Motivation

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I DON’T WANT TO DIE

WITHOUT SCARS

You said you wanted to be free. You wanted to be free to use your time the way you desire. You wanted to be able to choose the things you want to work on. You wanted to be working on things that are interesting to you and keep you excited. Travel! – It was a big one. You wanted to travel and live anywhere you want. You wanted to have no strings attached and be able to pick up and go anytime you decided so. When your friend asked you: “What are you gonna do with all this freedom?” Remember what your reply was? 

“Well… I have lots of things to do.  I would train as much as I want. I would ride my bicycle in beautiful places all over Canada and the USA. I will swim in warm lakes and run gorgeous trails. I will finally get a chance to finish writing my books and publish them. I would draw pictures. I would sleep until the middle of the day, and I would stay up till midnight without worrying about having to wake up early for work the next day. I would attend networking and meeting events, where I would make friends and connect with like-minded people. I would watch great movies, listen to podcasts, and read books all day long. I would meditate and practice yoga… I would grow mentally, physically, and spiritually.”

This was YOUR definition of freedom. This is what YOU were striving for just a month ago. Nobody decided for you. 

You also asked to be free from having to work. You hated the 8 to 5 thing – office work. You said you feel trapped in between four walls. I gave you the opportunity to work remotely. 100% remote high paying job. You kept on searching. You weren’t happy with that gift. You then said that you didn’t feel fulfilled. You wanted to create something of your own. To work with passion! Passion was the ask. I let you chose your passion. Go for it! You got what you asked for. Here you have as much time as you could only have. There is no need to go to the office. No more meetings. No more projects. No more long to-do lists. You no longer need to commute in traffic or subway. You can sleep all day long as you wish, there is no need to wake up early in the morning either. Also, here is money for you which would last you two years and you can easily stretch it to three years. Then who knows what happens, you will figure something out. No need to work on anyone or anything to make a living. FREEDOM! You have enough to eat good food and have a shelter over the head. A warm bed to sleep and the opportunity to travel. Your basic needs are covered. Sasha, I took care of everything, so you can finally dedicate all your time to travel, training, writing, reading, or just doing whatever you want. I gave you all you asked, didn’t I? I kept you healthy so you can enjoy this freedom – the best years of your life. I even sent you a companion. Blake is the smartest, the most lovable and loyal dog. You two can create a great story while keeping each other company. 
So, do you have all you asked for? 

“Yes… I do…” 

Are you finally happy now? Do you enjoy your freedom? Tell me, where you at right now? You must be somewhere beautiful. Maybe fishing in British Columbia? There would be a great place to ride a bike and train on higher altitudes. This is what world-class athletes do, right? 

“…no, I am not in BC. I don’t fish. I don’t read. I rarely write. I don’t make friends, neither do I go to any events. My training is not that great either… just a habit.  There is much more to it. I don’t have time for anything. I am free on the outside, but dead trapped on the inside. I don’t have time to call my family or friends. I could not afford to sit still through a movie. No time to read a book I enjoy. I have to read only what’s relevant, that’s what they say. Reading for the sake of reading is a waste of time, guru says. Meditation, yoga, spirituality, etc. – why? Training, running around like a squirrel with the head chopped off – why? 
I don’t travel but sit in my bedroom, in the village of Sarnia. Surrounded by toothless neighbors smoking dope.”

Hey, wait a second. I gave you the opportunity to choose! I remember I did. You can choose the place to live, and you are free to do whatever you wish. 

“Yes, you did, and I chose. I chose to stay in this town to launch the business. Two businesses. I said that I want to create something on my own, something I can be proud of. I am miserable… Anything I touch turns into crap. I burn the money you gave me and I realize I waste the time and freedom. Continuous chatter in my head never stops… never. No matter what I do or don’t do – thoughts keep on running and running. It is exhausting. It is disappointing. I am disappointed in myself because I can never be happy. I realize how fortunate I am. I see all the things to be grateful for and I am…. Grateful, but not happy. You gave me all I asked for, but the second it gets in my hands – I devalue everything. I beat myself up for not being able to slow down and enjoy. I am exhausted and tired from myself… All I wish is a break. Just a fucking break from thoughts. A break from this mind which always seeks the things to occupy itself with. It can not sit still. It keeps itself distracted so there is no room to face itself.

Throughout my life, I learned that material possessions don’t make me happy. Neither drugs nor alcohol help to slow down the mind, only if temporary. Indulging in food don’t work either. Others don’t have capability to change anything for me. Neither friends or loved ones. I shed away so many self-numbing things so now I am exposed to all the unsolved internal issues. There is no more anesthesia to go through life.

