Terence Mauri

So I had a successful career management consultancy. Things were going well. I was making good progress. One day I walked into a store. I was in the middle of the day and a car driver lost control and drove a car into the store. He mounted the curb. It was actually a terrible accident. Nobody lost their lives that day, but many people were injured, including myself.

So I had a successful career management consultancy. Things were going well. I was making good progress. One day I walked into a store. I was in the middle of the day and a car driver lost control and drove a car into the store. He mounted the curb. It was actually a terrible accident. Nobody lost their lives that day, but many people were injured, including myself.

I woke up under the car in the store with the wheel of the car still going, burning my legs. It was one of those kind of accidents where your life flashes past you. I spent a number of weeks in hospital. And, you know, when you have time to think, when you're out of the building, that's when you get to reflect at a deeper level. And, you know, for me, I really sort of, it was a reawakening.

I woke up under the car in the store with the wheel of the car still going, burning my legs. It was one of those kind of accidents where your life flashes past you. I spent a number of weeks in hospital. And, you know, when you have time to think, when you're out of the building, that's when you get to reflect at a deeper level. And, you know, for me, I really sort of, it was a reawakening.

I connected with, reconnected actually with, my values, legacy, who I was, who I was becoming. And I realized there was a gap. There was a gap between who I wanted to become and what I was doing right now in the world of management consultancy, which is a very transactional world, a very profitable world.

I connected with, reconnected actually with, my values, legacy, who I was, who I was becoming. And I realized there was a gap. There was a gap between who I wanted to become and what I was doing right now in the world of management consultancy, which is a very transactional world, a very profitable world.

But I wanted to pivot to a transformational world, a world where actually I could bring my life and my values to life in a visceral way and visible way as well. So that happened about 20 years ago. And since then, I've been on a mission, a higher mission to inspire leaders around the world, ranging from NGO and non-for-profit to S&P 500 to harness the upside of disruption.

But I wanted to pivot to a transformational world, a world where actually I could bring my life and my values to life in a visceral way and visible way as well. So that happened about 20 years ago. And since then, I've been on a mission, a higher mission to inspire leaders around the world, ranging from NGO and non-for-profit to S&P 500 to harness the upside of disruption.

What I mean by that is, turning disruption, it could be career disruption, technology disruption, industry disruption, life disruption, whatever the disruption is, big or small, life-changing or professional. How do we turn that into a tailwind or a platform for laser-light focus and strategic courage and a more sustainable, values-driven life?

What I mean by that is, turning disruption, it could be career disruption, technology disruption, industry disruption, life disruption, whatever the disruption is, big or small, life-changing or professional. How do we turn that into a tailwind or a platform for laser-light focus and strategic courage and a more sustainable, values-driven life?

I think it's such a great question. It's what I call a catalytic question. And it's a question that we should all be thinking about because our relationship with risk is often not a good one. Our appetite for risk-taking is often squeezed out of us like a lemon from an early age. By the age we leave college, we're risk-averse.

I think it's such a great question. It's what I call a catalytic question. And it's a question that we should all be thinking about because our relationship with risk is often not a good one. Our appetite for risk-taking is often squeezed out of us like a lemon from an early age. By the age we leave college, we're risk-averse.

And then we've got this paradox of companies now demanding that we're all courageous risk-takers. And there's a big rhetoric to reality gap there. And for me, I think that accident reconfigured my relationship with risk that life is inherently risky. You can die at any moment, basically.

And then we've got this paradox of companies now demanding that we're all courageous risk-takers. And there's a big rhetoric to reality gap there. And for me, I think that accident reconfigured my relationship with risk that life is inherently risky. You can die at any moment, basically.

The worst thing we can do is actually not take any risk because being addicted to certainty can make us feel comfortable. But if that certainty is also causing a stagnation or inertia, we're not learning anymore, we're not moving anymore, we're accepting a status quo that's not healthy or does not give us happiness, well, that's not a good place to be.

The worst thing we can do is actually not take any risk because being addicted to certainty can make us feel comfortable. But if that certainty is also causing a stagnation or inertia, we're not learning anymore, we're not moving anymore, we're accepting a status quo that's not healthy or does not give us happiness, well, that's not a good place to be.

And we know that if you look at different statistics around the world, whether it's the Gallup engagement survey, I mean, that hasn't changed for decades now. The majority of the global workforce disengaged, still go to work, but have mentally quit the job. Life is short. If we're lucky, we get about 960 months to live, which is just 80 years of age.

And we know that if you look at different statistics around the world, whether it's the Gallup engagement survey, I mean, that hasn't changed for decades now. The majority of the global workforce disengaged, still go to work, but have mentally quit the job. Life is short. If we're lucky, we get about 960 months to live, which is just 80 years of age.

When you think of it that way, when I frame it that way, it's not to make people feel scared. It's this idea that it's never been easier to waste time and waste energy because this is the age of abundance. Also, we have technology that's incredible, but technology can make the trivial seem urgent.

When you think of it that way, when I frame it that way, it's not to make people feel scared. It's this idea that it's never been easier to waste time and waste energy because this is the age of abundance. Also, we have technology that's incredible, but technology can make the trivial seem urgent.