Paul O'Donnell

Entrepreneur, Business Builder, Mentor, Non Executive Director , Author and Poet

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/df3QOlAaBR

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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 https://t.co/Kn1SdDDL7I

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/e32Ih0q9k1

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/gQeQ1a8bPj

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/cfMZsDBDzU

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/YI9Pkyx7Ty

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/7qd1DkDiXd

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/cGnwSwm9gA

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/WSwGpgc2wN

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/FyqoRDkIm1

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/cMMaLqtZMf

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/6yUAjbT1Ty

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/QmY8SZLARI

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/pT4o8r9hbb

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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,…https://t.co/BKUp4lSlPE

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/oCjUJya2U8

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/uAF2axVfS6

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/jEmXrNRLZz

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/MaxaNA6hHj

[Paul O'Donnell @pododonnell]

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…https://t.co/ODNUoehz3j