Who is Stickman?

I am often asked, "How did you come up with these two lovable characters?"

STICKMAN and PITMAN evolved over a 15-year period during my years as a business/people skills trainer. Stickman gets his name from the stick figures that I would use to illustrate the way the brain works when achieving your goals. My team and I were actually wanting to find a different name for him as the Stickman reference wasn't really a name, it was just a term I used to describe my explanations.

Then, many years ago during a presentation I was talking about the Pit of Misery and Pit parties, Pit Posture, Pit Police, Pit Prattle … when someone in the audience called out, "sounds like a PITMAN to me" and presto!  There it was … PITMAN!

So then STICKMAN sounded perfect as a name as well! It was almost as if their names found us rather than us creating them, which I love.

I found that people continually achieved such great success using the STICKMAN strategies that I had countess requests to write books on the subject, for both for children and adults. Apart from being a contributor to many books,  I have now personally authored NOW & TOO LATE! and the STICKMAN RULES series for children and I am thrilled that people of all ages have turned their lives around or taken themselves to a new level, using these simple but powerful strategies found in these books.

“Thank you for the tools (Stickman Rules Series) to help empower our children to make their own choices and also learn about responsibility (in a positive and nuturing way). I know if you ever do a parents talk it would be a great success.”  S. Hancock

"The Stickman Rules books make it very easy to understand and easy for the kids to use in their everyday life.
I have noticed them using the principles and when they forget it is an easy way to remind them without embarrassing them."? T. Scalco

" Terry, I have read a lot of psychology text books and other “self-help” books, but after reading your book (Now & Too Late) I believe it to be one of the best, possibly the best book I have read on overcoming depression, lethargy, feeling down, negative self-talk etc.   It is concise, with no unnecessary jargon, and easy to comprehend.  I think every high school student should be given a copy when they leave school – skills for life."  Vivien Wornell, Social Worker/Counselor, Veteran Liaison Officer, St. George Private Hospital

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