Martin here. I am on a mission to help and rescue people who find themselves suffering in an unfulfilled career. Many people find themselves in this space after recovering from a serious illness such as cancer or hearth disease (or both as in my case). Others may just be approaching middle-age and find that the corporate world is no longer a lover of seniority. And don’t even get me started on the challenges that we face since last year’s epidemic outbreak.

Many people suffer in silence through the drudgery of an unfulfilled career through no real fault of their own. Perhaps they went through an illness for a time and now having recovered they feel a little bit ‘left behind’. Other common reasons for feeling this way can be that they started out in the wrong career in the first case and now feel themselves trapped due to ecopnomic necessity. Perhaps they have realized how uncertain their current role actually is and / or they fear for their retirement years. Maybe life ‘just happened’ and they would rather not remain in their current position for the remainder of their career.

If you feel like any of the above you are not alone. I am happy to share my experience and education with you in the hope that you may benefit from it. Maybe I can advise you and save you some pain? Maybe I can help boost your confidence or possibly help you find value in who you really are? Maybe I can guide you to help you discover your true life calling?

But first, please, have a listen to my story.

I did what we were always taught to be the right things… study hard and work hard

Boy studying at home for a school exam.

In my early career I did what we were  taught – do the “right things” – so as to have a happy and successful career. I finished school and got a costly business degree. I qualified as an accountant. I worked damn hard as a corporate accountant with world-renowned companies such as 3M, Pilkington, Rhone-Poulenc, Blue Cross Blue Shield,  IBM and Georgia-Pacific in Ireland, England, France and the USA. While working, I resumed my studies and even completed an Executive MBA in a Boston university.

I was moving up in the world and things were going well. That is, until a couple of shocks were to offer me several setbacks and challenges that forced me to re-think what I really wanted to get out of life: where I wanted to work, when I wanted to work and ultimately what work would truly make me happy.

Shock Number One: Redundancy

During the ‘noughties’ I had a good position (very good money) and was working very hard in a mid-sized subsidiary of a global conglomerate when I received some shocking news. The manufacturing facility where I was employed was being moved abroad and I was being made redundant. Immediately after that, I took on some good, temporary roles and did much real soul searching. I realized that I wanted to ‘give back’ to society and began to assist my local football club and other local charities. I found this type of work  i.e. helping people  to be very fulfilling and I was involved in several projects. Things were going fine again.

Shock Number Two: Cancer diagnosis

I was quite content with my career and I would often even receive approaches from head-hunters who would inquire if I had an interest in various roles that had become available. I did not proceed with any of them as I was happy with the work that I was doing in those times and enjoying my regular foreign holidays too.

Then out of the blue came shock number two. I was feeling in good health but went for an annual, medical check-up. At my doctor’s request I had some subsequent tests after which he confirmed that I had a cancer diagnosis. I hadn’t had any symptoms at all before this, but all of a sudden I had to undergo treatment that involved daily visits to the hospital for treatment over a 3-month period. I also agreed to take part in a clinical trial as I felt young enough to cope with potential side-effects and wanted to see as much good as possible come out of my predicament. I sailed through the treatment.  I attended regular, six-monthly check-ups afterwards. Everything had gone according to plan, thank God, and I am now in full recovery. Problem sorted, although my savings had been completely wiped out. Not to worry.

Shock Number Three: Under-employed!

I had remained employed at all times during my treatment although I only work reduced hours during days of treatment. After recovery, I was able to put in regular hours again and resumed all of my charity work. It did not take long, however, for me to notice that I was not getting calls from head-hunters any more. More out of curiosity than anything else, I approached a couple of them, explained that I was back in full health and asked them frankly as to why I was not receiving calls. They would not admit to it, but I strongly suspected that I was now being seen as ‘damaged-goods’ and that they may have been afraid to take what they perceived to be a ‘chance’ on me for any really big role! My suspicions were further augmented in this regard when they did make subsequent contact with me regarding roles that were not just as senior as the roles they had spoken about before my sickness (including a couple that I was actually offered but declined). I also could not help but feel discriminated against for other reasons too including the fact that I was a white, middle-aged male. Seriously, I believe that there is a form of ‘reverse discrimination’at play in this regard. I was also only too conscious by now of the fact that new technologies were encompassing all of our lives and not least in the work-place. I had a horrible feeling in my stomach that there was a danger I was being ‘left behind’ and that in the future I would be ‘surplus to requirements’. It was quite a shock to realise that despite my qualifications and hard-earned experience I was now under-employed!

