25 facts about Steve

1. I choked on a grape when I was 9 and nearly bought the farm. Mum was shaking me up and down by my ankles while I turned a nice shade of blue.
2. I was born in a small town in East Sussex in 1971. I’m a 70’s child but still not quite a grown-up.
3. I accumulated about £60,000 worth of debt in my 20’s as I went around the world thinking that I had all the money in the world. I’m still paying it off.
4. I don’t understand sport at all.
5. My favourite karaoke tune is ‘Beyond the Sea’, and I sing it darn well.
6. Good food and drink are my favourites, so it’s a miracle that I’ve weighed 66 kilo’s ever since I was a teenager.
7. I’m a bit of a romantic, and I’m still looking for that someone who can be my partner in crime (although we won’t be committing any actual crimes). The thought makes me smile.
8. I had a Kalashnikov rifle pushed in my face as I crossed the Romanian border in 1989, when I refused to give the border guard my walkman.
9. My Dad is the strongest and funniest man I know.
10. I have knobbly knees.
11. I want to write a hit TV comedy sketch show and have come up with a bunch of characters who make me laugh out loud.
12. My all time favourite TV shows include Moonlighting, thirtysomething, Seinfeld, Twin Peaks and Masterchef.
13. I’ve written a novel called ‘The Kissing Stopped’, which I’m currently rewriting ready to send out to agents.
14. I was in a TV advert for a yoghurt drink in Morocco.
15. I love being around people and am in my element when socialising. I also love my own space, watching my favourite show or playing a little PlayStation 3.
16. I have 2 older sisters who amaze me with how much more they know about life than me.
17. I love vanilla. My favourite deserts are New York baked vanilla cheesecake and crème brulee.
18. One of my ambitions is to live half of the year in the UK and half in the US.
19. When I was 5 years old I made up a joke. Wanna hear it? “Yes I do want an apple, no I don’t want an apple“. Such a grasp of irony at such a young age…
20. I love laughing, and consequently humour is amazingly important to me.
21. The best steak I’ve ever eaten was in the Waldorf hotel in New York City at a friends wedding. It still makes me smile.
22. Alongside my coaching I freelance as a Project Manager for ad agencies in London too. Consequently most of my spare time is spent coaching or writing, which is tough. Sometimes I just wanna schlep around a bit.
23. I have 3 nephews and a niece ranging from 2 to 18 years old, and they’re all flippin’ brilliant.
24. In my 20’s I had a big alcohol problem. Got to the point where I’d be having gin & tonics for breakfast and couldn’t function without having alcohol in my system.
25. I’m a bit of a control freak, which I’m constantly doing my best to, erm, control.