If you know me you’ll know that I don’t go in for hyperbole or sales stuff, I’m all about practical methods and things that work. Once an Engineer always an Engineer! And after making courses on Leadership, Negotiating, Project Management, Time Management, Success, and Happiness, I’ve decided to take on the big one – Life Itself!
I’ve spent the last 40 years thinking about life, watching my own life unfold and also watching my friends, with their various strategies. Some became corporate slaves, working their way up the well-paid ladder by selling their souls. Others built up their own companies, working very hard and taking huge risks to either succeed (or not) in building and selling their companies for millions. In most cases my rich friends were not really any happier, because the price they paid to earn all that money outweighed the benefits. Oh dear! Some friends “opted out of the rat race” and went for an easy life, an undemanding job so they could have plenty of time and energy for their family and their personal life. And a few remained party animals late into middle age. I myself tried several careers
an engineer, a manager, a university lecturer, and a freelance travelling trainer. Last year I drove 20,000 miles, presented 144 days of training at an average of £1380 per day, which brought in £199,000 (annoying about that extra thousand) – but I’m not here to recommend a life as a travelling trainer, as good as it’s been. I’m not even here to recommend you go self-employed, though that is certainly an option. Because everyone is different. What I AM here to do is to help you think your way through the options while you still have time. Because the years slip by faster and faster I can tell you, and there is a limit to how many times you can reinvent yourself and change direction.
