Achieving the Impossible – Lewis Gordon Pugh, Part 3
In my last 2 posts, I wrote about the lessons to be learnt from Lewis Gordon Pugh and his amazing feat of swimming 1Km in the arctic in sub-zero temperatures. So how did Lewis Gordon Pugh actually approach the goal of swimming the 1Km in subzero temperatures? Lewis...
Achieving the Impossible – Lewis Gordon Pugh, Part 2
In my last post, I wrote about Lewis Gordon Pugh and his amazing feat of swimming 1Km in the arctic in sub-zero temperatures. So just how how did he do it? First assemble your Dream Team. The first key lessons to learn from Lewis is about how for any lofty and worthy...
Achieving the Impossible – Lewis Gordon Pugh, Part 1
It is very rare that you meet a person touched by greatness. Yesterday evening, I was lucky to be at a talk given by such a person. Even better, somehow I had a front row seat, so a friend and I were just a couple of meters from the stage. If you have not yet heard of...
Join My Cactus Plant for an Early Xmas Party!
Earlier this year in March I wrote about how my Xmas cactus plant was blossoming with flowers, 9 months too early. Well, I noticed a week ago that the plant was flowering again, 5 weeks before Xmas! A reminder that this plant is called Christmas Cactus as it flowers...
Take the Pachamma Alliance Pledge and Change Your Dream
At the recent Be the Change conference, there was some discussion about "changing the dream". You can now even attend symposiums which tell you much more about how we as individuals can change the dream we are currently living, thereby avoiding the nightmare that we...
Plant Trees and Goodness Today for Our Children Tomorrow
I wrote recently about saving the copper beech tree in my garden. I also wrote about about Sadhguru's inspirational project to plant 114 million trees. As Sadhguru says:- "Trees are our closest relationship. What they exhale, we inhale. What we exhale, they inhale....
Thanks Giving – a Time to Cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude
This is thanks giving week and as is the tradition in the USA and other countries around the world, people will celebrate with their families and loved ones. As you spend time with your loved ones over the coming days, just what are you grateful for in your life?...
Trees Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
We are now in the middle of autumn (fall) here in London and amidst the wind and rain, the colours of the trees are stunning. The picture above is the copper beech tree in my garden and it has almost shed all its leaves. At the "Be the Change" conference in London...
How Not to Lose Trust!
Trust amongst human beings is fundamental to a good relationship. In a great relationship, we must have love, caring, understanding and of course trust. What exactly is this quality of trust? To me it is about having faith in someone'e ability to retain integrity and...
It’s High Time For You to Eat Healthy and Get Healthy
Do you eat healthy food or do you mostly eat junk food? I went food shopping in my local Tesco store and as it was just after school leaving time, there were a few children also in the store. I couldn't help noticing what they were all buying and it was interesting to...