Alex- A Man of Many Talents

Hey, he looks a little bit like Ricky Gervais doesn't he!?

Eating some sushi (too good for the likes of our M and S Sandwich)

Alex is one of those people who has crammed a lot into life. A risk taker. Someone who has an idea and runs with it. He didn't say this. But that's the jist of him we think.

Here are some of the strings to Alex's bow. He makes social documentaries; his most recent film focused on charity workers on the front line in South Africa. He owns a giant sustainable living farm in South Devon. Kind of like a commune without the hippies. Teenagers can go to his farm to learn that potatoes don't grown in Tesco. In 1999 he set up the first internet TV channel for London. He started out in computing, where he wrote software for banks, making enough cash to support his other/ extra curricular ventures.

He also has a friend who's job is to research fun for a millionaire!!!

We learned all this in 20 minutes of sandwiches and sushi. I have a feeling that if we had spent another 20 minutes with Alex he would have reeled off another load of random jobs and ventures. A man who isn't short of stories.




I decided to note take with Alex. We don't note take with everyone. But he seemed like the kind of man who would appreciate this sort of conscientiousness.

Here he's giving us a couple of his websites.
If you wanna learn more about Alex go to
www.bigetc.tv
www.embercombe.co.uk

I would say in some ways that Alex is the epitome of a successful man. A man who eats sushi in Embankment park on his monthly business trips up to London from his farm in Devon. A man who has made films, worked in banks, helped teenagers and was there at the beginning of the Internet. If Alex is successful, what can we learn about success from him? Have an air of calm about you. Be open and friendly to girls doing experiments in parks (he was definitely our least resistant luncher). Be a little bit full of yourself, but not too much. If you are working a money job, that you don't really like, use the money to fund something that excites you. and if you have an idea, that you think will work, then just do it. Thanks Alex.