60 Years on Earth and many more to come. I was born in the Summer of 1947 in a Nursing Home in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. I grew up in the Kentish Countryside in what is known as the Garden of England. I was born to parents who ran a very succesful fruit farm for the farm owner. I started School at Barming Primary School, near Maidstone, Kent. I then progressed to West Borough Secondary Modern, the name is not very inspiring, second seemed to be the expectation of some. I was clearly not destined to be an academic, as just before exam times, I chose to join the Royal Air Force as an Instrument & Electronics Engineer at the young age of 15. Over the next 15 years I learnt many different things, to be a very good engineer, be a professional, be reliable, take decisions, be smart, well presented and so much more. I had some great times in the RAF, travelled to other countries an even lived in Germany for 2.5 years. During this time I met and married Janet probably the best life decision I have made to date. As a team we produced two handsome, intelligent and determined Sons. I left the RAF in 1977 to join Pitney Bowes a Fortune 500 Company, first of all as an Engineer, then Engineering Manager, Product Developer, Business Manager and Senior Business Manager. During my time at Pitney Bowes I became very good at understanding the customer needs, turning this need into a specification and then converting the specification into a new product. In 1991, one of the recent recessions the Company decided to significantly reduce the middle Management cost, cutting out a huge amount of skill and experience. It gave me the chance to take a nice handshake and break away and determine my own destiny. Over the past 18 years I have studied subjects I really enjoy including the art of Personal Development and Internet Marketing to add to my previous Business Management Skills. This included launching our own Personal Development Company called Life Path International, taking on the role of Managing Director, this led onto being a Director of TPN plc a Publishing Company based in Central London. In 1999 we relocated back to Kent to be closer to our aging parents. The first thing we did was to set my wife up in business and to continue to grow my own company KK Connections now in its 12th year. The growth of the Internet has enabled me to develop various online businesses, start up my own Mentoring and Coaching Program and I will shortly be launching my second Membership site www.yourbusinesssuccessfactory.com. Copyright of Derek Kemp owner of KK Connections Created by Local Business for Local Ppeople