Today is the first day of Jennifer Lee’s Right Brain Business Plan e-Course (woo-hoo!) and Week 1 has you focusing on your business Vision and Values. So, I was musing on this and thinking how lovely it would be to find something interesting to share here on that theme.

I’m so glad I searched – this fabulous TED talk by Caroline Casey is not only a great story and an amazing personal journey (I’d love to interview her for the Journeys series), but it’s totally in line with my own values too – being true to yourself, following your bliss, and bringing out the best in yourself and other people.

It’s also a wonderful example of how utterly amazing ‘ordinary’ people are – it’s about all of us being able (or allowing ourselves) to shine in our own sweet and utterly incredible ways…

Here are two of the initiatives Caroline helped set up that wouldn’t exist if she hadn’t been 100% herself:
Elephant Family with Mark Shand
Kanchi

And in response to her story, I have some new questions for future interviews too:

• When you were 5, what did you most want to be when you grew up?
• What was your ‘snot rock’ or most broken moment so far in your own journey?
• What would you like your ’1000 mile elephant ride’ equivalent to be?

Would love to hear your answers – feel free to post your comments below!