Remember, Nobody Changes The World On Their

To Me, It's Simple: If You've Got The Time, Use It To Get Ready. What Else Could You Possibly Have To Do That's More Important? Yes, Maybe You'll Learn How To Do A Few Things You'll Never Wind Up Actually Needing To Do, But That's A Much Better Problem To Have Than Needing To Do Something And Having No Clue Where To Start.

When You Have Some Skills But Don't Fully Understand Your Environment, There Is No Way You Can Be A Plus One. At Best, You Can Be A Zero. But A Zero Isn't A Bad Thing To Be. You're Competent Enough Not To Create Problems Or Make More Work For Everyone Else. And You Have To Be Competent, And Prove To Others That You Are, Before You Can Be Extraordinary. There Are No Short-cuts, Unfortunately.

Imbibe Three Or Four Times As Much Water As You Think You Need And Skip At Least One, If Not Two Meals, When You Are Travelling. You Should Arrive At Your Destination Feeling Slightly Hungry And Your Digestive System Reset.

Scientific Literacy Is One Of The Underpinnings Of Everything I Do. It's Why I Work With Schools. It's Why I Teach At University. I Do A Lot Of Outreach To Try And Improve General Scientific Literacy, But The Core Of All Scientific Literacy Is Just Literacy.

Loneliness... Has Very Little To Do With Location. It's A State Of Mind. In The Centre Of Every City Are Some Of The Loneliest People In The World... Because Our Whole Planet Was Just Outside The Window, I Felt Even More... Connected To The Seven Billion Other People.