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Júnior de Amorim

• Herausgeber: Chave Mestra Editora
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 327

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

With the vision of perpetuating knowledge through words, Junior de Amorim shares his philosophy of life, based on 3 powerful pillars, full of theories and practical experiences that can be applied by anyone who want to live a full, extraordinary and positive life. This book is an inspiring read for anyone who wants to find balance, joy, and lots of gratitude! Let's go to Code X of a worthwhile life to be lived. Good reading!

Leseprobe

About the author

A WRITER with a Mission and Vision, which are presented in this book.

A MAN who came from an environment full of restrictions and challenges, yet, who has developed powerful and solid principles, who believes in meritocracy and training, who fought for his childhood dream and made it come true.

A HUMAN BEING who is extremely grateful for everything and everyone who believed in him, who has a heart always ready to learn and create new habits, that make him grow a little each day goes by.

A PROFESSIONAL who is capable of accomplishing and multiplying, who comprehends high performance, and produced results at a high level in the commercial, corporate, and luxury markets, impacting lives, acting individually and leading groups in more than 5countries, where he developed his talent in communication, learning 5 languages with a minimum investment of almost zero. Who has more than 20 years of productivity, without even a day of unproductivity, who reached the top of his profession in one of the richest and most challenging countries in the world, for a foreigner.

A FAMILY LEADER who has in his family people who are very proud of him. Whose objective is to leave a legacy of acquired wisdom for the next generation, passing on its principles, and the very important ability to take care of your own life.

A HUSBAND who is always developing, capable of improving every day, and multiplying the family values that were to him, until then, little known or even unknown.

A GUY who respects everything and everyone, but accepts only what brings value to his life, is not afraid of making mistakes but prefers to learn from the mistakes of others, and is not afraid to die but has no rush to reach the end. Who has people who believe in him to the point of giving him the most precious gifts, time and talent, in exchange for certainty: reciprocity.

And finally I, THE CREATURE, THE SON AND BUTLER.

Creator and owner of everything, the HUMAN BEING whose mission in life is to rule over all things and develop a relationship of extraordinary intimacy with the Father, with the certainty, that the Creator has always been present in all decision-making and in every opportunity that arises. Son who learned that the closer to the Father / God, the less we make mistakes and we never fail, who understood that through the essence of LOVE in Jesus, the Unique Master, we found the way to reach an extraordinary life which consequently leads to joy and closeness to the Father.

Acknowledgments

Paulo Cesar Ferreira

My beloved stepbrother, who is present in this book and was quotedat the moment when still young, we shared our dreams, and now, once again, we are making this dream come true together. Through our similarities, I was able to understand how important it is to leave a legacy. I was already writing when he told me that he had written about his life and I was part of his manuscript, and what was a draft became the book we have here available today. This accomplishment would never be possible without the collaboration of the one, who is without a doubt, one of the most remarkable and important people in my life.

Emerson Coutinho

My visual producer, friend, and brother by choice. As a result of a meeting that seemed to be informal, we discovered a unique friendship that became a brotherhood.

A human being who has an incredible talent and who has always supported me morally and technically. His opinions and suggestions have always been aimed at my development and evolution. I had already started writing this book long before I met him, but it was through our contact that I was able to complete this mission.

Other important missions will come, but this one we finished together and united. Always moving forward, gratitude and union are the words that sum up our relationship.

Viviane Terci

A dear friend who conquered her space through her ways and herheart, she was the first person to put her hand on the book that today is being done, it was through her talent and grammatical experience that I received support for this work. We all know how complex Portuguese is, but she managed, with excellence and a lot of effort, to help me convey the message that came out of my heart, crossed my mind, and reached my fingers, supervised by my eyes. The first person who had access to this information and could not be forgotten from this selected thank you list.

Elisabete Fernandes

It was through Emerson that I had the pleasure of being in contact with this wonderful person. Her ability to translate managed to not only translate but to interpret my words into feelings. When I started writing this book, I had the idea that it should have been written in English, but I can say that the decision to continue writing in my mother language was the right thing to do, as I was fortunate enough to be able to have the services of Elisabete, who was remarkable.

Amorim’s Family

I could not fail to thank all my family for being so wonderful to me. The great men who were and are part of my life, my brothers whom I love so much, participated directly and are present in all phases of this book. Special thanks to my beloved daughter, who was a point of reference for this book to exist and also the birth of my beloved son, who created a sense of urgency and made this work a necessity, for my life and my future generations.

