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The Merchant’s Code: Ethics of Goodness
LATEST ARTICLE

The Merchant’s Code: Ethics of Goodness

My upbringing gave me a very strong narrative about business: it’s corrupt and corrupts good people. It took me many years to unwind this story and reintegrate the archetype of the Merchant back into my worldview and life. It’s been a great lifeline for me, when I’m feeling like a shy artist, or entrepreneurial imposter, […]

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Speak the Truth

Speak the truth. What moves you. What perplexes you. What pisses you off. Whatever comes out. The more you say it, the more wants to come. Keep speaking, even if it’s just for you, to untangle the mess in your head, scribbled in a notebook and kept...

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Crutches of Attention

There’s a part of me that doesn’t want to be conscious – to feel, to actually notice what’s going on around me And so when I’m not looking, it sneaks around behind me and steps into me, putting his hands inside my hands. When I can’t find a way to...

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The Star

Wish upon it. Pray to it. Follow it. Do not think you are it, or believe other people when they say you could be. Do not mistake the mortal for the divine. The proper posture is one of devotion. The star is not reached through fame, it is never...

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How I Coach People

It’s been three years now since I started calling myself a coach. I’ve worked with a whole range of people. It’s been challenging, it’s been enlightening, and it’s been deeply fulfilling. Sometimes, a client’s life has been truly transformed -...

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The Purpose of Life

What is the purpose of life? What is your purpose? My purpose? It’s a word that is as clichéd as it is important. And one I have wrestled with as much as it has inspired me. So often we talk of it as a thing, an ideal we must live up to, a...

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What Makes You Special

Human beings have been trading stuff for an awfully long time. Some say for 150,000 years. It’s one of the biggest differentiators between us and the animals. It’s made our lives rich and cooperative. Here’s how it works… If one guy is great at...

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This Is Not The Way

He whispered to me this morning while I was making coffee. Amongst the sound of the grinding of beans, his voice spoke through my own lips. “This is not the way.” He didn’t refer to the way I was grinding the beans. I don’t think he has much to say...

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