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I'm passionate about

Changing mindsets, Entrepreneurs are not just millionaires and business owners! they are free thinkers who are not afraid to take risks to acheive their objectives.

An idea worth spreading

If we changed our education system to accept different learning styles, and focussed on Life skills as much as we focus on traditiona academic acheivement, would Obesity decrease because people understood the affect different foods have on their body, would Racism decrease beacuse people understood the differences didnt change the human, would people be more content in their existence because they took time to think about their purpose.

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Entrepreneurial spirit in life, Exercise motivation and the prevention of stress, burn outs and obestity using exercise

People don't know that I'm good at

Rock Climbing! I love it, the adventure, the challenge, the risk & the time away with my own thoughts!

My TED Story

I recently had the biggest challenge to my rapport building and negotiation skills in france, When stuck up a mountain with a group of Disabled and Disadvantaged children, after lightening had stuck the feicular rail way. We had just came back from a large celebration and were complete with face paints (mine was painted like a cat) Rather than show concern we rounded up the children, Including the French children that were also stuck and played games like 'duck duck goose' When the French fire brigade arrived they were insistant on taking the children down first, without their adut helpers, which was against british child protection laws but not french. After 20 min of translated discussions and my cat face, we found a middle ground and all children were transported safely, complying with both french and british safety laws!

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• A reply on Conversation: What do we need to teach our kids about healthy eating and exercise?

  Feb 29 2012: succinct and to the point! i like it...

• A reply on Conversation: What do we need to teach our kids about healthy eating and exercise?

  Feb 28 2012: I honestly hadnt considered that when writing this question! thanks!! as a father of two (all be it, 3yrs and 1yr) I have already seen this in their trips to the grandparent house where they are given Treats at almost every visit.

• A reply on Conversation: What do we need to teach our kids about healthy eating and exercise?

  Feb 28 2012: Totally agree Stuart! i hesitated when writing good / bad food but i left it in as thats what this forum is all about!! the energy imbalance is something im really passionate about and feel it is the most simplest of lessons that instead has been replaced with a myriad of fad diets, checks, points & slim shakes.
  Eating their feelings is a great term and so relevant. We have so many simple carb foods available to us that when we are feeling low, our body doesnt have to reach very far to get a dose of glycogen.
  
  Thanks!!

• A reply on Conversation: What do we need to teach our kids about healthy eating and exercise?

  Feb 28 2012: thanks for that! so i think what you are saying is we need to give them the tools to do the job and not try to over direct them

• A reply on Conversation: What do we need to teach our kids about healthy eating and exercise?

  Feb 27 2012: Yeah im a big believer in educating rather than indoctrinating. Making it fun is so much more impact full

• A reply on Conversation: What do we need to teach our kids about healthy eating and exercise?

  Feb 27 2012: wow! I have to admit I hadnt heard of Erwan Le Corre but just youtube'd him. He is my new hero!
  What an awesome role model for kids

• A reply on Conversation: What do we need to teach our kids about healthy eating and exercise?

  Feb 27 2012: i think i know what you mean. we should encourage self discipline in general rather than trying to tackle the symptom

• A comment on Conversation: How can social media networks be used for forming communities of ORGAN DONATION for transplantation?

  Feb 27 2012: wow, great question!
  If facebook can use the information i put into it to create a profile that matches me to my lost friends and colleauges how powerful would it be if i consented to let it store my willingness to donate my organs, my blood type etc and allowed a searchable function. Very powerful but does it leave you exposed to feel cornered into donating to a 'relative' stranger.

• A comment on Conversation: What would you go back to school to finish if you were going back?

  Feb 27 2012: Great Topic. I coasted through school and didnt leave with the quals that i really should of! I have always been passionate about business and managed to get access to a good MBA based on my life skills but i felt at a real disadvantage. I understood the topics intuitivley but when it came to the analytical or quantative topics i really struggled.
  
  I guess I would go back and focus on Maths, that is my weakness.
  
  I wonder though, if i changed that where would I be now???
  
  John