Me: Unfiltered 

Every word you just read above about me is true. But it only tells a small part of the full story.

For years, I had pursued the usual dream - great career, great house, great car. And it was going well. Only I was not happy. Quite the opposite. I hit promotion after promotion, got pay rise after pay rise and was, according to my bosses, on the fast track to stardom and glory. I was living the dream. Only, it wasn't my dream. It was someone else's dream for me that I had tried to make my own.

And it was slowly killing me. Almost literally, as it turned out. The discontent rose, day after day, year after year, until, one day, it just spilled out. In that moment, I finally discovered not just what I can do, but who I truly am...

A Firestarter

A hillside full of swaying, lifeless forms. Then a ball of fire consumed one of them, igniting it so it burned brightly without being consumed by the flames. As it burned, it came to life and moved off it brushed against other lifeless forms. They, too, ignited and came to life, moving off to brush against and ignite still more of those lifeless forms. The hillside was ablaze. What was dead was alive.

That picture unfolded in my mind as I gazed at a hillside whilst stuck in traffic in January 2000. In that moment, I realised my calling. My purpose. The meaning attached to my life: To be the catalyst that sparks the flame and ignites a generation to live the life it was made for.

A Revolutionary

As I pursued my calling and stepped into that life purpose I had seen unfold on that imaginary hillside, I saw injustice all around me.

The downtrodden, dejected, and disenfranchised, languishing in despair. The seemingly prosperous and affluent trapped on the hedonic treadmill in pursuit of something - anything - to dull the pain of a life that is not their own.

I discovered my mission. To overturn the status quo. To challenge accepted norms. To equip and empower people to break free of the chains keeping them imprisoned in lives they were never meant to live.

A Pioneer

Revolutions don’t just happen. Someone has to step up. Raise their head above the parapet. Forge new paths. I had to be that person.

Initially through consulting, and later through coaching and training, I worked with organisations and individuals who wanted to change the world but didn’t know where to begin. Helping those organisations and individuals create a vision to guide them, a mission to drive them, and a plan to make it all happen was my superpower.

Together, we opened up new pathways, created new opportunities, and initiated chain reactions that would shake up the status quo, rock the accepted norms, and, bit by bit, change the world.

A Visionary

The vision that drives my revolution forward is not so revolutionary. Or even that bold. 

As I have walked the path that leads to a place where my vision is a reality, followed its twists and turns and ups and downs, I've never lost sight of what I saw on that hillside, nor what I have come to understand lies beyond it.

A world of vibrant, purposeful people, alive with hope, aspiration and freedom. Of children eager to learn, absorb, and create. Communities living with unity and  cohesion. Businesses growing, innovating, prospering. A society flourishing and thriving.

In short: A GENERATION LIVING THE LIFE IT WAS MADE FOR.