Philanthropist, political reformer and award-winning business owner, Lord Ranger CBE founded his first business in the late 80s with just £2 and a typewriter.

Your 30s are a great time to make positive changes to your life, regardless of where you’ve been and where you’re going.

In your 20s, your focus really ought to be on maximising your potential later in life, because these are the defining years – when you’ll lay the foundations of your personal and professional life.

Regardless of your industry, there’s always room for improvement.

In this installment we examine skills, discover the ways you can start developing them, and get you one step closer to being future-ready.

40 marks a peak time for reassessing our lives, our values, and a great opportunity to pivot. Here’s some food for thought.

For all the click-bait screaming that AI is coming for our jobs and there’s nothing we can do about it, there are plenty of level-headed experts identifying the skills we’re most likely to need in the future.

Eye contact is one of the best ways to help communication between two people, and if you can’t meet somebody’s eye, it usually gives off the impression that you’re nervous, or shy.

Start the interview with a smile. It’s totally normal to feel nervous – it shows you care.

In this series, we’re going to examine some of those skills, discover the ways you can start developing them, and hopefully get everyone one step closer to being future-ready.