Most people see a bird fly overhead and don’t give it a second thought. Sacha Dench saw swans migrating thousands of kilometres - and asked, what if I could fly with them?
Sacha’s idea was wild. Strap a motor to her back and follow the swans 7,000 kilometres from the Russian Arctic to the UK. But here’s what matters: it wasn’t about glory. It was about making a difference. She knew the swans were in decline. She knew data sheets weren’t changing minds. So she acted.
And because she acted, hunters in the Arctic changed their practices. Kite surfers gave up part of their lake. Fish farmers adjusted their cycles. A power company buried power lines that had been killing birds for decades.
One person. One spark. One difference that rippled outward.
So here’s today’s Power Move:
Write your spark down. Start with: “I want to…” and then again: “I am going to…”
Say it out loud. Because when you declare it, you give it weight - and that’s where change begins.
Today, your Power Move is simple: capture your spark. Cement it. Speak it.
Because you don’t need to change the whole world. You just need to make a difference. And difference always starts with one step, one spark, one voice - yours.
Tuesday — Struggle
🧭 Name the Fear
Write it plainly — no euphemisms:
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What if the thing standing between you and making a difference was the thing you feared most?
For Sacha Dench, the spark was clear: What if I followed the swans? But before she could even dream of it, she had to face her struggle. Years earlier, caught in a storm in a tiny plane, she’d been convinced she was about to die. The fear of flying dug so deep she would grip strangers’ arms during turbulence just to get through.
That fear could have been the end of her story. But Sacha chose differently. Instead of avoiding it, she stepped toward it. She learned gliders, then paragliders, then paramotors. Knowledge began to replace panic. And fear, while still present, lost its power to control her.
So here’s today’s Power Move:
Take the spark you wrote yesterday, and now write the fear that stands beside it. Start with: “I am afraid that…” and finish the sentence.
Then say it out loud. Because struggles grow in silence. But when you name them, they begin to shrink.
Today, your Power Move is this: don’t bury your struggle. Name it. Speak it. Own it.
Because the first step to making a difference is facing the thing that tells you that you can’t.
Wednesday — Breakthrough
🚀 Move While Afraid
Complete this reframing:
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What if the thing holding you back could become the very thing that carries you forward?
For Sacha Dench, fear was the barrier. That storm in a small plane had left her terrified of flying. But here’s the breakthrough: she realised fear didn’t have to disappear. She could learn it, understand it, work with it. And by doing that, she didn’t just beat her fear - she built the skills that made her swan journey possible.
Her fear became the reason she learned to fly. And her flying became the reason she was able to make a difference across nations.
So here’s today’s Power Move:
Take the fear you named yesterday, and write this sentence: “Even though I am afraid of ____, I will move forward anyway.”
Then say it out loud. Let yourself hear your own voice declare it.
Your breakthrough doesn’t come when fear vanishes. It comes the moment you decide fear won’t stop you. That shift is what allows you to step forward — and it’s what allows you to make a difference.
Today, your Power Move is this: reframe your fear. Because once fear loses its power to stop you, it can never own you again.
04:38 Terrifying storm in Panama flight that sparked her fear of flying
10:15 Learning to read the air by flying gliders and paragliders
13:02 The spark: idea of flying with swans across 7,000 km
18:00 Mentors call it impossible — Ranulph Fiennes says “If anyone can do it, it’s you”
24:34 Negotiating fuel and support in the Russian Arctic with Nenets hunters
29:10 Realising the attempt alone was already working — media and paratroopers react
33:56 First takeoff in the tundra; faceplant before flying with the swans
37:32 Engine failure and reindeer sled rescue to swap motors
39:50 Snapping her ACL mid-journey; team builds a string-held trike so she can continue
44:15 Crossing the English Channel — becoming the first woman by paramotor
55:11 Tangible conservation wins: hunters, kite surfers, fish farmers, power company step up
58:50 Everyday courage: break down impossible dreams into small steps
Friday — Action
✅ This Weekend I Will…
Pick something small, real, doable:
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Making a difference doesn’t begin with changing the whole world. It begins with one small step - one choice that proves to yourself, and to others, that you’re moving.
By now, you heard the full story of Sacha Dench - how a single spark, what if I followed the swans?, became a 7,000-kilometre flight across continents. What’s most striking isn’t the scale of her adventure, but the impact of her action.
Because she moved, hunters in the Arctic changed their habits. Kite surfers gave up part of their lake. Fish farmers shifted their cycles. A power company buried deadly power lines. For the first time in 25 years, swan numbers stopped declining.
That’s the power of one step. Sacha didn’t set out to change the whole world. She set out to make a difference - and her difference created ripples that reached further than she ever imagined.
And now it’s your turn.
All week you’ve done the inner work:
- You named your spark.
- You admitted your struggle.
- You declared your breakthrough.
Now comes the move. The test. The moment that separates thinking from doing.
So here’s today’s Power Move:
Write this sentence: “This weekend, I will make a difference by…” and finish it.
Don’t overcomplicate it. Choose something small, real, and doable.
Then act on it before Monday arrives.
It might be a step toward your spark. Or it might be an act of service, a choice that shifts something for someone else. Because making a difference isn’t always about your dream. Sometimes it’s about becoming the spark that ignites someone else’s.
And here’s the truth: action creates momentum. Momentum builds belief. And belief is contagious.
So don’t let this weekend slip past like all the others. Make it the weekend you stopped waiting. The weekend you made a difference.
Because impossible doesn’t begin with giant leaps. It begins when you take one undeniable step - and that step might be the very thing the world is waiting for.
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