Magnify Your Impact With Michael Marett-Crosby

Finding Purpose Through Education and Goal
Setting.


Michael Marett-Crosby is renowned for his work in Asia, namely
Burma. His first trip to Burma was per the invitation of Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi. He didn’t know at the time that the trip was going
to change the course of his life. Since 2010, he has worked with
Project Bhurma, a charity now focused on access to education.
Crosby explains in this episode how his spark of inspiration
started because of his own educational foundations. His teachers
encouraged students towards self-development through leadership
skills and to take action on their ideas - no matter how
far-flung they sounded.


*My key takeaways*


Michael has had a remarkable career in international development.
One that he says happened through many chance encounters of
people and situations, none of which were completely planned.
Although not planned, I think it’s fair to say it takes a certain
character, with a particular moral compass to keep finding
yourself in places of extreme adversity, particularly if prior to
this your life was a privileged one, as Michael states it was.


Michael had a privileged education that he excelled in which then
took him to Oxford University. From there Michael was ordained a
priest. Then becoming a Chaplin in the prison service, this is
where his chance encounters and most salient moments began.
Michael’s years going forward took him on a journey where
witnessing so much unjust, volatile and barbaric situations
created by military rule in Myanmar became a huge part of his
career. Over the years he has been instrumental in influencing
positively, not only 10’s of thousands of beneficiaries to the
extent of offering possibilities that have directly impacted
their lives but also their families and even communities. His
understanding of international development and small team
charities, that he shares within our interview, is insightful, to
say the least.


Michael has a very real approach to the many difficult situations
and decisions he has been faced with and is acutely aware of the
danger of arrogance, a colonial approach and the idealism of many
of us when we’re on a journey to create impact, in less than
ideal places, he definitely includes himself in this. To minimise
this risk, he works in a way that he hopes counteracts that with
the awareness of a wealth exchange.


As I’ve watched Michael over the years I’ve known him, what
really stands out to me is his wisdom, the wisdom that each
impactful experience, negative or positive, for the cause and
himself are based on an educated guess for his decisions as to
whatever he gets involved in next. This is where it’s easy to see
how his life of service has been an organic one. A remarkable man
who goes where he’s needed rather than where he wants to go and
he’s definitely a huge inspiration to me!


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Website:
https://prospectburma.org/what-we-do/governance/