Japan Trip Planner - My Life - Fast Learning Through Disasters!

Successful but unhappy.

Not happy and that I frequently suffered from ulcers, what most people did not know were that I was over worked. This well paid work allowed me to drive a BMW convertible and having an expensive lifestyle. As a General Manager of an international business hotel in central Vienna I had a great future ahead.

My life was a mess. Instead of what you love to do, as everyone else I listened to what you are supposed to do. I would have to follow my heart instead of my head, i knew for sure that I could not go on like this and I also knew that to be able to live a happy life.

Changing my life.

I did not care as I started to feel better and I slowly got some of my life energy back. I also took all my expensive suits and sold them at the flea market (some were stolen). I sold my BMW and bought a motorcycle which I always had been dreaming of. Not knowing what would happen after, it was a terrifying experience to quit my job. Finally I gathered all my courage and took the decision to make a change.

How could I leave a lifestyle that most people were just dreaming of? My so called friends thought I was crazy and refused to talk to me anymore.

But couldn't make it, as they new that they should change themselves, i later realized that they all felt threatened.

The love for my son.

Unfortunately my partner betrayed me several times and I could not live with it. Being close to my child, this was one of the best times I ever had. I spent my first 7 months taking care of my very young son when his mother looked after her restaurant.

I had suddenly another life decision to take. I wanted to travel and learn from other people and cultures and I knew that I could not live in Vienna anymore. It was time to take the next step.

Should I stay with my son and be an unhappy father or should I move on and find another future that he eventually could share with me?

Following my heart

Maori people in New Zealand and the South Pacific Island culture, aborigines in Australia, the native Hawaiian, my dream was to learn from indigenous people like the native American Indian. Again I followed my feelings that I should move on although I had a broken heart.

I wanted to get knowledge about life from these cultures and form a solid foundation for my own life and possibly for others.

Finally I came to a small South Pacific Island called Samoa where my life suddenly changed. I learned more than you can imagine and I was received with love and respect wherever I went.

A new life on a South Pacific island

One of my biggest happiness is a girl that we adopted who today is my oldest daughter. She gave me another 2 children plus 4 kids that she had from before. During my 10 days visit to Samoa I met a fantastic local girl that I now have been married to for 14 years.

I finally found them running through the forest with two small babies. Samoa were hit by a tsunami wave and I was separated from my family and had no idea if they were still alive. After 14 years successful running of our small hotel plus a resort our life suddenly changed.

Profound lessons of life

I felt very strongly that I needed to share this with you and other people. Life is too short to dwell in unhappy activities and things you do not enjoy. I suddenly learned how precious life is and how much you should value your family and everything you have.

Lunch and dinner, for breakfast, with no money and a big family to feed we had many days when we were eating rice only. We moved away from the beach and started a new life focusing on internet marketing. Tourism came to a full stop and our income dried up as well.

This was the first time in my life I experienced what it means to be hungry.

The secret to health and wealth

More than ever I understood that I need to share my gained knowledge and experience with you and other people to make you understand how much you should value what you have and only involve yourself in activities that you love to do. Our life got better again, after much struggle and incredible help from my family in Europe.

Will make you do certain things better than any other person on this planet, using your special skills and experiences from your upbringing. Together with your unique life experience, you are unique and you have your unique skills that you are born with.

It might look scary in the beginning but when it is done you are a different person. You don't need to quit your job but you sometimes do need to take steps where you have no idea about the outcome. Be brave and take your first step in a direction that you like to take your life.

There is no other way to success and happiness. Only do things you love to do and try to make a possible healthy living out of it.