The Journey Behind: The Tale of High Profile Professionals

By Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw

Life is a journey and each one of us must start from somewhere because where we are today, is a result of the journey we have made and the path we chose. Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw
The Journey Behind is a collective tale of high profile professionals who besides all their successful achievements, decided to share their story and insights in various topics with the world through this book. They have not only shared their stories but each one of them, have gone the extra mile to offer some powerful practical tips on several different topics which will eliminate the thought of doubt in self and promote positive attitude towards greatness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Oct 17, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496993656

Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw

Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw (popularly known as Lady Anita Bradshaw) is the founder of Powerhouse Global Women organisation. She is an accredited life coach, a published author of 5 other personal development books. Lady Anita is the propagator of Powerhouse Global Brand (Powerhouse Global Awards, Powerhouse Global Academy, Powerhouse Global Magazine, Powerhouse Global Network and Powerhouse Global Leadership Conferences). She is a Global change agent with multi awards in her collections. She is also the President of Powerful Women Global Foundation Nigeria. Her charity supports women and children from deprived areas… She is a sort-after Global speaker. As a personal development expert, her daily uplifting practice is to discover new ways of becoming, doing and having more through my work. “I discovered a long time ago that a tree does not make a forest neither does a person make a market. Also, to achieve the forest or the market state we most collaborate with others.”- Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw

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CONTENTS

Introduction

How to become a powerhouse

By: Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw

The Relentless Pursuit Of Your Purpose

By: Dawniel Patterson Winningham

Just because it is, doesn’t mean it has to be!

By: Karen Bashford

Beyond Great Terror Lies Great Hope:

By Meredith Benidt, BS, MSW

The Power To Choose.

By: Dr Nkem Ezeilo MBBS, Dip.

Performance Coaching, MRCGP

P.M.T – Passion, Manifesting & Transformation.

By: Antonetta Fernandes

Get out of the rain and be your own rainbow!

By: Anna Caterina Florio

Leading From The Heart

By: Justina Mutale

Journey of a Grieving Heart….….From Survival to Revival:

By: Andrea Stewart

Wounded healer

By: Dr Brighton Chireka

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao-tzu

This project is one of those audacious goals I put out there hoping for manifestation, but at the same time not knowing how it’s going to become a reality. As scary as it seemed at the thought of pulling it off, my faith in God Almighty kept this dream alive and today, we have a finished product.

I thank God Almighty who daily loads me with incredible ideas, and shows me how to bring them to fruition.

Many thanks to George my husband who consistently encourages me to pursue my goals and to stay focus on my purpose.

To my fellow co-authors (Dawniel Patterson Winningham, Karen Bashford, Meredith Benidt, Dr Nkem Ezeilo, Antonetta Fernandes, Anna Caterina Florio, Justina Mutale, Andrea Stewart and Dr Brighton Chireka); Thank you for believing in my ability to deliver my promise. Without your contribution this project would not have made it to the world.

To our readers – thank you for investing your time, money and energy to support this project. Please continue to support us by recommending this book to your network.

INTRODUCTION

The Journey Behind……..

I have met so many obstacles on my journey, and some who questioned my ambition to make real challenging decisions in raising the bar for the next generation.

Well, it all starts with a journey of self-discovery and openness to embrace the endless possibilities life presents to me.

"Life is a journey and each one of us must start from somewhere because where we are today, is a result of the journey we have made and the path we chose." – Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw

The Journey Behind is a collective tale of high profile professionals who besides all their successful achievements, decided to share their stories and insights in various topics with the world through this book. They have not only shared their stories but each one of them, have gone the extra mile to offer some powerful practical tips on several different topics which will eliminate the thought of doubt in ‘self’ and promote positive attitude towards greatness.

This book has a variety of topics written by experts in that particular filed. The co-authors comprises of two medical doctors, intuitive healer, wealth business coach, The money goddess, leadership expert, powerhouse woman, change expert, stress management expert, emotional intelligence expert and many more.

These professionals are located in different continent of the world, and each of their chapter is loaded with information that would transform your life.

CHAPTER 1

How to become a powerhouse

By: Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw

The path to becoming a powerhouse starts with knowing, changing one’s thought and stepping into the unknown in other to discover what lies ahead.

To become, we must discover. – Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw

Powerhouse can be defined as authority inside a carrier – and it means every one of us has this inherent gift to transform our lives and that of others. Unfortunately, only a very few of the world population are actually aware of this force.

Step 1:

Discover your purpose

Purpose is the reason why we are on planet earth. Each individual has a unique identity and until it is discovered, life will continue to be a struggle.

When a purpose is not known, others will determine one’s destination. – Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw

By going on the journey of ‘FINDING SELF’, it will take you into another level of fulfilment as an individual. The people who succeed in the world today are those who understood who they truly are.

Majority of individuals pay more attention on what they don’t have rather than what they already have. You have to take time to perceive your true qualities. If you study the lives of very successful people (past and present), you will find out that one thing they all have in common is; a true understanding of WHO THEY ARE.

You can’t afford to think like the rest of the world – to succeed in your chosen area of life, you must be willing to go on the journey of self-discovery. When you discover what your true purpose is; you will begin to understand that you are more than what you thought before now. Yes! The gifts and skills deposited inside of you are more than you can imagine.

When you discover who you are; life becomes interesting and learning becomes a must in order to develop yourself. There are no short cuts to finding your true purpose. When you discover your true purpose you will know how unique you are and why other people cannot easily influence you without your consent.

A couple of years ago, when I decided to travel on the journey of personal development – there were negative challenges from my close quarters. However, just because some of the people were in opposition of my calling did not stop me. I didn’t allow them to influence my decision because I knew who I am and where I was headed for. Perhaps they meant well at that time because of the fear of the unknown – who can tell your story more than yourself? Finding your purpose takes you on a journey where no one else can understand until you arrive there.

All I needed to do was to stay absolutely focused on my destination and today those oppositions are grateful that I did not allow their influence to change my direction.

Information x focus = personal reality says Anthony Robbins.

The information I knew about myself supported my determination, concentrate and focus on my chosen personal journey. By asking you to go on a self-discovery journey; I know it works because my success started from ‘knowing’ and by taking personal responsibility to developing your findings.

You must know who you really are. Take the information you discover about yourself and apply it in your daily living. Knowing who you are is the first step to becoming a powerhouse.

Step 2.

• Decide what to do with your discovery

• Take action on your discoveries.

If you discover that you have a love for a particular thing, you may want to take a trip towards enhancing your skills and maybe start up your own business or just do something with your discovery. This could be the start of a colourful personal journey. This will shape your daily experiences and your future.

Think about what thought is predominate in your mind – the key is to make sure you have a clear picture of who you are.

Action is everything – once you know your purpose find the right people who would support you on your journey. You have to learn to move with people who believe in your dream – as an individual often times we allow pressure from the world (family, job, every other thing) to distract us from reaching our goals.

This is a chance for you to discover how you want your life to be – most people are not living their dreams because of fear.

Everything you discover about yourself will propel you to your destination. It doesn’t matter what you have been through or what you are currently going through right now. You can still become a success if you do not lose faith by staying true to your original self.

Your purpose cannot be defined by someone else – stop making excuses and take action. Whether you are 18 or 80 it does not matter. You must