How Did I Get Here?

Let me take you back to a younger version of myself. The one that finished education thinking that it just wasn't for me. The one who played sports but didn't apply themselves academically. The one who couldn't wait to finish and get into work.

I had no direction in my life. I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up or where I was heading but I didn't feel like I had to know or that time was passing quickly. I don't think you do at 17.

I had a couple of jobs before I got into Precision Engineering, which then lead into Production and Manufacturing. As I started to get older the momentum started building. Slowly at first, but then gathered speed and I started on this Journey that has lead me to where I am write now. Starting my own Business and going in full time as a Life and Business Coach focusing mainly on Mindset and how once that is changed and made stronger that we can then start to think in unlimited terms. Anything is possible and I truly believe that. With hard work and sacrifices, pushing through the pain points and stepping way out of the comfort zone we all have the ability to be someone amazing.

Why do I believe that??

I have faced adversity in a life changing way. I have thrived in toxic environments when other people would of crumbled. I have built the person that I am today.

How did I do this??

It all started when I made the decision to become the best I could be in my career. I started reading about Lean Manufacturing principles, Leadership, Business Strategies. I took Online Courses to get qualifications that were relevant to not only what I was doing at the time but what would further my career. Suddenly I realised that it wasn't education I had a problem with it was interest in what I was Studying.

The more I learned the more I realised that the same principles could be applied to my life. With some slight adjustments, the way Businesses were run and that could be too. While I was furthering my career, it was time to work on myself too and to stop limiting my own beliefs that I couldn't achieve everything I want to.

I started to push myself even further. Set myself challenges and just went after them.

I have always been active and played sports growing up but they had always explosive sports. Short bursts of energy. So I set myself a challenge of running a half marathon. I had never really run any kind of distance before and hated cross country when I was going up. I had convinced myself that I didn't have the lung capacity for it, that my long twitch muscles weren't as strong.

I set out my training plan, nutrition and running 'fuel', and just went for it. I completed it in just over 2 hrs. While not that quick compared to some people, I had completed something that I thought was beyond me. It proved to me that if I worked hard enough with a clear plan that I could achieve anything I set out to do.

I have know done various endurance events and will keep pushing myself even further. The battle of the mind over body intrigues me as the right mindset will always push past what the body thinks it is capable of.

My personal development accelerated. I took as much time as I could to study, network to learn more, to physically push myself. My growth just took off.

As I started writing on LinkedIn the things that I had learned starting helping other people. I knew that what I was going through, other people where in the same place as I was when I started. Knowing that they wanted more but not having the right Mindset, or knowing where find the information that they needed.

And this has lead me to where I am today.

Going in full time Life and Business Coaching focusing on Mindset.

My mission is to help as many people as I can to get the most out of life. I give away lots of free content and advice and low cost Online Courses. I want this to be accessible to anyone that wants to become the best version of themselves and these are just 2 of the methods that can help me do that.

The next Chapters of my life are ready to be written and I can't write fast enough.

This is a brief story of 'How I got here'.

Thank you for reading.

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