Category Archives: impossible

An idea that changed the world

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

Global Zero seeks to mobilise people to join a movement with a seemingly impossible objective. The achievement of zero nuclear weapons held on earth by the year 2030. Seriously? Yes, seriously. Impossible you say. But take note: aspirational goals are … Continue reading →

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From one month to three legs

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

I did a good job tearing my calf muscle before New Year. More than just a few strands, I was seriously stopped in my tracks for longer than I expected. This is my first post for some months since that … Continue reading →

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On the Horns of a Dilemma: Come Too Far to Stop; Not Enough Support to Go

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

The great and hard-charging American Civil War leader, General Sherman, spoke about putting his enemies on the horns of a dilemma. Confront them with a decision where either option is at their peril. Have you ever been in one of … Continue reading →

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Squaring the Circle

Posted on December 17, 2010 by

‘Squaring the Circle‘ describes trying to achieve the impossible. The expression is sometimes used as a metaphor for doing something logically or intuitively impossible. It is essentially a mathematical problem, and until 1882 it was thought that somehow it might be … Continue reading →

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We failed them

Posted on October 24, 2010 by

Is this what we will be saying in 2015 about the millions of children under the age of five who continue to die of preventable disease in situations of extreme poverty? This week the (Australian) Northern Territory’s Minister for Children … Continue reading →

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The Only Limits Are Those of Vision

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

My friend Fay spoke at a recent breakfast about a friend attempting the impossible: climbing to the Everest Base Camp, with the added challenge of blindness. Here is what she wrote as an update- a good news story! For those … Continue reading →

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The one thought I want you to consider today

Posted on October 1, 2010 by

Where does the time go?! Dear reader, thanks for your patience- it has been now about a week since I made my last post. A lot has happened in that time, and many ideas and thoughts to write about. I … Continue reading →

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Small Actions Count

Posted on September 26, 2010 by

It takes more than one to make a bridge. A quick word of thanks for making this journey possible. Without the many who have supported this to date especially through sponsorship, it would have remained an idea isolated on the … Continue reading →

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Impossibly possible!

Posted on September 16, 2010 by

Thanks to my mate Scott Thompson in New York from Intersections International who gave me this perspective of something, like a crazy global endurance challenge being “impossibly possible”. But let’s go back to the data and see how reframing a … Continue reading →

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Lost in Riverview

Posted on September 13, 2010 by

Saturday evening I headed out for a 24 km training run, but was confounded as darkness fell and I became geographically embarrassed in the streets of Riverview. For those unfamiliar with Riverview, it is a leafy enclave of a suburb … Continue reading →

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