Purpose Inspired - March 2023

Everyday Inspiration (new book)

Philosophy for Daily Living

Everyday Inspiration - my 43rd book, hot off the press - is a collection of philosophical prose on the art of daily living, where each page contains a reflection on a different topic. It is a celebration of the wonder of life - its magical moments and meaningful mysteries, its powerful purpose and perplexing paradoxes. In bite-size portions of inspiration, you can enjoy a feast of ideas on subjects like art and ageing, books and beginnings, dreaming and dignity, flowers and friendship, love and loss, radicals and responsibility, success and silence, travel and touch. Every page is a new window on the worlds without and within.

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Thoughts on Thriving

#2: Risks. Boundaries. Action.

Well, hello again. Welcome to Thoughts on Thriving. I'm Wayne Visser. And kicking off today I wanted to reflect on the early part of my book. If you're following along, on the second page of the chapter on hope, I talk about how I nearly drowned in Sodwana, a bay just off the coast of South Africa. And the point I want to make here is that I was warned of the risks of swimming at this beach. In fact, there was a sign that warned of four risks: hippopotami, crocodiles, sharks, and a strong current ...

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#3: Panic. Cleantech. Hope.

What I'd like to reflect on today, coming from page three of the chapter on hope in my book Thriving, is to think about panic. When I reflect on nearly drowning off the coast of South Africa, I realize that probably what would have killed us was not the waves, was not the current, the rip tide, but was the fact that we started to panic. And I think this is really relevant for the global challenges that we face, especially if we look back at the last year, with the Russian war in Ukraine, the scramble for fossil fuels ...

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The Thriving Podcast

#28: Don't Be Mean to the Holocene, with Lucy Siegle

Lucy Siegle is a British journalist, broadcaster and author of books on ethical living, including most recently Be the Ultimate Friend of the Earth.

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#29: Navigating the Nature Agenda, with Jason Walters

Jason Walters is Director of GlobeScan, who has overseen research among 11,000 people from 11 countries on biodiversity and business. 

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#30: Developing the Heartset of Femininity, Family and Flexibility, with Nuria Chinchilla

Nuria Chinchilla is the IESE Business School Professor of Leadership and Head of the IESE Chair on Women in Leadership.

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#31: Breakthroughs in Safe and Sustainable Data Storage, with Bhupinder Bhullar

Bhupinder Bhullar is CEO and Co-Founder of Swiss Vault.

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The Thriving World Tour

The Tour, which runs from October 2023 to September 2024, offers five potential activities for host organisations to arrange:

1. Talks on Thriving, 20-90 minutes, e.g. a conference keynote, business breakfast address, academic lecture, in-house company presentation, or public talk
2. Workshops on Thriving, 0.5 to 3 days, interactive training on the key elements of thriving and its implementation, using the Thriving Cards based on the book
3. Study Tours on Thriving, i.e. visits to inspiring regeneration projects, which we will vlog / blog about, and possibly film for a Nature Positive documentary
4. Filming opportunities on Thriving, i.e. companies or projects that have some funding to cover filming costs as part of a Nature Positive documentary
5. Walks for Thriving, i.e. a 5 km or 10 km fundraising walk in a forest or other green space to support the Thriving Forest on Ecologi.

So far, we're exploring potential visits to Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Ecuador, Greece, Kosovo, Netherlands, Nigeria, Paraguay, South Africa, and Uruguay. If you would like us to visit your country, please fill out this Expression of Interest form and we will set up a call to discuss further.

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