Released on: August 20, 2008, 5:51 am

Press Release Author: Media Jems

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Phil Youngs rags to riches, gripping book 2much2young is
finally being released.

Press Release Body: After three years in the marking, the much awaiting biography ‘2
Much 2 Young’ by Phil Young, the award wining former CIO of Amtrak has been released
today. Providing a fascinating insight into the ups and downs of a successful
entrepreneur, business angel and family man, the autobiographical account shows how
one man has succeeded in the face of adversity, from his birth in the front room of
council house in a poor suburb of Birmingham in 1965, to battling parental divorce,
kidnap and poor academic qualifications to being awarded the CIO Innovator of the
Year for the UK in 2007.

Whilst Young never intended the book to be a ‘how to’ guide, it does illustrate how
courage, perseverance and a desire to success can carry people through the darkest
of times, both in personal and professional life.

After his parent split when he was just five years old, he experienced the pain of
separation from his siblings as his mother took him and his sister to Kidderminster
to live with her new partner, leaving three others with his father.

Being academically poor, Young has had to work hard and has been self taught in
everything he has done and achieved in life. Having also battled through being
kidnapped as a teenager, depression and his own divorce, Young is a true testament
to a man who has refused to let life’s challenges get him down and provides hope to
those whose next break could be just around the corner.

The book also provides a valuable insight into Phil\'s professional expertise in a
number of areas including innovation, change management, business troubleshooting,
interim management and other areas which Phil has excelled in despite the challenges
he has faced.

\"The book is essentially a self-taught lesson on how far I\'ve come and what I have
learnt along the way. It has been very therapeutic for me in terms of helping me to
see how I have become the person I am today and I hope that it will help others to
see that the only barriers to happiness and success are within themselves and how
they can overcome any obstacles to take charge of their own destiny\' says Young.

Young is now happily remarried to his childhood sweetheart whom he met up with via
Friends Reunited and lives with his two step children. And last year, he reached to
top of his career after setting up his own consultancy Johnson-Young Associated and
being awarded the CIO Innovator of the Year award for the UK.

“When you know what it is like to have nothing, you are not scared of taking risks
that might leave you with nothing”, adds Young.

‘2 Much 2 Young’ is available from global publishing house Trafford. To find out
more visit Trafford at http://www.trafford.com/08-0184

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