I was getting shit-faced every weekend to escape my reality. This left me feeling anxious every Sunday night knowing this cycle would repeat.

 

I was unhappy, unfulfilled and living life in my comfort zone.

 

Do you know that feeling?

 

Where on the surface your life appears to be pretty good and you’re doing just fine, but deep down you’re hurting. Your soul feels like it has a piece missing…

 

I was watching everyone else around me succeed and get the promotions, and I was left feeling resentful and blaming everyone and everything else for my lack of success.

 

Thankfully things took a turn for the better.

 

My Mum gave me a book to read called ‘The Barefoot Investor’.

 

I don’t think I’d ever finished a book in my life up until this point!

 

But something about this book grabbed my attention. I couldn’t put it down. And this is where I first started to learn about the rules of money.

 

And what really struck me was the concept of compound interest. 

 

Where your money makes money on itself. 

 

Albert Einstein calls it the “eighth wonder of the world!”.

 

Immediately a light bulb went off in my head.

 

I felt like I had found hope.

 

I knew this was one of the secrets to becoming financially independent and living life on my terms.

 

From that moment on I became obsessed about personal finance and investing.

 

I bought all the books on money and filled my mind with new ideas. I fell in love with the idea of financial freedom and living life on my own terms.

 

I took action on what I was learning and bought my first shares in the stock market in December 2015.

 

Within two years I had built a $100,000+ share portfolio!

 

They say that wealth that is built fast tends to disappear just as fast (this is one of the reasons why lottery winners end up going broke).

 

And this is a lesson I had to learn the hard way.

 

I was investing in speculative stocks trying to get rich overnight.

 

I thought I was better than I was. I let my ego get the better of me.

 

And I ended up losing $40,000 on the stock market...

 

This was a painful lesson to learn. However I licked my wounds and continued my journey.

 

My love for reading books on money led me down the path of personal development. 

 

I picked up a book called ‘The Success Principles’ by Jack Canfield. And once again my life began to change.

 

At 26 I worked with my first personal development coach, Mike.

 

Working with a coach and religiously reading was having a huge impact on my life. And as a result my career began to change, my relationships improved, and I was able to change the entire trajectory of my life!

 

One of the key things I’ve learned on my money mastery journey so far, is that your income and your wealth will only grow to the extent that you grow yourself.

 

And as I’ve invested in myself and stepped outside my comfort zone I have found this to be true!

 

For the past 8 years I’ve been investing in myself, investing in relationships and investing in assets to help me grow my wealth and live life on my own terms.