Wildest Dream is the new business that Jack and I have started, but it is also more than that. Wildest Dream is a mindset, a way of life. Each individual, leader, and team that we work with is unique, and that uniqueness is something which we celebrate. But, when I sit to think about these great people, and about Jack and myself, I ask: “What are those common threads that enjoin us?” And here’s what comes to mind.

“Could we…” Anna starts before Cathy shouts, “there is nothing you can do here!” Cathy goes on and on. Anna and I nodding in complete agreement at the berating we are receiving on behalf of our masters. It was a face I was very adept at making, smiling and nodding whilst I got shouted at. ‘Yes, you are right, we are assholes.’

Some of us, such as Leonardo da Vinci, are fortunate enough to have an unbroken cycle of passion from childhood to adulthood. Leonardo’s father remarked on how he loved painting and sculpting as a child and as soon as Leonardo was old enough, his father took him to apprentice at a master painter’s studio in Florence. Yet for most of us, we have a prolonged sabbatical from our passion. Life gets in the way. Your hiatus might be 12 months or 20 years. But, what can we do when we lose that spark, that knowledge of what we truly love? We have to search for it. We have to move around the world with our eyes wide open.

As I write this entry, reflecting on my journey through business school, consulting and corporate, I know something must change. I don’t have the language or the plans but at 35,000 feet, some light has crept into my spirit – something Plato wrote about 2,400 years ago.

The lunch bell rings. We have to wait for the teacher to dismiss us from class. This isn’t America where the kids pack up and leave once the bell rings. I look around and we’re all on the edge of our seats. It’s our day today and there isn’t a second to spare. Seconds cost you.

When we tell someone what is working for us, we know what we can do more of. In a world of abundance, we need to know what is right with us, so we can repeat it with intention.