Serial entrepreneur Ken Charman made millions, lost millions and made more millions. In this piece he ponders whether entrepreneurs do it for the money.

Rak Nathwani is a Wellbeing and Trauma Resolution Coach. As a former Detective working in Counter Terrorism and as a Family Liaison Officer, Rak experienced the mental health trauma that he now heals. His purpose is to restore hope to others.

Nicholas Lezard is an author, journalist and literary critic. His three books are called Bitter Experience has Taught Me, It Gets Worse: Adventures in Love, Loss and Penury and The Nolympics. As well as the Down and Out column for the New Statesman, he writes or has written for The Independent, the Guardian, The Telegraph, the Spectator, The Oldie, among other publications.

Mario Inneco has had a YouTube channel - maneco64 - since 2015 and regularly gets 20,000-75,000 views. His background is in financial markets and economics, having worked for over twenty years in the City of London, specialising in the exchange-traded derivatives market. Mario dealt for major financial institutions and corporate entities advising clients on the government bond market, interest rates, financial markets in general and the economy. He was also been an ardent student of the Austrian School of Economics. Through his videos and articles, he endeavours to inform the public about how the financial markets and current fiat monetary system functions.

Author of five books, including What Matters, Rigged to Fail and Gold Matters, Matthew Piepenburg's interviews routinely get 100K views on Youtube. Here, Matthew encourages everyone to ask a few important questions: what do you enjoy? what defines you? and what really matters to you? After a brief career in corporate law he founded a highly successful hedge fund during the dot com bubble and subsequently managed a hedge fund based at a leading Wall Street bank. Living between Europe and the US, he is an active principal at the Swiss-based Von Greyerz, AG and writes and speaks regularly around the world on market risk and wealth preservation.

Sometimes your purpose can change and what seemed vitally important is no longer the most crucial focus of your existence. This offering crystalises the importance of connecting to others in finding meaning. Matt Thorne is the author of six novels, including Eight Minutes Idle, which was recently made into a film and won the Encore Award, and Cherry, which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. He has also written four other books, one an international bestseller, and is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway. He is one of our world class practitioners, available to teach at retreats at Woodhill Park Estate.