when we point the finger at the other, we simultaneously give the other the authority over us. In so doing, we lose our agency. When the other is to blame, we become...
November 30, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The perpetual game A victim cries, poor me. A persecutor yells, it is all your fault. And a rescuer is endlessly looking for someone to help often sacrificing themselves in the process. This cycle of collective destruction was first described by Stephen Karpman in the...
November 5, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings
To justify To declare to be innocent or blameless. I am an advocate for justice. When a wrong is done, or the ground of opportunity is unequal, justice needs a voice. Innocence – grounded in integrity – should not require justification. It stands on its...
January 13, 2022 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
The balance between sovereign choice, personal responsibility, consequence and the rights of others Public health, child care, elder care, basic education (Year 1 to 12) should not be profit-making. The moment we allow profit we incentivise behaviour to put profit...
October 10, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Pass the buck Is so easy to do. Blame others. Distract. Create a new drama. Taking responsibility is a grown-up act. It lives in a field where we can accept our own failure, poor choices, lack of consideration. Where we are open to learning, being better. Where we...
