“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell Be the Leader of Your Life In my early 20s, I was a follower devoted to society’s formula for success and happiness seeking comfort and complacency. The recipe was a step-by-step guide to having an illusional safe and problem-free life. All I had to do was...
“When you’re 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place.” ― Winston Churchill  Prioritize on Your Own Needs and Wants In my late teens and early twenties, I cared tremendously about what others thought of me.  Their opinions overruled...
“What you seek is seeking you.”  ― Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi Become Your Best Asking my social circle for dating advice, the most common answer I get is this: “You just have to be yourself.” They’re not wrong about that advice. That's because being anyone else but myself is an act of deceit. Not to mention that it’s difficult and tiresome to be someone I'm not. The...
“The so-called meaning of life opened up before me, it turned out to be infinitely simple, give love and seek no reward, reciprocal love is your reward and the meaning of life in its entirety.”  — Andrei Gavrilov Reciprocal Love Is Your Reward At the end of each year, I evaluate every aspect of my life. And one of those areas is...
"Inside each of us is a natural born storyteller just waiting to be released." – Robin Moore Self-Discovery Journey In early 2013, I had everything I was supposed to have - a well-paid job, a nice car, and great friends. In addition, I was working hard to save money to buy a house while deliberately working on my dating life. Despite having all that, I...
“The urge to find the real facts is destructive only to people or systems (friendships, family dynamics, political dynasties) that are based on lies. The truth can scare you half to death, but it’s never as destructive as deception.” ― Martha Beck Find Your True Self In the past, I used to believe everyone had the same line of thinking. My “everybody”...
“Trust is not built in big sweeping moments. It’s built in tiny moments every day.” ― Brené Brown Release Those Who Aren’t Pulling You Forward On my beautiful journey in life, I’ve met many people. Some have been on the ride since the beginning, and others have been there for only a few minutes. And for some, I did not even meet in person. Regardless...
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” ― Maya Angelou Resolute Commitment In the past, I’ve had to remove many people from my life because of their lack of consistency. Trusting their words, I gave them the benefit of the doubt. And as years have gone by, I’ve learned to trust their actions instead. That’s because talking is futile,...
“The first step to being more attractive is to see rejection as a means to eliminate women who won't make you happy from your life. It's a blessing, not a curse.” ― Mark Manson Identify Clearly What You Want in a Woman There are an abundant amount of beautiful and attractive women everywhere, especially in metropolitan cities. However, my chances of finding...
“If you don't know what you want, you'll never find it. If you don't know what you deserve, you'll always settle for less. You will wander aimlessly, uncomfortably numb in your comfort zone, wondering how life has ended up here. Life starts now, live, love, laugh and let your light shine!” ― Rob Liano Start with Your Core Values To find a...