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Welcome to Milestone Moments: Short extracts from my podcast interviews to inspire, encourage and equip you on your personal path to success.
In 2015, during the failed coup in Burundi, Simon Guillebaud, founder of an NGO called Great Lakes Outreach faced a milestone moment: Would he stay, or would he take his family and flee to safety as others were doing?
Surrounded by gunfire and burning roadblocks he decided to stay. He then gathered his leaders in a room, and together they decided to use their influence to advocate for peace and non-violence.
What made it possible? Listen to this episode to find out!
Simon had a very clear call to Burundi in 1999, when it was regarded as the most dangerous country on earth. Having unexpectedly survived 7 years of genocide and civil war, he set up GLO with the vision to transform Burundi and beyond through holistic mission, working with gifted local leaders of integrity.
Although Simon returned from Burundi with his family in 2018, leaving Great Lakes Outreach in the hands of capable local leaders, he is still very much involved in supporting their work with some of the poorest and hungriest people in the world. You can find out more about it at greatlakesoutreach.org.
He continues to work as a Christian author speaker, and podcaster. So if that is your thing, I can totally recommend his podcast called “Inspired” where he interviews men and women of faith from all walks of life about their stories of adventure and risk-taking for God. So check that out via Apple Podcasts, Spotify or the link here: https://www.simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/
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As Simon said it's all too easy to get to a point in life where we "Have everything to live with but nothing to live for." It takes courage to step back and ask yourself what you really want to live for, and that's another part of life where surrounding yourself with the people who will support you on your journey makes a huge difference.
In my next podcast episode on Your Path to Success, I am going to share more about my own journey of defining and redefining success and how I help other people do that too, through my coaching programmes.
If you're interested in find more about coaching then check out my website: yourpathtosuccess.ch or book an appointment here: https://yourpathtosuccess.ch/book-appointment/
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