Unreasonable Ambition, Yes, Blind Ambition No.

You often hear people's opinions on what it takes to be a success in this world. You hear advice on habits, best practice, waking up with a '5' on the alarm clock, or just plain old advice from your Grand Pa saying "Son, hard work is what it takes to make something of yourself in this world". Everyone has a view on what the secret to success is, even those who are not successful.

The Importance of Keeping Your Head Empty

This week I had the privilege of attending a private dinner with Elizabeth Gilbert, best selling author of the book Eat, Pray, Love. Now before you say 'huh?' let me just say I haven't read the book or watched the movie, but am aware it is a "chick flick" and that didn't prevent me from attending. You see, I find authors to have interesting perspective on the world and have often found their views helpful to me personally and in my work. I was not disappointed by Ms Gilbert.

20 Things I’ve Learned From Traveling Around the World for Three Years: Guest Post

I read a post this morning that I just had to share. Gary Arndt is the man behind the blog Everything Everywhere, one of the most popular travel blogs in the world. Gary is a true Nomad. Since 2007 he has been traveling around the world, having visited more than 70 countries and territories, and gaining worldly wisdom in the process. Gary posted this on Tim Ferriss' blog and it really captures the most important lessons you need to learn about traveling around the world.

Friday Afternoon Musings From Boston

What I love about travel is that it not only gives you time to reflect on your life, but also it enhances your sense of observation. You really see things that normally you wouldn't. Things that perhaps are better unseen. And you appreciate the complexities, challenges and obstacles that life sometimes throws at you. If there is one thing I love about being a nomad its the opportunity to reflect and observe things that you normally wouldn't in your day to day life.

Are You Sure You Want To Follow Today’s Executives?: Guest Post

Anyone who has tried to sell anything to corporations, and specifically the decision makers inside corporations, will appreciate the fallacy of proof. I remember some years back when I was working on a strategic project with a client in the UK who was looking at outsourcing a part of their operations worldwide. In a meeting with the COO of the company it was clear that leadership wanted to do this because of the perceived value, but implementation was going to be the biggest challenge to making it happen. To ensure success we embarked on a lengthy crusade to 'sell' the concept inside the company and win over the key stakeholders who would be impacted by this change.

Change The World NOW!

I wanted to share with you an incredible vision statement from a start-up I am privileged to sit on the Board of. At this time I am not able to name the company or the founders of this incredible venture, but you will hear about them in the near future, both on this site and around the world. But the words in their business plan blew me away. And they reminded me of the essence of this blog - the power of the individual and the different each of us - YOU - can make in this short life.

Killing Me Softly

I was scanning through articles like I do every day and came across a very disturbing piece in the UK's Daily Mail today. A Manhattan-based artist named Sally Davies bought a Happy Meal from McDonald's on April 10th and photographed it on her shelf in her apartment. She proceeded to photograph the happy meal every day in order to capture the daily decay, a kind of 'art' project I guess. The only trouble was 6 months later the Happy Meal has barely decayed. It looks almost like it did on the day she bought it.