Some other random points about me, you may or may not find of interest:

This isn’t an ego boost, just a sample about the randomness of my life so far.

• I have diplomas in Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy (gained in 1998), and have hypnotised over 1,000 clients to date (specialising now in teaching people self-hypnosis).
• I was one of the first members of CNHC (Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council), for my work as a professional senior massage therapist (from 1996 onwards).
• I trained in advanced Kinesiology with the late John Logue (and feature in the leading advanced training videos/DVDs).
• I’ve been a Reiki teacher for more than 10 years.
• I’m a member of the British Mountaineering Council, and a trained Mountain Leader.
• I have an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering (BEng) and used to be a member of the IMechE.
• I used to average earning £1,000 per day, working part-time as a salesman for a government funded training company (making on average just 10 phone calls a day). So in around six weeks I earned £35,000 in commission (at 10% commission). Unfortunately it was a limited short term contract
• Whilst working for Microsoft for 9 months (from late 2008), at one of the European head offices in Reading, I had a larger office than the UK Managing Director!  My job there was predominantly to teach Microsoft employees, press, and clients, how to use Microsoft Windows Vista, in a virtual home environment. (And my actual job was between presentations, was to watch TV, play computer games, and surf the internet, to help encourage more passing tours!)
• I’ve taught myself to write extensive legal contracts (subsequently highly commended by senior law partners) and have brought 6 court cases against people who owed me (or my close friends) money, and won them all.
• I’ve successfully taught professional stress management techniques to mental health doctors working with the NHS.
• I once ran up a mountain (and back down again), just for fun (loosing around a stone in weight in just 3 hours).
• I can juggle balls, clubs, rings and other random objects (and used to run a juggling club at Uni).
• I was once a well known chinese pole and pole dance performer.
• I’ve been trained in four different forms of martial arts.
• I was once a trustee of the National Nightline charity (after becoming the National Coordinator in 1999)
• I’ve worked as a doorman in both North London and Cardiff.
• At 19 years old, I backpacked solo around the world.
• In November 1995, I tried to walk 450 miles across the UK, without support (following the original Ridgeway path from Lyme Regis to East Anglia).  (Unfortunately after 50 miles in fewer hours, with my feet, shoulders and back bleeding, I postponed the completion)
• I’m on first name terms with most of the staff from ITN and Channel 4 news.
• My step brother is an internationally famous professional golfer.
• My late great grandmother used to babysit Tom Jones.
• I function better with no more than 6.5 hours of sleep per night (often less).
• I’ve been an egg free vegetarian (for a variety of reasons), from around 1997 onwards.
• I can see Auras at will.