How do you serve?

On this rainy Sunday morning, I’m sitting at my desk in my lovely new home, looking out across a pewter sea to a horizon obscured by shifting clouds. These past few weeks, change has shaken the foundations of our world, reshaped it like Playdoh. Thousands of...
The Country of Your Business

The Country of Your Business

Some time ago, my friend Jonathan Fields invited me to write a guest post for his blog. Delighted to receive his invitation, I wrote back asking him for his submission guidelines. His reply was simple: “Kindness and value,” he said. Kindness and value....

Soul-powered business

A few days ago, I was fortunate to spend an hour with a group of creative entrepreneurs, talking about Become Your Own Business Adviser. What does it mean, to become your own business adviser? We’re so accustomed to looking for answers out there, thinking...

Fog

Outside my window, on this January morning, the world is gray and black. A thick fog obscures the horizon, veiling everything but the foreground in gray. Shaggy cedar trees, their branches blackly etched against the sliding mists, lumber skyward. In the distance, the...