Most successful people like to think they are self-made and
are proud to say “I did this on my own”. I don’t believe anyone makes it
alone. I consider myself as reasonably successful;
not financially but personally. The
blurb on the cover of this book shows I have achieved possibly more than was
expected from me. I could even be seen
as an over-achiever. But I didn't achieve anything on my own and am happy to thank everyone who has helped me and
those who are still assisting me to achieve what I have accomplished and go on
to accomplish. This book includes
stories from various people I have met and will show how their opinions of
success have changed over the years. What I am hoping to achieve like in the
best-selling book ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho, is that success and
happiness is far closer and easier to find than you can possibly realise. Much of what I have written is from my own
life experiences and reflects what I have learnt, and a lot of what I have
written is taken from the experiences of others. The book is largely story based, and will
show a variation of stories from many people I knew before embarking on writing
this book, people I have met since, and also people I have researched. Sadly some of the people within these pages
are no longer with us, and even more sadly, these represent the people I most wanted
the book to help.