Thanks to my wife and partner who had to witness me writing this book, which started long before she was in my life, however, with her presence, I began to live and understand incredible values. I thank her for the patience she had with me, because while our son was sleeping, instead of having her in my arms, I had the laptop, not stopping writing. She didn’t understand very well what was happening, but she was patient and now she can gather and understand the reason for it all, and the reason for many things in my life, through a real story, told by the protagonist. I only have to thank you for accompanying me on this journey.

Rogerio Vale and family

A very special thanks to Rogerio and his beautiful family. I had the the pleasure of meeting an incredible man who saw in me a unique potential, and this vision was reciprocal. He opened the doors of his home to me at different times in his life. Following his evolution was a source of inspiration. When I found out about his work, editing and producing books/dreams, I did not doubt that the Creator was putting before me a unique opportunity to finally be able to accomplish what needed. Without the belief and respect of Rogerio and his family, none of this could have been accomplished. Gratitude and confidence are words that will always be present in our relationship.

The President, Mr. J.V.A.

A very special thank you to the man who inspired me so much and who became, indirectly and directly, a positive motivation for bringing this book to life. It was through the responsibility I created with him that it became urgent to publish this book. He was and always will be my mentor.

It was through the opportunity to know your heart and incredibly bright mind, that I understood my value.

Creating a relationship of respect and coexistence, I wrote my next book, where he will play a unique and exclusive character. Through this relationship of friendship and fraternity, I dedicate this special thanks to the only person who is present in my two books. He was the first to have access to the finished book and its information. In this book, he served as fuel for concretizing the first edition, and in the next one, he will be a very important character.

Introduction

This book tells the true story of a boy, teenager, and man, who lives, has lived, and continues to live a life full of stages and challenges, always seeking doses of balance in all aspects. Using daily conquests as fuel for his development, creating a threefold philosophy of life, innovative, and, most important of all, inspiring. Always with the goal of inspiring people to live well, enjoy a much-desired freedom, and be positive even in the most challenging moments. 

 In this story, I will present a philosophy of life that is connected to three powerful pillars, where various beams are built, whose main function is to strengthen the pillars, always focusing on the development of an abundant life full of joy.

 In today›s world where everything seems to be so negative, reading the life story of a grateful, positive, and simple, yet successful person, may not exactly be interesting. However, this is my challenge, and I am ready to face it. We will impact the lives of the people who will allow us to. More than a pleasure, this has become a goal for me. 

 No one lives in a fairy tale but building a positive life story is possible. Living a full life has become a privilege, which should be a must for everyone who knows their identity and purpose, and who considers themselves to be the image and likeness of their Creator. I make it clear that if I managed to do it, everyone also has this possibility. There is a statement that reads: "The only thing we cannot change is death"

For us to be winners, other people don’t have to be losers. Read, understand, add to, enjoy this real-life knowledge, and apply whatever suits you. Whatever doesn’t suit you, simply respect it, because what doesn’t adapt to you can serve others. 

01 - The Beginning of Everything

Well, to be honest, my memories are vague about my past, and my childhood. Life has taught me that living in the moment is very important, and I believe in the theory of a time management line: “10% - 70% - 20%”, I invest 10% of my energy in the past, 70% in the present and 20% in the future, which doesn’t mean that you must forget what you have already experienced. 

So, let'sgotomychildhood, whichisshortbutveryintense. Iwasachildwhoalwayslikedtoplaywithgroupsofchildren. Iwasalwaysincontactwithotherkids, Iplayedsoccer, kiteflying, marbles, gamesoftag, hide-and-seek, copsandrobbers, andmomanddad. Iplayedplenty.

When I stop to think about my childhood, I have very positive memories and there is nothing very frustrating or striking like those experiences that happen to many. Well, when I dive deep down my memory, I start to find some frustrations, which are not very positive, though they are real, and that in a biography, needs to be written down.

Let'sstartwithmymother, thefirstwomaninmylife. Myconnectionwithherinchildhoodwasbeautiful. Awomanwithaverystrongcharacterandagiantheart. Agreatwoman, andagoodmother, whoputfoodonthetableandneverallowedanythingtomissathome. Asymboloffemaleemancipation. Althoughmyfatherwasnotalwayspresentduringagoodextentofmychildhood, Ihavethebestmemoriesofmymother, untilIbecameateenager. Thisstageoftheteenageyearswasskippedveryquickly. TheinterestingthingisthatinAsiancultureteenagersdonotexist, however, inthisstage, thereareseveralimportantexperiencestogothroughforhumandevelopmentandmaturation.

