There's always a silver lining.

This morning I woke up and said a prayer that I learned from Graham Clark after hearing his testimony. I simply said, “Show me.” Show me what I need to see. Show me the path. Just… show me.

What I can say is that Friday 31st July, the last day of July, has been one of the most incredible days of the year so far for me.

The day started off with amazing news from Stephanie to say that we had secured the space for our event on the 28th of August, where Cohort 5 will be delivering their keynote talks. I’m super excited, and the invitation will be open to the LinkedIn community. The flyer will be with you soon.

Then I did something I rarely do in any of the cohorts. Out of four cohorts, with this being the fifth, I met one of the speakers in person instead of working online. Natasha drove to Milton Keynes and we worked together from 10 until 2. It was the most amazing session. She has ADHD, I’m autistic, and we literally walked and talked, crafted her keynote, shared ideas and did a full lap of Milton Keynes. We stopped at Late Street Coffee, Home Ground Coffee and Bogota Coffee before ending up by the fountain in The Hub, working outside. I absolutely loved working with her, and I can already see she’s going to make an impact on many people’s lives.

After that I met the incredible Elliot Moore, who I had been looking forward to meeting. What an incredible human. We sat by the fountain talking about supporting young people into employment and the projects we’re going to work on together. It was wonderful to spend time with someone who has such a huge heart and passion.

While we were there we witnessed someone heading to Reggaeland decide to ignore the sign saying “Do not climb into the fountain.” He dived in… only to discover the water is about two centimetres deep, resulting in a spectacular belly flop and skid across the surface. It was certainly memorable!

I also bumped into Emmanuel on his birthday, so happy birthday, Emmanuel! It was lovely to meet his beautiful wife and daughters.

Then we met a 64-year-old and a 68-year-old who had been dating for just two months. We ended up having a long conversation about spirituality, faith and life. Those unexpected conversations are often the best ones.

Later I had a one-to-one with another client, the incredible Hazel, who is such a force. I learned so much from her about branding, and she’ll also be one of our keynote speakers on the 28th of August, so I really hope you can come along.

I finished my workday with a long FaceTime call to my love, Nazar, who is currently in Brazil. I got to see Brazil through his camera, which was amazing.

I also cried today, which was good. Crying is pain relief.

Then I ended the evening by taking my boys to watch Spider-Man. We couldn’t get into the 8.30 showing because it was so busy, so we booked the 9 o’clock instead and somehow managed to get the best seats in the cinema - right at the back with loads of legroom. We worked together as a team to grab them. We got home around half past midnight, and all three of us were buzzing.

One final business lesson.

Yesterday I discovered that someone I gave a box of my books to ten years ago, who said they would help promote them, has somehow ended up with copies being sold on Amazon as “used” for £3.45, even though they’re brand new. Back in 2016 they cost me £3.71 each to print and I sold them for £15.

At first I was annoyed.

Then, while talking to Nazar, I realised something. I’ve actually bought one to check whether it’s genuinely used or brand new. Then it hit me… today those books would cost me more to print than £3.45.

So instead of staying frustrated, I’m going to buy them back. Every single one I find.

I’ll then sell them on my website for £15.

Sometimes when people trick you, take advantage of you or scam you, there’s still a silver lining if you’re willing to look for it.

Today’s prayer was simply, “Show me.”

I think He did.