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“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aurelius. This is the first in a ten-part blog series exploring Stoic wisdom through the lens of motorcycling. Ancient philosophy meets real-world riding to reveal insights into navigating challenge, choice, and change — on the road and in life.

I never set out to write The Stoic Rider. It crept up on me, quietly — somewhere between windswept roads, roadside breakdowns, and the deeper kind of stillness that only arrives when everything else falls away.This isn’t a book about how to ride. It’s a book about how to live. Blending ancient Stoic philosophy with […]

Life isn’t a straight road. It twists, turns, throws up unexpected obstacles, and sometimes, the best way forward isn’t the most obvious one. As a biker, I’ve learned that where you look is where you go – a principle that applies far beyond the road. And that’s exactly what my upcoming book is about. I’ve […]

My next project is underway! In July 2023 I’ll be joining the charity Rally For Rangers and taking a Yamaha bike through Namibia with the sole purpose of giving it away. Hear me out, the. cause is a worthy one. As you probably know, there’s many diverse and wonderful wildlife living in the vast National Parks that […]

I love you. I loathe you. I am disgusted by you. I adore you. We can do this. We don’t have a hope. It’s all over. Don’t give up. Read those words again. Can you feel a tiny bit of emotion with every one? Like a long shadow cast by a feeling, just a sample […]

The only true freedom any of us have is in our thoughts I’ve often mentioned in my talks and in my blogs how everything can change in a single moment. A lapse in concentration, a telephone call with bad news, a job offer, a baby is born. All life events that many are familiar with […]