Inspiration in rural Ireland

One of the greatest passions of my life is liberating the potential and talent within people – both for myself and helping other do the same. I believe all human beings are capable of wonderful things when we are educated well, taught how our own mind works, get inspired and learn how to get out of our own way.  So imagine my joy at being invited to give a keynote speech to celebrate the launch of the Centre for Developing Human Potential at the Tipperary Institute in County Tipperary in Ireland at the end of November 2006.

An hour and a half by train outside Dublin, right in the middle of rural Ireland, is a world-class college that supports both the personal growth of its students and their academic achievement.
I was also personally inspired by what they have created there. It has a great reputation and also attracted several other nationally known Irish speakers to celebrate its launch. The Centre for the Development of Human Potential is under the auspices of the Sustainable Rural Development department. Click here to see the college and department. For years they have incorporate personal development modules into each of their other courses and this has been so successful that they have now created a dedicated centre running specific courses in personal development, coaching and counselling. Other than some work I know is happening in South Africa to incorporate personal development modules into the school and give every child the chance to learn and grow, this is the only college of it’s kind I know of.

I loved the talk I gave – it felt really me at my authentic best and I received some wonderful feedback. I asked for permission and have made the talk I gave their into an audio download and you can listen to it yourself by clicking here.