hey this is stefan from
projectlifemastery.com and in this video
i want to share with you guys three
things three accomplishments that were
harder for me to personally achieve than
it was to make a million dollars that
accomplishment and that's not to
downplay how hard it is to make a
million dollars it's very challenging I
get that however I personally think when
I look back at my life and things I've
accomplished and what I had to overcome
there's actually three things that I
felt were a lot harder for me personally
in terms of the level of difficulty of
what I had to face and what I had to go
through to you know to accomplish and
overcome than it was to make a million
dollars and I thought this would be a
great topic for a video because many of
you guys might be interested in it to
know how does making something like a
million dollars compared to other goals
or other accomplishments that one might
have in their life and obviously I think
that they all translate to one another
you know if you can accomplish one thing
then the skills the characteristics the
habits the traits you take that with you
to accomplish other goals and
accomplishments in your life too but for
me I've been through a lot I've been
through a lot of challenges in my life
probably more than most probably more
than you watching this right now
and I actually think that was one of my
came to building a business and making
money because though the things that I
went through were so much harder again
this is just my personal opinion is so
much harder for me that making a million
dollars became that much easier so let
me show you what they are and again this
is just my experience I might say
something here you know that was a
challenge for me it might not be a
challenge for you maybe you've already
got that mastered maybe you got that
down maybe it's not a challenge for you
whatsoever but for me personally it was
a very significant challenge that was a
lot that's pretty hard for me okay so
the first thing that was way harder for
me to achieve and to overcome than it
was to make a million dollars was
overcoming shyness social anxiety and
depression okay kind of lumping a few
together here you could separate them
but I kind of put them together that by
far was the hardest thing I ever had to
overcome and becoming someone that is
confident a good speaker social person
me speaking to you guys right now in
front of a camera is like a miraculous
thing and to me it might not be that
impressive to you but for me it is and
the people that knew me back then my
family my friends because I was not I
was like the least likely person to put
themselves on YouTube or to be a speaker
to be a coach and you know be able to
communicate in the way that I do um a
little bit of background guest you know
I went all throughout high school I was
shy you know as a kid I was very very
shy painfully shy people look at shyness
you know they kind of downplay it but
for those of you that are going through
have been through shyness and anxiety
and depression what I'm talking about
you guys could probably relate I mean I
remember when I was in school I used to
skip school just for the mere fact that
I was just so uncomfortable being around
other people that I didn't show up for
school at the time I remember like one
one in my grades it's like I miss like a
quarter of the year you know like in
terms of all the classes and stuff a
quarter of a I skipped and it was so
painful like even with my mom my family
I stood in the mornings I'd tell her I'm
not feeling good I'm sick and just as an
excuse not to go to school sometimes
even when I would go to school like my
mom would drop me off or I take the bus
I would walk home from school like I
wouldn't go to school or class I'd walk
home I'd wait for my mom to leave for
work so that I could just be home by
myself and play video games cuz that for
me was like a huge escape in my life I
remember when I did go to school you
know there's certain moments where like
the teacher would ask the students to
like to just to share their thoughts and
something or to read like a read
something like for example for reading
like a book in class you know like
they'd have each student kind of read a
paragraph out loud and I remember like
I'd have so much anxiety around that
that I would excuse myself to go to the
bathroom and then I wouldn't come back
like I was just so afraid of something
as simple as that when it came to giving
a presentation like in front of the
class I'd rather skip the class and not
show up and take the zero on that rather
than actually show up and do it because
I had so much anxiety around it
I was always known as the person that
didn't talk like you know emo and I'd be
around the group
and stuff I'd just be the quiet one
wouldn't say anything and I got bullied
a lot too when I was young because I was
like an easy target oftentimes when
there's such an easy target you don't
defend herself people attack you more
because it's a way for them to elevate
themselves and be more popular more
significant so I didn't have friends I
had a few friends at different times but
it wasn't really quality friendships I
had more online friends because online
was like my world I didn't have dates or
girlfriends or anything like that you
know people would often say you know to
me or say like do you even talk to even
speak and also I when I would speak it'd
be so quiet
I had like the quietest voice I'd mumble
a lot and I also had a lisp people just
make fun of me because I had a lisp well
when I was in high school so that was
that was the source of a lot of pain in
my life like significant pain I felt so
insecure so insignificant I ended up
failing science 10 barely you know like
a C student C - students barely
graduated high school as a result of
this it was just really really painful
and I think what came from that was also
depression where I felt helpless and the
only thing that made me feel good was
video games and computer games because
for me that was an escape from real life
you know like real life I was nobody I
was a loser I was someone that didn't
have friends like my life sucks and when
I played online games I was able to
escape all that and I was able to take
on a different character a different
identity a different person and when I
did I felt important I felt significant
I was very good at online games so for
example I used to play like this
Dungeons & Dragons type game online
where you you level up you get to a
certain level you develop skills you
join groups and guilds and clans and
stuff like that right all you gamers
probably know what I'm talking about but
