August 4th, 1:20 pm is the day I turned 21. Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I am proud to be writing this post being where I am. As I look back on the past year I believe it has been the best year in my life so far.
In a nutshell I have:
- lost 25 pounds
- got sexy
- made great new friends and connections
- strengthen the old ones
- fought the system
- got rid of emotional friction
- quit my day job
- started an online business
- found the love of my life
- connected with my family on a higher level
- got out of the rat race
- grown my mind, spirit and heart
- mastered internet marketing
- got rid of people I didn’t want in my life in the first place
- found inner peace (although I keep losing it occasionally)
Reflecting on what happened during the last year, I recall fighting, love, betrayal, friendship, lose, victories and a whole lot of emotions. It really was one of the most fulfilling years of my life so far and I believe it is only going to get better from this point on.
Right now I am in the place of total peace and confidence. I have completely detached myself from distress, worry and anxiety. Judging by what I have done this year I now know what I am capable of and frankly what anyone’s capable of.
I have found the strength to go against my family, my teachers, my friends, the government and bluntly anyone who stands between me and my goals. I have felt on my own skin what Napoleon Hill meant when he said: “Failure Can’t Cope With Persistence.”
I have lost dearest friend back in October. No, he didn’t die – he just turned away from me. My drastic shift in mindset regarding my purpose in life made him somehow believe that I have betrayed him.
First few months I constantly tried to reach him, but after hundreds of phones calls, emails and text messages I have stopped trying.
Now I realize that everything’s for the better. I have moved on. Hope he has done the same.
Compared to this day last year – I am much better person then I was back then. I have grown physically, mentally and spiritually. I have grasped a lot of knowledge, insights and material on self-help, motivation, Law of Attraction, marketing and nearly anything that is even slightly related to my long term goal of Total Freedom.
Ever since I first saw “The Secret” my life drastically changed. The main shift occurred in my mind – I finally realized that I was capable of doing stuff. Prior I considered myself just a fat man. Now I see myself as a Powerful Individual, Unshakable Believer and a Free Person who doesn’t need to prove anything to anyone anymore.
As soon as my thinking changed – so did everything else I didn’t like about myself or the world around me. I started to take care of myself. Eat right, exercise and train my mind with powerful self-improvement material on mindset, productivity and achievement.
I got slim. I got healthy. I got sexy.
I was proud of myself.
However, to stop there was equal to shooting myself in the foot. Therefore I continued to improve myself and strived for more freedom and achievement.
Later on I have stumbled upon my very first mentor – Jodie Thompson. She was (and still is) an amazing person. I particularly loved how inspiring she was. The moment I got off the phone with her – I knew that I had to pursue the career of an internet marketer. It made sense!
I have made my way from chasing people on MySpace to spending hours doing link exchanges to finally discovering myself at blogging. Just as everything else great in my life – blogging was natural. It made sense.
In between the great discoveries, there were days when I was obligated to pursue my dream part-time. Just like the majority of starting internet marketers, I had a day job I hated immensely. I have spent numerous months cleaning hotel rooms on the coast of the Dead Sea.
At that point I couldn’t stand the awful 90 minutes long bus rides up and downhill. I hated the mere thought of changing in the locker room and gluing a fake smile on my face for 12 hours. I was afraid of picking up the phone every time my boss called me on holidays only to inform me that I was supposed to be at work in 30 minutes.
Back then I hated to be where I was, but looking back on that moment, now I realize that it was the fuel that kept my engines running. The contrast this situation created in my life allowed my desire for better life to grow on steroids. Today, I am thankful for that experience, but ma-a-a-n was I pissed back then!
The one thing to gain from this episode of my life is that if a 19 year old Ukrainian kid who lives in Israel can pursue and achieve a dream – then You Can To.
Let this post be an inspiration to those who aren’t sure if they are on the right path and whether their dreams are worth pursuing. They Are! Pursue Them!
To summon this post, I want to give you guys a Formula To Success:
A Strong Burning Desire + Strong Faith + Daily Action + Persistence And Never Give Up Attitude = Massive Success
P.S: I want to thank all the people who have congratulated me via Twitter, Facebook, Skype and Email. Thanks Guys!
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How cool is it going to be for you to revisit this blog post each year! What an amazing journal of your journey.
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I owe all this to YOU! Thanks for the unstoppable stream of enlightment!
I suscribed to get your ebook and I got an error “Contact’s name is invalid”. I have notices that there is not a place to put the name in your form. You should correct that.
Thanks, I will look into that!
hi,igor happy birthday to u man..Great life u have boss keep moving and enjoy urself..I still pinch myself that a 21 yr old guy can do something unbelievable..Igor heartly i too want to develop as u did.Pls give out some tips suggestion for that.Help me to come out of rat race
Great Post Igor, hope you had a great day and another great year(s) ahead!
Thank You, Guys. Deeply Appreceated!
Great to hear that Igor. Btw, I like your writing style. This is the first time I have read your blog.
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