I have to tell you…

It has been a wild journey on my route to being mentored by one of the top self-development teachers in the world, and an absolute dream come true.

When I headed back home to Orange County after the school year of 2006-2007, I fully intended on going back for my 5th and final year of college education…but over the summer I realized that school wasn’t serving my life’s purpose, and deep within me I had a calling to be on a different journey.

Having spent the last couple years studying personal growth and human potential, I had developed a true passion to become a speaker myself, to inspire and change lives, and to continue my pursuit of being the best I could be.

I also knew that most of the great thought leaders had a mentor themselves! John Assaraf had Bob Proctor, Bob Proctor had Earl Nightingale, and Earl Nightinggale had Napoleon Hill!

“How the heck does someone get under the mentorship of one of these super successful and undoubtedly extremely busy guys?!” I thought.

Though I didn’t know how it was possible, I knew what I wanted, and that was to be taken under the wing of an incredible teacher. I wasn’t aware of it then, but John always teaches that, “The ‘what’ comes before the how.” Meaning, just because you don’t know how to achieve something, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t go after it! You truly have to have a big enough ‘what’ … something that you are so strongly passionate about that you will find the ‘how’ no matter what obstacles arise.

One evening early in the summer I began creating a Vision Board of WHAT I wanted. There were about 18 pictures on there, including the words, “The Apprentice of John Assaraf,” “My Friends and Fellow Empowerers” (surounded by faces of transformational leaders, including John), and “Taken Under the Wing of…”

After creating that board, a series of what I now consider to be synchronistic events happened (back then I might have considered them to be ‘coincidences.’ Now I understand that there are no coincidences)

Two nights after creating the vision board I was listening to an interview between Bill Harris and Michael Beckwith, both of whom appeared in the movie the Secret. As I was listening, fully engaged in the dialogue, Michael Beckwith mentioned the Agape International Spiritual Center which he founded 21 years ago in Culver City (which was only about 45 minutes away from my parents home where I was staying). I decided right away to attend one of the services the next day…

To tell you that it was an amazing experience would be a total and complete understatement. Michael Beckwith was speaking and asking, “Do you want to live a life of mediocrity or do you want to live a life of purpose and meaning?!” After the service I felt like I was on fire by all the inspiration and spiritual connectedness I felt!

That very same night I called Agape’s 24 hour prayer line and prayed…something I had hardly ever done in my life as I’ve never been the religious type (though I always knew there would be a time I would find spirituality…and Agape is where it began).

In my prayer I asked, “Should I go back to school, or should I Spread my Wings and Fly?” Deep within I knew what the answer was.

Fast forward two weeks, and the thought suddenly hit me that I wasn’t signed up for John Assaraf’s newsletters. I signed up immediately, and just one week later I received an e-mail regarding his latest 6 month program, The Having it All Challenge: Achieving Your Life’s Goals and Dreams. I knew instantly that it was the answer to my prayer and that I had to join. It was time to ‘Spread my Wings and Fly.’ And so I did….

…Little did I know I would soon be taken under the wing of my mentor, John Assaraf…