I have just finished the meditation methods audiobook and can't believe how accurately it describes techniques that I have been using all my life. It is so mind-blowing that I have decided to share my story and give a testament to the power of these techniques.
Since I remember, I have always visualized everything in my life, and "dreamed" in details all my athletic, educational, profesional and personal successes, which most of the time materialized. At the beginning I considered myself lucky, special, gifted, talented (different than the rest), and this is how others looked at me (and still do). When I was 18-19 I have came across Sliva methods book. Honestly, from one perspective it burst my bubble that I wasn't special and others could learn it. It explained to me that I was just naturally optimizing mental and physical efforts to get what I wanted . Sometimes, visualizations felt like premonitions or a lucid dreams, entire conversations that happened later in real life, winning championships, making olympic qualification, traveling to various places in the world, sweeping of the feet women of my dreams, but also warning feelings of great loss about to happened. Freaky? It gets worse/better when I accidentally ran into a medium who was able to pull my brain out and explain to me all my fears and emotions, and pass requests from my deceased father. - So yes, I can relate to every word Vishen is saying, and I love how he is sharing this wisdom with others.
Throughout whole my life, with confidence in myself and God(higher power) that is working with me, I was able to live in multiple countries, change educational degrees and careers and always see ahead positive outcomes to materialize. Don't get me wrong, just visualizing does not make things happened, but gives me enough energy and confidence to put more effort than anyone else would to make it happened.
I come from a mountain village in Poland where we were shepherds, my parents completed 6 grades of education (still they were the smartest people I knew). My athletic career in White Water Slalom Kayaking got me out of farm work and landed spot on National and Olympic Teams; thought me to manage my time, focus, visualize, plan, work hard, deliver, and taste the success. I have won multiple national championships, and 4th place in the World. My athletic career ended with winning Diversity Visa Lottery and moving to the USA. Arriving to America as 21-year-old with $300 in my pocket and no support network I had to reinvent myself again. My education in US started with the evening English Second Language classes, supporting myself by performing any work available: busboy, server, bartender, coach, ski instructor, blackjack dealer, until 5 years later I have graduated UC Berkeley, and worked at Morgan Stanley where I spent 15 years ending at executive level. Why Berkeley? I read about it before leaving Poland and later visualized that I will study there. Why Morgan Stanley, financial banking was cool at the time, so I visualized I will work in investment finance - so be careful what you visualize for.
My personal life brings me even more pride than my professional achievements. 20 years ago, I have entered the United States with no family and friends here. Now, I live American Dream, with my wife and three daughters in the suburbs of San Francisco. Our relationship is extraordinary, strong, passionate, where we enable each others growth and happiness. We try to live the life of gratitude and service, surrounded by family and friends, holding no grudges, having no enemies. Helping others and appreciating human presence and connection gives us the greatest joy and energy. For that, I believe, we are rewarded with best relationships with daughters, siblings, in-laws, friends, neighbors, employees, investors and so on. I have built very powerful global network, where over 50 of my friends, ex-coworkers and neighbors became investors and advisors in my startup: ActAware.
I am writing it packing for the family trip to Tahiti.
So yes, the greatest life starts in our minds. I wrote this not to brag, but to inspire whoever reads this to use Mindvalley (or any other tools) to live the best life possible and be happy.
Since I remember, I have always visualized everything in my life, and "dreamed" in details all my athletic, educational, profesional and personal successes, which most of the time materialized. At the beginning I considered myself lucky, special, gifted, talented (different than the rest), and this is how others looked at me (and still do). When I was 18-19 I have came across Sliva methods book. Honestly, from one perspective it burst my bubble that I wasn't special and others could learn it. It explained to me that I was just naturally optimizing mental and physical efforts to get what I wanted . Sometimes, visualizations felt like premonitions or a lucid dreams, entire conversations that happened later in real life, winning championships, making olympic qualification, traveling to various places in the world, sweeping of the feet women of my dreams, but also warning feelings of great loss about to happened. Freaky? It gets worse/better when I accidentally ran into a medium who was able to pull my brain out and explain to me all my fears and emotions, and pass requests from my deceased father. - So yes, I can relate to every word Vishen is saying, and I love how he is sharing this wisdom with others.
Throughout whole my life, with confidence in myself and God(higher power) that is working with me, I was able to live in multiple countries, change educational degrees and careers and always see ahead positive outcomes to materialize. Don't get me wrong, just visualizing does not make things happened, but gives me enough energy and confidence to put more effort than anyone else would to make it happened.
I come from a mountain village in Poland where we were shepherds, my parents completed 6 grades of education (still they were the smartest people I knew). My athletic career in White Water Slalom Kayaking got me out of farm work and landed spot on National and Olympic Teams; thought me to manage my time, focus, visualize, plan, work hard, deliver, and taste the success. I have won multiple national championships, and 4th place in the World. My athletic career ended with winning Diversity Visa Lottery and moving to the USA. Arriving to America as 21-year-old with $300 in my pocket and no support network I had to reinvent myself again. My education in US started with the evening English Second Language classes, supporting myself by performing any work available: busboy, server, bartender, coach, ski instructor, blackjack dealer, until 5 years later I have graduated UC Berkeley, and worked at Morgan Stanley where I spent 15 years ending at executive level. Why Berkeley? I read about it before leaving Poland and later visualized that I will study there. Why Morgan Stanley, financial banking was cool at the time, so I visualized I will work in investment finance - so be careful what you visualize for.
My personal life brings me even more pride than my professional achievements. 20 years ago, I have entered the United States with no family and friends here. Now, I live American Dream, with my wife and three daughters in the suburbs of San Francisco. Our relationship is extraordinary, strong, passionate, where we enable each others growth and happiness. We try to live the life of gratitude and service, surrounded by family and friends, holding no grudges, having no enemies. Helping others and appreciating human presence and connection gives us the greatest joy and energy. For that, I believe, we are rewarded with best relationships with daughters, siblings, in-laws, friends, neighbors, employees, investors and so on. I have built very powerful global network, where over 50 of my friends, ex-coworkers and neighbors became investors and advisors in my startup: ActAware.
I am writing it packing for the family trip to Tahiti.
So yes, the greatest life starts in our minds. I wrote this not to brag, but to inspire whoever reads this to use Mindvalley (or any other tools) to live the best life possible and be happy.
