Making Change Happen

30 11 2009

Wise words from the brilliant David Hieatt

“If you want change to happen, you will have to inspire people. A fire needs wood to burn. It also needs a flame to start it. You need to be the flame.

A business needs to do the numbers but it also needs a purpose to give it its passion. If we listened to just our intellect, no one would fall in love. If we did not listen to our soul, no poetry would ever be written. To stir someone, you have find emotional ways to touch them. But first you have open up and let go of the worry about talking in more emotional terms. Only then will you start to connect with people. You have to stir yourself to stir others. Then you have to find the flame that inspires them.

And be positive. Be the hope. The cynic changes little or nothing. But the optimist can and will. So spread wonder. Spread optimism. It’s contagious.”


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A Little Voice A Long Way From Here

17 11 2009

It’s always really exciting starting work on a new show but kind of scary as well. This week this process has begun for me on the next show that I will be working on with norfox Young People’s Theatre who are the resident young people’s theatre company at the Library Theatre in Manchester. The show is called “A Little Voice A Long Way From Here”. It’s still very much in its infancy so it’s feeling a little vulnerable and flimsy at the moment but I’m really looking forward to getting my teeth into it and seeing how it develops over the next couple of weeks.

It tells the story of a girl called Amber. When she was 11 years old her mother disappeared leaving her to be raised by her father. Upon his death, when she is 17, she discovers that he wasn’t her father at all. Abandoning life as she knows it she travels North to unearth not only her family’s secrets, but also the truth about herself. It’s a story about discovery, about cold nights and about skies that are always starry.

There’ll be a site up and running for the show very soon. I’ll let you know when it’s ready and hope to see you over there.


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Seeing Things Differently

10 11 2009

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It can get a little boring treading the same pavements to work everyday. Passing the same old buildings and the same old people doing the same old things. And people who feel bored get to be boring themselves so that’s why it’s good to mix things up a bit. To put a bit of interest into your everyday routine and seek out the wonder and beauty in the world around you. Even the simplest things can have something quite extraordinary to offer.

So, promise yourself that you’ll take a different route to work at least once this week, look up instead of down or left instead of right and give yourself time to absorb the hidden treasures that surround you every minute of every day.


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