Heroes
We want to shout about people who are doing interesting, exciting and inspirational things with their lives. We want to show people that you needn’t feel stuck. That there are real people out there achieving great things. And that, if they can do it, so can you.
Esc Hero #1: ‘Don’t ever aspire to be average’
Justin Miles: South Pole Expedition
Esc Hero #2: ‘Definitely weird being back at work’
Tom Henry: Mongol Rally
Esc Hero #3: ‘Get out of your comfort zone’
Roly Bagnall: Microfinance, India
Esc Hero #4: ‘If your instinct is telling you to do it. Do it.‘
Ben Benton: Clothes company, Entrepreneur
Esc Hero #5: ‘There must be more to it than this?’
Henry Brydon: London to Sydney Cycle
Esc Hero #6: ‘A bit of passion goes a long way’
Hannah Springham: TV Director and Entrepreneur
Esc Hero #7: ‘I’ve always wanted to run my own business’
Richard Burton: Hoodie-selling Kite-Surfer
Esc Hero #8: ‘Seeing what you can achieve with your bare hands’
Nick Weston: 6 months in a tree-house
Esc Hero #9: ‘Take the plunge and go for it – me and my burrito bar’
Frank Yeung: Bye Bye Goldman Sachs
Esc Hero #10: ‘I decided I would row solo across the Indian Ocean’
Sarah Outen: First woman to solo row Indian Ocean
Esc Hero #11: ‘Combining communications and development to achieve social change’
Philippa White: Social entrepreneur, Brazil
Esc Hero #12: ‘Running a Fijian island tribe from kitchen tables in East London’
Ben Keene: Social entrepreneur, writer, nomad
Esc Hero #14: ‘Hard is working in a job you don’t enjoy’
Tim Moss: Helping you undertake and overcome your next great adventure
Esc Hero #15: ‘Identifying what I love doing. Then having to confidence to do it’
Rob Cousins: In February 2010 my new family and I are traveling to Nepal to work for a year or so
Esc Hero #16: My new job at Spotify: “I get out of bed with a bounce”
Aggie Jones: How I got out of a job that didn’t excite me to find my exciting new position at Spotify
Esc Hero #17: Jungle Dreams and Staying in the Black
Charles Montier: Keeping his head above water while planning for his next Jungle expedition
Esc Hero #18: From Financial Analyst to Nicaraguan renewable energy NGO
Brett Veerhusen: I’ve gained self-confidence by captaining a boat in Alaska and living in Nicaragua.
Esc Hero #19: How I escaped Fund Management for a Tech Start up
Flo Spelling: I was wondering “Is this really it? Is this what I’m going to do for the rest of my life!”
Esc Hero #20: From Recruitment to Charity Fundraising
Mohini Raichura: How I left my job in recruitment to work for the charity The Outward Bound Trust
Esc Hero #21: Why I swapped London for an International Journalism MA in Cornwall
Zoe Graham: It is better get something wrong than block yourself from experiences for the sake of mind-numbing security
Esc Heroes #22: ‘3 Wise Handymen’ Cycle to Gibraltar
Dan Howie: If people say ‘you can’t’ do something, turn it round and ask yourself ‘why can’t I do it’?
Esc Hero #23: Leaving the law to start up greentomato
Tom Pakenham: Business ideas arise in response to a perceived need: starting a green taxi company
Esc Hero #24: The Inca Ride Team – 2000 miles along the Andes
Ed Lines: I spent 6 months riding horses through South America for charity
Esc Hero #25: I can run my businesses from anywhere in the world
Soul Patel: Read about the man behind www.smartmoneymindset.com
Esc Hero #26: Fijian Island living: ‘I was single, no mortgage, and no debts’
Stu Kimberley: I’m Project Manager for Madventurer based in Fiji
Esc Hero #27: Putting medicine on pause for a solo bicycle journey across six continents
Dr Steve Fabes: I’ve dreamt of doing a ‘round the world’ bike ride for maybe 8 years
Esc Hero #28: ‘I am attempting to become the next big thing on TV’
Em Bell: TV Presenter, Esc Heroine, and our very own tame Esc Hero interviewer…
Esc Hero #29: ‘I realized that the upside to resigning was infinite’
Kshitij Gheewala: Leaving Management Consulting to start rural village schools in Uganda