Peter Horsfield is the founder of The Xtraordinary
Peter Horsfield and I initially connected on twitter and then followed up by swapping a couple of emails on Linkedin. Immediately I looked at his site, I knew it was something special. Hoping Peter would share his story, and of course because inspiration is one of the key cornerstones of the E-zine, I had no hesitation in asking him to be my guest interviewee for this month’s issue of The Extra MILE.
All the way from Austrailia, this is what Peter told me…..
How Did “TheXtraordinary” Come about?
What a great question to start with! In November 2008 the world woke to a new era! The good times were bust and the Global Financial Crisis was upon the world. Sleepless nights followed, in addition to emotional conversations with clients, difficult decisions being made. Time passed in addition to a few birthdays; clients began again to be happier, their investments began to recover…and the clearing air gave time to pause to reflect and experience a deeply profound moment. Success is not about how much money you can accumulate; success is about how much value others receive from you. From that moment on I set my daily to-do-list to discover and deliver a better experience for all I interacted with. This included researching other successful people, defining for myself what I truly valued in life and implementing these discoveries in alignment with my core values. From then www.thextraordinary.org was founded. With the intention to share FREE INSPIRATIONAL PROFILES of eXtraordinary people all over the globe; so to inspire, motivate and educate others who desire also to be successful and contribute to making the world a better place as their life’s legacy.
Who inspired you?
Every day I am inspired by ordinary people who do extraordinary things! That said, the defining moment to commit to our eXtraordinary crusade was cemented after chancing upon a video about an eXtraordinary man named Nick Vujicic. Could you imagine life with no arms or legs? Well Nick Vujicic is that guy! He’s the first eXtraordinary person I profiled and well.. check him out yourself and you will see why me telling his eXtraordinary life story is no justice to this eXtraordinary, deeply spiritual, tragic, inspirational, with a down to earth Aussie sense of humor, human being. Nick if you ever read this thank you..I dedicate www.thextraordinary.org to you and God bless you.
What is your most inspirational story?
Any story that involves one overcoming adversities, challenges and struggles in one’s life is inspirational; however what makes the people I write about eXtraordinary is when doing what they are doing has the goal/intention to help improve the lives of others that’s eXtraordinary! Somaly Mam, was sold into sex slavery at the age of six years old, she escaped the brothel at 20 years old and over the next 15 years has established a foundation to rescue children in south east from brothels, to date she has saved over 10,000 girls. Malala Yousafzai stood up for girls education in Pakistan, she was shot in the head by the Taliban returning home from school on a school bus. Malala survived and recovered now even more determined to stand up against oppression, tell her story, and girls education in Pakistanis destined to succeed through her tragedy, efforts and making global awareness. Everyday I’m amazed by the eXtraordinary contributions, success and achievements people are experiencing in harmony with their focus and intention to improve the lives of others! It’s Simply eXtraordinary!
What did you hope to achieve by launching TheXtraordinary?
I attended an event in 2011 where Bear Grylls described eXtraordinary. Bear if ever has the opportunity to read this article our crusade’s name was founded after you gave your inspirational speech when visiting Australia.
Thank you. The goal and intention of www.thextraordinary.org is to provide people with that little bit extra inspiration, empowerment and motivation to keep moving forward and achieve one’s goals in life important to ourselves. I passionately believe that when one person achieves their own goals their achievement then sows the seed of inspiration of others who also want to achieve their own goals. I also believe that we are more inspired by real life stories of living eXtraordinary people, being inspired by what people alive today are achieving and the ways they are giving back to make the world a better place for all mankind.
Who will the site benefit?
Centers of influence in the professional services of social/community service, educators, personal development or any profession that requires leadership, motivation, and inspiration etc.. all the way through to a resource for parents. 100% of our information is free, child safe and can be used as a great tool to reinforce a positive, aspirational and engaging message about how real living people in the world today are making a positive contribution to society across all professions (art, business, sport, philanthropy..etc), be them men, woman, physically challenged, children, teenagers, growing up in western society or a developing country.
How can people use the site?
Our promise to visitors is to share our research of one eXtraordinary person a day i.e. 7 days a week, so visiting www.thextraordinary.org viewers have the opportunity to be inspired every single day on their journey to themselves being eXtraordinary. Other tools available are a Free 10 lesson teachers plan designed for teachers and students to research, discuss, homework and assignments. This is a excellent teachers resource, from testimonials we have received. EXtarordinary people we have researched are using our resource as a way to gain greater exposure for their cause and share with their fans/followers. On our facebook page https:// we have a daily trivia and the opportunity to share and suggest stories of inspirational and eXtraordinary people.
What services or products do you offer/intend to offer?
Soon to be released is a Free mobile game app called Trivia extraordinaire! We are also soon to release certificate templates for our members to enter the name of the person they think is eXtraordinary and the reason why, so they can print it out and present it to the extraordinary person as acknowledgement of achievement/ gift. Another feature we will be adding soon is a online template enabling members to create their own extraordinaire biography of themselves, or someone they think is eXtraordinary including, why they are eXtraordinary, quotes, pictures, contact details, biography etc. and have this featured on our site and share with others.
Briliant Peter Thank You! Here at the Extra MILE we think you are eXtraordinary!