“Your past is a part of you so try to understand it and associate it in a positive manner with your life”.

02 - Childhood and New Beginnings

The end of my childhood and the beginning of my teenage years was the beginning of understanding and discovering the power of the word “WHY”. 

I was a very curious teenager like most people. I come from a middle-class Brazilian family. My mother had just gotten out of a troubled marriage, I don›t know for what reasons, but fortunately, it has borne fruit, my beautiful sisters. When they read these lines, I want them to know that they have always been a great inspiration for me to always try to do what I thought was right.

I am extremely grateful for everything. I began to realize the existence of my dear sisters in myearly teens, mainly because they lived with my grandmother, our great mentor, who is as wonderful as her name, “Mrs, Hope”.

I also have another brother, the fruit of a great love experienced by our mother. My stepfather is an extraordinary person, whom I am very proud to call father. However, our coexistence was limited because we lived our life as gypsies, my mother was always looking for a new place to live, which I don›t think was good for a boy starting his teenage years.

My brother›s father, or rather, our father, was a real blessing. Some experts say that the biggest hindrances in people›s lives are associated with the father figure. However, I do not have these problems because I have had two incredible men in my life. When my brother was born, I couldn›t understand why my mother gave so much more attention to him than me, but I felt this was compensated by the affection of my stepfather and the visits of my biological father, which helped greatly in keeping my rebelliousness at bay. 

I always had a wonderful relationship with my stepfather. He lived through incredibly difficult moments with my mother since she had a very strong temperament. The conflicts became more visible and noticeable, and this gave methe incentive I needed to go in search of my long-dreamed freedom. My rebelliousness was transformed into fuel for my evolution. I have no good memories of this phase. Personal conflicts became more and more constant, and as a boy, I lived through it allbut felt I could do nothing about it. Whenever I was in contact with my father, I tried to explain the situation so that he would know, and I eventhought sometimes about moving in with him. 

I felt that my mother needed me with her, or at least that›s how I saw it, and out of mixed feelings of love and compassion, I kept living with her. Today Iam aware that what I felt was mostly out of gratitude for my mother, for being the first woman in my life.

I knew her life was in shambles. For that reason, I made sure that structuring was a major component of my life›s pillars. I thoughtthe best way to help would be to focus on the good things and get away from the conflicts at home, which were becoming more and more extreme. At this point, I started to figure out what I wanted and what I didn›t want in a relationship. After a long time together with my mother, my stepfather decided to leave our home. He had tried to make things work a couple of times without success, whereas there came the moment when he left for good.

With his departure, I became the man of the house. This title and duty put me in a very delicate position because, whilst I had obligations, I had no rights. Additionally, I had great responsibilities, so I started to use my time to develop a way to be able to evolve as a human being as quickly as possible, whilst still having to take care of the house and have a leadership role within the family.

I realized that my mother was emotionally unbalanced, and I couldn›t help her. My brother›s father departure caused her to lose even more direction concerning lifeand family, which put our future, mine and his at risk. The things that happened motivated me to want my independence, so I sought to fight with the weapons I had in my hands, in other words, education was one of my priorities. It›s not about just aboutstudying but retaining knowledge. My goal was to become independent as soon as possible and be able to earn the right to make decisions. Due to my mother›s total imbalance, my emancipation process had to be accelerated and that is exactly what happened. I started to feel a taste of freedom. I wanted to be independent and, at the age of thirteen, the first big change happened: one of the inspirations for this book. 

At the age of thirteen, I was still living with my mother and having constant conversations with my father about the possibility of moving in with him. My biological father always gave me a lot of security, but I didn›t know what his reality was like. Spending holidays with somebody is one thing but living with this person is totallydifferent. The beginning of my next stage happened. One beautiful afternoon, I was playing Football close to home, in our poorneighborhood. I always ran away from the condominium where we lived to play on the dark unpaved earth field because there was a lot of competition there. That’s when I heard some shots. Immediately, our famous “pelada” on the dark earth field with the kids from the neighborhood was interrupted. I felt very strange. The shots had come from the residential complex where we lived.

I had created a passageway that gave access to the poorest area of the community. I always loved to play Football with them despite my mother forbidding me. Since they were strong, it was a great challenge. On this day, after hearingthe shots, I rushed home and when I got there, I found my mother sitting on a chair with a pistol in her hand. She was still warm, and I tried to wake her up, though I knew deep down that she would be sleeping forever. My mother was part of the Secretary of Public Safety, one of the best of her generation. This, while giving her incredible power, put her in risky circumstances. 

