Last week I attended a talk regarding the potential for progress by the journalist and writer John-Paul Flintoff who discussed the ideas of philosophers, alongside his own bizarre and inspiring adventures such as making underpants from stinging nettles.
During WWI Britain controlled the majority of the worlds cotton. The German army when faced with a shortage of cotton for their uniforms, had a look around them and came up with the solution of using the fibres of stinging nettles. Perhaps we should look at the resources we already have, especially those we overlook and underestimate; those we do not know are resources.
Every friday evening (I think this is alongside Shabbat – a Jewish tradition) younger members of his family are encouraged to think about what was worthwhile in their week. What they have achieved and what they are looking forward to in the following week. I really like that. I may borrow.
At the core of Flintoff’s talk was his question ‘What would you do if you could not fail?’