I keep on asking for more, and you keep on giving. I am never freaking happy. I am feeling disappointed in myself and I don’t want anything anymore. I know, no matter where I am and what I do – I won’t find stillness and happiness. There is no escape from my mind. I will continue looking over the fence in search for another thing to get distracted with. Never enough, always searching. Like a drug addict – I need a stimulus. I will continue running when I could just sit and enjoy it. I will not see the beauty around me, because I will be too busy with doing all kind of things… Don’t waste your time on me. Go make someone else happy. 

I am not capable of happiness”  

I am mad… I am done being nice and helping you out. I am tired of seeing you beating yourself down, despite everything I do for you. This no longer a dialog, so shut up and listen.

Everything in life comes and goes in waves. There is nothing wrong with feeling down. There is nothing wrong with feeling like a piece of shit. Just realize – it will pass. Don’t strive to be happy, forget about that. There is no such fucking thing as happiness, it’s just a concept. What do you need to strive for is to become better at embracing the suck. Become better at enduring the pain and making it through the hard times. Let it be hard, let the life kick you in the balls, dive deep into the hard feelings. It cannot suck forever! It’s against the law of nature to suck forever. Everything comes and goes in waves. Rise and fall. Everything has to be in balance. If it sucks right now it will be equally better in the future. The darker it is now, the brighter it will get later. Learn how to navigate the hard times, utilize your energy, and the resources wisely. There is always something you can do, even at the lowest states of mind. 

Do you have guts to sit with your discomfort? Do you have enough endurance to face it and suck it all up as you own it? Stop fucking crying and bitching about the things that didn’t happen exactly the way you wanted them to happen. Stop feeling sorry for yourself! YOU ARE NOT THE VICTIM, so stop acting like one. We are not in kindergarten any longer. No one is going to hold your hand and pet your head. If you don’t like the game you play – change the game, change the rules if you can, or just fucking quit. You always have a choice to quit. No one’s holding you hostage on this Planet. Pull the trigger if it’s too hard for you. You want everything to be easy. The game will not be interesting without the challenges, am I right? No one ever will play a game where they always win. What’s the point of such a stupid game? Why would you even want to play such? I won’t… You can even play a game of a victim if you really want. See how good can you get with feeling sorry for yourself and finding all the reasons why the world is not fair to you. Let’s see how many reasons can you come up with it? Let’s see how many people can you convince to feel sorry for yourself? Wanna play?

You set expectations, you plan. Oh yeah, you are a big planner. Everything has to be only the way you want it to be. A slight deviation from the plan coincided to be nothing but a failure. Personal failure. Something didn’t work out exactly the way you decided it should, and all of a sudden you disregard yourself as a human being. You didn’t just fail in one thing, you failed in life. No reason to live for such a looser as yourself. Right? If so, why wait? Pull the damn trigger and make space for someone who is not such a wimp. No one gives a fuck, you live or die. Your parents and friends would drop a few tears, and move on with their own lives. No one cares you are strong and happy or you are miserable. There are no spectators of your misery. Nobody cares! Everybody is busy with their own lives and there is nothing wrong with it. The World does not care! 

There is a guy who was not born yet and waiting for the vacant slot on this planet. He has enough guts to stand up after falling and keep pushing. He does not look at his failures as the end of the world and he does not beat himself up every time something doesn’t work out as planned. He will fail so many times that he will get awarded with the title: “The most successful failure of all times”. But you… You go… it is too hard for you. Too disappointing. You’ve had enough, and you tried everything. You have proven countless times that this World is an unfair place to live and you are on the unfortunate side of it. Maybe in the next life, you will get luckier. Have you thought, what if there is such a thing as reincarnation? Quit this miserable existence of yours, so maybe you can re-bord with a huge inheritance from your rich parents. Maybe not… Life is not worth living unless you are a “successful success” with a six-pack, a personal jet and billions on the bank account. Also, you don’t have 1 million followers on Instagram. And you don’t have a supermodel wife. And you drive a piece of shit. And… Should I continue? You’re much better at beating yourself down, so you continue…

“You just have to relax.”, they say. “Chill out, dude”. “You are just tired. Take a break.” If you can’t on your own – smoke some weed or have a glass of wine. Play a video game. Find the escape in food and binge on junk food. Oh yeah, sugar and fat – sweet and salty. There are countless self-destructive ways to escape the reality of life. 

