As well as the World Cup Final last weekend, in the UK, there was another Final with a slightly smaller, yet not less enthusiastic, viewing audience: The Strictly Come Dancing Final. Yes it’s all about dancing but it’s also about getting out of your comfort zone and I’m a huge fan of both.

This year my hopes were pinned on Hamza Yassin, a not so famous celebrity, to win. Happily my dream came true! And as he raised the glitter ball, he shared some sage life advice which I thought worth repeating here:

“One, surround yourself with people whose eyes light up when they see you coming”
“Two, the top of one mountain is the bottom of the next so keep climbing,”
“and three, slowly is the fastest way to get to where you want to be.”
So as we head into 2023, you may want to remind yourself of the freedom we all have to choose. We can choose our friends, we can pick our own mountain to climb and we can, if we like, slow down.

I’ll meet you back here in 2023.