Not many people know this. Heck, I didn\u2019t know it until a few days ago, but Roald Dahl had a secret life!<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve been on my mailing list for the last few weeks, then you\u2019ll know that my son, Max, was born with Hydrocephalus. Which means he had to have a shunt put into to his brain to drain the excess fluid from it.<\/p>\n
Well, on one of our hospital appointments to check up on it, I got chatting to the nurse, and discovered that\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2026the modern day shunt was designed by Roald Dahl.<\/i><\/p>\n
Yes, the same Roald Dahl that has sold 250 million children\u2019s books around the world.<\/p>\n
Of course, there have been some updated versions since his design in the sixties, but he\u2019s responsible for the idea.<\/p>\n
It happened like this\u2026<\/p>\n
His son was in a car accident, and the injury caused him to get Hydrocephalus (excess fluid on the brain). At the time, there was only one type of shunt available, and it had a lot of problems.<\/p>\n
The biggest problem, was to do with blocking. Particularly in situations like his son\u2019s, where the brain was having numerous small bleeds.<\/p>\n
These would block the shunt, and then an operation would need to be done to remove it and fit another one.<\/p>\n
So, good ole\u2019 Roald, decided this wasn\u2019t acceptable.<\/p>\n
He got in touch with a friend who was an RAF engineer, and a neurosurgeon, and designed a completely new shunt. One that almost never got blocked, and was far less likely to get infected.<\/p>\n
By the time it\u2019d been put through it\u2019s paces and released, his son no longer needed one, but the rest of the world was forever grateful.<\/p>\n
Isn\u2019t that incredible!<\/p>\n
And\u2026 it goes to show that you don\u2019t have to be an expert in something to be able to be a success.<\/p>\n
You need a desire, a drive, and a passion for it.<\/p>\n
If you have those three things, then you can achieve success in whatever you choose.<\/p>\n
Once you know what your desire, drive and passion is for, then you want to need to monetize it.<\/p>\n
Which is what Business Ignition does like rocket fuel.<\/p>\n