Would you go to church, or maybe you prefer a guided meditation class? How about anonymous depression chat rooms? Attend some closed meetings, where you can get a bit of compassion. Anonymous suicide survivors group, you will find compassion there. Do anything that help to escape the mental pain. Runaway from it! Anything that makes you feel better about yourself. First, you beat yourself down mentally, then go seek some compassion. You need spectators to watch your masochistic movie. What an entertainment!

You meditate daily, read smart books, listen to self-improving podcasts, watch documentaries. You also a “health nut”. “Eat clean, train hard. No pain – no gain.” All that jazz… Does it sound like you?

You are a “clever guy”. How is it working out for you? Happy?

How much can you know about yourself if you never been in the fight?

You don’t want to die without scars. Do you?

You are a 30-year boy, raised by women. You are afraid to get hurt. You can challenge yourself in so many ways. You can make your life so interesting, but you are afraid. You are soft. You can not endure the pain that inevitably comes with trying and failing. You would rather do what’s comfortable, so you don’t risk. You are willing to work longer and harder, in exchange for stability and certainty. You want to play it safe. You want to play by the rules. Financially stable and secure. What a good boy! Useful to society and respected by others – an exemplary citizen. Calm and nice to others. Never cause any problems.

How is it working out for you bud? Happy?

You will lose everything. 
Only until after you will be free. 

Have I ever let us down? How far have you come because of me? As always, I will bring us through this. I will carry you kicking and screaming and in the end, you will thank me… We did not finish yet. This is just a beginning and I take over the steering wheel here. Hard times require strong leaders and radical actions. I will not let us fall back, no matter what. Hear me? I will not let us down. Listen to me and do what I say. Don’t be afraid and do not procrastinate. It is going to hurt. The pain will still be there, but we will use it as jet fuel. Others quit, we stay. Other people seek stability and comfort, we run away from it. Leave self-improvement to others. We are done studying theory. You are already too clever. We practice. We learn to swim by jumping off the boat in the midst of the storm. 

You tried your way, now let me rule. 

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Letter to Millennials – COVID inspired

Mass Hysteria a condition affecting a group of persons, characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplicable symptoms of illness.

Hey buddy, what’s that in your eyes? Something changed in you… I think I know what that is. Is that fear? Did I just catch you doubting yourself?

Listen, there are so many things in life you can control. In fact there is only one – yourself. You don’t get to decide on how long the pandemic will last. You don’t get to choose who gets sick who not. You can’t predict the outcomes, stop even trying. No matter how many articles on the subject you read, how many interviews you watch – it won’t help you prepare for everything. None of economists, politicians, spiritual gurus or even your neighbor knows shit. Everything that you hear or head is only someone’s assumption, an educated guess at best. No one ever been through this before. NO ONE KNOWS what to do. And this is great! It means that you get to decide, you get to choose, you’re 100% responsible.

“A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins.“, (Wikipedia)

You will get sick. You have to get sick with COVID to allow your body to produce the antibodies. If you survive COVID-19—and you will—it’s because your body learned to fight the virus off. Congratulations: Your immune system Just learned something new, you now produce antibodies to the coronavirus. Everyone will HAVE to get sick with COVID-19. Even vaccine is nothing else but the modest version of the virus. It’s not the question if, it’s a question WHEN.

