Lessons from Everest - and life - about hope, fear, challenges, and how to manage it all as we approach the new year.

Impermanence is often a dirty word in the Western world, but with thought and acceptance, it is a massive positive, and a brush with eternity.

The reasons to be grateful are many, and they’re all around us, every day. The sun rising. Our lungs filling and hearts beating. A loved one beside us, or their memory to guide us. The sun setting, its ebbing light holding the promise of tomorrow. Sitting around the dinner table, holding hands, and saying what we’re grateful for.

True leaders lead by example, by being positive reflections of, and for, those being led. We need, more than ever, leadership that inspires us to do the best, be the best, we can.