I can recognise in people’s eyes the moment that changes everything. That moment when the fear inside becomes less pressing than the desire to make a difference. I remember my own moment, just over 3 years ago, when the power of possibility and necessity burst through my own fear of stepping out into the world […]
The Open Door
By January 8, 2015 8 Comments
I look on 2015 as an open door. A door I have looked at for some time, holding back. And yet, somehow I know I will find the courage to walk through. I always do. I look back at every other door I have walked through, valuing the lessons and the experience. I think about […]
The Struggle
By July 2, 2014 54 Comments
It would have been easy for me to not share this post at all. It would have been easy to project an aura of invulnerability to the world, as if the journey is always easy. The truth is – it isn’t always easy. One of life’s great problems is the gap between what people project […]
Why are you waiting for permission?
By June 4, 2014 9 Comments
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 […]
The Self-directed Life
By May 21, 2014 20 Comments
My wife and I have just come back from visiting an outlier education facility called North Star Teens, in Hadley, Massachusetts. They are early pioneers in supporting young people to adopt a self-directed approach to learning. It is really amazing to see how these young people are thriving in ways that most normal young people […]
The Inconvenient Truth
By April 9, 2014 4 Comments
On Friday morning I woke up crying. I had spent the previous evening hearing how the health and education system are failing the most vulnerable members of my community. How incredible are the people impacted by these problems! The heartbreaking thing about all the stories shared was just how simple many of these tragedies are […]
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 […]
Mastering Motivation and Drive
By February 20, 2013 1 Comment
“Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.” Donald Trump What is your motivation? What drives you? What gets you out of bed in the morning? Excitement and optimism for the day ahead? Or maybe there are days when you don’t […]
The Law of Attraction
By January 9, 2013 2 Comments
“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes” Gandhi The Law of Attraction is simply this: we attract what we think about, good or bad. Although New Age thinkers, quantum scientists, psychologists and spiritual leaders have been talking about the Law of Attraction for years, it grew in popularity […]
Why 2012 was the greatest year ever and why the future is bright
By January 2, 2013 2 Comments
“The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.” Peter H. Diamandis Well, we’re still here! It turned out that the Mayans just ran out of space on the old calendar. The end of the world didn’t happen – at least not the way some people expected. But in fact, it is […]