My fellow AJ Coaching 2.0 student, Sean Beardmore – has recently listed his 25 things and has tagged me to do the same, so blame Sean if I bore you rigid! (Just kidding Sean )

1. I’ve had many nicknames amongst friends over the years, including, Stevo, Wakey, Ste (it’s a scouse thing!), Wakesnake (don’t ask), Wako, Snuffalupagous/Snuffy – (in light of my incredibly hairy back), The Hair (I had long hair in my youth), Phil Mitchel (I’m now bald and look like an East End hardman)

2. I’m into music big time with my favourites being Rock and Heavy Metal, however I’m not adverse to a bit of Beethoven and Bach as well.

3. While sitting opposite a frail old man on a train a few years ago, he inadvertently snotted on my leg without noticing.  I didn’t have the heart to say anything to him or wipe it off for fear of embarrassing him, so I sat through the half hour journey with the warm slime slowly soaking into my jeans until it had dried to a crisp, silver snail trail.

4. I play guitar and used to write my own songs – my dream was to be a rock star, but life and paying the bills got in the way… hopefully there’s still plenty of time to take this up at some point!

5. I am a black belt in Jui Jitsu but am somewhat rusty as I haven’t trained for the last 14 years!

6. I sometimes drink too much and turn into a dancing fool (check out the Frank Zappa song, “Dancin Fool… it’s like he’s describing me!)

7. I try to balance out my partying lifestyle with healthy eating, exercise and sport including Weightlifting, Walking, Cycling, Squash and Snooker (Snooker can be very energetic and sporting I’ll have you know…  what with lifting all them pints of beer between games!)

8. Before becoming a full time Internet Marketer, I worked more crappy jobs than anyone I know and I’m only 29. No one could accuse me of letting the grass grow under my feet; If I don’t like how something is going, I make a change.  Here’s the list :-

- Envelope Maker
- Chocolate Taster
- Babysitter
- Catering Assistant
- Chef in a Chinese Takeaway
- McDonalds Team Member
- Kleeneze Catalogue Distributor
- Factory Operative
- Door to Door Gas Salesman
- Office Junior
- Pizza Delivery Driver
- Receptionist
- Security Guard
- Jobcentre Worker
- Jobcentre Supervisor
- Admin Assistant
- Nationality Caseworker
- Call Centre Worker
- Call Centre Trainer/Knowledge Coach
- IT Service Desk Analyst

Hopefully, that’s it forever.  I don’t want to work for someone else ever again!

9. I am a perfectionist.  I have probably wasted a lot of time getting my online business off the ground, because I’ve spent too much time getting things perfect, rather than just getting them going. Alex’s advice is just starting to sink in, but I’m still not as productive as I could be.

10. Ever since I was forced to do a talk in front of the school class at aged 6, I’ve been terrified of public speaking.  In recent years as a Call Centre Trainer, I’ve had to try to get that fear in check, but I’m still working on it!

11. I support Everton Football Club and live about a 5 minute walk from their stadium.

12. As a teenager, I once played naked basketball at 2am in my local park after 1 too many cans of cheap cider.

13. I’m a great cook with my favourite food being anything spicy, especially Mexican food.

14. My favourite place in the whole world is Formby beach at sunrise.

15. I’ve recently become single after a ten year relationship and I’m terrified of dating because I’ve been out of the game for so long!

16. My tipple of choice is Red Wine, but I’m also partial to Real Ale and my favourite pub to partake, is the Ship and Mitre in Liverpool (Fosters, Carling, Stella? – BAH!)

18. I once knocked myself out cold in a club called the Krazy House in Liverpool, by bashing my head on an iron gurder while dancing round like a loon to Baggy Trousers.

19. My porno name is Sandy Rutter.  To find out yours, simply take the name of your first pet (Sandy the hamster in my case) and add to that your Mother’s Maiden name. (My mum was a Rutter before she was a Wakefield) – Mine’s good, but my friends are better…Butch McClean and wait for it… Oscar Valentine!

20. I used to have a 9 inch long (not that, you dirty minded buggers!) braided BEARD back in my Uba Metal Days – That bassist from System of A Down (Shavo Odadjian) nicked my look!

21. I used to have a little dog called Scamp who was a cross between a Chihuhua and a Chinese Crested Powder Puff.  With that kind of pedigree, you might expect he’d be as cute as a button and as daft as a brush, but although cute and loveable, he was also a mean fighting machine.  When attacked by a Great Dane, he fought back and won the battle by gnashing on the beasts balls!  Legend… RIP Scampie x

22. I have the left ankle of a 90 year old lady after spraining it about once a year for the last 8 years.

23. I once completely cleared out Ned Kelly’s karaoke bar in Liverpool, with a shocking rendition of Chaz and Dave’s, Snooker Loopy.

24. I once saw a Terrepin, kill and eat a duck in the Leeds Liverpool canal.

25. I once spent 3 hours thinking of 25 vaguely interesting things I could say about myself and my life!

Thanks to Sean Beardmore for tagging me – and Gary Simpson (GazzMan) for getting the ball rolling! – you can check out the original post and rules at Gazz’s blog :-

http://motivationselfesteem.com/talk/680/the-gazz-man-shares-25-things-that-you-may-not-know-about-him.htm

P.S. My tags are as follows… get involved people! :-

Syed Akram

Paul Lear

Melanie Steeden

Keith Purkiss

Rob Canyon

(Apologies if you’ve already been tagged or have already posted your 25!)

Take Care,