John Davoren 1936 – 2008

Over the past few months, I have thought a lot about John Davoren, a man who played a very important part in my life. It was 1974, and I had left my family the year before. I had fallen into bad ways, and this had led me to be in trouble with the police. One day I...

‘Growing Forward’ is nearly here!

  I’m really excited that I will have copies of my first book ‘Growing Forward’ available from next week. There is also an undercurrent of nervousness – ‘will people like it?’ ‘is it any good?’ going on, but overall I am...

Exciting Times!

  Well, I have just pressed ‘send’ and my first book ‘Growing Forward’ has gone off to be published. As late as yesterday evening, I was thinking that I still needed to make some changes, but there comes a time when you just have to be content...

My Birthday Blog Post

  Well, the sun has shone on my birthday. I’m 55 going on 35 today, and I started the day off with a visit to the gym, 10 minutes on the exercise bike, 10 minutes rowing and half an hour on the treadmill. I have been amazed by the number of birthday greetings I...

Next Steps, and What I Have Learned!

Today I followed some advice from Nikki Pilkington. Nikki doesn’t really need any help from me, as she is pretty much an international internet guru these days. We met a few years ago when I had my first business and we both belonged to a now-defunct business...

Who are your Role Models?

When I was growing up, like everyone, I had a mixture of role models. Being raised in a fundamentalist Christian group has its advantages, as I ended up with a fairly consistent moral compass, but some of the people that I was encouraged to be like were so boring and...