Paul O'Donnell

On the left the sign on the road pointed to overwhelm and anxiety. Neither destination was appealing. On the right, the sign pointed to the twined towns of grateful and generous. Being grateful leads to being generous which leads to action. The poets j…lnkd.in/egVbXkUQ

I am delighted to once again be a mentor at the Global Challenge Lab 2023 powered by @Imperial Enterprise Lab, @Tsinghua University, @Technical University of Munich, and supported by Futurize. #GCL23 lnkd.in/ehUwe2wY

I posted this a while ago. Seemed appropriate I give it another airing. #twitter #meta threads a billion invisible threads within and without  binding our cells, so we can walk  up and down breathe in and out love back and forth threads knitted into…lnkd.in/eExQfnD2

There are times when, without any advance notice or for any particular reason you wake up and the world is a bit wonky; tedious, boring. Just generally lacking excitement as you face the same old, same old. Maybe here’s a reason to think a little diff…lnkd.in/euiBMNYv

There has been a great deal of press covering the tragic accident that befell the submarine Titan and speculation about the reasons why this happened. Many 'experts' have aired their views about the why's but most noticeably, the man behind Titan has rec…lnkd.in/exvF2zJi

I posted this poem a while ago and had a tremendous reaction. Was in a mood so here it is again. Dinner for one have you ever watched kids playing in the street have you ever watched your dreams take fleet have you ever watched some friends embrace ha…lnkd.in/eSVVjvdy

We all share a moment, a couple of seconds, between when we start to wake up in the morning and then become fully awake. I don’t think there is a person on this planet who doesn’t experience this and we rarely if ever share it. It’s not only deeply perso…lnkd.in/eFd_RJun

It’s solely your decision to make your world. #decisions #PowerOfPoetry #procrastination #insignificant #ImposterSyndrome #confidence #choice A decision In wood and glass and steel and stone the tribunes holy power hardens his unconscious and fervent…lnkd.in/eAzPsEAM

I am astonished that so many people just plain don't like where they are working. They don't have a problem with work just with who they are working for. I think this is an unspoken driver for the WFH movement. Don't leadership get it or is it something…lnkd.in/eeaJT4xF

Do you recognise anyone? Maybe it’s you? threads a billion invisible threads within and without  binding our cells, so we can walk  up and down breathe in and out love back and forth threads knitted into others  dependent on others  as if in a womb ne…lnkd.in/e9iXeedw

Congratulations to the finalists in #VCC23 . Extraordinary #innovation facilitated and enouraged by #imperialcollegelondon. Through my work as a #mentor and #ExpertinResidence at #ImperialEnterpriseLab I have had the privledge to work with some excitin…lnkd.in/e2HW529J

I recently had the opportunity to visit Wales and the highlight of my stay was a few hours or #foraging with a well qualified and enthusiastic guide. I was astonished just how much greenery ( and some flowers) were edible just a few metres from my front…lnkd.in/eAMAvYjB

A choice They don’t choose the times they live in each with separate choreographies looking for their druthers yet strangely taking solace in a murmuration seeking the predictability and safety of the others stitching themselves together with a belief i…lnkd.in/epwm_JBf

A poem within a poem inside a poem Words to his son soaked with love that is drawn from the well to right wrongs a life selfish can only spawn With his spirit on the wane and time measured in regret his one and last gift to mend body and soul in a glori…lnkd.in/e-AHa4m7

Do you ever cast your mind back to when you were a kid and take an ill remembered (probably) deep dive into your imagination at that time? For some kids it’s imagining they are an incredible sportsperson, an incredible scientist, an incredible musician,…lnkd.in/eZEXgi_s

When I was at school I was taught that we should live our lives on the basis of ‘do unto others as we would have them do unto us’ or words to that effect. Seemed reasonable and went unchallenged at the time but then I discovered that this statement is pr…lnkd.in/exXDEbeG

We’ve read that many of us are defined by various forms of trauma including PTSD and the type of trauma that originated in earlier generations and which wends its way through or somehow attached to our DNA to rise up at the most inconvenient times in our…lnkd.in/dFiMGrpH

I am delighted to let you know I will be a mentor at Fuel Africa 2023 launched by @Futurize in partnership with @AstraZeneca through the A.Catalyst Network and co-funded by @Bristol Myers Squibb #FuelAfrica23 #mentoring #coaching #HealthcareSolutions #n…lnkd.in/eXHYqzhu

Did you know that recognition of climate change was first written about and discussed early in the 19th century? By the late 19th century, scientists argued that human emissions of greenhouse gasses could change earth’s energy balance and climate. Calcula…lnkd.in/es6qE2CJ

I happened to be listening to some random podcasts lately and a common theme surfaced. I think it arose because many of the podcasts dealt with mental health. Mental health in the context of us all living that much longer. Apparently, on average, we are…lnkd.in/eZMwBFnZ