Andy Ferguson's Mid-life Adventure
The Mid-life Maverick's Ongoing Adventures
THE BEST TIME TO START IS WHEN YOU LEAST FEEL LIKE IT It’s that time of year again. As we rush towards darker nights, colder days and into the “bleak mid-winter” we find ourselves reflecting on our lives as the year “winds down” to it’s end. When we’re really young the only time is “now” … Continue reading Out with the Old, In with of the New
In this challenging decade we need everyone playing at the top of their game, in every sector of society, for all our sakes not just a few folk turning up now and again or the odd ambitious person out for themselves but all of us raising our standards, putting our best foot forward and making … Continue reading Leadership and The Maverick
The challenge for our society is to create the conditions under which this is possible. It is the most urgent task of our times”. Continue reading Our Legacy
Why is there so much horror in this world ……this may not make sense but lets at least try. Imagine the Big Bang. At that moment Energy was at it’s purest simplest form. There were no computers, no aeroplanes, no complex cities, no DNA, there weren’t even complex molecules just a much simpler and purer form … Continue reading This boat is sailing … are you onboard?
Professional Speaker? So what. Do you ever find yourself getting bored by the sound of your own voice? I did/do. Not only that, it got so bad I didn’t see the point in other people speaking in public either. Because Speaking on it’s own changes nothing. And having Spoken a lot I discovered two things … Continue reading Why I stopped being a Professional Speaker and Why I’m starting again
If we take a “holonistic” approach, we can appreciate that in life there “are no boxes” (to think out of). The boxes are thought concepts we create to hold our world view and help us navigate through our environment. They are how we perceive the “system, process(es) and results” that we become aware of. I … Continue reading insight: the key to living happy and successfully?
Amanda Fleming, a Personal Development Professional from New Zealand, recently posted a couple of questions on a Linked In Forum : As a species are we growing more courageous or less? What does everyday human courage look like going forward into the 21st century? The first reply came from someone suggesting that “we, in the West, have … Continue reading What IS Courage in the 21st Century? Perhaps it’s the Courage to Create Our Best Life – for Ourselves, Our Children & Our Children’s Children
I’ve been a miserable little sh**e lately. For the last 5 or 6 years I’ve been learning more and more and applying this knowledge to positively impact people’s lives across the globe. So much so that I can honestly say I’ve had a significant impact on the way many, many people live their lives, or … Continue reading IS IT TIME TO “GET HAPPY”?
Like many people, I guess, I’ve woken up some mornings and thought “what’s all this about then?” And so begins an adventure ….. Continue reading Book One – The Seduction of Rest & How to Avoid IT (Draft Intro)
I often speak (or more accurately write) directly to the reader. However today I was sharing something with a group on Linked In and I though “what the heck” it could be fun just to use it as it is for the blog. But just before I share it with you I should let you … Continue reading Sitting in a Cafe Andy ponders the sadness of the Sea God
