Gandhi did it with walking and without food. Michael Pollan did it with food and a book. Al Gore did it with a film. Dave Grohl did it with Youtube in 2020, and Dave Provan did it with words in 2018. Each of them, in defence of something important. And so must you.
The word defence usually conjures up three different things for people. Either, synonyms to do with the armed forces, war, and conflict, OR, playing defence in a sporting sense where there is an attacking side (again, very military-Esque), OR, being or feeling or acting defensively in the face of a personal attack. Like a conflict.
Do any of those resonate with you as a part of your professional practice? Unfortunately, probably.
But that's not what I'm talking about today.
Today, I want you to begin to think about yourself as a defender. But not any old defender, not like the images we talked about a moment ago. No, You must be in defence, you must be a defender, like these people.