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Monty

London, United Kingdom

Passionate about living our purpose and making evolutionary progress however big or small.

Interests: Sport, Physical Activity, Skiing, Mountaineering, Cycling, Triathlon, Football (Soccer), Basketball, Movement, Boxing, Climbing, Music, Eating Out, Learning, Coaching, Leadership.

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Monty's Wire : Quick Fire - How we spend our time.

Quick 2-3 minute read on how to be operate slightly differently by being more intentional with time. Little piece on growth and leadership. Continue reading

Posted Apr 2, 2021 at Monty's Wire

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Monty's Wire : Quick Fire - Choices Choices Choices

1min read. Have you ever realised that when you wake up each and every day, every single nano second within that day is a choice? Have you ever woken up in the morning, and brushed your teeth, and gone to work, and come home from work and eaten dinner and... Continue reading

Posted Mar 27, 2021 at Monty's Wire

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3 Unexpected Opportunities Starting in 2021

(Approximate reading time 3-4mins) One year ago today, I remember vividly watching in horror the chaos that medical staff, COVID patients and close family members in Italy were having to endure at the very beginning of the global pandemic. It was the first time that I had really started to... Continue reading

Posted Mar 25, 2021 at Monty's Wire

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How important is Self-Esteem?

Have you ever seen a person make someone else feel so small with words that the individual on the receiving end of them has no fight left in them, and whose only choice is to look down towards the ground? Ashamed, humiliated, worthless, pointless? I have seen this happen before... Continue reading

Posted Aug 31, 2019 at Monty's Wire

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A perspective on Tribes, Countries and the Planet

As human beings we have always existed and operated in small tribes or communities. From the early hunter gatherer days, we found ourselves working in packs, small groups to make life more enjoyable and easier. In many ways we haven’t changed all that much. Both in the real world and... Continue reading

Posted Jun 20, 2019 at Monty's Wire

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The Art of Slowing Down

When I was growing up, my granddad always used to say to me, if a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. One of those statements which at the time as a child growing up, I always thought it was his way of getting me to do a painful... Continue reading

Posted Feb 3, 2019 at Monty's Wire

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Don’t ever look down on someone unless you’re helping them up. A perspective on inequality…

2018 Story #2: This story came from observing & interacting with others & situations throughout the year where I found myself back in London, which gave me some new perspectives on the disparity between those with opportunity & those without.. Global inequality in terms of wealth is at an all-time... Continue reading

Posted Dec 28, 2018 at Monty's Wire

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Don’t blink…2018, a year to remember! Post 1/2

I sit here, a year since writing my last piece (how time flies!), invigorated by what has been a turbulent, challenging but also incredibly rewarding year. For those who were kind enough to give a thumbs-up / like to any of my previous articles, please accept my sincere apologies for... Continue reading

Posted Dec 22, 2018 at Monty's Wire

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Thank you America. Learning’s for 2018!

After a little pause in posting on Monty's Wire due to focusing my efforts on other projects the first thing to know is that - I AM BACK! Second thing, I am shifting gears as of 29th December, I will be travelling on a one-way ticket back to London from... Continue reading

Posted Dec 19, 2017 at Monty's Wire

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Better Together!

This morning I was listening to an incredible podcast by NPR called ‘How I Built This’ featuring an interview with the founder of computer game company Atari, Nolan Bushnell. A great quote, which stuck with me today around one of the reasons why Nolan believes Atari was successful which was... Continue reading

Posted Feb 27, 2017 at Monty's Wire

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The Problem with Sports Funding (& The Possible Solution!!)

It has been a while since I have posted on here, but today seemed like as good a day as any and I shall explain why at the end. Today I came across a really interesting article on the BBC Sport website. The article, combined with a video interview with... Continue reading

Posted Feb 22, 2017 at Monty's Wire

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Understanding the Power of Nature.

I didn’t catch any Pokémon tonight but this was my view and I felt inspired to write. How many times have you got to the end of a long day and just wanted to eat some food, watch something mindless on television and just basically do nothing? Rhetorical question, and... Continue reading

Posted Aug 8, 2016 at Monty's Wire

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What is preventing us from being more physically active? The findings:

Before we get started, I wanted to acknowledge that it was the first time I’d put a question out there for feedback and was overwhelmed with the positive responses. So I wanted to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who shared their valuable thoughts and insights on this topic.... Continue reading

Posted Aug 3, 2016 at Monty's Wire

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Sully, thanks for your thoughts. Interesting how people seem to take the easy route now..watching vs playing, or 5 a side not 11 a side. Quick fixes like you say. I wonder what is truly driving that? Like you say, lots of other opportunities for other things now, cheap weekends away etc, but I sense there is something deeper going on in society. Is it to do with values? I'm wondering if people have lost touch with how meaningful participating in sport amongst friends can be...community aspect, hard work, loyalty, trust etc...5 a side like you say is more selfish, i'll go when i want on my terms...

Commented Aug 1, 2016 on What is preventing us from enabling our youth from becoming a more physically active generation? at Monty's Wire

What is preventing us from enabling our youth from becoming a more physically active generation?

Following my most recent article, I have spent the past few weeks reading numerous Government policy reports, researching community outreach programs and investigating the various commercial platforms which the world of health, fitness & physical activity are built around. What became quickly apparent to me was that in the UK... Continue reading

Posted Jul 31, 2016 at Monty's Wire

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Why Sport & Physical Activity could Change the World

The London Olympics in 2012 was billed as the Games that would ‘Inspire a Generation’. A positive and optimistic sentiment and a nice sound bite for officials, but I sincerely believe that Sport & activity can play a much bigger role in the progress of society than simply having a... Continue reading

Posted Jun 18, 2016 at Monty's Wire

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Why Diversity & Mash-Up's Count.

How many times in business have you heard someone make the point, ‘it’s important to build a diverse team’ or in team sports, ‘a diverse, yet well balanced team will be critical to a successful campaign.’ This doesn’t sound like rocket science and if you spend some time thinking about... Continue reading

Posted May 12, 2016 at Monty's Wire

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Peak Performance – The Difference in Elite Sport & Business

I recently watched an old documentary of the pain and hardship a world Championship Boxer goes through to prepare for a fight. Normally around 12 weeks of training, clean food, massages, intensive training, all conducive to being at the peak of their performance levels come fight night. What dawned on... Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2016 at Monty's Wire

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