“God knows what he does, but we often don’t understand his wishes”.

My goal is to look for positives in a tragedy, instead of complaining and looking for culprits. In a situation like this, there are positive topics and there are many: The first is that if I hadn›t been playing soccer, whichI was forbidden from playing, I wouldn›t be writing this book; The second is that I was ready to move on with my life and was I was going to be tested. My mother may have had many faults, but she did the best she could. I did what I could to help her, and I am sure she is in a much better place than before. I am also sure that she is very proud of the upbringing she gave me, wherever she is. 

Of course, it was very hard to accept thatat the moment, but I learned a lesson: “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”. 

I could go on and on about how things would be if she was here, but that isn’t an option, and I know that she wouldn’t be happy with that attitude. I am a parent, and all parents seek the success of the next generation. It is possible to be happy and to look for positives in all situations in life, and I am here to prove it. Of course, some people are more sensitive and immerse this differently. 

The most important thing I have learned in my life is the meaning of the word RESPECT. At the beginning of my journey, this word was incredibly important. If you can live the meaning of the word, the journey of life becomes much more interesting. To go through a tragedy is not easy, nor does it happen overnight, but it’s possible.

Positive thinking can make us accept the current situation, but to evolve we must have an attitude. It›s important to keep moving forward, learning to coordinate our life through positivity and actions. In delicate situations, it›s risky to victimize ourselves and use a tragic situation as an excuse to place difficulties in our lives. We need to develop, sensitize, and channel all the energy we have available from the people who are in our lives, “We are the global average of the people we give the chance to be in our lives”.You must learn to choose.

While I was still in my first stage, an important event took over my life. I went to live with my father, who gave me wonderful support. Of course, he had his own life and I had to adapt. He had a family, he lived with a woman who already had two children from a previous relationship. My connection with my father had always been amazing, but there was not much coexistence. I was thirsty for discovery, and it was then that an aunt of mine who lived in SãoPaulo made me an offer that I didn›t think twice about accepting. She was a good friend of my mother›s and knew that the upbringing my mother gave her children had transformed that boy into a real project for a man. My aunt invited me to move in with her and have some time to recover from all that happened, to breathe fresh air. Within this suggestion, there was also a security issue involved, which I discovered later.

Due to the conditions of my mother›s death, and because I was the first person to have contact with her after the event, this could have brought great psychological issues into my life. There were several proposals to see a psychologist but thank God I was not forced to undergo any type of therapy. The trip to SãoPaulo was already great therapy forme. 

I arrived in São Paulo, the largest city in South America, a megalopolis. We were living in the center of the city, in the middle of everything and where the action happens. The city did not impress me, but I knew the importance of this moment, and I believe I was not dazzled because I was very well prepared by my aunt, who was a great enabler. I was happy for the opportunity, and she had a plan for me. Besides being extremely grateful for the opportunity and trust, she knew exactly what she was doing for me. My aunt had a daughter and a son, and my mission would become to add value to their lives. To pass on what I had learned, to be able to show my personality, to be a good influence on them, and to be able to improve overall family life.

My cousins were already fully adapted. In Brazil the spoken language is Portuguese, but there are different dialects in certain regions. Culturally speaking, people who live in the Northeast of Brazil are considered less economically favored, which is not always true, and I did not let this kind of thinking become part of my life. I didn’t go there to fight for my life, but to add value to it and other people’s lives. This is where the power of adaptation comes in, and once again, the real meaning of the word RESPECT.

You will read this word many times through the course of my story, and soon you will realize how much that word means to me. Well, back to adaptation, when I arrived there, I discovered a talent that I never thought I would have, which is the power of adaptation to the local language. Within a short time, people no longer noticed that I came from the Northeast, although I am very proud of my roots, it was a matter of adapting to the new environment and creating new opportunities. I adapted my vocabulary and had the ability to add words, always focused on understanding others. Then I discovered how important the power of communication was, “Communication is not what we say, but the power our speech has on the people who listen to us”. That being the case, I was much more accepted and had much more openness to explore the best of everything. This greatly simplified my life and opened doors for me in every way.

