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It's been almost ten years since the moment I looked into Tony Robbins' eyes and made a life-changing decision to embark on a new career. It's now July 2011.

I'm standing backstage. I can hear the faint murmur of the 9,000 people in the audience as I wait in the holding area of the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London. I'm not nervous. Having already spoken at the London O₂ Arena to 8,500 people a few months before, I'm more than ready.

I take a moment to reflect over the past decade. My first training company had actually failed, but I'd picked myself up and built a very successful one from the hard-knock lessons I had learned.

I think of my Mum, who looked after me when I felt suicidal after I discovered a long-term partner had cheated on me and left me at my lowest point in my life, both financially and emotionally.

Next to me is Beckie, the single most important person in my life. We had become a couple in the summer of 2009. Her unconditional love for me had given me the courage to start all over again and it had brought me to this point. We are looking forward to our wedding two weeks later.

‘This is your moment, Andy, this is all you've dreamt of … I love you baby boy.’

‘I love you too Bex.’ I pinch myself, because I am about to share the stage with Tony Robbins …!

As I hit the stage I get a standing ovation. I recognize the faces in the audience of those who have been with me on this journey and those who I have helped through my teachings and advice over the last decade. People who I would never have influenced or even met had I not believed in my dream.

Since speaking alongside Tony Robbins in London that day I have spoken in, Ireland, USA, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, South Africa, Poland, Belgium, Holland, Thailand and New Zealand. I've shared the stage with Sir Richard Branson (Virgin), Donald Trump and Alan Sugar (The Apprentice), Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad, Poor Dad), Sir Bob Geldof (Live Aid) Steve Wozniak (Apple co-founder) Jordan Belfort (The Wolf of Wall Street), Sebastian Coe (Olympic champion), Brian Tracy, Bob Proctor, Dr John Demartini (The Secret), Les Brown, Paul McKenna, Nick Vujicic (the YouTube phenomenon) George Foreman (world heavyweight boxing champion), Erin Brockovich, Larry King, Steve Forbes (Forbes magazine), and President of the United States Bill Clinton.

Which brings me right back to November 2012 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, where this story started.