Examine and Experience Life for Yourself
I have just received a stunningly beautiful thank-you card from some friends who recently came to mine for lunch. Isn't it just wonderful when people go out of their way to show their appreciation? There is a beautifully handwritten message inside the card - this is...
Save our Water – Whilst We still Can
Here's an inspirational story of a family making things happen for the world. My friend Suraj and his brother Sawan took the inspiration from their mother’s last moments and helped by their father built a water pump and borehole in a village in Kenya called Machakos. ...
Say NO to Gap Clothes made by Child Labour
Today’s Observer newspaper has reported how they have found child labour being used in a factory that supplies finished clothing items to clothes retailer Gap. Gap have immediately promised to look into this and have already taken the item in questions off their...
9 Tips to Create an Extra Hour Every Day
Today in the UK like in many other countries, the clocks went back one hour. So when I woke up early this morning naturally at 8am it was actually only 7am. This practice has been going on for a few years so as to “save” the daylight for farmers etc. So when I woke up...
Stop Pouring Money Down the Drain!
Something I feel passionately about is people and companies doing the "right" thing. Recently I have been hearing a lot about financial institutes and the underhand way in which more and more consumers are being drawn into spiralling debts. We all seem to be living...
You Can If You Think You Can!
Every now and then, I receive one of those chain emails which you are supposed to pass on etc. I normally ignore them but sometimes there is a lot of wisdom in these messages. Here is one that I received recently which is all about making things happen and how it is...
Take up the Scrunchie Challenge to Make Things Happen!
Here is a great idea and tool to help you make things happen, from my friend Albert Foong at The Urban Monk. Do check out his blog soon – his is one of the few inspirational blogs I visit regularly It is a deceptively simple yet powerful method to reinforce positive...
Dig Just a Little and You will Discover Gold!
I came across the above image again recently after first seeing it many years ago when a friend shared how much we all had to offer the world. His point was that we only ever look at a person at a superficial level but when we take some time to get to know them...
The 10 Most Powerful Short Words in the World
A few years ago, I was attending a company annual gathering of managers and the managing director (same as president in the USA) made a rousing speech to get us all inspired and motivated for the coming year. We had just been bought out by another company and there...
Why You Need Action, Momentum and Consistency to Make Things Happen in Your Life
I have set myself some challenging goals between now and the end of the year. For example I want to be conversational in Spanish and perhaps visit Barcelona in December to practice what I have learnt. I have already obtained some easy Spanish learning CDs and am...