One World in a New World

Zen Benefiel
2 min readJul 14, 2022

with Alex Moses

Author, Coach, Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Founder of Life of Love

Alex began his entrepreneurial life as a teen on the streets of Italy, a refugee from Ukraine. He started washing windows to make money and his solo actions attracted another, then another and within a month he had 30 people working for him.

Zen often points toward attention, intention and interaction being the core features of creating the life you want. This is a perfect example. When queried on the inner reflections he was having at the time he says he just ‘loved it’ along with the community of people that emerged because of it. Can you say that about your business and community around it?

One thing he did notice was the sense of humility it brought; a seventeen year-old supporting those much older, along with their families. What can we learn from this?

Alex notes that our learning process occurs mostly from the mistakes or poor choices we make. Success doesn’t often teach us much, it’s…

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Zen Benefiel

Vulnerable and radically curious toward harmony among people and planet. Co-Executive Director of Live and Let Live Global Peace Movement and Foundation.