The Merchant’s Code: Ethics of Goodness

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...
The Economics of Transformation

The Economics of Transformation

I’m in the “business of transformation”. If you’re reading this, I’ll assume you are too. The transformational professional seeks to create an experience for someone that allows them to change, not on the surface, not in their “efficiency”, but in the very structure...
Sweetheart, You Don’t Understand How Valuable You Are

Sweetheart, You Don’t Understand How Valuable You Are

Sweetheart, you don’t get it. You don’t realize just how beautifully valuable you are. So very precious. So very special. Because you’re like me. You forget. You deny it. You disbelieve it. It’s not your fault. It’s not a pathology – something that went wrong. There’s...
Money Is Not What You Think It Is

Money Is Not What You Think It Is

Money is not what you think it is. It’s not what I thought it was. It used to be something that was hard to find, harder to keep, and very hard to talk about. It was unspiritual, a sign of selling out, or worse. Money is like a lover, and I must confess; she and I...