Two and a half months ago we launched The Dandelion Project in Guernsey to make Guernsey the best place to live on earth by 2020. What has surprised me most since then is realising that one small thing can hold the world back more than anything else. It is the need for permission. We have […]
Moving from Economy to Lifeonomy
By April 30, 2014 10 Comments
I recently gave a talk to 100 people and asked them about to think about whether or not they would have any deathbed regrets. I also shared some recent research on the 5 most common deathbed regrets. They were as follows: 1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, […]
The 1 thing I wish I had learnt before I started
By March 5, 2014 12 Comments
I often get asked, “What’s the best piece advice for those starting out?”. Usually I am not one for looking backwards. I am not one for regrets. I occasionally reflect on the past, but only to learn and move forwards. If I was leaving school or university right now, what would I say to steer […]
Where is home?
By February 12, 2014 17 Comments
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 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 […]
Will you live to be 200?
By January 15, 2014 6 Comments
It is an interesting question, isn’t it? Well, the truth is – there’s a lot more chance of it happening than you might think. Life expectancy was 20 years a thousand years ago, and 37 two hundred years ago. Life expectancy where I now live is 80. The pace of change in life expectancy is […]
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 […]
Who is up for a big bold adventure in 2014?
By September 18, 2013 2 Comments
2013 has been an incredible year for me. The best yet, by far. It all started in a pub in London in the run up to Christmas 2012, when a mischievous comment about changing the world sparked off an extraordinary journey of personal discovery. The challenge was to try and see if it was possible […]
The 2 reasons why most religions are technically and organisationally flawed
By August 25, 2013 10 Comments
I am not going to debate on the right and wrong of each religion. I am merely going to throw out a provocation about the structures and underlying technology behind many religions. I am doing this not to trivialise them, but to provide a platform for a different kind of debate. If this debate progresses, […]
Why I Think Women Will Rule The World
By July 24, 2013 18 Comments
In a typically provocative and mischievous fashion, I recently joked that I was thinking about getting a sex change. (click to tweet) Not because I want to be a woman (although I would probably sign up for a temporary experiment) but because I think we’re on the cusp of a shift from a masculine world […]