Look What Arrived
The Three Mirrors of Radical Honesty
There’s no greater feeling than holding your own book in your hands.
The smell of fresh pages. The flick of paper between your fingers. The weight of an idea that started in your head and now lives in the real world.
This week, that feeling came rushing back to me as I held my third book, The Three Mirrors of Radical Honesty.
Every book carries a different energy.
When I wrote my first, PowerLift Your Career, my boys were very young. They don’t remember much about it, but I do. I remember the nerves, the overwhelming pride, and the disbelief that I’d actually done it. I’d written a book!
By the time my second book, Finding Light in the Darkness, came along, my boys were a little older. That book felt steadier. It was written with the maturity of someone who had already proven to themselves they could do it once, but also someone who wanted to share hope and light in difficult times.
This third book is different. My boys are teenagers now, nearly grown. And as they stood beside me, holding The Three Mirrors of Radical Honesty, I realised something both funny and profound:
As my kids have got bigger, my books have got smaller.
Why Smaller Books?
It wasn’t intentional at first. PowerLift Your Career was thick, packed with research, interviews, and years of data. It reflected the season I was in long hours, deep dives, and the need to prove myself through volume.
Finding Light in the Darkness was slimmer.
Still layered, still full of stories, but with sharper focus.
And now The Three Mirrors of Radical Honesty is the smallest of all short, sharp, and to the point.
Why? Because the world has changed.
Attention spans are shorter. People want wisdom they can act on today. They don’t want to carry a heavy manual; they want a clear guide. As a pragmatist, I’ve always asked myself one question: does it work?
If it does, then I’ll keep it.
If it doesn’t, I’ll strip it back.
That’s what this book represents the distilled essence of thirty years of paying attention to one simple truth: honesty changes everything.
The Different Weight of This Book
This book feels different because it isn’t just written for me or for the professionals I work with. It’s written with my boys and their generation in mind.
When I prepared for my TEDxYouth talk earlier this year, I asked myself a powerful question:
What do I want to leave the next generation with?
I have two boys at the very end of Gen Z.
They will soon step into a world shaped by deep fakes, algorithms, filters, and façades. A world where people can smile at you in one room and say something very different behind your back.
At home, we teach our children to be honest. But somewhere along the way, they learn that to survive in the adult world, they must lie.
My message, through this book and through my work — is simple: What if we broke that cycle?
What if we made honesty not the exception but the norm?
What if the minority became those who pretended and the majority were those who stood in truth?
That’s the vision behind The Three Mirrors of Radical Honesty.
A Celebration
So yes, look what arrived.
It’s more than paper. It’s more than words. It’s a legacy I can hold in my hands and one I can pass on to my children and beyond.
Bigger kids, smaller books but always the same excitement.
And now, I’d love to invite you to celebrate with me.
The official book launch will take place this Saturday at Bogota.
Come along, grab a coffee, enjoy some cake, and take home a free copy of The Three Mirrors of Radical Honesty.