I was still a boy, but I already had a very good base of principles. I already knew the difference between good and evil, right, and wrong, even though I had never been close to religion, I thought that the church had an important role in society. My great-grandmothers, my MENTORS, tried to introduce me to various churches and religious recommendations. They showed me the importance of religion, and I learned the role of the church, especially in Brazil. The church serves a lot as a reference point, where you find jobs, marriages, contacts, and everything you need to build a good life. But thank God, I never directly needed the church for anything. I have been a few times to several churches and have good memories of this time. I support the spiritual activities that are often practiced in the church.

SãoPaulo was an incredible experience! I grew considerably, enjoyed myself immensely, and experienced plenty. All in good conscience, of course. I felt wonderful feelings, discovered incredible things, learned a lot, and was inundated by information that is part of my life until today. The more I knew, the more I accomplished, and learned. I became a real sponge, I absorbed everything that made me grow, and that›s how my life was in the SãoPaulo capital. I felt a part of everything around me, I was in the heart of the most important city in Latin America, and Ilived every minute of it intensely. I entered an incredible frequency. If today I am who I am, I only have my aunt to thank, who trusted me and helped me greatly to understand the importance of adapting, acting, and enjoying.

I also did my homework. I didn’t settle, I made contacts and formed relationships, I showed that I wasn’t just another North easterner coming from nowhere trying to be someone. I was there for a greater purpose, I wanted to evolve as a person and my relationship with the city was one of exchange. I learned that to live, and not just to survive, in a city like this, you must be more than a great kid, you must try to be a man with purpose and values. I would do it all again, but the end of this cycle was unfortunately tragic.

I ended up losing my aunt. She passed away at home from a massive cardiac arrest, and the reason was unknown. I was at home when it all happened, and it was shocking. Of my dear aunt I have only wonderful memories, she always was and always will be one of the wisest and most impressive people I have ever met. I am very proud to have had her in my life. This memory is proof that people like her live forever. I am sure that if one day her children read this book, at least the part where I am quoting them, they will be very proud of the mother they had, as I am proud of my aunt. She will live in my heart forever.

With this tragedy happening in my life, my father went to São Paulo to pick me up. I had to finish first-grade school there, but before that, I was in Curitiba with my uncle, the famous “bombinha” that was the name my father gave him, and I liked it a lot. We had talked about the possibility of me staying there with my uncle, but unfortunately, things didn’t turn out as we had hoped. During the time I was in São Paulo, I spent a few days in the countryside of Rio de Janeiro. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn’t want to live there. I stayed for a while, acquired some new knowledge, and came back to Recife. Big, strong, and full of new experiences, with so many stories to give and sell that it would require a whole book just to tell you about my life in “Sampa”. Who knows, maybe another book will come soon, but for now, let’s focus on the present.

Back in Recife, I didn’t have many contacts and had to start everything from scratch. New school, new friends, new vocabulary... I loved having the possibility to communicate clearly and very effectively, it gave me great power. I already had a wide vocabulary, but at that moment it was much clearer, and I felt satisfied, because I was succeeding with all the people who listened to me, so it was perfect. “Don’t change a winning team”.

I went to a school in the center of the city because my father lived between the south and the center. In this school, there were people of different social levels and pursuits. It was located in the center, it wasn’t notorious nor had a big status, but it had a great quality of education.

In Brazil, the financial system creates a natural selection of advantages, sometimes you don’t realize it, but as you grow up, you see that opportunities arise more clearly in a certain class or environment. As I didn’t know this, I had become a tourist in my own city and, again, I adapted and related to everyone who appreciated me.

I chose to cherish my values and always look for the positive, I had become a simplifier. I never liked the easy way, but simplicity was always present in my being.

I sought partnerships and strengthened wonderful contacts. The return to my hometown was magnificent; there I had become “o cacique”. This was one of the expressions my father used, and I loved it. He used various expressions to say things, and he once told me, “My son, you must go to a place where you are ‘o cacique’. It is not worth leaving your tribe to be an Indian in another tribe”. Real alpha thinking. So, that was it, I had once again “the knife and the cheese in my hands”.

At this school, I met different kinds of people, from the countryside to the south, and there I met a very special guy. I don’t need to go around naming names, but all the people I am mentioning here were and are of extreme importance to my existence. This guy had a differentiated vision. We had some things in common, especially soccer. We owned a connection that became stronger as time went by. This guy had a vision for the future and an incredible sensibility. He realized that the south was where the opportunities and the best contacts were. He quickly left school and went to the south to study. At that time, there weren’t the methods of communication that there are now. However, we still maintained contact.

