I’ve had the pleasure to chat with Pete Moore on his #halotalks podcast about how I landed where I am today, why forgiveness may be valuable on the entrepreneurial journey (and life in general) + we jam on the things we care about: Health and Wellness. Click here to listen.

I had many one-way tickets to madman’s situations; moving cities and countries, romantic relationships - but the one with the steepest learning curve was embarking on the (ad)venture of doing my own thing. Starting a business in a foreign country has been the amplified version of a course in embracing the work in progress status - inherent to any entrepreneurial endeavors….

Courage is what gives us wings to fly. But how do we become courageous? Yesterday I send out my newsletter with a quote taken from Barack Obamas speech on February 19th 2008, before he became president. Whilst I haven’t had the pleasure to speak to the former U.S. president, I am convinced there were times were he did not believe in himself, the vision, that it could be done. 

An honest assessment of where we are and where we want to go arguably is important. It gives direction, a means to knowing where our next train stop is. It prevents us from the deception of instant gratification. But too often we place too much importance on the gap, on the “where I should/want to be”, that we inhibit our own natural progress.