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Posted on 17 June 2009

Well I have finally gone digital and got my own blogging site up and going! Yippee for me! But why? Why have I done this extraordinary thing that a young man (I wish) in my situation might do? Well, it all started like this…

Going along in life things were okay… not great, not bad. I had my partner Kathryn, my three step-sons – Zac, Dyllon and Kieran, all teenagers and all knowing what life is all about… sort of what I was like about 20 odd years ago, and of course the two apples of my eyes, my gorgeous son Campbell (who is now 4) and my demanding little princess Macayla (She’s 2 and is she stays on track she will be crowned queen of the world in another couple of years or so!)

Now I love my family, but I felt that there is more that I could both do for them and also with them. Then enter PD… Those two words that some absolutely cringe at… PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. I hated those words and would cringe whenever I heard them. Bloody tree-hugging strageoids! But then I went to a weekend thing, and I got what it is that they were saying – that if I wasn’t happy with the results that I was seeing in my life, then I needed to change what it is that I was doing.

So I changed what I was doing.

Simple. Problem fixed. Wealth and happiness now falling from the sky like rain on a crappy winters day! Wouldn’t that be a nice ending to this story, and it sort of is how the story ends, it just wasn;t straight away. You see there were a few things that I had to learn first, and that I still need to learn even now. Let’s face it, is any of us really a finished project where there is nothing left to be done? Of course not. We are all a work in progress. The thing that I learnt is that I need to be MY work in progress, and not somebody elses.

Too often people let themselves and their decisions be ruled by other people, and the really scary thing is that most people don’t even know it. They let themselves be dictated to by their mothers, their fathers, their husbands, their wives, their bosses, their government, their church… everyone but them! What are their dreams? What is it that they want to do? What is it that YOU want to do?

Have you ever asked yourself that? No really… I’m not just talking about what you want to do for dinner or something trivial like that. What do you want? It is really not until you can begin to answer that question that you can really start taking control of your life. You need to really take some time to discover what you want. Make sure that when you ask yourself, do not set boundaries. If you had all the money you needed… If you had all the time that you needed… If you had all the knowledge that you needed… Don’t restrict yourself by self-imposed limitations.

Oooh, it seems that I am digressing from my story.So what is it that I want in my life? The cliche answer – absolute abundance. The real answer – to change the education system so that every child and every student receives the education that they deserve. No one drops through the cracks. Every one succeeds. Everyone gets an education, not only on how to read or write (which is the basic flas at the moment because too many kids can’t do one or the other, or even more scarily, both), but also on how to be successful in life. How to have good financial or business acumen. How to work co-operatively with others to achieve a common goal. Big world changing sort of stuff. Society stuffs all of its negativity and limiting beliefs down the throat of the young, so it is really no wonder that kids are turning out like they are, although most are a testament as to how good they actually are to have got to where they are.

So what was the change that I made? I decided that I was not going to work so I could concentrate on bringing about my dream. That’s right… I was going into retirement (of sorts). There was a slight problem here though. I had no money, actually I had less than no money and 5 kids and a wife to support. Who called me crazy? People who didn’t get what I was about (which was actually most of them). Some were jealous (how can you do this when I am stuck here), and some were really supportive – those who truly wanted me to have my successes. Who do you think I really call my friends?

If you are going to do something radical in your life you need to be clear why you are doing it. I am clear. I have my short term goals, my long term goals, and my “way after I’m dead” dreams. I have my schedule that I am working towards. I love spending time with my kids and playing a super active part in their raising and education. And I am happy. Nothing really gets me down, because I focus on the positive. I suppose that I am a testiment to the benefits of personal development.

So this blog… It’s about me, and the things that I do, the outlook that I have, and my life in general.

So please enjoy. Subscribe. Leave comments. What ever you want because I am always happy to meet new friends that I can help in some way.

Maktub my friends.

Scott