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Never say “no” to a dreamer.

Peter Cliff’s life story proves anyone can achieve, despite formidable hurdles early in life.

A nagging inner voice, after being told “anything is possible if you work for it,” changed his life.

The voice kept telling him, as he worked through a succession of low-prospect jobs, that he should be doing something more challenging. He set his sights on becoming a doctor. Forget the fact he had not qualified for university study.

Doggedly sticking to a daunting work and study regime, he got to university and was diverted to a dentistry course.

Lack of money was a problem but Peter married and raised a family, finding innovative ways to fund his studies, including driving taxis, doing agricultural contracting work, running businesses and as a mature-age student achieving his goal of dental practices in country areas.

With the help of his former wife and their two sons, he ran a dairy farm and cattle stud and later a successful lavender farm where he developed harvesting and distilling equipment eventually bought to life through visits to historic sites in Europe and the US. More recently he has spent time doing voluntary charity dentistry work in Papua New Guinea.

His insights from these trips are compelling.

In short, Peter’s life story is an inspiration.

Ed Featherston

Former senior journalist with The Herald and Weekly Times