From alcoholism and suicide attempts to billion-dollar business and global speaking
After hitting rock bottom with alcoholism and suicide attempts, Devon found hope through Mindvalley's community and content. The transformation led them from darkness to building a billion-dollar business, becoming an author, and traveling the world as a speaker.
Mindvalley made me transform my life from an addicted alcoholic into building a billion turnover business, writing my first book and traveling the world, and speaking. Mindvalley isn't just about the workshops or the speakers. I see Mindvalley as a lighthouse. And when I was stuck in complete darkness, it was Mindvalley content and A-fest that pulled me through. I remember back in 2012 I just tried to commit suicide for the second time. I was trapped in a cycle of alcoholism, and addiction when I looked into the mirror, I hated that man staring back at me. And when I had my relapse when I felt so hopeless and lost, I saw a promo of A-Fest and I asked myself, who do I need to be, to be surrounded by people like that? I saw myself as a Mindvalley speaker to be part of this tribe and community and when times were the darkest, it was Vishen's message and it was the speaker's message that pulled me through and gave me hope. So again, Mindvalley is not just about the speakers and the workshops and the online courses. Mindvalley as a brand is the light in the darkness for people who are so desperate to transform their lives and become a person that they have never been before. And Mindvalley shows you exactly how you can be that person.
Devon
Entrepreneur, speaker, writer
South Africa
Written 11 March 2020 From our original stories site
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