“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” William Jennings Bryan

Croft Castrell

I believe that life has much more to offer than I can ever imagine. Having a vision of a future that is full of success and creativity I know that I am only scratching the surface of what is truly possible for me through my own success education.

For me, Personal Development is about a determination to create a life of my own design. For years I have been striving to free myself, to follow a deep seated drive to express my creativity in helping people become who they want to be with success education.

How did I ever get involved in a 15 year + accounting career, with experience in a broad cross-section of industries? I took on the dream of a friend of mine in the third grade. Probably not the greatest idea in the world but that decision coupled with trying to measure up to the expectations of my family has brought me to where I am. I have finally reached the point that I need a career change or bust. The job opportunities and openings narrowed the more often I jumped or got fired from job to job, moving from place to place in support of my ex's career while trying to decide what I really wanted to do with my life.

Now, raising my very willful eight year old girl on my own at times seems like the most monumental task with the pressures of her not only growing up but also within the burden of divorce proceedings; regardless, this is the most rewarding and inspirational experience that I could ever imagine. With running her to and from play dates to watching her during tae kwon do practice my day is full of joy and appreciation.

On those moments when she is in school, and I am away from building my personal development / success education business, I am working out. My workouts of choice are swimming and weight training and maybe the odd kickboxing class. My training intensity has reduced since working toward the title of Mr. Bermuda in 1990 and 1991 but I still enjoy working out almost 20 years later. Weight training keeps me feeling physically strong plus my daughter gets to brag to her friends that her daddy has muscles. It’s worth it... a bit embarrassing but worth it. Swimming is something new for me as I have been swimming for just over a year now. How did I ever start? High school, during what I remember was winter in an unheated outdoors pool... my swimming career lasted two weeks. How did I get here? Well, my daughter wanted to swim on her own at the YMCA... so I had to teach her. Well, I had to learn first.

Today, I create my own life... a life of my own design.

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