The Pay It Forward Academy relates to simply recommending, sharing and paying great content forward so that with very little personal effort we can make a big collective difference around the world. It’s free to access & use, we just ask that each person ‘Pays It Forward’ and helps share the library of content with others.

For everyone around the world to have access to leading edge, world class content which can positively impact the quality of their lives.

To help cut through the noise & pull together some of the world's best training & education across the common areas of a holistic, rounded life.

Whilst it's wonderful for many of us to be able to travel & pay for courses, lectures, workshops and to have access to world leading content, it’s neither possible nor convenient for everyone to access all the great teachers & resources we’d like to in person.

So for many people this resource has been created to help cut through all the noise & distraction to present you with some of the very best content available online – saving time (our most valuable resource), effort, travel (& pollution) whilst providing convenience.

However, on a more global scale very many of the people who could most benefit from some of the content don't have either the resources, the ability or the wherewithal to attend or have access to these kinds of training, or may not be aware of some of the resources. Further enhancing the status quo & inbalance we are experiencing in many societies around the world.

The Pay It Forward Academy aims to help alleviate this by making great content across a range of holistic topic areas, accessible to all.  

We are all holistic beings with multi-faceted aspects to our lives which include areas such as health & wellbeing, nutrition, mindset, inspiration, motivation, parenting, relationships, conscious business & marketing, habits & addictions, financial literacy to name a few.

We aim to provide you with a one stop library resource which pulls together some of the best content that's available online and to make it accessible as a library, as an academy for everyone to access.

And to make it freely available. All we ask is each person Pays It Forward in support of the whole ethos & vision of the platform & it’s inception.

Absolutely!

Public services & funds are already strained in most countries with cut backs all too familiar.

This platform not only helps people at the higher end of the social spectrum but also those who need it most. People who wouldn't normally have the awareness or access to the range of ideas & resources.

The content within this platform saves businesses & the State potentially huge amounts of money whilst at the same time providing an extremely valuable service & resource which can make a positive impact within society, for example:

• saving companies £1,000's on training by providing a free resource for employees which can lead to happier, more fulfilled & productive employees & teams resulting in a better working environment, stronger culture & improved performance
• providing much needed curated (& organised) empowering content for communities, institutions & establishments (including prisons, rehabilitation & outreach programs)
• presenting a collection of life-affirming, transformative content which can help reduce common symptoms such as loneliness, depression, anxiety, stress, separation etc

Ultimately, the intention & ethos behind the site and it's contents is to positively contribute to individuals, families, businesses & society at large & to take away barriers which prevent people from being aware & having access to conscious, empowering content.

Ultimately to leave the world a better place for having existed. Every single one of us is here for a reason and a purpose & you'll probably agree that in the bigger scheme of things life is short & it's not a dress rehearsal.

Furthermore, beyond our own selves & our own families, we truly believe that we all have a purpose and the ability to serve wider humanity, and we believe this is a big part of the test as a collective conscience that we are going through at the moment. To see if we are each going to honour our responsibility to each other & our future generations & leave the world better for us having being here!

For us personally, this website is definitely part of our purpose. If we look at the beautiful Japanese concept of Ikigai (aka life purpose), it simply & clearly illustrates a way for us to easily help identify our purpose by asking these four questions:

1. What are you (or could you be) good at?
2. What can you be paid for?
3. What do you love?
4. What does the world need?
 

The area where there is an overlap between all of those four is potentially your Ikigai (your purpose), your reason for being.

Furthermore, if we want to go a touch deeper three related & important questions for all of us to answer relating to our purpose are:

5.  What would I do if I was told only had six months left to live?
6. What would I do if money wasn't an issue or an object?
7. What would I do if I absolutely knew that failure wasn't an option?
 

So if we combine all of those seven questions together:
what are you good at (or could you be good at)?
what can you be paid for?
what do you love?
what does the world need?
what do you enjoy?
what would you do if money wasn't an issue?
what would you do if you only had six months left to live?
what would you do if failure wasn't an option?

For us, The Pay It Forward Academy ticks all of those boxes.

Furthermore, I had a moment of insight (satori) to create this platform whilst away on a week long silent meditation retreat.  So whilst I was away from the everyday distractions, away from the busy-ness of day to day life, away from digital intoxication, social media & all of the things that clamor for our attention day to day I literally had the clear vision in a moment like a pinpoint.

The insight came to put my resources, my skills, my abilities, my passion and my contacts together to create a platform that collectively as a global family, we can grow & share around the world to help more people, families, communities & businesses to help enhance & elevate the world.

Because of the holistic approach of the topics included, everyone can benefit from at least some (if not much) of the content. And to make the platform open for contribution, so first to have a collective effort to share it and to contribute to add content and to help reach more people around the world.

Ultimately the aim & intention is to create a better world for not only ourselves but our future generations.

To us, that is a purposeful life, well lived.

In the words of the great Ralph Waldo Emerson:

"To leave the world a bit better...whether by a healthy child, or a garden patch or a redeemed social condition: to know even one life has breathed easie because you have lived. This to have succeeded."

Absolutely. This project & site will evolve organically as it grows & as we get feedback.

If you would like to suggest content you can do so, as long as it's not commercially minded or biased because of personal gain.

The content & presenters must align with the ethos, purpose & calibre.

Please note that we purposefully don't want to clutter the site with too much content so many recommendations won't necessarily make it into the library, so please do not be offended or take it personally if your suggestion isn't seen. It may be used in a blog or social post at some point.

Rest assured we will be consistently updating the platform with fresh content.

Because this platform is not commercially led, we want to provide users with a clean, ad free experience whilst enjoying the content.

If you find value in the provision of this service we would prefer a donation of even a pound / euro / dollar which will help us to provide you with a clean, ad-free environment.

Pulling together, running, hosting & evolving this platform takes considerable resource.

The vision has always been to provide it for free & to protect the integrity of the users, to help safeguard against spammers & to enable us to reach out to you with important update news we need the bare minimum of name & email address.

We absolutely respect & protect your privacy & will never disclose, share or compromise your details. Ever!

We are using an industry leading professional platform to securely collect & protect details.

Not a problem at all. Just click on the LOGIN tab at the top right of the screen & then click "Ooops! - I've forgotten my passwork - click here"

You will be emailed your password recovery to your registered email.

Suggestion - remember to keep a safe note of your login details somewhere!

If you find value & benefit from the platform a testimonial or sharing of some words it would be appreciated. You can do this quickly & easily via the testimonial link on this page https://www.thepayitforwardacademy.com/contribute

Thank you

No. We are simply pulling together a collection of content which is wide, varied & potentially of use & interest.

However, an important disclaimer, we do not necessarily agree or endorse every single viewpoint.

The views, information or opinions expressed within the site are solely those of the individual speakers & do not necessarily represent those of The Pay It Forward Academy Team.