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Introduction
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Hello Steemit! I thought I would take this opportunity to introduce myself; that's me above in '09, trying to look cool in front of the Hotel New Yorker in NYC, I haven't been back since (I love you New York!).

I discovered this wonderful community three of weeks ago, through my good friend Bleepcoin and I, like most people on here am very excited by this new and amazing platform.

I have been blogging since back in the Myspace days, back then I used to do a blog called *Angry Man*, a satirical look at everyday life. After the great Myspace collapse, I took my blogging journey onto a myriad of platforms, from, *Tumblr* to *How To*.

Back in 2010 I started a site called *Love Football Gambling* in an attempt to combine my passions, I took on a lot of work for that site and as well as blogging 3 times a week, I co-hosted a short magazine vlog called *Get On It Hurry*. I finally settled on my latest site last year, called [Betfair Trading Tips](http://www.betfairtradingtips.com/). 

Personal
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I have a wonderful girlfriend and daughter, we live in North-West London and my whole existence revolves around trying to set up residual income so that I can spend more time with them. 

I love playing golf and it is through that obsession that I discovered another deep interest of mine, Zen, through the wonderful book by Dr. Joseph Parent; *Zen Golf*. Whilst I'm not religious or consider myself spiritual in any way, I was struck by the Zen philosophy and how it can alter your perception in such a positive way. I discovered mindfulness and meditation just before getting into Zen and I have found it has made a huge impact on my life.

I am a relentless learner, I am constantly looking for courses to do and things to learn, the greatest kick of all is to learn something and then apply it and put those gems of knowledge into action. I love the idea of self-improvement and am really into the whole concept of bio-hacking.

The other amazing side to learning, is imparting the knowledge that I've acquired, when I write, I want to connect with others who want to expand their ideas, learning and applying new information.


Challenge
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A few years ago, I took a 30 Day Challenge, which I found on the Victor Pride website, Bold And Determined. The challenge involved, 5am starts and ice cold showers; ironically around the time of the ice bucket challenge.

After taking that challenge, it was like I had reset my attitude and I set myself onto a path of  change and development.

I am closer to my ambitions now and I see Steemit as somewhere that can add to my experience, both financially and intellectually.

Writing
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As I mentioned, my site is [Betfair Trading Tips](http://www.betfairtradingtips.com/), where I am known as the Zen Trader, however, I have many interests outside of sports trading and Steemit will provide the perfect platform for me to grow on.

I have attracted a really good bunch of subscribers and the mails I get, reflect their sophistication in a lot of matters. My style is relaxed and I can be funny now and again, I try and surf a happy medium between over-intelectualising and dumbing-down my posts.

I will still be writing about sports trading, but also and not limited to, creative writing, *football, golf, smart drugs, personal development, meditation, cognitive biases* and a lot more.

I have written my first guest post for Steemit on behalf of [Betfair Trading Tips](http://www.betfairtradingtips.com/), I have invited my top subscribers to come and check it out and to support me by joining Steemit and voting me up.

You can read my [BTT Guest Post - Trading Emotions At Euro 2016](https://steemit.com/betfairtrading/@cryptogee/btt-guest-post--trading-emotions-at-euro-2016)

Or my most popular post to date [Format Your Articles And Gain Steem Power!](https://steemit.com/steemit/@cryptogee/format-your-steemit-articles-and-gain-steem-power)

Until Steemit has a follow function, please [click and bookmark my blog](https://steemit.com/@cryptogee) in your Steemit folder.

See you around!

[*CryptoGee*](https://steemit.com/@cryptogee)