December 21, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
To know freedom The power of self determination. Free will. Can another take our freedom? The story of Hurricane Carter, the life of Nelson Mandela and the work of Victor Frankl are powerful testaments to freedom. Against a backdrop of incarceration, where every...
November 14, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Unseasonable A word we might get used to. This morning, a few weeks before the Southern Hemisphere is ‘officially’ in summer, we have the mid-winter morning equivalent. Not a cloud on the horizon. Fresh air. The ocean a lake, not a breath of wind. It is beautiful....
November 11, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Coercion and choice Coercion – to control, restrain, shut up – by law or authority Choice – the act of selecting Living in a society is a constant act of choosing. A free-for-all does not work, because my actions affect your choices and actions....
October 29, 2021 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Future of Business, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Consent, sovereign choice, rights and responsibilities To get consent is to gain permission. True consent is when the person giving consent is in their right mind, coherent, with full access to all the information, nothing hidden or obfuscated, no manipulation or...
October 23, 2018 | Beauty of Beginnings, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The in-between. The place between an action taken, an invitation offered, and the response. When we make an offer by removing any form of manipulation, coercion, seduction or blackmail, the invitation enables sovereign choice. We might long for the invitation to be...
