I grew up shy, reserved, scared to speak up and felt like no one listened to me or valued my opinion. I let others speak for me and didn't have my own voice. As a result, I let others dictate and run my life because I was too scared to speak up and stand up for myself. 

All of this changed when I tapped into my authentic self through learning how to speak on stage. But it wasn't easy. When I first started, I had all these judgmental thoughts going through my head like: 

• Who would listen to you? 
• What have you done or achieved? 
• Why would someone listen to you? 
• What if you say something wrong and people think you're stupid?
• What makes you think you can speak well? You're shy! 

Luckily, I had some good mentors around me who coached me through these B.S. stories and I started building more belief in myself. As my speaking journey progressed with training, I made a few realizations: 

• I do have knowledge, experience and wisdom to share
• I do have a voice and worthy of speaking my truth
• I do have what it takes to make an impact
• It's okay to be me and show up as me because that's where my power is

The biggest realization was my mission in life: To inspire and radically transform people's lives whilst having the most fun doing it. 

Now it's been 14 years since I started my journey and I've been blessed to teach, inspire, empower and transform over 23,000 lives all over the world in 12 countries. But most importantly, I've let go of the shy, timid and anxious boy and stepped into being the confident, charismatic and influential leader that I'm meant to be. 

So if you're reading this and you're thinking I don't have what I takes, I call B.S. on that because you do. No matter what B.S. stories you have, you can make your life a masterpiece.