A Life Less Humdrum

Posted by Fiona Harrold | 2 Comments

Do you ever feel a little jaded?  Do you ever feel that life could be a little or a lot more interesting. Or that YOU could be a little or a lot more interesting?

There’s few of us who haven’t felt this way once in a while. What’s the solution?

The solution probably entails breaking out of your routine to do something really quite different and really quite challenging. One chap who is doing just that is Sunil Mistry.

Sunil came to me little over a year ago, keen to do something exciting and challenging with his life. Having helped grow and sell his family business, he was ready to do something different.

He had heard of my brother Brian’s initiative in the Gambia to help people raise themselves out of poverty, and with a little encouragement from me, Sunil took himself off to meet Brian and his partner Pamela in the Gambia.

Seeing first-hand how they had transformed two villages and the lives of many people, Sunil vowed TO DO SOMETHING REALLY GREAT and help another village get clean water.

Flash forward twelve months and Sunil has launched Cycle for Gambia.

Beginning on the 1st November, Sunil is leading a cycle ride around Cyprus – 750 km in 7 days! Every penny raised goes to People in Need Gambia to help raise another village out of poverty and illness. Awesome!

Let’s support him. Until midnight on November 7th, I am donating all of the proceeds from the sales of our online courses to People in Need Gambia.

Four Ways YOU can make a difference today

1. Buy a course and help build a borehole!
   If you’ve never bought one of our motivating courses before this is the day to take a risk.
2. Send a donation to Sunil at Cycle for Gambia
   Every little counts! Sunil’s target is 60,000 Euros and he’s over half-way there.
3. Go straight to People in Need Gambia and donate directly
   The work they do is fantastic, and every penny of your donation goes direct to the Gambia
4. Spread the word!
   If you’ve never forwarded our Newsletter to a friend – this is the day to do it.

Over to Sunil…

I caught up with Sunil just before he set off. Here’s what he had to say:

“The hardest thing of taking on this challenge was making the decision to do it! Once the decision was made, I have just got on and done what I think is right.

Cycle For Gambia is one of the most exciting things that has happened in my life, and I think that this is just the beginning! I honestly feel that I could do anything I wanted now.

When I came to see Fiona I felt I was in an awful rut and couldn’t imagine or get excited about the next stage of  my life. I realise now that sometimes you just have to take a chance and jump.

There are no certainties, no guarantees, but I know that you have to get out there and give things a try to make life more interesting – and fun!“

The message is clear: Get Out There and Get Involved!

Find something to put your heart into and give it your all. You’ll be rewarded with a life more interesting than the average person’s, you’ll find yourself a far more dynamic, fascinating and resourceful person and life will never feel remotely humdrum.

And right now, the world needs you to dig deep and pull out your contribution. I’d love to hear of your Big Plan. Share it here on my blog.