uh for me it's like I was like the
powerful significant person in these
games I was a person that people looked
up to I was a person that I really
wanted to be in this online fantasy
world and it was all anonymous
the computer and I was I was like I felt
like I was an important significant
person online and so that was my escape
and what happened was like the more that
I got involved online and I was running
away from the real problem like the real
root cause and I was like medicating
myself and thankfully I'd never got into
drugs or alcohol or anything like that
but I can imagine it's the equivalent of
that or food or whatever it is people
use those things to medicate themselves
to escape and not have to address the
real root causes of their life and
what's really affecting them and making
them unhappy
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anyways so when I when I was 17 years
old it's like I decided to confront that
and I had an emotional breakdown and I
was like I have to change this area of
my life I don't want to continue living
my life this way it was a very painful
day because I looked at myself in the
mirror and I said no more I'll no longer
settle I got rid of all my games I I
actually was able to sell my online
accounts because they're actually worth
they had some value and I used to play
things like Diablo 2 and counter-strike
and some of these games and whatnot so I
actually was able to I got rid of them
all I even got rid of like my internet
and my TV anything that was like holding
me back in my life I felt and I really
tapped when to confront this area of
developing my confidence and my social
skills what I went through for that took
me so many years to actually be able to
make that change it was one of the most
challenging things I ever had to go
through and again you might be watching
this sort of listen to this think it's
not that big of a deal but again for me
it was a really challenging thing I had
to go through I did face a lot of my
fears my insecurities criticism because
I realized that when you're just quiet
and you don't say anything
people don't like you or dislike you
they just accept you it's just like oh
it's just but when you start to share
your opinion or speak up for yourself or
talk then you become vulnerable in some
way where other people can criticize you
they can put you down and now I had a
lot of fear around that and so I had to
face a lot of rejection
I had to face
a lot of that purposely I made that my
intent to face a lot of that so that I
could overcome this fear of criticism
and rejection in my life and some of the
things I did I ended up doing
Toastmasters which is they have groups
around the world where you can practice
public speaking in front of an audience
I did that for a few months before I got
so terrified I just couldn't keep going
I just said so much anxiety but it did
help did make a difference another thing
that I did was acting classes and improv
classes and not because I wanted to be
an actor or anything like that but it
was just like a way for me to get
outside my comfort zone and be more
excuse me be more confident so I
remember I signed up The Vancouver
School Board like they would put in
these evening classes one of them was
called acting for the terrified so his
acting classes specifically for people
that were terrified of acting and I
remember I signed up for like 12 classes
Riley because a 12 class program sign up
for 12 in advance and I went to like two
of them before I just could not keep
going like I just was so afraid to
continue and I lost that money but I did
get some benefit from it you know like
it did push me and it's like I really
had to face my fears but then I just had
so much anxiety I couldn't even go in
like I could even drive myself to the
place to actually go to these classes
and the same thing with improv classes -
very very hard for me so I won't i won't
blurb on and on about this but you guys
get it I mean this for me took me
several years was it was like a just
such a like a fearful thing that I had
to overcome compared to making money and
I'll talk about that like my journey and
process of making money million dollars
but compared to that like building an
online business or making money it was a
lot a lot of a more safe approach but
didn't oh I didn't have to deal with
such significant deep-rooted trauma
issues etc that I had to go through okay
so that would be the the one area that
took me such a long time to overcome but
one of my most proudest accomplishments
in my life to be honest with you guys
way more than anything else
it's not an accomplishment that's like
really valued in today's society but for
me it's like I value that so so much
because it changed my life my friends my
relationships in such a huge way the
second thing that was way harder for me
to accomplish and achieve than it was to
make a million dollars was learning how
to meet women and meet the opposite sex
so my biggest challenge that I had when
I was in high school and 17 years old
was like it wasn't I didn't care about
money at that point of my life you know
just was not a focus for me whatsoever
but for me at that point it was just
popularity and having friends and then
also having a girlfriend you know is
that that stage in my life where I
started to like girls and I started to
school and and whatever it is I'd see
girls that I liked and I was attracted
to you but I felt so helpless around
that it felt like I had no confidence
whatsoever to talk to them and meet them
and I really wanted that to have a
girlfriend and to have experiences with
women but I was just so terrified of
that and part of its you know the
anxiety and all that sort of stuff that
I had to go through but um you know for
me it was it was just it was just it's
just bad you know like I I often joke
that if there was like an attractive
girl right here next to me and she's
smiling and waving at me
that I would have no idea how to
actually start a conversation with her
and even once I started become more
social more comfortable talking to
people I was always the nice guy I'd
always get stuck in the friend zone you
know I was never had a girls attracted
to me before and even if a girl was
attracted to me I just had no idea how
what to do you know I was just so shy so
terrified the first time I actually lost
my virginity was actually when I was 16
though but I lost it when I was the
first time I ever drank alcohol there's
like at this party I'm not gonna go too
much into this story but so funny enough
I actually met this girl online from
these online games that I played and we
