Where it All Began

"How A Small Advert In The Sunday Times Business To Business Pages Changed My Life"

And how the sequence that followed might change yours - for the better too!

A personal story from the founder of Quality Of Life - Mark Layder.

Here's the advert

I don't know why I was scanning the Sunday Times, I certainly wasn't looking for a course called "Worldwide Leadership Development". There is no doubt however that my attending the course in what ended up as Florence was the trigger that has led to the creation of The Quality of Life Experience.

£500.00 in l987 was a lot of money - it is today, but something said I had to go. There I was, a young relatively successful business consultant and trainer. Something has always driven me that there is "more to life". More Energy, More Fun, Great Achievements, Fantastic Open Relationships. The list is endless! And I wanted to experience it.

What did I learn on my Italian trip? Mainly that I was becoming closed off to people, sure, I was quite impressive. I could present in front of groups, I could sell and the Liverpudlian in me gave me a humour that helped me lighten things a little. But where was the depth, the real appreciation of other people, really being with others, not just being with them to see what I could get? Largely buried was the answer.

Here's the most powerful thing I learned:

Contrary to popular opinion Leaders aren't impressive, distant and out of reach. On the contrary they are often vulnerable, passionate and very caring. In summary

Guess what they do? They pick themselves up and go for it once again.

Finally it clicked Leaders take more risks with people, events and life in general. I realised that to experience life fully I had to be open - completely. Open to my emotions, to negative feedback, to problems with other people. The more I had, the more alive I was, the more I could accomplish.

At last I could stop resisting and defending what I thought I was or had. Now all I had to do was let go and really experience Here and Now! Sure I could plan, but all I really had to do was to fully experience whatever I was doing at that precise moment.

What had happened after my Florence trip? Well I made and still have some of the most amazing friends you could ever wish for. I finally got round to telling Ellen (now my wife and long time partner) that I loved her and my business flourished. How did I feel ... more relaxed, calmed, still as passionate as usual but generally still and brilliantly focused.

Time goes by - businesses came and went, some more great friends and even some trips back to my adopted spiritual home in Florence. What I learned was that you don't "go back" to how I was before the course because nothing on the surface had changed. Only ME inside had been released to be ME just ME and drop the act.

So here we are in 2002 and more and more people are realising the 'education' they had at school is not enough for the life they want to lead in the 21st Century. They know they're here for a purpose they just don't know what it is. Many people we meet are at a crossroads or turning point in their life. The world of work is changing, our diet is changing, our leisure is changing and there is information overload and new technology all over the place.

In Short - CHANGE IS THE NORM .... It is now the only CONSTANT!

but nobody ever taught us how to thrive in an environment of this nature. What's more it's going to stay this way.

Now look, we know I'm biased, but I've shared my story - I took a risk and have multiple rewards as a direct result of my original Florence Trip. Now it's your turn. The only question is - will you grasp opportunity or will you just let it walk by??

I tried to bring the Florence course to the UK. The mountain wouldn't come to Mohammed (or Mark in this case) - so we built our own mountain and called it QUALITY OF LIFE EXPERIENCE!QUALITY OF LIFE EXPERIENCE! Our very own UK based, born and bred platform for discovering how to

When will you be ready to do just that? Do you deserve it?

Quality Of Life is American motivation the New British Way. It is Personal Development With a truly British sense of humour!

Can I suggest you read the rest of the information enclosed. All of it - make some time, study it, read the testimonials. Get yourself ready to make a powerful life changing decision. Be a personal leader and grasp it - live the life of your dreams - you deserve it.

Best regards.

To True Quality Of Life

Mark Layder

Founder

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