Epiphany

So earlier this year im gonna say spring , i am sat in my back garden in sunshine , bbq going family around all laughin and joking having fun . Guess what i am sat in the garden but im not there , i am thinkin about all the same shit in work i was thinkin about last nite yesterday last week , last month etc . What i hadnt done , how it was too much , i didnt have any support or team to delegate to , i got imortant deadlines building up etc , you get the picture ( now i am a bit further along my personal development journey i realise this is called , not being present in the moment ) .

So next thing a little piece of burger pops into my windpipe – bang cannot breathe in or out , literally fightin for breath/ life , obviously i overcame this or i wouldnt be writin this . Guess what i vowed there an then i am not honna worry about work ever again lifes too short .

Great theory and definitely gave me a certain level of i dont give a f**k for a few weeks then my next set of deadlines rolled round and my boss had his usual unsympathetic attitude to the issues out of my control being my responsibility – back to square 1 – NO not at all i am at that point what i know call consciously incompetent – i knew i had to get strategies and mechanisms to deal with managing my emotions to avoid being overwhelmed / helpless , once you accept that the way you are doing things can be better and you dont have to study psychology for 10 years to get better at coping / thriving , you just gotta open your eyes and ears and start ACTIVELY seeking out help .

But what help, were to look ?

I can tell you there is a lot of stuff – websites , podcasts , apps , blogs , videos etc etc . A lot i found didnt relate to me , not that they were no good they just didnt hit a note in my head . So i will share in following posts the what and how which worked for me .

I will begin with a video that i watched shortly after the burger choking incident that at that time made big sense to me ( note the speaker was involved primarily in sport so his talk can seem sport specific , its not the valid points can be applied across family life , life , business , relationships etc

Mr Trevor Moawad on the tom bilyeu impact theory series on youtube ( i will add a link as soon as i master how to improve wensite )

https://youtu.be/5lCeWtXPKko

Why

Ok so why at 48 am i suddenly passionate about personal development ?

Reasons and not in any particular order

I have recently ( last 5 years probably ) for the first time in my life started to struggle with my own mental health . This came as a great surprise , i have always ran straight through sny problems in life and never give a second thought . However at 48 following some personal family tough times that we all face and incredible mental pressure from work ( i run a manufacturing site in England – covid , global supply chain issues , no sales etc etc ) due to mounting pressures , reduced managerial resources / support , constant change of leadership and going in every day to be told its not enough do better with less . To the point i found myself christmas day eating dinner with family but not present in mind , body or soul .for the first time in my life i was overwhelmed , couldnt control my emotions , unhappy , ineffective , drinking a lot of alchohol , angry with loved ones wrongly , 100% negative and genuinely couldnt see a way out

Good news – about 12 months on i feel a lot better , everything isnt perfect , the world /work / life all have the same issues , but i can not only cope but thrive and i am aware of my emotions , why they are happening and how to deal with them . I want to share my journey so far ( which is by no means at a point of totaly fixed and optimised ) which i have found a lot of crap available and some things that really hit home for me . My journey may be of no use to some , if it helps 1 person a little bit then great , but my real goal is to be able to help lots of people just see there is a different way to deal with lifes issues

which are gonna come at you regardless

I am not a fancy businesman trying to make money fast , i have never blogged or made a website and my spelling is crap but please what i have learnt may help , and its not my philosophies or findings, initially more a summary / review of whats out there good and bad and what hit home for me an helped