Turn Your Life Around

ext">Imagine being so filled with hopelessness,on wealth creation he could get his hands on and
you find yourself running through a cemetery withattending seminars on the same.
tears streaming down your face. Your lungs burnSo, on that dark night in the cemetery he
from the exertion and your heart, labouring toreached a moment of total realisation. All this
keep pace, feels so heavy it threatens to dragmaterial was no longer just theory. It helped him
you down into one of the many graves thatto comprehend his truth that, like all of us, he
surround you.created his world, as detestable as it was, and he
What could make someone plunge to such depthshad the power to wipe the canvas clean and
and, more importantly, how does a person gocreate a world that he truly desired.
from feeling that wretched to absolutely rockingToday, when Mark speaks, he speaks to
with self confidence. Well, the answer is quitehundreds of individuals at a time — and all
simple really. You make a decision.with a pulse! I have personally witnessed
This story is not about me — I know youteenagers and octogenarians alike hang onto his
may have been wondering. It is about aevery word. It is at these times he says he feels
remarkable young man called Mark Anastasi. Allowmost joyful. He defines the mission of his
me to go back in time so you can understandcompanies as:
how Mark came to be in this state. Also, let me“Sharing with as many people as possible the
assure you that, despite the sombre opening ofpersonal development insights, tools, strategies,
my story, this is a tale of truth, joy and love.and education that have made such a MASSIVE
In 1997, Mark full of hope and ambition, leftimpact in my life, and in the life of my loved
Greece for the UK to study Businessones.”
Management. He was just 17 and 7 years later heWhen Mark was broke he was powerless to help
was fired from his job. For 5 months he earnedhis family who were also going through great
nothing. He was getting further and further intofinancial difficulties. He was powerless to help his
debt. He was kicked out of his apartment and hadgirlfriend who was ill. He was powerless to help
nowhere to live. He sold everything he owned untilthose he loved. To be incapable of expressing
he was left with just a suitcase of clothes and ayour love for those you care about can seem like
pair of rollerblades. His control over his life wasthe worst form of punishment. Now he need not
slipping out of his grasp and he was reachingever be in that position again.
breaking point.Anthony Robbins, in Notes from a Friend, says:
So it came to be that Mark found himself running“The only way to change your life is to make
through a cemetery, his tears indistinguishablea real decision. A real decision means that you cut
from the rain drops that flowed down his faceoff any other possibility than the one
and pounded his body soaking him to the bone.you’ve decided to make a reality.”
When he could run no more, he poured his soulWhen Mark decided to turn his life around, when
out to those cold, grey tombstones. I’d likehe decided that it was no longer acceptable to
to think that night the cemetery was filled withstruggle with money — having cold sweats
souls full of compassion for this young man someabout being able to make monthly payments,
of whom may have left this world withoutagonising about getting a pay cheque, worrying
accomplishing that which they came here toabout where to lay his head down at night and
achieve. Staring at the many tombstones, Markhow to feed himself during the day — that
wondered what his epitaph would be if his lifedecision was irrefutable.
were to end abruptly. There wasn’t muchEveryday we are given choices — the
to say.opportunity to make decisions. Yet so many
It was then he made a decision. He vowed hepeople are ambivalent in this area and this leads to
would “never, never, ever let money controldiscontent. Please don’t think that Mark
his life again.” And, in that moment he felthasn’t made ‘wrong’ decisions
completely at peace.since that night — of course he has
But how? Nothing had changed.— but his overriding decision was to
Outwardly yes but “you cannot travel withinbecome financially free and so every decision he
and stand still without”. Although there neededhas made since then, whether it turned out the
to be a ‘gestation period’ before hisway he wanted or not, brought him one step
outer, visible world caught up with his new feelingscloser to his goal.
of prosperity in his inner, invisible world, theNeale Donald Walsch, author of Home with God
gestation period was short.sums up decision-making beautifully:
In 28 days Mark was financially free and, a mere"Every decision you make - every decision - is
26 months later, Mark owns an online companynot a decision about what to do. It's a decision
worth £4 million and a seminar company worthabout Who You Are. When you see this, when
at least £1 million.you understand it, everything changes. You begin
This did not come about by accident. Mark hadto see life in a new way. All events, occurrences,
spent the early months of 2004 feeding his mindand situations turn into opportunities to do what
with material on wealth creation. He had a feedingyou came here to do.
frenzy, studying every book and audio program