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Day 9 – Persistence is the key. Part 1

Day 9 – Persistence is the key. Part 1

Hard hard hard… Woke up with the alarm at 5.30, feel like I could use another hour (or three). I think it’s mostly because I went to sleep around 11.20 yesterday, which is pretty late.

Mixed my supplements with the water and ready for my morning routine.  …

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Posted on August 18, 2017August 19, 2017Categories JournalLeave a comment on Day 9 – Persistence is the key. Part 1
Day 8 – Noobie and supplements

Day 8 – Noobie and supplements

Up 5.32am and went to sleep around 10.50pm. Definitely did not wake up by myself yet. Woke up multiple times this night due to the stuffy nose, possibly due to my surfing sessions yesterday. I did the second one after work and there were much fewer people and waves were not as good as in the morning,  …

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Posted on August 17, 2017August 17, 2017Categories JournalLeave a comment on Day 8 – Noobie and supplements
Day 7 – Uncover your WHY

Day 7 – Uncover your WHY

9.55am and I’m writing this from the HBO office in NYC. I forgot the first half of the post containing the wake time and “first impressions” at home, because I was in a rush after the surfing session this morning.

Speaking of which,  …

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Posted on August 16, 2017August 17, 2017Categories JournalLeave a comment on Day 7 – Uncover your WHY
Day 6: Change is hard

Day 6: Change is hard

Hello hello. Me again. It’s Tuesday and raining outside, but I managed to wake up at 5.30, definitely not by myself yet. Went to bed around 10.20 yesterday. I would say it’s getting a bit easier to wake up, but not by much.

Today is the end of my 3 day detoxication program so I finally will be able to eat more stuff.  …

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Posted on August 15, 2017August 15, 2017Categories JournalLeave a comment on Day 6: Change is hard
Day 5: Blue or red pill?

Day 5: Blue or red pill?

Good morning everyone! 🙂 Woke up 5.30 with the alarm, went to sleep around 10.30. Was a bit hard to wake up. Drank a full glass of water as usual. Will go directly to my morning routine, will continue later.

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Ok,  …

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Posted on August 14, 2017August 14, 2017Categories JournalLeave a comment on Day 5: Blue or red pill?
Day 4: Get Your “Ferrari” going

Day 4: Get Your “Ferrari” going

Got out of the bed at 5.10am today, the alarm was set to 5.30am, went to bed around 10.40pm.

Actually woke up multiple times this night, first time around 2.40 and then 4.40. Evan was waking up every hour… He only accepts his mommy at night though,  …

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Posted on August 13, 2017August 13, 2017Categories JournalLeave a comment on Day 4: Get Your “Ferrari” going
Day 3: stay away from free stuff

Day 3: stay away from free stuff

4.30 am on Saturday without the alarm? That is CRAZY! But somehow I managed to do it..

Yesterday I wasn’t feeling very well in the morning, my eyes were pretty tired first half of the day but it got better later on. Had a boost of energy after work with the exception of the eyes.  …

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Posted on August 12, 2017August 12, 2017Categories JournalLeave a comment on Day 3: stay away from free stuff
Day 2

Day 2

Man, that was hard to wake up today..

Set alarm clock to 5.40 and went to sleep around 11.15 the day before… But I managed to get out of the bed somehow. I think I need to go to sleep earlier?

Drank a glass of filtered water with the lemon,  …

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Posted on August 11, 2017Categories JournalLeave a comment on Day 2
Changes start today – the foundation

Changes start today – the foundation

Long story short, about a year and a half ago I added marketing and personal development books to my often pretty technical reading list ( I did read fiction and normal books too )..

Every day I have almost two hours to read on the train (to/from work) and I love it.  …

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Posted on August 10, 2017August 11, 2017Categories JournalLeave a comment on Changes start today – the foundation

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Engineer's journey to happiness and financial freedom

I’ve been involved in software development for the past 12 years.

I wrote A LOT of code.

I orchestrated thousands of servers.

I supported mission-critical databases in complicated multi-region environments.

I helped to build and maintain the infrastructure for Game of Thrones, the biggest and most popular show in the world.

Do you want to know the single most important thing that I learned over the years?

NONE OF IT REALLY MATTERED…

Yes, it was fun for a while.

Yes, like most of us engineers I was making good money.

But at the end of the day, I would still have to show up at work and sell my time.

Sometimes I would come in, sit in my cubicle and dream about things I could do instead of staring at the screen all day long…

I could go to the beach with my wife and my son.

I could fly to El Classico game in Barcelona with my brother and watch Messi scoring amazing goals.

I could organize a surfing trip to South Africa and other awesome places around the world. Places I’ve never seen.

I could work on my own projects that would make the impact in the world or at the very least, make me some money.

Hell, I could just sit home and do absolutely nothing!

And yet there I was still in my cubicle 12 years later with big hopes and dreams and pretty much nothing to show for…

Sounds familiar?

The tipping point for me was when I started buying games on Steam and GoG and playing them in my mind.

Nothing to install, no need to upgrade video cards, no need to feel bad in front of my wife, no time to waste…

You are right, I was spiraling down and needed a break, but more so I felt like I needed some radical changes in my life.

I’m sure you heard this saying before: “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”

It became clear that the road I was walking on would lead me to mediocre life.

The problem was that I didn’t want to be mediocre. I wanted my life to be awesome, full of fun, happiness and excitement!

I wanted to make a difference in the world, leave a legacy, make my kids proud, live without regrets, discover my true purpose.

So about a year ago, I set out on my new journey…

I left my old comfortable job, attended multiple high profile non-technical events (including Tony Robbins UPW), joined an expensive business program, hired a personal coach and mentor, met a bunch of people who were able to disconnect from the Matrix and never looked back.

And let me tell you – there is another world out there, something we technical guys don’t get to experience!

There is hope.

Now, here is my question for you:

Do you want to continue to be just a tool in someone else’s hands or you want to upgrade yourself and become a Rain Maker?

If you want to find out who you really are, take full control of your life, step outside your comfort zone in order to grow physically, mentally and financially and help others along the way, then the Red pill is for you. Just drop your email in the field below and we’ll be in touch.

Take a Blue pill and you will forget that we ever met. You will close this popup and continue reading articles about Nginx, Kubernetes, Docker, secretly dreaming of life that you could have… (or pathetically thinking that you will have it one day just by perfecting technical skills)

The choice is yours.