The Future's Bright

Mindfulness. It's talked about a lot, but what is it really? Can mindfulness really change your life for the better? Can your mind be too busy to practice it? In this episode I'll explain how I practice mindfulness and what it's done to help me. Plus there's a short mindfulness meditation for you if you stick around until the end. Thanks and I hope you enjoy the episode! Podcast music by Nver Avet...

The challenges we face in the future are global in nature and so we need to approach them with a global mindset. In this episode I talk about: The "Pale Blue Dot" we call home Circular (economy) thinking Working beyond borders Using all of our skills together A lot of this is based on my own personal experiences and experiments that I share in the episode. I hope you enjoy it and do let...

This week on the podcast I interviewed Christine Coulson. Christine is a life coach who specialises in helping people to quit alcohol or rethink their relationship with drinking. I've been sober for almost 3 years myself and I learned loads. I hope you will too. We talk about: Christine's journey to getting sober "Grey Area" drinking How life is better without alcohol Our views o...

This one was a really, REALLY hard subject to record! As we've looked at before, building a brighter future will mean we need to work with people who aren't like us. Maybe even they've harmed us in some way, or we them. Building a brighter future is going to need us all to build some bridges. In this episode I talk about: Why we need to forgive Why forgiveness is strength, not weakness...

To build a brighter future will require lots of us working together. Many different people, from varied backgrounds and with diverse views. For that to be successful, we're going to have to learn to understand other people and to be respectful of our differences. In this episode I talk about: Why we need to be respectful How to be respectful of others' views When it's OK not to be resp...

Have you ever spent time around someone truly joyful? It's great isn't it? So how do more of us develop lives filled with more joy? That's the theme of Idea 6 of my Manifesto for a Brighter Future - Spread Joy. In this episode I talk about: The difference between joy and happiness How happiness fades (quickly) over time Gratitude as a route to more joy Generosity as a route to more joy...

Imagine a world where everyone was kinder, more generous and more compassionate to one another. It'd be a pretty nice place to live, right? That's the theme of Idea 5 of my Manifesto for a Brighter Future - Be Kind. In this episode I talk about: How everyone wants to be treated Why we're all like traffic The impact of small acts of kindness The right way to think about kindness and gen...

As I said in the last episode, we need to keep learning, and there's lots of information out there to help us. BUT this information isn't all the same quality and so we'll have to be very selective about what we take on board. We all need to learn to think more critically. In this episode I talk about: Why all information isn't equal How to consider information critically The need...

In this episode I'm exploring Idea 3 from my Manifesto for a Brighter Future - Keep learning. No one has all of the answers we need. No one. The best leaders are all lifelong learners - constantly seeking out new knowledge in their areas of interest and expertise. In this episode I talk about: The reasons that we need to keep learning Great sources of information The need to relearn when the w...

Jeff Krehmer is an engineer and innovative thinker whose written a fascinating book about our future challenges. In "Infinite Resources" Jeff explores some of the biggest problems that we face a global society. Crucially though he's applied his engineer's mind to propose some truly radical solutions! In this interview, Jeff and I talk about: Getting the world off our addiction to...

In this episode I'm exploring Idea 2 from my Manifesto for a Brighter Future - Stay Healthy. To build a brighter future is going to take our time and energy. So it's vital that we try to ensure that we have as much of both as possible. The best investment you'll ever make in yourself is to live a healthy life. In this episode I talk about: Being healthy in a way that works for each of...

Last week I introduced the ten ideas that make up my Manifesto for a Brighter Future. In this episode I'm exploring Idea 1: Be Yourself. If we're going to build a brighter future for us all, it's going to take all of us working together. To do this effectively then it's vital that we each understand our own unique skills, gifts and abilities (our "superpowers") and how we...

When I began working on this project, I started to create what I'm calling my "Manifesto for a Brighter Future". It's a simple guide, a set of ten ideas, that will help us all to work towards the brighter future that we want to create. The ten ideas are: Be yourself Stay healthy Keep learning Think critically Be kind Spread joy Be respectful Forgive easily Think globally Take act...

It's a first for the podcast this week as I did my first interview! For many of us, one of the most important things we have to think about for the future are our careers. Working with a sense of purpose, making the most of our skills and abilities, will be essential if we're to build a brighter future for us all. Mark Crossfield is a career coach who I've known for some time. He helps...

If we're going to build a brighter future for us all, it's going to take all of us working together. To do this effectively then it's vital that we each understand our own unique skills, gifts and abilities (our "superpowers") and how we can use these to help everyone else. In this episode I talk about: Why we need to understand our gifts Why most of us have never thought abo...

If we want to build a brighter future for us all, we'll need great leaders to help us get there. To show us a vision and guide the way to realising it. But we don't see many of the right kind of leaders in the world today! In this episode, I'll cover: Why we need great leaders What great leadership looks like The tell-tale signs of a weak leader How we can each lead better, wherever we...

In an age of global problems, we cannot solve them by withdrawing into smaller and smaller groups. But there's a powerful, evolutionary reason why humans want to do this. In this episode, I'll cover: Why we evolved to live in tribes The tribes we belong to now How we can work beyond our borders As ever, I hope you find it helpful and informative. Podcast music by Nver Avetyan from Pixabay

AI. Everyone is talking about it. Not many people really understand it. This is a bit of a primer on the subject to help you to understand more: What AI is How it could impact our lives (positively and negatively) What we can do about that right now The sources of information mentioned: Mo Gawdat - Scary Smart Max Tegmark - Life 3.0 Mustafa Suleyman - The Coming Wave Podcast music by Nver Avetyan...

If you're the kind of person who thinks about the future, then this is definitely the podcast for you! We'll be exploring the big future trends and challenges that face us all, but also looking at what we can each do about them. The future can be big and scary, but I believe that if we learn to understand what's coming and all do what we can to address those issues, then the future&#39...