Introducing JimmytheSaint from Dublin

[jimmythesaint]

Hey guys,

I am a 25 year old guy from Dublin in Ireland. I have decided to use jimmythesaint as my alias as I love the character played by Andy Garcia in the movie "Things to do in Denver when you're dead"

I got involved in the world of self development when I was at a low point in my life about two years ago (October 2005). At this time I was very depressed and frustrated. I was unhappy with the way I looked and although I had people around me I felt lonely, unattractive and had no firm control over my life. Reading self help books has changed my life. Today, I am a different person. I've achieved so so much in such a short space of time.

Some of the books I read were: Maximum Achievement, Goals (Brian Tracy); Unlimited Power (Anthony Robbins); What to say when you talk to yourself (Shad H.); The magic of rapport (Richardson); How to make friends and influence people (carnegie); Think and grow rich (Hill); The richest man in babylon (clayton)......and many many more. In fact I never really read many books before this. Now I'm a voracious reader and have sought out many motivators from books and the internet. I really like the look of this forum and I hope to get a lot from it. In return I will attempt to give back as much as I possibly can.

Thank you for reading and I hope to get to know some positive people.

Jimmy

[NotesMaeve]

Hey, Jimmy. You can call yourself Jimmy, but in my head, I'm just going to call you Ming the Merciless after my favorite Dubliner. (Favorite after Leopold Bloom, of course!) Hi!

[Rose of Cairo]

Hallo Jimmy, welcome here!

That's great, I hope you'll like us and have fun in this wonderful forum

[robertanthony]

Hi Jimmy

I am Irish too from Derry but live in Brighton now. I read every personal development book that I could get my hands on and then went off to London.

My Irish relatives thought I was crazy but I ended up having a great time - and really enjoy my life - I went on to get qualified in the subjects that I read about - hypnosis/personal development/NLP/coaching - everybody told me no way but I did it.

Have you got into positive psychology yet / signiture strenghts / emotional intelligence / personality testing - the counselling bodies and psychologists in england are all going that way now with new programs going into schools.

[Zukin]

Welcome to the forums, Jimmy!

That's a cool coincidence. I got into personal development at the end of 2005 as well and I read the exact same books (except for the Magic of Rapport, since I haven't heard of that one).