It’s not every day that I get to meet someone working in the House of Lords. It’s also not every day that I get to meet a famous sports person with countless Paralympic medals. And it’s really not every day that I get to meet someone who embodies both of these massive achievements. One day… Continue Reading
My experience of the new AccessAble app
Back before the excess of Christmas, I spent a day with the AccessAble team (formerly Disabled Go) in Cambridge. The reason. Well, as you’ll know all too well, access to public places is still a big problem for disabled people. The physical environment can disable us with steps, narrow doorways/aisles, high counters, and so on. Customer… Continue Reading
How to change the world – educate and ask
Here’s a strong example of education and asking nicely to change the world. In St Ives, Cambridgeshire, we eat at a particular Indian restaurant because its accessible. After a bad experiences on Saturday, we want to change for another place. I rang up another option, and as suspected they still have a step. After I… Continue Reading
How to change the world – get perspective
A downside to being a world changer is the stereotype of grandiosity. My definition of a World Changer is someone who deeply cares about change, AND takes action to improve the situation. It does not mean to feel like the messiah and be all ego about it. It does not mean to solve everything in… Continue Reading
Episode 20: AJ Leon – You are the protagonist
I knew I needed to get out. There wasn’t anything dangerous going down, but I felt a pull to go and see the world. However people don’t just quit their jobs. Not away from the movies anyway. So I needed a plan! Its funny how a strong feeling and a vision can lead to serendipitous… Continue Reading
How to change the world – perfection is stagnation
Happy New year to you all! I hope the festive break was relaxing, fun and rejuvenating. I had a huge realisation over the festive period that I want to share. It’s pretty simple, yet hugely powerful! Perfection is stagnation! Perfection can have an allure. A feeling of necessity, even. Why wouldn’t we want to deliver… Continue Reading
How to change the world – past and future
I’ve consumed a lot more recently on mindfulness. I do believe getting out of our head, and living in the moment is important. If you saw the projects bouncing round my head, you’d really get my point! However looking back and looking forward still has it’s place. Yes, those horrible memories are best to let… Continue Reading
How to change the world – your clarity
Clarity. Getting clear. Removing confusion. What we really want is that feeling in the song by Jimmy Cliff. I can see clearly now, the rain has gone. To gain clarity, we first need to identify that we have rain (or cloud coverage, or fog, or general inclement weather – I think that’s first time I’ve… Continue Reading