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Henry Blanchard: Unconventional Me

Henry Blanchard left the Deloitte graduate scheme two and a half years after starting and made history by setting up the first International Marathon in Uganda. Read more about this inspiring, unconventional, passionate man.

If you can’t do, then be

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Discombobulated. It’s one of my favourite words and totally sums up how I’m feeling at the moment. Do vs Be. Share vs Noise. Action vs Procrastination.

Lessons from Mother India

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BE HERE NOW. Those were the first words I wrote in my diary on landing in India and they sum up the lessons from my amazing experience in the mountains.

End of year reflections

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With the dark nights and end of the year looming, I get into a very reflective frame of mind. It’s time for planning and dreaming. So turn off your brain, connect to your heart and envision your next 12 months.

Compassion is the only answer I know

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With the House of Commons agreeing to begin airstrikes in Syria, I am sat here questioning what I can do. Compassion and love seems to be my only answer, but I’m not sure it’s enough.

I believe

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What you believe makes you who you are. How are your beliefs shaping your life and the world around you?

Just a story

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We tell ourselves stories thousands of times a day but we often view them as fact and truth rather than story. When we become conscious of these stories we can choose to own them and write the ending or just discard them and move on.

Extraordinary, ordinary people

A weekend trip to Poland had the surprising outcome of reaffirming my admiration and fascination with everyday people doing amazing things.

What could be so important?

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How often do we have a phone attached to our ear or in our hand? What is so important that we need to be connected to technology seemingly at all times?

Life is for living

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In the past week I have found out about the deaths of two people in their 30s. It has been a sobering reminder that we never actually know when your time on this planet will be up, so we need to live it and love it right now.