When I was younger I wasn’t particularly interested in self-development – I thought you were who you were and there was little point in trying to change that.
Seven years ago I discovered Toastmasters International, an organisation that has been described by a friend of mine as ‘the quickest-acting and most cost-effective self-development programme in the world. There is nothing else like Toastmasters in the world, as far as I’m concerned, and all business owners and managers should give it a try.
It’s also nearly seven years since I quit smoking, in one day, without patches or pills. I also stopped taking sugar in my tea and coffee the same day. You’re probably finding me quite irritating by now, so I will tell you that I am just quite an ordinary guy who has managed to change his life several times.
I’ll be writing this blog once or twice a week, or when something personal development-related pops into my mind, as it frequently does, and I look forward to reading any comments that you might have.