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Follow that!!

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Follow that!!

That is always the challenge when you create something that others really love, share and comment on.

A seed of doubt creeps in and then you think ‘maybe that was a one-off’ or ‘maybe it was a fluke and the next thing I create won’t be as good’.

The reality is, it wasn’t a fluke or a one-off. It was the result of all the unique talent we all have, and the only way to find out is to share again, and again, and again. It was the result of years of trying, adapting, modifying and learning.

The thing is keep going with your creating, and the only time to stop is when you have grown tired of creating. Once you reach that point, then the point of life has ended. We are here to create, to make, to build, to do something unique that will make a difference and leave a legacy.

We all have an obligation to use this once in an eternity gift of a lifetime. Why waste it never finding out what we are truly capable of creating? Why waste it fulfilling another person’s dream? Why waste it never trying? Why not create and keep creating? There is no other reason to live.

Toilet paper and changing the world? Really?

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If you have been following the story, I am on a quest to put my why into everything in my life, put my values into all that I do. So I have previously blogged about soap and fruit changing the world.

Well now it’s the turn of toilet paper to carry the banner of the revolution.

So I was sitting planning my daily #WalkNTalk Periscope and I planned today’s topic to be on ‘don’t use supermarkets’, which is something we have started doing at home, and something I am now applying to my business. In business change supermarket with Amazon.

Supermarkets/Amazon are bad because:

* They don’t treat their staff very well
* They kill small businesses, run by real people for the community
* They avoid paying tax
* They cook their books (Tesco)
* They sell us horse meat that is supposed to be beef

The list could go on, but hopefully the point is made.

While planning, I remember I needed some more toilet paper for my coworking space. I normally have been buying it from Amazon (uh oh I’ve admitted to being wrong publicly). So I went onto the internet and searched for ‘eco friendly toilet paper’ and found eco-leaf on Amazon, looked up the company directly, which is Suma. I then called them to find out how to buy without using Amazon. To cut a long story short check out Ethical Superstore.

They have all the convenience and ease of Amazon, but they are decent, ethical and great people.

So this is yet another step in my journey to change things, step by step the world can be changed, if we all do a little bit each day to find an alternative, and support the people, who were driven by their why, to make a change to the world. So toilet paper can change the world.

Next stop the coffee.

#NewWorldProject a world for the many not just the few