  • Isolate your elders. If you have the opportunity – send your parents/grandparents outside of the city. Put them under the strict isolation. Absolutely zero social interaction. If you have a cabin outside of the city – awesome. This is the perfect time to move there. If not , it’s not the end of the world. Go grocery shopping for them. Provide your elders with all they need, so they have absolutely no reasons to step outside. Complete isolation.
  • If you are younger than 50 and not obese – there are absolutely no reasons for you to stress out about getting infected. Just forget about that and move on! Of course don’t be stupid and expose yourself to clearly sick people, but also don’t freaking worry about getting sick. Even if you do – YOU WON’T DIE! Only if you really want to. Otherwise they won’t let you, not that easy Joe.
  • Move! Lift off your butt from the couch and move your body. Make emphasis on your physical and mental well being. Meditation, breathing techniques, yoga, walking in nature etc… You know it all. Like never before, you need to take care of yourself, especially the mental side of things. 
  • Eat less. I know you’ve been eating like a little chubby hamster for the past several weeks. When you stressed – you eat, that simple. Something made you feel uncomfortable – you eat. That’s your time-proven go to tool for coping with discomfort. Stop it! You can not escape the stress with food. You can not satisfy emotional hunger with food. Realize it and get to the root cause of things – your perception of things. Eat to fuel your body, not to escape the stress.
  • Educate yourself. Train your mind. Pump your brain. Enroll in online class or course. One module a day. Read a book. Ten pages a day, seventy a week. A book – a month. Progress = happiness. Great online courses sources of books, videos, live training courses are Udemy & O’Reilly. Look it up.
  • Stop worrying about running out of toilet paper =) Just for the reference, even during the World Wars grocery stored did not stop selling food (at toilet paper). In 1918, the Canada Food Board declared that “patriotic Canadians will not hoard food”. Read this post: What WWI can teach us about hoarding toilet paper
Canada Food Board poster from 1918.
  • Save money. Cash is King. Hold on to your cash. This is a great time to tighten your belt and practice money saving skills. Practice minimalism. Get rid of the stuff that clogs your mind, your life and your house. Experiment, and see how much stuff do you actually need to live happily? I’ve been practicing Voluntary Hardship in the past for the times like this. This is how I did it: Practice Voluntary Hardship . I know I can not only survive, but live comfortably for prolonged periods of time on plain oatmeal and pickles. I’ve done it, I am prepared. Are you?
  • Choose the information you consume wisely. Information is power. Disinformation is … poverty, sickness, depression, frustration, dissatisfaction, broken relationships… Throw away your TV. No news, cut on social media. Good news don’t sell. You will not hear anything positive, motivational or inspiring from the news. There will be no announcement that someone is coming to rescue you and solve all your problems. Read the book. Block your mind from the informational poison that attacks you from every crack. 
  • Stop stressing about the future. What we see right now is only a warm up before the main act. Deep dark economical ass that’s ahead of us is nothing compared to what’s happening at the moment (Apr 8). Crisis that lays ahead will hit so hard that you will look back on the months of March and April and wish that you could get back in time. The point here is not to scare you, but remind you to appreciate the moment you’re in. The ass is coming no matter what. You can stress yourself out into the grave, but the crisis will still come. Relax and appreciate what you have right now. You will have to give away a lot of things that make your life so comfortable right now, but you will not die. It will feel uncomfortable for a few days, maybe a week or few, but then you will get used to the new way of living. You won’t even feel the difference.
  • You will have to adjust. You will adapt. Humans are the most flexible and adaptive creatures on this planet. Dinosaurs could not adapt and died. We did not only survived, but thrived. We Figured it out and we will figured it out again. You will! So stop stressing yourself out and allow the life happen for you. Allow the crisis hit you. You will figure it out! Look back and remember all the thought crap you went through. 

 – I am not worried myself so much as I am stressing about my family. I just want everyone to be fine. I want everything to be ok.

Oh you my little naive hamster. You can not protect anyone from everything. You can only provide others with options to help themselves. You can only be there for them, when they need you. And this is exactly why you need to take care of yourself first. If you are not able to maintain your physical and emotional well being, how the hell can you help anyone else? 

The ugliest thing to witness is a young, strong, intelligent, well-educated person complaining and stressing about the future. This is your time to shine, you idiot! Pardon for my French, it just makes me mad. Millennials – this is your time! This is the exact moment to use your creativity and find new, better ways to work and live. You no longer have to be locked in the office box from 9 to 5. You are free to work remotely from anywhere in the world. Show the world your ideas. Tell everyone that there are better ways for doing things. This is a great time to implement new ideas in your personal and professional lives. This time bring a great opportunity to try new hobbies and activities. What if you had Leonardo Da Vinci sitting inside of you, just waiting for this exact moment to get out and show the world your paintings. Every morning I walk in the neighborhood park, I get to hear the man sings. So beautifully!Haven’t witnessed it prior the lock down. If you’re into sports, there is so much time in your life to train more, to get better, to improve. I expect to see so many new great books being published in the near future. people who enjoy writing, finally get the time to put the pen to work and express themselves on the paper. Write the poem, the article, do something. Use this time! At the very least, dye your hair red. If you always wanted – do it now, there is no need to go to the office. 

The bottom line is this: if you are in your 20th, 30th or 40th and you are healthy – you have absolutely no right to complain about this crisis. I get that things are not always bright an shiny. This total psychosis also presses on me, however you have not moral right to bitch and cry. Others depend on you. Others will need your support and help. Others need you to be strong. Others need your energy. Remain positive. Be cheerful. This is your time. This is the time of your generation to step in and embrace all that’s coming. If not you, who else?…

I don’t want to hear about how bad things are or how much worse they will get. I know for a fact – things will get bad. I welcome anyone to discuss the opportunities that will arise from this. I know people who enjoy this time and take the most of it.

