I had a bit broken childhood since my mother passed away when I was 8 years old. I spent my time in a foster family due to alcoholism and for the first 20 years of my life didn't really have a direction in my life.
Soon after that I met my current wife and found some direction. I've been extremely positive always as a default (a lot with a broken childhood are, for some reason) but had a lot of negative beliefs (taught ones, yes) so a lot of money issues.
We traveled a lot with my wife and got a lot of perspective on life, and after moving back to Finland 2010 felt like it was time to settle down. My first daughter was born 2012, and I was working in a job I did not like and been looking for a direction to my life since I clearly felt I had something in me that yearned to come out. I had a mission but could not express or grasp it, since the daily life was so hectic.
Then it happened: During the busiest time in work I broke my Achilles tendon, and basically had to take 6 months off from work to learn how to walk again (ironically, same time with my daughter). After going back to work 2013 I only had time to work 1,5 months before the same Achilles tendon was broken again. I also heard I probably could not even do sports ever again if the surgery did not work. I also got laid off from work since I could not work there, so It was very tough times financially, mentally and physically.
The phrase "If you're going to hell, keep going" was my motto at that time. I'm an entrepreneurial person so I climbed my way back 2016-2016, basically using my company to sell removable horse stables for horse farms, foam fingers for ice hockey clubs, ergonomics for office workers, ice scraper campaign for online booking companies and plinth/construction projects for building companies just to provide for the family, and also at the same time trying to grasp that feeling, that inspiration, that idea that was closing the surface all the time.
Enter 02/2016: I was in a situation financially where I finally had some extra money and had paid all my debts, things started to look more positive all the time when I had a letter in the mail on Friday, telling me that there was an unpaid reassessment tax worth 3,500 $ I had to pay in Monday, which basically would ruin my financial situation but also, if not paid Monday would make a note to my personal info which would ruin my future for few years forward, as well. Vishen has also said that people usually have Satori moments where they learn, either from pain or from joy, mine clearly was a pain. That weekend I really had to do soul searching and stumbled into Youtube site called 1mind 1energy from the great Camillo Loken from Norway.
He opened my eyes to see the bigger picture of reality, and basically opened a door I could not shut anymore. I continued searching that same Saturday night and found Mindvalley and the 15min free Omharmonics video. Everything changed after, I started reading more about the products, and actually ended trying out the Mindvalley library back in 04/2016 with 1$ tryout fee. I started reading/listening all of these great individuals starting from Michael Beckwith, and after you know it I was a member of the tribe back then with 40$ / month. It was so priceless at that point that I really did not question me spending 40$ monthly for education, even though I had not done that before, ever.
Then the first big course came that blew me away: Jeffrey Allen and Duality. You have to understand my situation, I was not in a good place financially and yet I had this clear calling to educate myself, even though it meant an order closer to 300$ just on a course. One of the best things in Mindvalley is that whatever you pick and pay, you end up on getting multiple returns financially and especially mentally. After the first episode with Jeffrey, it had already paid itself back, since my mojo for getting into salary negotiations was in a level even Vishan and Jeffrey would have been proud, I don't actually even remember asking for anything, just nodding and receiving :)
These things started happening everywhere, I just had a stellar positive attitude and expected great things to happen and literally money raining over me. Snowball started rolling, found my calling also 02/2016 (Doogood, that had been inside me all the time) and started building on that vision. Michael Beckwith and Jeffrey Allen was soon followed by Marie Diamond, Christie Marie Sheldon, Eric Edmeades, JJ Virgin, Dave Asprey, Wim Hof, Jack Canfield, Kamal Ravikant, Tony Robbins, Larry Benet, Lisa Nicholls, Sonia Choquette, Joe Vitale, Marisa Peer, Marcia Wieder, Rajesh Setty, Mike Dooley, Neale Donald Walsh, Lewis Howes, Srikumar Rao, Donna Eden, Rob Riapel, Ken Wilbur Jim Kwik, Richard Branson, Kute Blackson and John Gray.
They are ALL included and influenced the Canvas besides me in the picture. I attended a seminar with Brian Mayne and Jack Canfield in Finland 03/17, made my own version of Brian Mayne's goal mapping tool and manifested my own picture of the tree. It is 100cm x 50cm in size, has wisdom from over 20 people from Mindvalley and currently holds 147 pictures. It has a lot of priceless information from over 30-40 different sources, but Mindvalley is the glue that holds everything together.
It all starts with Omharmonics every single day, meditating to that Canvas and basically living that reality every single day. My morning routine includes waking up at 05-06 am, Wim Hof breathing exercise, cold shower, Sonia Choquette breathing + dancing, Donna Eden energy routine, following with the most important: Omharmonics with creative visualization, basically living the Canvas every single morning, then writing everything that comes from inspiration with Bulletproof coffee.
So, it's no coincidence that you sent me the email yesterday: I made my goals 2 years ago and the end goal will manifest 23.10.2018 which is the day when I turn 37. When asking about the impact it had on my life, I'd say Mindvalley plays the role of universal glue, It holds all together and has helped me find the person I've always been.
I am grateful If I'm able to be of service to other people, and if they find my story helpful I'm even more grateful.
I understand this post was very long (you probably realize why as well, this just is so important to me and I've never shared this earlier. You probably want only to have small portions of it to the actual feedback that goes to platforms. Anyways, I appreciate you asking about this and wanted to share it with you. We all have our dreams, my mission in life is to help other people have some hope, humor and inspiration in making theirs come true.
All the best,