Just two blokes on a mission.....

Two blokes from the north of England have set out on a mission to do their bit for a better world. Pooling their insight and creative abilities they have crafted a message of hope, practical action and, above all, love: love for our children and for planet Earth. Join them on this mission.

Jon Symes

2003 was the turning point for me, the 'story' wasn't working for me anymore. In a world which seems so broke it was no longer an option to just continue to live as I did, to all appearances a happy, successful life in our western, material understanding of that concept. I gave up my ambitions to build a large consulting business, down-shifted and made the space for something new to emerge. This book is the product of all of the reflection and inspiration that followed and is just one of the ways in which I will continue to help in the amazing awakening which is sweeping around the world. So all of the experience I have gained as a speaker, coach, consultant and entrepreneur plus the lessons I am still learning as a father, lover and a friend will be channelled into the YPNY project and this wonderful work. One of my friends told me "You'll never change the world from Chester." I don't agree, we can all make the world a better place from wherever in it we are; this book is my best shot at doing so.

Phil Turner

When Jon asked me to design this book I was delighted to accept the challenge. My creativity was stifling and needed a vehicle; the timing was perfect. In a world where manners, empathy, decency and compassion are brushed aside to get to the shops or secure the next deal, its time we changed. We are living in a period, a point of time on a graph, a part of the history of the human race on earth. We study other periods in our time on earth, art, philosophy, religion, technology, and war. So where does the 21st Century fit in? Mass consumerism runs alongside war, it’s feast or famine. Excess in everything, food, water, sex, alcohol, drugs, products, pleasure. Are we really designed to live like this? Some people survive eating man made chemicals shaped into food and other people make a living advertising it to them, day after day, year after year, deceptive marketing keeps us upgrading to newer versions. But "aren't we just trying to create a better life for our family, a loving, happy life - for ourselves, why shouldn't we?" Yes we should, but its how we do it and the way we teach our children that will shape the future.
REALISE THIS. The world has to change, and at some point it will. Be part of that change today.