Hello to all Steemians!
In this first post I just wanted to introduce myself, tell you why I'm here and have a try at putting together an interesting and good looking post.
I firstly have to admit that I'm a self-help addict. That fact is pertinent to my Steemit posts.
I got the bug and became one when I was 17 years old, just out of school and looking to find my career path. I got a day job and then started all sorts of night and weekend work. I tried my hand at selling double glazing, selling kitchen installations, multilevel marketing and mail order booksales.
I failed or had minor success at them all and at the time it felt devastating. Other guys and gals were doing well but I was a spotty kid with limited social experience and skills and my selling pitches probably weren't great.
But it didn't matter - at least I tried. I had the work ethic and was determined to be successful at something.
During my time at the multi level marketing company, my sponsor introduced me to a mail order book company called Thorsons and I started my book collection with the Classic Think and Grow Rich. I followed it up with The Power of Positive Thinking and then more and more.
I bought audio programmes and listened to them while travelling. Some were good, some were poor and some were just wacky.
I obviously got some goodness from them because I took action and studied and qualified as an Accountant.
Tony gets a lot of stick because he has become very wealthy through his books and training but if you can get over that, he is well worth investigating.
I believe he is one of the best communicators alive today and his insights into people and why we do the things we do are actually very simple but accurate.
So I devoured his books and audios and it must have worked. I became a Director of a large company that employed 450 people. I might have done it anyway - we'll never know - but it can't have done any harm.
So now I'm 55 and thinking of doing less work and going into gradual retirement. I feel I have a lot of experience in personal development but I don't like it complicated.
Keep it simple.
At the heart there are only 4 steps:
1 Decide what you want
2 Take action
3 Notice what results you are getting
4 Modify your action or redefine your goal.
That's it, nothing more.
So I'm going to write on Steemit about simple steps you can take to become the best possible you. A you defined by YOU, and not the media or other people.
If that's your thing, please follow me and you'll get to see what I write.
If you like it, use it. If not just ditch it. I won't be offended. Everybody is different and there is no "one size fits all."
On a personal front, I live in the UK and have been married to my lovely wife for 35 years this year. I have two grown up sons aged 29 and 21 and the youngest has Down's Syndrome.
I hope you enjoyed this post. Leave a comment.
