Don't ask what gives you purpose, ask what gives you energy. Listen to this clip from this fantastic recording I had with Shane Ward, agroecologist and founder of Action Ecology. My wife introduced me to this idea. She's an organisational psychologist by training, and has been working in leadership development and all these other things, so she came home one day was talking about an exercise that she was involved with where people were asked to try and find one word that described what energised them and for some reason, this captured my thinking in a way that nothing quite like it ever had. It's been a long time, in fact I had spent the whole of my adult life up to this point, thinking about what I was passionate about, which was films and telling stories and working with actors and crafting all these things I was passionate about. I was passionate about, you know, other things I loved music. I thought about what I loved, I thought about what I was passionate about. I thought about all these other things, but I never actually asked the question what energises me, what gives me energy instead of taking it away. Shane Ward is a regenerative land use advisor, communicator and the founder of Action Ecology. Shane brings an international perspective, scientific rigour and pragmatic approach to connecting people with the right knowledge, drawn from both innovative ‘on-the-ground’ practitioners and the latest research. Passionate about sustainable food systems, ecosystem restoration, as well as plant, soil & microbial ecology, Shane also works more broadly to engage people with visioning a better way forwards for humanity’s approach to energy, economy and agriculture – re-partnering with natural systems – so we might provide a chance for future generations to thrive on this planet.