My own business, a car, a video studio, a personal growth school, a family, a wide audience online — every one of these goals is now fully realized.
What goals did I set for myself after finishing school?
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I wanted my own business. Back then I was working construction and desperately wanted to learn to earn money with my mind.
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I wanted my own car. I’d sometimes even take photos next to random cars for extra motivation.
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I dreamed of my own video studio, where I could shoot any content I wanted. We started out building homemade lighting rigs because we couldn’t afford professional gear. My first home studio was just a green cloth hung on the wall as a backdrop.
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A bit later I started thinking about my own personal growth school, where I could help people build practical skills to improve their lives. Our first office and first trainings happened in 2014. If someone had told me back then that in 10 years we’d have over 1,000 students a year from different countries, I simply wouldn’t have believed them.
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At some point I realized I probably wouldn’t be able to fully realize my goals and dreams in my hometown of Nova Kakhovka, so I started planning a move to the capital.
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From around age 17-18, I already dreamed of one day having my own family. I imagined a woman who would understand and support me, someone I could get through anything life threw at us with. I wanted not just to meet someone who’d make me happy, but to be that person for her too.
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I also dreamed that one day my ideas would find a big, wide audience online. Back then, in my youth, I had no idea how that could actually happen, but I was already making some timid attempts at filming myself on camera.
Every one of the goals I set for myself back then is now fully realized.
I believe that, with God’s help, a person can substantially change the course of events and live the life they love.
You can be extremely smart, extremely talented, a very deep person, hold 3 degrees and a mountain of useful knowledge. But if you don’t know how to set and achieve goals, you can stay stuck in the same place with the same problems for years.