At this stage, I also found that a lot of the time I was working ‘on my own’ with no close business confidantes. So after apparently doing everything right in terms of schooling and early career paths chosen, now in middle-age, I found myself a little bit wanting in terms of performing worthwhile work, having money in the bank and was getting more anxious by the day about the future.

I was still enjoying my work with the football club and other charity work as well as other ‘gigs’ as they came along. However, this was not enough to keep me satisfied. There now was a void, an anxiety. I knew in my heart that I was capable of – and should have been – making a bigger contribution to the greater picture and I certainly should have been earning more money. I basically now wanted to find a way to continue doing meaningful work that allowed me to help other people but which also allowed me the time to work with my football club and other charities and where I would also make a comfortable living in doing so.

So during my spare time during the next couple of months I took another deep look at myself. I looked into where I was, I looked into what I had to offer and I looked into where I wanted to be in terms of both income and self-worth (the famous self-actualization need). My conclusion  was: Deep down I am always a business person but I also really enjoy simply helping other people lead happier, more productive lives and helping entities to realize their true potential. I spent a lot of my spare time sifting through newspapers and business school magazines, reading career strategy gurus, spiritual leaders and checking out online blogs and videos. I was on a quest to find ways to improve my life.

A pleasant surprise

Then one day it all jumped out at me… it was a pleasant surprise this time! In my online search I found this amazing education company, that included a community of like-minded individuals who are always available online to support you. They were offering a product (online training) that would teach you from scratch how to become a digital entrepreneur. All that you needed was a laptop and access to the internet. It opened my eyes up to endless work possibilities and incomes dependent only on how hard I wanted to work. All this could be done at a time and in a place that suited me. Wow, this was offering me time freedom, geographical freedom and financial freedom. And the best part (for me at any rate) was that it offered free training to start off.

Free Training

It offered a set of 4 videos to start off with completely free . Even then, if you liked what you saw and wanted to take out a membership subscription it would offer a full 30-Day Money Back Guarantee with no questions asked.

I have to admit that I was quite skeptical but was attracted to the free training and eagerly requested them. in fact, after I had absorbed the four free videos education I then took out a trial membership in the full knowledge that if I was unhappy with anything I could cancel and claim a refund within 30 days. This offer meant that I would still have gained a very useful education at no cost even if I chose to cancel. I had a deep intuition that this was right for me.

What I found blew my mind. I actually believe Divine Intervention brought me to this place. It was just what I needed at just the right time. After starting I quickly came to appreciate the values exposed by the community and the fantastic benefits of the product. It taught me how to create an online presence, a website, how to write blogs, how to make videos, how to market online and much, much more. In a nutshell it taught me how to become a digital entrepreneur. Not only that but it gave me a clear focus of where I want to be in life and of ways to get there. It also introduced me to a fantastic network of like-minded people where we all support each other. If one of us is stuck in any area we can reach out and there is always someone who can answer and advise. I have made a couple of trusted new friends. Truthfully, I was never one for really ‘doing’ social media but the people that I have met online here are very much on my own wavelength and I really enjoy their company whether it is on webinar training or even my many one-on-one chats.

I did not cancel my membership after the 30 days trial period. In fact, I am so happy with my purchase that I am now promoting this product myself. I am what is known as an affiliate marketer for the product. This is a nice option to have as I can pursue my further education as a product user and also make an income at the same time. I truly love the fact that I am having a positive influence on other peoples’ lives in doing so. I now have a much bigger vision for my life. I can continue to do a type of work that I truly love wherever I like and whenever I choose. I have time for other work too. I am not dependent on a paycheck from someone else. I am dedicated to promoting high-quality products online and I am getting fulfillment from being involved with supplying this education to people who need it.  I have so many other options available to me now too. I believe that I have found my life’s purpose. Everything is in congruence and everything is within my own control. I do not have to answer to someone else. I am not dependent on a company for a wage. I am not limited by time or by geography. I only wish that I had done this a lot sooner. I have created a lifestyle that I truly enjoy.

If you feel unfulfilled in your present role or if I have tickled your interest and you’d like to check out the free videos series just to have a look, please leave your name and email address on the Contact Me page. I will be happy to pass the video series to you for free as that is the way that they were initially given to me.

Stay safe.