This is the question that keeps me awake at night. It is a question I have never really been able to answer. For many years, it was the question I didn’t know I needed to answer! There is such an innate human need for us to belong. From an evolutionary point of view, it makes […]
The Taxi of Tomorrow
By February 5, 2014 16 Comments
I, for one, hate owning cars. They are a pain in the *****. If anyone talks about the freedom of driving, they haven’t really considered what it takes away. Depreciation. Insurance. Fuel. Cleaning. Maintenance and servicing. A tiny scratch, bump or scrape costing a fortune to fix. Paying for parking at home and away. And […]
Oh, the Places You’ll Go at Burning Man 2014
By January 29, 2014 13 Comments
I have been on a lot of adventures and my favourite of them all has to be last year’s trip to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, to the incredible Burning Man. I am not going to repeat myself, because it was so difficult to explain the first time I wrote about it. For my […]
The Road Less Travelled
By January 21, 2014 27 Comments
I took a group of 11 blog readers on a secret adventure earlier this month, as an experiment in self-exploration. It was an adventure that had fear and uncertainty at its very heart. They were asked to turn up to an airport with their passports, and that was pretty much all they knew. They had […]
Do you want to know why I write this blog?
By January 8, 2014 6 Comments
“Have you ever wondered why you write these blogs and send them out, rather than just working on yourself, in the darkness?” This was a great question I was asked last week. The truth is, I have wondered. An awful lot. And I find it quite bizarre that I haven’t shared the reasons why I […]
Make Your Last Ever New Year’s Resolution
By January 1, 2014 16 Comments
A few years I ago I made one last New Year’s resolution. I resolved to never make another resolution again. The good news is that, so far, I have defied the odds and actually achieved that one! The bottom line is – New Year’s resolutions rarely work. In fact, research highlights that just 12% of […]
The Life Laundry
By December 4, 2013 8 Comments
My family and I are homeless. And it feels good. Last year, we sold the home of my dreams because it did not fit with who we were anymore. It was a beautiful house that we had spent many years of time and effort getting right. The problem is, that during that time we changed […]
Fun Is Free
By November 27, 2013 6 Comments
My wife and I have been having a lot of fun this month with our son Charlie. It all started when I read an inspiring blog post on something called Dinovember. For those who have not seen this explosive phenomenon, it involves simply convincing your children that their plastic dinosaurs come alive when they are […]
The Lies I Tell and The Excuses I Make
By November 20, 2013 3 Comments
I am a liar. I lie to those around me all of the time. More disturbingly I lie to myself all of the time. Fear has always really held me back from realising my true potential. Traditionally I have always taken the easy safe road rather than the road that I was destined to follow. […]
How do you create the greatest place to live on earth?
By November 13, 2013 9 Comments
I like big bold questions. They inspire, and provoke a different way of thinking. For me, there is nowhere better to apply this type of thinking than to the place where you live. ‘How do you create the greatest place on earth to live?’ is the question I spend much of my time thinking upon. […]