However even if you see things differently, I appreciate your perspective. This is your choice to perceive the world the way you do.

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Two Wings. Don’t walk, Fly into 2020.

Gringo, where are you going? Where do you see yourself at the end of next year? How do you want to feel? Whom do you want to be? What do you dream about?
Gringo, if you don’t know the answers, close your ears because I am about to start telling you things you don’t want to hear. Things that are not fun, not pretty.

You are completely responsible for everything that’s happening with you in your life.
You are totally responsible for where you are: physically, mentally, financially, spiritually…
You are the only reason of your unhappiness or happiness.

You, you, you – that’s all on YOU!
I am pointing right at you!

You seem to forgot, but I will remind you that your human potential is limitless. You can be anything and anyone. You can be great or you can miserable. You can choose to live or die. You can say enough! and change anything within a matter of seconds. Or you can say that’s not for me and leave everything the way it is. Either way – you are the ultimate decision maker. No matter what you choose to do you are right! But you are right ONLY IF DECISION was truly YOURS. Breathe in with the full lungs. Suck in the energy and fill every cell of your body with it. Lift up you head and open up your wings. Relax your feet – you won’t need them. Deep breathe in – lift up your wings. Powerful breath out – grab and push the air down with your massive wings. WE FLY! Keep breathing: in & out… deep. No matter what you do – DO NOT LOOK DOWN! If you do – you fall. Get higher buddy, feel the power within. Fuck everything: people’s opinions; expectations; limiting beliefs; toxic relationships; office cubicles and hated jobs; traffic; lines of people; grocery stores… Everything is left behind, it’s on the ground. You are in the sky. It’s warm and quiet. Complete silence and peace. You hear only the whisper of the air, flowing through your wings. It’s hypnotizing, it’s meditative. You can not help it but smile. Nothing can wipe the smile off your face.

Two wings – Mind and Soul. Two wings that can lift you off the ground. Two wings that if filled with good health and clear mind, will take you up in the sky of consciousness.
You can not fly with just one wing, so your mind and soul need to work in synchrony. Don’t be too materialistic and focus only on material sides of your life. You need money, you need clothes, you need shelter, but that’s not all you need. You already know that none of material things will ever make you happy. Don’t be too spiritual and totally reject the material world. Don’t dive too deep into yourself without securing the safety rope in material world. Do not become a monk and spend all your life within yourself. Don’t close yourself from people, experiences and relationships – they enrich you.

You need two wings to fly. The stronger they are, the further and higher you fly. Pigeons don’t fly high, they are more comfortable closer to the ground. They don’t need much, just to stay warm and fed. They stick to the people, they are dependant on others.
You are a different type of bird, you fly high. There are different rules in your world. At the heights you fly there are not too many others. You depend only on yourself and you are totally responsible for your life or death. At the altitudes you fly, inaction is death. Hesitation is death. If you stop moving your wings – you fall. If you stop growing – you die.

You don’t fly without the purpose. Your life is short, therefore your time is precious. You’ve been made to make an impact. You’ve been made to break the limits. Something inside of you knows – you have a purpose. You don’t pray to God in tears, waiting for the answer. You don’t ask: “God, what is my purpose in life?”, hoping that someone or something will tell you what to do with your life. You are the one who tells the life: “My purpose in life is …”. Don’t ask, but instead tell the life why you are here. Change the question to a firm statement. Don’t wait – act

TO BE THE BEST YOURSELF
TO BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL

Only by being the best yourself you can make a change. Only by finding happiness yourself – you can share it with others. Only by being strong mentally, you can help others in times of crisis. Only by being strong you can protect the weak. Only by being the best version of yourself, you can help others to grow and improve. You can not give what you don’t have, so act. Growth is your mandate.

To grow, to fly, to live or die.
To smile, to cry, to shine or fade.
To love, to care, to hear and empathize.

Growth is Your Mandate

To grow, to fly – your goals need to be in synchrony with genuine yourself. When setting the goals, your mind and body have to agree on what you are setting yourself to do. Two wings need to be aligned and work in tact

Looking back on the previous year, ask yourself these questions:

  1. What achievements in the past year that made you the happiest or improved your life or the life of others?
  2. Who were the people that made you happy? Who are the people you are grateful for the most?
  3. What are the things that happened to you this year that you are grateful for the most?
  4. Which things/areas of your life are still important to you? 
  5. Which pursuits are not relevant anymore and you would like to drop?
  6. What habits would you like to stop? Developing OR maintaining what habits will improve the quality of your life?
  7. What were the places you felt the happiest at?
  8. Doing which activities brought the most joy and happiness, in short or long-term?

