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Mike Ashworth

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart ... Who looks outside, dreams. Who

About Me

Business Consultant and Mentor, I’m passionate about my work and love inspiring individuals to attain their goals and realise their dreams. It's incredibly rewarding. This isn’t all I’m about, after all, who's defined as a person by the nature of their job only? I love music and getting to gigs as often as is possible. I detest routine and love variety in my life

Optimistic by nature, always on the go, I enjoy a laugh as much as the next person. I recall a quote which said “a day without laughter is a wasted day” and I agree with that sentiment 100%.

I am a mentor and project manager for the Prince's Trust, the work that goes on under the umbrella of the Prince's various charities is fantastic, he gets such a bad press

Enthusiast photographer, a few of my images (Happy Day?, I Love You and Kiss) are in my pics.

I enjoy spending time with my friends and indulging in all manner of chat both meaningful and the bizarre, however i'm also a bit of a social chameleon and love meeting new people

A lover of quiet nights out and mad nights in (or is that the other way round?). I love new adventures, meeting new people, stimulating conversation, avoiding crazy chicks - the last one not easy sometimes :-)

if you are looking to add me then you'll find my surname useful (its part of my id on here)

My Interests

Photography, Theatre, quality films, live comedy, live music, burlesque, football (west ham), fishing, discovering new things. To be honest anything that stimulates the old grey matter.

I'd like to meet:

artistic and creative people, positive people, people who have something to say

Some people i've lost touch with over the years and would love to catch up with:

dave ogg (originally from scunthorpe, last heard of living on lama island, hong kong)

katherine mathers (originally from harden near bingley in yorkshire)

elaine o'sullivan (aka womble - worked in tenerife)

cathy fox / kathy fox (from bolton - worked in tenerife)

Julie cochrane

ben puttnam

lisa white and nove pye (pie) both from nottingham, worked in tenerife

Music:

Im a soul boy at heart. veteran of soul weekenders etc. (also places such as hillies in sheffield park back in the day) however my musical tastes extend beyond that and i love the energy that bands exude, especially in live performances.

Movies:

comedy, horror, action, thriller, gangster, think that covers most genres! :-)

Television:

Some things I enjoy are soccer a.m., curb your enthusiasm, black books, the simpsons (damned you virgin that i can no longer get sky one!), scrubs, extras, shameless, the wire, the unit, without a trace, the shield, teachers.

Books:

Recently Read:- Julie Burchill: Made in Brighton Alexander Masters: Stuart: A life backwards (a very moving account of a homeless person) Tucker Max: I hope they serve beer in hell (seriously funny adventures!)

Heroes:

mum, dad (RIP), My friends, china hamilton, annabel williams, gunter blum, daniel torres, marc blackie, bob carlos clarke(RIP), pascal baetens, trevor watson, charlie roff, richard kern, roy stuart, manara, bettina rheims, andreas h. bitesnich, david bailey, mario testino,

My Blog

Magic Breakfast

Fact: For one in four children in the UK, the food received at school is their only daily source of nutrition. let me introduce to you....... the Magic Breakfast! They are a charitable project providi...
Posted by Mick Ashworth on Wed, 16 May 2007 03:16:00 PST

Jamie Oliver? Bite me!

Long before Jamie Oliver launched his attack on poor school meals, Jethro Carr was working with school children encouraging them to eat healthily. Since 2002 he has been running "Kitchen Academy" a ...
Posted by Mick Ashworth on Thu, 10 May 2007 11:25:00 PST

What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

And to help you answer the above question, some of the following may be useful to you.Reading If you want help finding your destiny job and inspiration to make that dramatic career change: "Snap Crac...
Posted by Mick Ashworth on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:11:00 PST

girls... what men say and what they are actually thinking!

I need space We are so over that im thinking of going in to the witness protection program to get away from you You're beautiful Thanks for not wearing a bra   I'll call you Good-bye &nb...
Posted by Mick Ashworth on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:19:00 PST

Words women use and what they really mean

Fine - This is the word women use to end an argument when you they are right and you need to shut up. Five Minutes - If she is getting dressed, this is half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes...
Posted by Mick Ashworth on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:57:00 PST

Translation of common phrases from woman-speak into English.

Woman-speak: "Of course I don't mind if you..." English: "You bet your fucking arse I DO mind. Go ahead, you WILL pay later..." Woman-speak: "Do you like it?" English: "Fucker, if you do NOT noti...
Posted by Mick Ashworth on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:11:00 PST

Offside rule - confused? you will be

If the offside rule was so easy to understand then FIFA (Fragile Insane Feeble Aged) would not try to simplfy it!Anyway its qauite straightforward rellay, here goes:If you are in an offside position b...
Posted by Mick Ashworth on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:54:00 PST

If all thats stopping you kick start your idea is cash

http://www.thebigboost.org.uk/ What's the catch? There isn't one. You just have to come up with an idea that can bring benefits to your community. A new basket ball court, a music studio, a youth clu...
Posted by Mick Ashworth on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:06:00 PST

Brighton and Hove Council: Flyergate Affair

Remember the rumblings some time ago about Brighton Council planning to impose fines on venues and promoters for handing out flyers? Everybody got up in arms then it died down a bit. Well, it's back ...
Posted by Mick Ashworth on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:48:00 PST