I am the son of Harmon and Christine Jackson, Michael. I was born in Brooklyn New York in the summer of 1960. I showed an aptitude for analysis and solution design from a very early age. I received my ?rst degree in aircraft design technology from the College of Aeronautics and a subsequent degree in Computer Science from Columbia University.
I am the fourth child in a family of ten children. So we had to learn to care for and share with each other. It was no fairy tale life by any means and we had and still have our share of battles. But I believe that family is everything. Additionally I believe that your friends are the family that you get to pick for yourself. Especially that friend that you chose above all others your Life Partner.
Even though my degrees are in scienti?c disciplines I consider myself a bit of a cultural anthropologist and have always been interested in ?xing things. I believe in order to ?x something you ?rst must understand how it works and then analyze the problem. Also if you want to know how to do something you need to ask someone who has done it which is why over the years I have spoken with many of my friends and family who have successful relationships and applied their techniques in my search and now offer those same techniques to you.
I am now the one that many of my friends and family come to for advise with regards to relationships and issues with their partners. And many of them have remarked that perhaps I have missed my true calling and should become a psychotherapist or counselor. I even shared early versions of my book with a trusted friend who is a professional couples counselor and she suggested very strongly that I should try and get it published.
Through careful and thorough analysis and life experience I have put together what I hope is a very straight forward approach to ?nding that special life partner. But the techniques described in this book can also be used to help some couples out there who may be struggling a little bit with their chosen partner. If the foundation is strong then this book can help to iron out some of the rough edges.
I currently live in Japan with my Life Partner and we have been together for more than eleven years.