Advice
Be careful what you wish for…
“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors”. African Proverb During my days as a broker in the heart of the city of London I felt marginalized from life. Disconnected. Trapped behind a computer screen. Caught in a world created for me, by others. Then everything changed. I stumbled across the epic movie ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ … Continue reading
Don’t be embarrassed. We all do it…
Ok. I admit it. I f*cked up. Sort of. I was recently asked by HLN (CNN’s sister network) to give my ‘expert’ advice on what not to post on Facebook whilst on your travels. Things that would get you arrested. Deported. Humiliated. Fired. Or all of the above. It seems that people do the funniest … Continue reading
Life advice from an English chap…
“We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves.” Author Unknown When you are feeling down, what do you do? I find my immediate reaction is to stay down. It’s an inbuilt emotional safety mechanism to find my way under the covers and hope things magically … Continue reading
Find Your Inner Silliness…
“If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.” ~Tom Stoppard I have had enough. I have had enough of people telling me I should stop being spontaneous and silly. That I should grow up and take things more seriously. That I should stop enjoying my life and that I should be more … Continue reading
Life Outside Your Box…
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” -Maria Robinson For many years I found myself living in my own proverbial prison cell. Wherever I turned the bars of my cell were staring right back at me. It seemed that I couldn’t find my … Continue reading
Mission: Seek Out Self-Responsibility
Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens. -Peter McWilliams A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires. -Orison Swett Marden Some invisible force inside is urging me to write. So here … Continue reading
Triptrotting: The Cure for the Lonely Traveler (and All You Seasoned Travelers Too…)
I think I may have inadvertently stumbled (via a recent Twitter connection) on a way to inspire the shy and seasoned traveler alike to shed their inhibitions and see the world… There isn’t much about traveling for me that doesn’t bring on Goosebumps; the good kind. Ok, maybe a few things. Being detained on the … Continue reading
We Are All Japanese
‘What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.’ ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Recent events in Japan have touched a raw nerve across the world. Nuclear meltdowns. Collapsed buildings. Traumatic images of waves crashing through towns and flattening the hopes of thousands are seared into our collective … Continue reading
My Amazing Journey
Breaking news: My book ‘Amazing Adventures of a Nobody’ is on the way. I have always been a dreamer, spending much of my time traipsing through libraries & book stores dreaming that one day I would write my own book. Yes, this Englishman always dreamt of being a member of the vaunted ‘authors club.’ I … Continue reading
