RMP 16: Conor Houston – Follow Your Heart
Released 02 May 2017 Subscribe: iTunes
Conor Houston is a lawyer, influencer, strategist, collaborator, innovator and active citizen, is a Programme Director for the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building. And one of the interesting things about Conor is that he left his career as a lawyer in the USA to work for peace and democracy.
Connect with Conor
www.DemocracyandPeace.org
@ConorHoustonNI
Featured Show Highlights
Conor was a successful lawyer in a very busy practice, but he knew something was missing in his life. (0:34)
What allowed Conor to make these big decisions in his life was not that he was unhappy but the sense there was something else he had to do. (5:34)
Some of the realizations that Conor has had during his journey so far was having the ability and resilience to handle uncertainty. (12:25)
Something that Conor has noticed since diving into this work is one positive exchange always leads to another positive exchange. (19:18)
Quotes
“I’m on a journey, I’ve made some big decisions but now I need to understand what I am doing and why I am doing it and hopefully understand where I am going” (1:57)
“The thing that your book helped me to realize was know that the journey I was on was the destination.” (2:26)
“There was something else with the skills and the experience and the connection that I had that I wanted to share with the world” (6:08)
“It is in the difficult moments, when things seem impossible, that you realize that you have a capacity in yourself to overcome them.” (13:09)
“That’s what one of the things that I am most grateful for is the incredible tribe of people that I have around me.” (20:00)