It has been exactly two years since I left my career at one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. I was at the top of my game when I left. I was negotiating multi million dollar contracts, earning a great paycheck, racking up my air miles and I was only thirty. My closest friends, except for one, thought I was out of my mind to even think about leaving my career to start a business with no promises, just a dream and hope.
I spent many lonely nights sitting in a hotel room, working all hours of the night and into the wee early hours of the morning. But many nights were also spent dreaming of a better life. A life in which I would create something for myself. Deep down in my soul, I could feel that there was more, I just wasn't quite sure how to get there. Then one day my business partner said that it was time and that she was going to resign from her job so she can start the business we'd been talking about for several years. That's when I resigned from my career too and I started down a new path, a path in which I would create the type of life I was going to live from that moment on.
My business partner and I both resigned our posts with no income, two mortgages, two cars, two insurance policies, and two sets of expenses from credit cards to house hold expenses and no job. The week that we resigned from our careers, we landed a consulting contract, followed by a second and a third. We had enough revenue flowing to pay our expenses and to create our new pet company, hero+destiny. We hired a designer, we flew to India so we can source manufacturing, and at one point we even entertained new outside partners. (That was a mistake) live and learn. Needless to say we made a few mistakes along the way that put us back, but not enough to make us quit.
Along the way, something else happened to me - with no distraction from the outside world, or as I call it, noise, my focus started to shift, literally overnight. On March 25, 2007 something spectacular happened to me, something I will never forget. Maybe one day I will write about it, but on March 26th, 2007 I was no longer the same person. My purpose was crystal clear from that day onward--to help others create the life they dream of.
Life two years later is truly grand! Over the past two years I have learned so much, more than I could have ever have learned working at a major pharmaceutical company with a title and a nice paycheck. No amount of money could pay for what I have learned in a short two years.
The biggest lesson I learned on my journey thus far: When a person has full control of their life, they begin to create the life they could only dream of.
CREATE: bring (something) into existence; cause (something) to happen as a result of one's actions;
Bruno LoGreco Life Coach Toronto
14 comments:
awesome I do hope that some day you share 3-25-06 :-)
I do believe "this" (what you are talking about is called living the dream)
smiles Laura
I am living my dream - it's amazing! Thanks Laura
in a way i can feel what you're writing here bruno, whilst in the middle of rearranging my life i'm starting to notice that things are quietly, unobtrusively starting to come together and make sense... although there's a long way to go yet i can feel that feeling you mentioned of creating one's own sense of purpose and destiny by going after the dream and not being put off by second thoughts and negativism...
keep well...
Thanks for stopping by, I am glad I was able to amuse .. its part of what makes blogging so fun ... that and doing whatever the heck I want!
:-Daryl
Hey... thanks for the blog comments earlier! I always appreciate new readers, especially those who leave positive comments!
Reading a few of your latest blog posts, it seems that you've got the inspiration thing pretty well down! Especially with this post; putting CREATION front and center sends out a necessary message, bringing each of us (your readers) closer to understanding that we all can (and should) do pretty much anything! It's a concept that can never be re-enforced enough times.
I look forward to reading your history as well as your future posts!
Take care!
I'm trying to get there buddy...Owning my life so I can create the type of life that I want. HOW TRUE INDEED!
Congrats on your success. People are usually too afraid to make those huge life changes. I hope one day you do write about what happened to change you.
Thank you for visiting my blog!
What a beautiful set of revelations! It can indeed be incredibly eye-opening to follow the thread of your life back even a little ways from where you are. This enables you to reframe experiences that may have disoriented or disenchanted you in the past.
To view your life differently is to recognize value comes in many different forms. What you're conditioned to think as monetary value couldn't be further from the deepest truth. As you have come to believe, it is the immeasurable experiences that raise our awareness to a degree that is life-transforming and non- reversible. You can't go backward and wouldn't even if you could. Priorities change. The person you were is no longer compatible with who you realize you are and always were underneath illusions you created and bought into.
As you dissolve your illusions step-by-step, you move beyond limits you mistakenly assume stand in your way. You move beyond the dreams you used to have, You begin to touch the periphery of infinity and sense something else. You have just begun to scratch the surface. Everything up to now has been preparing you.
If you here "no" enough times in your life, you begin to believe nothing is possible. Bart, you have come such a long - I bet you feel like you are at the tipping point - Keep going, your not far :)
Daryl - Thanks for visiting! Congratulations by the way :) - Blogging sure does speedup any process a person may be going through, as well as the freedom to be themselves.
Traisas- Thank you for stopping by and the kind words. Thank you! Life is about creating. We often forget once we create our very first thing. Both men and women often forget to continue to create after they've created their families, the lifestyle, maybe their home, etc. This is what I call , "Achieving a Level of Success", but in my world there are three levels, each with their own levels. Lots of levels for different people. But they are an illusion, because what ends up happening more often than not, we wake-up one day and ask, how did I ever get here... The answer... You forgot and stopped creating.
Chris - You are there my friend. You are living your dream - only amazing things shall come... :)
d - Thank you! One day I will write about my 4 hour experience that I will never forget. I've always welcomed change in my life, and I believe that this is why I've been able to go through this process and also share my experiences as they happen. I know life is about learning and growing, oh and creating things along the way, it never ends.
Liara - Your comments are always welcomed. You are so articulate and describe the subject with ease, with a natural talent for words. Thank you!
Thank you for your ability to leap into your future to create the destiny of your own choosing. You demonstrate to all, that anything is possible if we dare. Peace :-)
Hi Bruno, I am grateful you left your job as well because now you get to share your beautiful words with us! Congratulations on all your successes and I know there will be many more! You have CREATED a wonderful blog! Good luck with everything. Gratefully, Jenny
Yes money isn't everything like soeone once said
Being happy is so important.
Make life good!
it takes courage to follow one's dream... you seem to have succeeded in doing so.
Thanks for visiting Sandra! Anything is possible... The question is, do we dare become uncomfortable while creating our destiny?
Thanks Jenny for your support and kind words!
Angela - You are so right. Money will never buy us happiness, and if it does, it short lived. Happiness comes from within us.
Polona - no courage, we believed it was possible and it was.
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