WELCOME TO THE BIG LIFE BLOG
Sometimnes there’s just more to talk about than Twitter’s 280 characters or LinkedIn’s 1300 will allow. When that happens, I come here and let my thoughts unfold. I’d love you to join the conversation, to get your take on things and hear your questions.

They say that the struggle makes you stronger
They say that the struggle makes you stronger – those motivational gurus, social media memes, and 4-hour-work-week millionaire entrepreneurs. What they don’t tell you, though, is that before it makes

Legacy
Legacy. It’s a word that’s been dancing in my mind for months. As it danced, so it felt increasingly important. Increasingly relevant. Increasingly urgent. And, as legacy danced, so I

Know yourself
Just who do you think you are? That’s not asked with even the slightest hint of indignation, it’s a genuine question: who do you think you are? Take a moment

Channel you inner salmon
“Just go with the flow, man.” It’s the battle cry of hipsters, the mantra of the ‘spiritual’ and the ‘enlightened’. Going with the flow is the cool way to live.

Define your own reality
In these strange days of a global pandemic, with its lockdowns, distancing, isolation, panic-buying and more, never more has it been so important to hold onto one simple, yet powerful,

Everyone needs someone
Whether it’s in your business, your family, your wider social circles, or in the adventure into your real life, without relationships – good, healthy, solid relationships – you, and your

Expand your horizons
The best is yet to come. There, I said it: no matter how good it may be, today is not the end game, not the final destination, not the pinnacle

Find your middle
Do you spend time wondering if you’re making the right decision, or if you’re in the right place, or if it’s the right time? I do. Or, at least I

First, help yourself
Live a Big Life is an adventure. It is an outworking of everything that sits at the core of who I am. It flows out of a burning desire to

Get to grips with your passions
Time is precious – you only have so much of it, and you never get back time that you lose, or waste. So, wasting time on things that don’t put

Happiness on purpose…
… or, breaking free of the Hedonic Treadmill. Let me ask you a question: does it sometimes feel like finding happiness is about as easy as herding cats? You seem

Hope springs eternal
Hope is one of those strange concepts that, when spoken about, elicits a wide spectrum of reactions. Some see the idea of ‘hope’ as almost delusional – detached in some