had like this big get-together and she
was actually from st. Louis Missouri in
the United States and I live in
Vancouver Canada and she was that year
older than me
and I was so shy and quiet and it's
first time ever had alcohol not even
remember
but it was the first time I lost my
virginity but the challenge that I had
is I felt so in love with this girl
and I was just like so mad and the
challenge I used to have it I could give
a very sensitive person and I would just
get very emotionally attached to a girl
that I'd meet or like having a crush and
they call it in the in you know the
dating community to call it one itis
right when you think that person is the
one right and that was kind of like what
I had to go through at that time but
that was very challenging for me because
I really was like in love with this girl
at least I thought it was but she didn't
feel the same way back and I remember
one time I was actually gonna go to
visit her in st. Louis Missouri and I
like my parents won't let me so I was
gonna run away from home right when I
was in high school things that you do
when you're a kid and I didn't have the
money for it and one thing I'm super
embarrassed about is I actually stole
some money from my mom so I can buy this
greyhound ticket and it was a
non-refundable ticket and I booked it
and it was like a three-day bus ride
like it's insane what I was gonna do to
see this girl because I was like so
desperate I was gonna take this
Greyhound to go down to st. Louis to see
her like a three-day trip I don't even
know how I was gonna eat or anything
like that but I was gonna go see her and
she agreed to it but then what happened
was like a few days before she just
stopped being responsive to me and just
like totally disappeared and I was
devastated because I had just bought
this ticket you know and I really was
looking forward to seeing her and
whatnot but I just remembered like I'm
sure you guys I've had this - when
you're young there are different points
in your life where it's like your
stomach like you just feel so much pain
like you like I just remember going to
work at that time and I just like I
couldn't even function like I was just
so devastated and if you guys have been
through like a breakup or something like
that you could probably relate to this
as well but I just remember the pain
that I had to go through around then
I've seven she got over in fact she was
actually a great motivator for me to
change my life as well but I can I can
share with you guys many moments like
that along my journey you know
first when I was around 18 years old
that's when I realized I had to learn
how to actually go and talked to women
and I actually met this group online of
the kind of called them pickup artists
like PU ways and I'm not associated with
that anyway because I got a bad negative
connotation to it but I ended up meeting
these people online and in my local city
and they would actually go out and meet
women and approach them on the street
and I was so blown away by that I was so
impressed I was like wow I have to learn
how to do it and I was so terrified to
do it and I remember the first time we
were inside the mall and I was watching
this one guy who was I was out with he
was talking a girl is a very social
person talking to everybody not just
gross guys as well but and he said okay
now it's your turn Stef and you've got
to go on approach a girl and I said no
no I can't I had every excuse not to I
said maybe next time I'm not ready for
it and he forced me to go and approach
this girl who was working at a kiosk and
he's like in and I figured well if I go
up to her and talk to her she can't
reject me because she has to be nice and
polite because it's her job and so he
told me what to say he said go up to
this girl just ask for her opinion on
this you know I think the opinion was
hey who do you think lies more men or
women right and use the the strategy
that they would use to meet women was
like you asked for a woman's opinion
because of women like to talk about
their opinions and whatnot so I was like
okay and I ended up doing us so
terrified I'd be shaking sweating you
know my face returned red but sure
enough I did it and what happened was I
gained a little bit of confidence from
that you know I ended up just going and
asked for opinion then I ran away after
that but uh you know it was a very
powerful thing what happens when you
face the fears and it's the scariest
thing at first but on the other side of
that is who you really are and you have
such an incredible feeling after and I
got really into that process and going
out to meet women and this was like a
huge shift from you know the life that I
had before playing games and stuff
because now I was going out several days
a week this became my life and
self-development of course is Raw's also
doing a lot of self devout reading books
and really immersing myself
because I separated myself from all the
online games and things like that I just
was putting all my time into self
development and growth and really
overcoming this area of my life and but
it was such a hard journey for me
because even as I got comfortable
talking to girls there's so many levels
of challenges that I had which was how
do you okay I can now talk to a girl but
how do i she have how do I create
attraction how do I actually have a
conversation how do I get her interested
in me and then even once you have
conversations then how do you how do you
actually get a phone number how do you
get a date and then I remember I used to
meet some girls and I would get their
phone number and I'd be too afraid to
even call them like I was just had so
much in his Hiatt even pick up the phone
and call them right this is even before
text messaging was popular and stuff -
sorry just so many levels and you know I
meet girls I really liked them and had
feelings for them and then they wouldn't
return my call right they wouldn't call
did flake out on me I remember even
having certain times where I would set
up a date with a girl and we'd meet at a
coffee shop for example and I'd go there
I'm like really looking forward to it so
excited to see this girl and I'm there
and she's not there and like an hour
goes by and she just decides not to show
up and flakes and I would like in some
cases I would go home crying like I'd be
in so many tears over this like it was
so traumatic for me and so hard for me
to to go through and everything and
that's why I eventually became like a
dating coach when I was in my early 20s
because I wanted help other guys with
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