He noticed something different in me, and I began a very interesting stage in my life, my migration to the south. There I started to make contacts, and since I was studying in the central area, which I liked a lot, I started to use my free time to discover things in that noble area. My national knowledge put me in a very attractive position in relation to kids my age. Since I had always loved to play soccer, I went to the beach to play almost every night. On one of these nights, I met up again with someone who had been a part of my childhood, my stepbrother. He was a teenager at that time, and he also lived in the south. My father had been his stepfather for a few years. As the saying goes, “The waters always meet again in the sea of life”. It happened to us. He, a guy with an incredible physical presence, and I, with a distinct intellectual power, the perfect combination.

We learned much from each other. We were so different and so alike at the same time. My contact with him increased and we became closer. That may be one of the most important parts of this book because my stepbrother was my source of inspiration. We talked about discovering the world, imagining what snow was like, and the beautiful things we learned about in the history books. There was no advanced technology yet, so we had to go in pursuit of knowledge.

As history was one of my favorite subjects, I wanted to understand more about the world.

A long time passed, I was in Switzerland speaking with him through an online chat, and he told me that he had written a book in which I was part of the story. He did this for me, so I am also immortalizing him in this book. With our philosophy, we are already immortal to each other.

However, this work has a lot to do with our development. The story of our friendship would also make a great book. Going back to the south, the guy at school was a motivator, a leader. He was the one who showed me how much power motivation, persuasion, and even manipulation have, and how they can be effective. This man infiltrated the south with his genius and took us, my brother and I, along with him. Soon after “GALES” was born. Of course, this had a process, but it worked very well.

This name will be forever marked in my life, and it immortalized all the people involved in the project. We were not the most popular guys around, but we were represented everywhere, and we had the ideal combination. It wasn’t always a homogeneous group, nor was it supposed to be, each one of us had his or her characteristics. Obtaining knowledge about life, and discovering our path, we had in our group all kinds of people, from the agitator to the stimulator of the group, forever heading to different kinds of crazy adventures. Everything happened very naturally in this phase of my life, and it was a phase that would also develop content that could be entitled to its own book. We had an incredible time. It was a lot of fun being part of this group. We had the ability to improve ourselves there, and we did.

On another of those nights, playing Football on the beach where everything seemed normal, I noticed a rumor. People said that scouts were looking for young talent. As we got along, we formed a team to play friendly matches on the beach. Our team was called “FC Liberdade”, and we would arrange matches against any opponent. There was a mix of social levels, which made the team very competitive. I had just left the club where I played, because I had started university, and had no more time to train, even though it was what I loved most. Besides, I felt united with my soccer friends. We started together a process of respect and collective strength.

This social mix was incredible. On the field, everyone had their importance and was respected. Some had the talent and others had the desire, and I was in the middle of it all. On one of those nights, when we finished one of our games, a friend and I were called to talk to some guys about the possibility to try out for their team. My friend was a very good player, and while I never considered myself to be that good, some people really liked my style, and this manager was one of them. I had other soccer experiences everywhere I went, but unfortunately, I had no support from my family. My father never had any contact with the soccer world, and without contacts, the chances, which are already slim, diminished even more.

I had the pleasure of sharing the field with very talented players, but soccer doesn’t only require talent. Soccer has always played a very important role in my life. When I am playing, it is as if I am outside of my body, where I enter a state of total concentration. Besides the fact that soccer is an incredible form of socialization, there are no rich people, no poor people, and no black or white skin, that is, there is no distinction of social class or color. If you can play well, people start to see you differently, this is something magical. On the court, I made my best contacts, I experienced incredible moments, and I learned that, “People who understand the meaning of victory, will never be losers, you either win, or you learn”.

Soccer could be the theme for another book in my life. It’s amazing! The more I write, the more I find things that are extremely important to me. The sport that saved my life has become so much more than a hobby. It has become a philosophy of life. Although I didn’t get very far in this career, I managed to live intensely the time in which my life revolved around the game, the ball, and the people I had never seen before, respecting me for what I did. Even without knowing those people, we were fighting for the same goal. Soccer opened doors for me, made me grow as a man and a human being, put me in contact with people who are still a great part of my life, and it is a subject that I am proud to talk about. I discovered something during this period, “I didn’t have a dream of being a professional player, my dream was to get paid to do what I loved”. Considering this fact, I fulfilled my dream.

“Value your present moments, simply because they are very important for your personal development”.

“Turn your job into one of your hobbies and your hobbies into a job”.

03 - The Restart of a Dream

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