A big shout out to both Kevin Lawrence and Verne Harnish for being a huge part of my journey. Read more about the importance of coaching in this week’s blog…
Check out the recent feature on Nigel and "Take That Leap" in the North Shore News." It's a great piece on his book, and his philosophies.
I met Mike Michalowicz at the Gathering of Titans at MIT years ago. I have to tell you he is one of the coolest guys I know…Read more in this week’s blog.
My interview with internet radio host, Barry Moltz, will go live Sunday, April 22nd, 2018, on the Business Insanity Talk Radio website. Read more in this week's blog.
On April 7th, 130 invited guests turned out to support the launch of Nigel Bennett’s new book, Take That Leap: Risking It All For What Really Matters, at the Delbrook Community Center in North Vancouver...
Have you ever really thought about what impact your investing may have on the world?
During a recent one-year sabbatical, I took my family on a trip around the world. We went surfing, scuba diving, and snorkeling wherever there was an ocean. What really astonished us all was the amount of plastic and garbage floating in the surf breaks after every rain...
Back in 2015, a mutual friend of Dave Ash and myself invited us to join him in Covenant House Vancouver’s Sleep Out: Executive Edition. That was the first time I’d experienced what it’s like to actually “live” on the street...
“...my eyes were open now. I could see what the Andeans and other indigenous peoples had been predicting for thousands of years: the need for balance between our modern world and its technology and the natural world and its wisdom.”
"After almost being shot down by FARC guerrillas on the Venezuela-Colombia border and being forced to escape Egypt while working for his father's oil spill contingency planning company, Nigel Bennett decided to break away and start Aqua-Guard Spill Response." Read more....
When our kids were very young, we chose to focus on raising good global citizens. So we invested in giving our children experiences of the world...
EPIC ADVENTURE: INTO AFRICA 2018 part 2
Some days I have to pinch myself when I wake up just to make sure I’m not dreaming the adventures in my life. That’s what I did the morning we left the Maasai people and the ecolodge where we had been staying to begin our trip from Kenya into Ethiopia....
EPIC ADVENTURE: INTO AFRICA 2018 part 1
My family was extremely fortunate to be invited on an epic adventure to visit a remote tribe in Africa early this year. We jumped at the chance, of course...
Or, rather, it’s available!
You can now order Take That Leap: Risking It All For What REALLY Matters at Amazon.com.
Life never should be easy.
For some, this can be a very hard idea to accept.
As for me, I’ve been privileged over the past three years to have a chance to deeply reflect on my life while writing "Take that Leap: Risking It All for What Really Matters”
So pleased to report that, with your support, Rieko and I have exceeded our fundraising goal for the annual Executive Sleep-out as of noon today.
Just accepted an award at NextCon on behalf of Aqua-Guard Spill Response. Our company was chosen from over 2,000 from across North America to be recognized for game-changing innovation in the area of protecting the planet’s greatest resource—water—from oil spills.
Interested in reading about other entrepreneurs who have stepped up to be responsible not just for making a profit with their business, but also for leveraging their enterprise to do good in the world?
Check out Goodness Is Contagious: From Profit to Purpose by my good buddy David Ash.