“We need to create cultures where people are anchored in their values, where their intentions and impact are aligned, and where people hold themselves and others accountable in productive ways that lead to real change.”

3 Main Messages:

1. Being anchored means knowing what matters most to you and who you want to be

2. A transformative life is one where you align your actions to your values

3. By owning your mistakes, showing curiosity and humility and by sharing your learning you will lead by example, build trust and inspire others.

“The first mark of conscious leader is self-awareness and the ability to tell themselves the truth”

3 Main Messages:

1. Every leader needs to take the time to consider where they are, where they need to be and to know how to make the shift

2. Successful cultures are built through honesty, positivity, curiosity and play.

3. Great leaders focus less on what they are doing and more on how they are being. 

“For too long education has been about ‘What can you do?’ rather than ‘Who can you be?’”

3 Main Messages:

1. We all need to explore our roots before we can spread our wings

2. Simple mindset perspective shifts can strengthen our inner selves

3. “You’re the author of your own life story, because we are the stories we tell ourselves”

“The more space we gave ourselves to dream, and the more trust we gave one another, the better we got”

3 Main Messages:

1. By listening intentionally and caring, you can give people exactly what they need

2. Owning your mistakes builds trust and confidence

3. Every little detail counts. How you do one thing is how you do everything

“Your behaviour is contagious, so a better world does indeed begin with you.”

3 Main Messages:

1. We can all make a little difference but some of us can make a big difference.

2. What are we currently accepting as normal that will horrify future generations?

3. The goal of life is not to be happy, but to be purposeful.

“We become our fullest selves in and through relationships with one another”

3 Main Messages:

1. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

2. Communities projects benefit us physically, mentally and spiritually

3. We feel better by lifting others

“Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.”

3 Main Messages:

1. In order to get good results, team members should be able to hold themselves and one another accountable.

2. This requires commitment and the ability to have debate and healthy conflict.

3. Underpinning all of this is trust, which comes from building positive, vulnerable relationships.

“Grounded confidence is a brand of confidence that is built not on arrogance or posturing, but rather on the solid ground of self-awareness, courage and practice.”

3 Main Messages:

1. There is great power in connection, both of people and of ideas. 

2. Leaders need grounded confidence and courageous humility

3. Now is the time for deeper self awareness and conscious leadership

“We move better when we go beyond solving a puzzle to serving a person”

3 Main Messages:

1. Successful people need “flexible optimism - optimism with its eyes open.”

2. Schools “teach us how to answer, but not to ask.”

3. ‘Selling’ is serving others - and we all do it.

“We are formed by relationship, we are nourished by relationship, and we long for relationship. Life is not a solitary journey”

3 Main Messages:

1. We all need to find work that fulfils us, gives us joy and serves a communal purpose.

2. Connection is key - through marriage and community building

3. Happiness is temporary and feeling, while joyful people “glow with an inner light”

“The challenge is always to improve, to always get better, even when you are the best. Especially when you are the best.

3 Main Quotes:

1. “For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.” - Rudyard Kipling 

2. “It’s better to have a thousand enemies outside the tent than one inside the tent” - Arab Proverb 

3. “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, …well before I dance under the lights.” - Muhammed Ali

“It is by consciously confronting the certainty of death, and what follows from the certainty of death, that we finally become more present in our lives.”

3 Main Messages:

1. We spend most of our privileged lives turning a blind eye to our mortality.

2. Society has us focusing on amassing experiential and economic wealth.

3. “These are the days, they always were” - Jack Moore

“Every day in itself is a gift and a blessing. It is all we ever have anyway, the moment we are in.”

3 Main Messages:

1. We often realise the important things about life when it is too late. 

2. There are different ways to measure wealth and many things which are more important than money, title and status

3. The most important things are relationships, with ourselves and with others. 

“It is time to begin the dismantling of the cult of busyness one person at a time. One heart at a time. One body at a time.”

3 Main Messages:

1. We have been brainwashed into believing that our value is attached to our productivity

2. Our bodies and brains are not designed for this current toxic culture of capitalism

3. We need to return to our bodies, our old ways and make time for rest.

“Great rewards will accrue to those who can take conceptual knowledge from one problem or domain and apply it in an entirely new one.”

3 Main Messages:

1. Diversity of thought and experience is crucial in all fields. 

2. We need to ensure we have a range of varied experiences, knowledge interactions and relationships.

3. With AI covering the simplest jobs it leaves creativity of thought open for humans to explore.

“I want women of color to successfully navigate the workforce as it currently exists, because if we sit back and wait for systems to change, we could be waiting forever.”

3 Main Messages:

1. Women of colour pay double minority tax and so need both system change and allies.

2. Connection and community are built both ways.

3. Equity and inclusion increase the bottom line and benefit everyone.

“We don’t start contributing once we become leaders. We become leaders because of how we contribute.”

3 Main Messages:

1. The most basic question is usually the most brilliant

2. Regret is much heavier than failure

3. Everything we dream of is on the other side of fear

“When you’re an adult, your life, happiness, health, healing, social life, friendships, boundaries, needs and success are all your responsibility.” 

3 Main Messages:

1. Worrying about the responses and emotions of others is pointless and limiting

2. The quality of our relationships will be better if we put ourselves first

3. This isn’t as selfish as it sounds. It’s liberating

“If you spend your whole life chasing that fleeting, temporary feeling of happiness, you will miss out on what you really want: fulfilment”

3 Main Messages:

1. We are all building our own house and each small act contributes to what we build

2. It is better to work hard and struggle in the dark than under the spotlight later

3. Mountains are meant to be climbed and life is meant to be lived