Michael Carroll's Blog

I am writing this blog from the Club Lounge of the five star Intercontinental Hotel on the Island of Malta. I am here enjoying a week in the sun with my two youngest children.  This blog is a continuation of my last blog on the theme of the Butterfly Effect. That is how the smallest change can have the biggest effect on your life. The notion of the Butterfly Effect comes from chaos theory where it has been calculated that one beat of a butterfly’s wing can begin a chain of events that ultimately lead to a tornado thousands of miles away. Great stuff you might say, but how is that relevant to personal development?

When I was 21, on way to a party, in celebratory mode, I crossed the road and walked into car which was moving very quickly. Up to that point, I had a lot to celebrate that Saturday night. The following Wednesday I was leaving for America on a travelling stint. I was a crazy 21 year old enjoying life..and its all excesses, and that March night, as luck would have it I got hit by a car and broke my leg very badly.