8 Moving from Resistance to Action

Lots of people dream big and talk about big bold ideas but never do anything. I judge people by what they've done. The ratio of something to nothing is infinite. So just do something.

Peter Diamandis Engineer, entrepreneur, founder of the X Prize Foundation

‘I’m scared… I'm not sure I want to go on the ride…'

My daughter Tallulah and I were standing in line, waiting for our turn to go on Air, a roller-coaster designed to simulate the experience of flying. We could hear the screams of the thrill-seekers on the ride as they looped skyward at high speed then plunged close to the ground, past fences, rocks and trees. Tallulah and I had been looking forward to this day for years – we'd had to wait until she was ...

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