QUESTIONS

WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN?

“When I’m not putting on events, I’m pretty much a homebody. My wife Vanessa and I have a home in the hills and on the weekends we watch a lot of movies. I enjoy sci-fi movies and don’t judge me, but I also love Family Guy for the humour and dry wit. When we aren’t entertaining small gatherings, we go to have fish at André’s in Fort Clarence”.

WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU’VE EVER RECEIVED?

“Long ago I was expressing my fears about going into my own practice and a respected senior attorney, John Graham, essentially told me: ‘You will never live your true potential unless you take a leap of faith.’ It gave me the final push I needed. I’m still trying to reach my full potential, but it’s worthwhile trying.”

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE POEM?

“In the great book: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life Wayne Dyer included a short poem by 14th-century Persian poet named Hafiz:

‘Even

After

All this time

The sun never says to the earth, “You owe Me.”

Look

What happens

With a love like that,

It lights the

Whole

Sky.’

That poem reminds me to love and give without ego or expecting something in return. If you can achieve this, what you do get in return is invaluable.”