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Who is Mats?
I will make a difference in peoples' lives. I’ve heard it said that life only delivers what we can deal with, and I think that’s certainly true for me. “That which doesn’t kill me makes me stronger”
Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher
I’m a great believer that life’s tragedies and difficulties can indeed make you stronger, wiser and more determined, if you deal with them in the right way.
My father’s sudden death when I was only sixteen years old was a great shock. It left me caring for my mother and younger brother, and I became an adult overnight. In fact his death has had a great impact on my life since then:
Perhaps this latter one explains why I’ve always been interested in healthcare, as it enables me to help people. For many years I was a Red Cross volunteer which was very useful when, as a seventeen year old, I encountered a man who’d collapsed with an intra-cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in his brain.)
While others just stood watching, I took action by giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. (You don’t need medical knowledge to act!) A few months later I met him, and he thanked me for saving his life.
When I did my military service it seemed natural to join the Army Medical Corps, attain a degree as an Assistant Nurse and care for wounded soldiers.
Tobias Wolff, Writer
In my working life I’ve been everything from a direct salesman to a managing director, and within these professional experiences, as well as in my life generally, I’ve endured many setbacks. I’ve certainly learned a lot from each of them and managed to turn them into something good and valuable.
About 15 years ago I decided that working for others was the wrong path for me. Since then I’ve been self-employed in a number of different fields.
“Life is trying things to see if they work"
Ray Bradbury, author, playwright, poet and visionary
Before starting out on my own I realized there was much to learn, and not just business principles. Success in any field is based on who you are - not what you do. Strong personal principles are behind every successful person on the planet, and these are of paramount importance to me.
I knew from the outset that a professional business, run with integrity and providing good service, quality products and at fair prices, would be the only way for me.
The ethics by which we live our lives are those we carry into our businesses. If we are focused on self, prepared to do whatever it takes to get what we want irrespective of what it does to the people around us, then we will run our businesses in that way.
But if we care about other people, about fairness, trust and integrity, then that’s what we will take into our businesses.
”We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give”
Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain.
So it was that, having left a well-paid job, I started my first business in 1992. In spite of the fact that this was the beginning of one of the worst economic downturns in Europe, within 6 months I was earning even more money! How did I do this? I decided it would happen by setting it as one of my goals. I had a passion for it, and I was focused. But - I also ensured I had the necessary skills by studying marketing economy, part time, while still working full time!
Other people have said about me that I’m very good at:
These things please me as they reflect what I have aspired to achieve in my life.
For myself – I’m passionate about:
I just love to travel and to be in places where it’s light and warm, but visiting other countries and cultures is also a wonderful thing to broaden the mind and to understand other people with whom we share this planet. I’ve visited most countries in Europe, USA ( both east and west coast) Martinique, Iraq (Baghdad ), Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto) and Thailand, and my next project is to explore more of south - east Asia.
It’s said that we become like the five people we associate most closely with, so we should choose those people very carefully. I’ve always done this, and along the way I’ve met people whose help and support have assisted in shaping my thinking and developing my businesses. For example:
(The final goal of these Mastery seminars is to help you to personally master your life and to be able to help others to do the same. Having enabled me to take full control and know what I really wanted to do with my life, I now do exactly the same for others in my Mastery seminars.)
My experience of meeting these people reinforces for me that having people you can trust, who are knowledgeable and have the skills to help you, is a very important key to succeeding in your life.
And it’s my belief that most people, with the right help, can take control of their lives and determine what it is they want to do – then go on to achieve it.
Personal development is essential for all of us and, of course, it’s not just about the people we ‘meet’ but also about, for instance, the books we read, the audios we listen to and the DVD’s we watch.
Among my favourite and most helpful are these books:
How to Make Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
This book had a great impact on me because it showed me, in a very easy way, how important it is listen to and care for other people and not be self-centred.
Mastery (the keys to long-term fulfilment) by George Leonard
It made me even more aware of the importance of practice, practice, practice if you want to master something. There are no short cuts.
The Richest Man in Babylon by George S Clason.
It showed me the principle of giving away 10% of what you earn – including extra income - and to do so on a regular basis.
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
This book was one of the first in my journey into this field of personal mastery and development. It gave me so many keys to be successful, and for this I give thanks for where I am today.
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki.
From this I gained the knowledge that it isn’t necessary to be well-educated to achieve personal success. In fact many of the rich people today don’t have more than a basic education.
Every Second Counts and It’s Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong.
Both of these taught me never to give up and to fight against those who try to hurt me.
It’s critical for us to feed our brains and our subconscious minds with positive and self-developing input. For this reason I have, for many years, used my car as a place of education. While driving I rarely speak, instead I spend at least 80% of my driving time listening to CD´s of the world’s most famous speakers in the field of personal development and mastery, and spiritual points of view about mankind. Finally: May I become at all times, both now and forever:
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