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Some inspirational quotes I particularly like.
Oh, that's me speaking by the way! :-O

Why does the world need another self help website?

And who the heck is Steve M Nash?

Ah, questions, questions! All in good time.

First, let me introduce myself...

"My name is Steve M Nash...

and you might know me from such websites as TextMeFree.com, Photos4.co.uk and HowIPromoteMyWebsite.com..."

(Ooh, I love The Simpsons, me!)

Hello and welcome to this 'about us' page - about the creator of SelfHelpCollective.com, lil' ol' me, Mr Steve.

On it, you'll find information about me, about why (and how) I created the Self Help Collective, and a few fun self-help videos thrown in too. It's going to be a hoot, I promise.

(Oh, you'll find the press release pages here!)

So let's start as I mean to go on with one of my favourite self improvement quotes:

"...understand the greatest secret on Earth:
everyone on it has a gift for you - if only you will take it."
-- Guy Finley

More inspirational quotes...

And once you know about me do get in touch and tell me about you, eh! (It's only fair... :-) )

And now, a photo of me, Steve M Nash...

Hello. This is what I look like. :-O
... A man with dreadlocks no less!

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About Self Help Collective - what I say...

Why does the world need another self-help site?

Well, it probably doesn't! Unless, of course, you consider that this is a guru-free self-help website.

The Self Help Collective is about the wisdom of many versus the wisdom of one - it is guru-free, though all guru and non-guru opinions are welcome! :-)

Yes, there are no gurus here at Self Help Collective, other than you and I and the people that contribute their wisdom here. There is nobody saying, "It worked for me so it will work for you! We know best, oh yes we do!" Nope. None of that unwise nonsense here folks. You know best! The Self Help Collective just make suggestions! :-) (Experts, gurus, and qualified people all have their place I agree. But we should never underestimate our own wisdom - never!)

"Find the guru within" - that's my motto. At least it is as of today, March 11th 2008, when I coined it. (Ooops, looks like I wasn't the first to think of that expression. Go figure!)

However, if you're the type of person that prefers to follow the guru, here are a few that come highly recommended: self-help authors or check out these other self-help websites here!

"Help yourself at the Self Help Collective!"

Self help? Whether you love or loathe that expression it boils down to this: help yourself! Let me say that again, help yourself!

Just how you go about doing that is up to you.

You could find an article on this site, or another site; read a self help book; watch a movie like Whale Rider (or even Star Wars - whatever floats your boat). Do something, anything, as long as it works!

About Self Help Collective - what YOU say...

Hey, that really is enough about what I think, don't you think? Over to you, as you're still reading, you get two choices...

Please get in touch and tell me what you think about the Self Help Collective, or...
If you like, share your self-help story with us all (as I have done here - my self-help story)

Muchas gracias todo el mundo!

About Steve M Nash - what I say...

I have a confession to make: I am not a professional self-help expert!

So who am I to give you self help advice? I'm someone just like you, that's who! I know stuff, just like you do, and I also need help from time to time - probably just like you too! Experts serve a purpose but... ultimately, your life is your own responsibility and you must make the decisions and take the actions etc., and rely on your own self to do so.

So, yes, I am not a 'professional' and I have no formal self-help qualifications and some would say that I have not truly succeeded in life. Still, quite often 'good advice' just feels right whoever gives it to you, don't you think?

...It's called wisdom.

...And the Self Help Collective is about unlocking the wisdom that is inside YOU. This site aims to encourage you to use that wisdom; so who I am is not really important. Well I don't think so, anyway.

Think of me as a facilitator! And if you could do a better job, or if you think you know more about a particular self-help subject, then great - get in touch and share your wisdom!

Even though we all know more than we realise, none of us knows it all. We are, if the truth be told, all quite insignificant. Beautiful, lovely, and filled with love and joy (and pain), but insignificant nevertheless. A bit like is revealed in the humbling Pale Blue Dot inspirational video

So I'm just an ordinary person (like you) who gets things right sometimes and other times I get things hopelessly wrong. But (like you, I'm sure) I'm always learning how to do things better (even if I'm sometimes always learning from the same mistake, I learn something new).

I have a thirst for self-understanding but NOT in a prescriptive way!

And I believe in Louis Armstrong's words:

"And I think to myself, what a wonderful world"

Yes, 'crappy stuff' happens - death, disease, deceit, misery, starvation, etc. - you only have to turn on the news to be reminded of this 'crappy stuff' each and every day. (Self-help tip: turn off the news!) But great, inspiring stuff happens every day too, and I think it's just as important (it's more important actually) to be reminded of this too.

I just want to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative (not mess with Mr In-Between) and spread a little self help 'lurve'. (But no, I am not a hippy, though I do have long hair. Lol.)

True, I am the sort of person who enjoys watching one of those 'free hugs' videos on YouTube:

I do smile and I do feel somewhat uplifted when I watch it. (Hugs are a bit like smiles aren't they - infectious.)

But you're probably the same, eh! ;-)

Ah, I'm not much different to you! :-) So why don't you visit your about us page and let me know about you!

I even like the same inspirational quotes as you, too...

"People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world." -- Michael Josephson

"The world we are experiencing today is the result of our collective consciousness, and if we want a new world, each of us must start taking responsibility for helping create it." -- Rosemary Fillmore Rhea

More inspirational quotes...

I guess I just wanted to try and make a difference in whatever small way I could. And I hope the Self Help Collective can do that!

Thanks for reading,

steve m nash signature (ona good day!)

Steve M Nash

PS the Self Help Collective pages I've enjoyed creating most (so far) would be the following (in no particular order):

Happiness - Imagine writing about happiness for your day job! :-)
Fear - oh, oh, that other famous 4-letter word beginning with F! ;-) Actually, ol' fear isn't so bad. Not when you get to know him better, anyway! Lol
The pursuit of happiness - Mainly because I think this sounds life a daft thing to pursue!
Anger management movie - Writing this page taught me quite a lot about my own anger, and my sometimes less than positive attitude to it
Funny inspirational quotes - Need I say more?
Self improvement ideas - This was the first page I created and I really love Lynn Robinson's wisdom
This is the most fun I had with a self-help page. It's called most common fears - do you suffer from one of them?

PPS I'm a Yorkshireman, don't you know! Some people like to make jokes about us Yorkshireman - how dare they!...

PPS If you want to know how I came to create a self-help website called Self Help Collective then you can read all the details here in my Site Build It! diary.

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