The empowerment of purpose | Lord Dr. Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick, CBE | TEDxSquareMile

Lord Hastings' speech about finding true Power of Purpose is a thorough journey through the different elements that shaped his life. A truly touching story about his family struggling to find basic commodities in the Jamaica of the 70s unleashed Lord Michael Hastings' desire to not only become purposeful but to help others reach that too. Another of TEDxSquareMile 2014's great personalities that through his own experiences and learnings contributed to our cause with this spotless talk.
Lord Dr. Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick, CBE. is KPMG International’s Global Head of Corporate Citizenship. He was previously the BBC’s Head of Public Affairs 1996 to 2003 then the first Head of Corporate Social Responsibility 2003 to 2006.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@pieterbgouws]

One of the best speeches I have ever heard - God bless you =)

[@samomokan]

Life is found in giving it away !

[@vanessawiltshire6813]

He is the kind of person I want to work with.

[@OliverMensahDev]

Brilliant and InspirationalTalk

[@MattC342]

Brilliant talk.

[@ayooluwataiwo4871]

Very profound..thank you so much

[@npguru]

His mother going blind and his father being a "dental surgeon" is incongruous. There's a lot of incongruity in this speech, but I guess people hear what they want to hear.

[@rave1704]

Jesus who?

[@gertrudeasumadu5008]

+rave1704 Jesus Christ

[@PortefolioAfrica]

Jesus Christ