On a recent Friday afternoon, I was boarding a train when I noticed a woman with a large pram. She had a baby with her, along with her three-year-old son and a friend. I offered to help lift the pram into the carriage. She thanked me profusely, and we began chatting....
A friend recently sent me a voice note containing a question I have found surprisingly difficult to put down: “Where in your life is fear still running you?” He was not talking only about the obvious fears that make our hearts race. He mentioned the...
Peace may begin within us, but it changes the world through the way we see, hear and treat one another. Those of us old enough to remember 11 September 2001 will probably never forget where we were when the world seemed to stop. I was working in the City of...
The loss of a dear friend led me to discover the deeper meaning of noble friendship — and to question how I show up for the people I love. Recently, a dear friend of mine and his wife tragically died in a car crash in Canada while they were on holiday from London....
What could change in the next six months if you stopped carrying everything alone? Recently, I wrote about the life-changing power of one simple introduction. An introduction matters because it creates the possibility of a conversation. And sometimes, one honest...
One thoughtful introduction could spark a friendship, a marriage, a livelihood—or an entirely new future. More than twenty years ago, I introduced two of my friends. One was a friend from my schooldays, while the other was my regular squash opponent. I knew them both...
What becomes possible when one invitation creates the space for strangers, old friends and entire communities to find one another? Last Sunday, a corner of Regent’s Park became a meeting place for friendships spanning decades, families, neighbours, old colleagues and...
Recently, I came across an idea from Townsend Wardlaw that stopped me in my tracks: You cannot build a million-dollar relationship with a founder until you have built one with yourself. Townsend was talking about becoming a trusted adviser to ambitious founders...
Why my annual Friends & Friend’s Friends Picnic matters more than ever Back in the summer of 2002, I had a simple idea. What if I invited all my friends to a picnic—and asked them to invite their friends too? I had no idea what would happen. What began as a...
The real test of self-love begins when someone else says no – and you have to decide what that means about you. Last week, I wrote about what it really means to say, “I choose you” It was in the context of my cousin Suraj marrying his sweetheart...
