I left school at 16 with no real idea what I wanted to do. I started my working life as an apprentice electrician on some pretty rough building sites in central Liverpool. It was a bit of a shock to the system — and I had to grow up quickly.

By 19 I’d qualified as an electrician… and realised I absolutely hated it. I still didn’t know what I wanted, but I knew it wasn’t that.

Shortly after turning 20, I got an opportunity to work as a project supervisor for a large engineering company delivering specialist construction projects in the pharmaceutical industry. It turned out the core skills needed in that world came very naturally to me : goal setting, organisation, and just getting shit done.

From there, things moved quickly. I gained project management qualifications, learned on the job in plenty of sink-or-swim situations, and climbed the ladder very quickly. By 24, I was running my own project management department on a nuclear site, managing complex projects, strategies and high-level stakeholders.

On paper, I was flying. At work, I was the guy who could fix anything — the one who always got it done.

But outside of work, it was a different story.

My drinking was heavy. My finances were a mess. I was isolated, unhappy, and honestly just lost. From the outside, it looked like I had it together… nice car, in decent shape, but underneath it all, I knew something had to change.

That’s when the penny dropped… If I could plan and execute everything so well in my career, why couldn’t I do the same with my life? So I did exactly that. I started applying project and programme management principles to myself, my habits, my goals, my routines. And everything changed…

Over the next three years, I doubled my income, got into the best shape of my life at the time, and progressed to Head of Projects — running a multi-million-pound portfolio across Ministry of Defence sites. I’d moved down south and was living what looked like the dream. Penthouse bachelor pad, driving my dream car, in and out of London all the time.

But there was a catch.

Work had taken over everything. I was working 60-hour weeks, no time for the gym, no social life, and no real balance.

Then COVID hit…and, strangely, it was exactly what I needed.

For the first time in years, I had space to think. Around that time, I’d also just met the woman who would later become my wife, and I was struggling to even find time to see her.

I remember thinking: what the fuck am I actually doing?

I wasn’t happy with how I looked, how I felt, or the life I was building — especially when it was all to make someone else millions. That was enough for me, no thanks!

In 2021, I made the decision to go all in on myself. I quit my job the next week and started my own specialist project consultancy. The results were immediate. Within weeks, I’d doubled my income and cut my working hours almost in half.

That gave me something I hadn’t had before, total control, and with that came the next challenge: competitive powerlifting.

It had always been something I wanted to pursue, but I had no idea how I’d balance the training, nutrition, recovery, and running a business. So I did what I knew best, I built a system.

For the next five years, my days were structured, intentional, and disciplined. The result? I achieved more in powerlifting than I ever thought possible, all while growing my business, maintaining a social life, and travelling the world with my wife.

Fast forward to now — I live in my dream home, drive what is my latest dream car, run a successful business, and genuinely feel happier and more fulfilled than ever.

Recently, I’ve stepped back from powerlifting and focused on getting into, once again, the best shape of my life — but more importantly, I’ve created more time. Time to build something new.

One thing I’ve always missed from my previous roles is helping people develop, seeing someone grow, succeed, and realise what they’re capable of. There’s nothing better than being part of that.

That’s why I created Webster Performance Coaching.

Because the truth is, there’s nothing special about me.

I just built systems, applied discipline, and followed through.

And that’s exactly what I want to help others do.