Exercise Daily
Eat Clean
Rest Enough

  • What does the healthy body mean to you?
  • What kind of body do you want to have? Why?
  • How does it look? Are you willing to sacrifice your health over the looks?
  • What will it give you? What will it allow you to do that you can’t already do?
  • What kind of body do you want to see in the mirror to be completely satisfied with?
  • Is your ideal body image shaped by you or somebody else?
  • What do you need to have, do or know to get the body you desire?
  • Is there is anything or anyone who can help you to improve in this area of life?

Stay Curious
Ask Questions
Read
Learn New Skills
Stop Negative Self-talks
Test stereotypes

  • Why do you want to develop your mind?
  • How can you grow it?
  • Is there is anything or anyone who can help you to improve in this area of life?

Accept and love Yourself
Live with Purpose
Care for Others
Help Selflessly
Give Back
Inspire
Meditate Daily
Practice Breathing Techniques
Frequently Get Outside in Nature
Ground Yourself

  • What does being a spiritual person mean to you?
  • Why do you want to be spiritual?
  • Will it change your life? How?
  • How do you want to grow spiritually?
  • What do you want to accomplish in this area of your life?
  • Is there is anything or anyone who can help you to improve in this area of life?

Send Yourself to the Army
for a YEAR

Answering the questions above is very energy demanding process. The more honest you with yourself – the harder it gets. Do it in quiet place, completely relaxed and well rested. Everyone are different, however I recommend to do the work on your goal setting in the morning or when you feel particularly inspired and motivated. Keep your mind clear and your spirit free. It takes time, so don’t rush. Don’t plan to finish it in a few hours or one day. Don’t set yourself deadlines. It can take weeks and a lot of thinking with writing. Don’t think that once you finished – it’s done. No, this document – your goals for the next year is a constant work in progress. However once you finished with this first, initial part, you will feel relieved. You will have a clear vision of what you want to accomplish and where you going.

With all the goals listed – COMMIT. Commit to do your best at achieving each goal. Send yourself to the army for one year. Make the next year – a year of service to yourself and others. Commit to spend the next year improving yourself so you can help others. Believe in yourself and stop wishing. Some people wish things to happen, some people want them to happen. Be the person that MAKE things happen. You are the only one who’ve got the power to turn what’s on your paper to reality.

Now Gringo, open up your wings and fly!

NO MATTER WHAT –
STAY CALM AND DON’T LOOK DOWN

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Entrepreneurial Adventure | Recovery Room

I have always wanted to become an entrepreneur. I was fascinated of how someone’s single thought, a vision can become a business that changes people’s lives. I have always enjoyed reading successes stories and biographies of strong leaders, successful business mans and just the people who made significant impact into the world we live in. Their views on life inspired me and often gave me the will to keep moving forward, overcoming obstacles.

I look at the business as at the sport. So many similarities. Entrepreneurship gives me the opportunity to challenge my mind in a ways that sport doesn’t. I get to master such skills as persistence and resilience. I work on developing the vision, creating the plan and executing it.

I believe that entrepreneurship will help me develop my human potential through developing my leadership potential. It will give me a freedom to express myself through the work I will be doing. I want to create something that will not just bring the food on my table but also serve other people and society I live in.

Human potential is unlimited and it is our mandate to discover it.

Over the course of past several months I’ve ran a small business called Recovery Room.

MVP or how I called it – a “Smoke Test” allowed me to obtain business knowledge and experience as well as to make a decision on whether to pursue the idea or not.
Through MVP (minimum viable product) I tested some of my core assumptions and obtained some valuable data that could be beneficial to others and should not be lost on my hard drive.

Considering the all the factors outlined in the document below and a personal loss of interest to the subject of advanced recovery, I have decided not to pursue this business project and terminate Recovery Room at its early stage. I might change my decision and perspective in future, but for now it shall remain as is. I still believe this is a good innovative idea and anticipate to see similar businesses open across US and Canada in future. I am also convinced that athletes can benefit from implementing and utilizing advanced recovery tools into their athletic routine. Because of that I am sharing the work I’ve done over the past several months with the public and allow anyone use it whether to start their own business or improve existing one. Below I attached my business plan outlining the vision for the business, a step-by-step process of developing this initiative and detailed marketing research.

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