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 Answer Lies Within
By May 7, 2014 17 Comments
Last weekend, I deliberately went through the most terrifying and challenging experience of my life. It is probably not appropriate to describe it in a public forum, but all I can say is that I did it not to seek thrills, but to learn more about my past and my inner motivations. A lot of […]
Beyond The Comfort Zone
By March 19, 2014 16 Comments
20 years ago, when I was still at school in St Peter Port, Guernsey, I stood on stage at St James’ Concert and Assembly Hall to do the bible reading for morning assembly. It was awful! I was so paralysed with fear that I mumbled through the words as fast as I could. As I […]
Why We Are All Going Back to School
By March 12, 2014 32 Comments
I look at my almost 3 year old son and I see that he is already where he needs to be. For him, everything is fantastic! He lives in the moment, has no problem being himself, doesn’t care what anyone thinks, and he will try anything. The bottom line is – he loves life. Forget […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dealing with Dunbar’s Number
By December 11, 2013 10 Comments
I am taking December off. My mind has reached its current limit this year and I need some time to integrate all I’ve been exposed to. It really does interest me whenever I hit a new mental limit, since it focuses me on getting beyond it. I am a life hacker, so I continually look […]