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Christine McDougall
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1 hour ago

The whiplash of shock

After a long run in steaming humidity, the shock of the ocean swim took my breath. It was a welcome shock. Tingling and delicious. Shock wakes us from our slumber, be that the slumber of non-attention, the slumber of hubris, the slumber of ignorance. Drifting through life is not really…

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The whiplash of shock
The whiplash of shock
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1 day ago

When we stay silent we are complicit

In general, our silence about issues of human import makes us spectators, not citizens. In our silence, we join the ranks of the noisiest spectators. Noisy spectators are often the rudest and most entitled. You can tell where the drama and obfuscation lie by looking at the noisy, rude, crude…

Syntropy

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When we stay silent we are complicit
When we stay silent we are complicit
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2 days ago

To be a part of something great

Make it easy. Reduce it to a sound bite. Don’t use big, strange words. Yes, do all of these things if you want to appeal to everyone and invite participation with low levels of commitment. The reason we love Gold medals at the Olympic Games is because it takes those…

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To be a part of something great
To be a part of something great
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3 days ago

Build Business with Love

If your business, your life, your work is not about love then never expect it to fill your life with the things you most yearn for. In our ‘go hard’ success-generated world, it is rare that the topic of love is discussed along side business. Strange, isn’t it, when we…

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Build Business with Love
Build Business with Love
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4 days ago

A great business mind

I heard a reporter say yesterday that Rupert Murdoch is one of the greatest business minds of our generation. This is what we celebrate? A man who builds an empire that controls three nation-states. The politicians and journalists terrified of his ability to make or break them. A man who…

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A great business mind
A great business mind
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4 days ago

No one can take our power away

Many of us have a warped relationship to power. We have difficulty naming our power, which is always available, yet rarely recognised. We see those who are actually wielding force as being powerful. Does brute strength or welding weapons make someone powerful? Threats, harm, violence, guns, physical or emotional strength…

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No one can take our power away
No one can take our power away
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6 days ago

Would you refuse to look through the glass

Galileo could not convince people to look through his glass. In spite of my oft-repeated efforts and invitations, they have refused, with the obstinacy of a glutted adder, to look at the planets or the Moon or my glass [telescope]. — Galileo Galilei Doctors took decades to realise that washing…

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Would you refuse to look through the glass
Would you refuse to look through the glass
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6 days ago

Choosing Integrity in Leadership — no exceptions

Maybe I am naive. I expect better from leaders. I ask how so many people are drawn to follow those who have built a platform of hate, lies, drama, corruption, cheating and disrespect for anything that does not serve their self-interest? How did we get to this? I am heartbroken…

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Choosing Integrity in Leadership — no exceptions
Choosing Integrity in Leadership — no exceptions
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Sep 19

Never stop challenging your own beliefs

Remember when you believed in the tooth fairy and Santa Claus. Do you remember how you believed with absolute conviction? Remember how this belief was reinforced by ritual, your trusted parents, and culture? What changed your mind? Please take the time to ask this question. What changed your mind? For…

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Never stop challenging your own beliefs
Never stop challenging your own beliefs
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Sep 18

Open mind open heart

Consider a decision you are making. Pause. Ask yourself, if you dare, how open is your mind is to the whole field of this decision. Is it closed completely, is there a window of possibility that you could change your mind? If not, if you are closed and resolute, admit…

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Open mind open heart
Open mind open heart
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Christine McDougall

Christine McDougall

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Committed to supporting those in business who strive to leave the world better. syntropic.world

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