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Michael MacMahon

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I was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and educated at St George's College, Weybridge & Imperial College, London.

I now live in Bristol, UK.

My first book, 'Back to the Black: how to become debt-free and stay that way' is about managing personal debt problems. It's currently available through Amazon, both in paperback and in the Kindle catalogue, though I shall soon be extending its availability to the other platforms.

I'm working on a new edition. I'm also planning to make some of the content available in audio form.

After that, I have a book in the pipeline about public speaking and presentation skills. It's based on my experience of running training courses on the subject; and of my 35-year career as a speaker.

'Back to the Black' is al I was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and educated at St George's College, Weybridge & Imperial College, London.

I now live in Bristol, UK.

My first book, 'Back to the Black: how to become debt-free and stay that way' is about managing personal debt problems. It's currently available through Amazon, both in paperback and in the Kindle catalogue, though I shall soon be extending its availability to the other platforms.

I'm working on a new edition. I'm also planning to make some of the content available in audio form.

After that, I have a book in the pipeline about public speaking and presentation skills. It's based on my experience of running training courses on the subject; and of my 35-year career as a speaker.

'Back to the Black' is also based on personal experience. From the mid-sixties up to 1990, I had a career in the chemical industry, beginning with posts in the chemicals divisions of British Oxygen and Unilever respectively. I then set up a UK sales subsidiary for the lignin chemicals division of Holmen, a 400-year-old Swedish group whose primary business was in pulp and paper manufacture; at the time Holmen was the world's largest newsprint producer. I eventually became Managing Director of that subsidiary.

After the parent chemicals group was taken over by a competitor, I left the chemicals industry and started my own business, designing and delivering training courses in business communication skills combined with English language, for blue-chip clients in Scandinavia.

The business went well for about four or five years before work started to dry up at my primary clients; I had trained most of their people who needed training. Work from new Scandinavian clients was not replacing it fast enough and the travel necessary to present to new prospective clients was time-consuming and expensive.

Eventually I had to recognise that I could not find a solution; but by that time severe debt had accumulated, so I had to withdraw from the business and deal with the debt.

I was advised to file for bankruptcy but I decided to avoid that, so I found an alternative solution.

I decided to write about the process of finding a solution and of implementing it, in the hope that what I learned could be of help to others who are facing debt problems. My story, and a step-by-step process for getting out of debt, are both described in 'Back to the Black'. ...more

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	Back to the Black 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brevity Is The Soul Of Wit ... For Writers: Wisdom from one author to another by Michael MacMahon (Goodreads Author), Debbie Young (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brevity Is The Soul Of Wit: A Miscellany of Mottos and Maxims, an Encyclopaedia of Epigrams by Michael MacMahon (Goodreads Author), John Lynch (Foreword) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Is It So? Upper Primary Pack 6 Paperback Student books by Helen Bethune, Rob Moore (Goodreads Author), Michael MacMahon (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Is It So? Middle Primary A Pack 8 Paperback Student Books by Peter Rees, Rachel Griffiths, Michael MacMahon (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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