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“BHAGs – Big Hairy Audacious Goals” what i learnt from crazy challenge to climb uks highest peaks - no shortcut through hard work, team is everything, fundraising is hard and a purpose beyond yourself is vital medium.com/@marthalanefox…
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- I know, sat morning is screaming out for a video of a school bus arriving in Mongolia - so here you go - keep watching....
00:00 - ‘When I was young, we didn’t have books because my mother couldn’t read or write” whatever your politics, Angela Rayners story is remarkable, so here is a free link so you can read it via @FT on.ft.com/3fUPQBX
- How did I miss this - I am ashamed of our leadership right now 🥺When you’re sitting next to 95-year-old Sir David Attenborough and you *still* can’t be arsed to wear a mask. Or even stay awake. #COP26
- 15 yrs ago today, I fell out of a car, broke 28 bones + had a stroke. 2 years in hospital. Everything changed for me, forever. THANK YOU to all people who saved me - surgeons, nurses, doctors, anaesthetists + people who gave blood - 24 pints of which I used in first week...
- 19 years since I totalled myself. No great sage advice if you’re facing something catastrophic. All you can do is keep going. MLK puts it better “If you can’t fly, run, if you can’t run, walk, if you can’t walk, crawl. But whatever you do, just keep moving forward”.
- This is excellent writingI am very much not leaving The Guardian, but I will now be contributing occasionally to Unherd. This is my first piece for them: Why I Stopped Being a Good Girl unherd.com/2022/02/why-i-…
- When I went into lords, she asked me to tea and gave me one piece of advice” don’t take this lot as seriously as they take themselves” 💪🏻This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
- I have never heard so much freaking fuss over working on a Saturday- nurses, doctors, policemen, firemen, most of retail, cleaners,transport workers, most entrepreneurs- reckon some of them might fancy a Saturday off...
