Success in anything I choose necessitates me to use my imagination and apply the correct corresponding amount of effort. Success = imagination + effort.

Ricardo Collison

Who is this book for?

This book is for those who believe that they are destined for more, who want to do more, live a more fulfilling life, give back more to society and have an abundance of everything their hearts desire: health, happiness, wealth etc

This book will take you through the real life journey of a young boy who believed there was more to the world than the aparthied world he was born into, who believed he was destined for more, who dared to dream bigger. This book will show you how an abundant life is possible for everyone regardless of where you were born, the color of your skin, your current or past circumstances. This book will give you the tools and a roadmap for you to follow, if you so choose. It will enable you to live your best, most abundant life. This book is an inspiring real life tale of how I broke through from scarcity to abundance. 

Throughout this book, I will be asking some hard, uncomfortable but necessary questions, there will be times that you’ll be uncomfortable with the truth and demons holding you back that you may need to face. However, throughout this journey, I want you to know that what you’ve been dreaming about for your life is possible, just like everything around you that you see right now has been made possible, so too are your hopes and dreams.

Extract:The good the bad and the ugly (is all in the past)

The thing I wished for the most in my pre-teen and teen years was for my stepfather to meet his end in some unfortunate horrible event or circumstance – today that wish came true. I’m now no longer useless, dumb, lazy, an idiot, or any of the fun and colorful labels I’ve worn. Now I’m the one that’s alive, and he is dead, and I don’t know which one I’m happier about. This event was the end of my childhood and early adulthood as I knew it. I was either going to be defined by those words and experiences that still echo in my head today, or I was going to liberate myself from it to build the life I wanted.

Extract: The old you and the new you – Why are you here?

Think about it, you have already beaten the odds by just being here. You woke up this morning, took a deep breath into your lungs, went to the bathroom, got ready to start a brand new day with infinite possibilities, yes, infinite, not one, or two that come to mind –  think End Game if you’ve watched the last Avengers movie.

There are people right now who are doing what you most desire, living a life that you dream of, why can’t it be you? 

The only reason it’s not you, is because of YOU, and what you are doing right now to impact your future. I want you to read the previous sentence again please. I know it’s a hard fact to admit but you have to come to terms with this fact. If you are not able to come to terms with this fact you may as well use this book’s pages to start a fire or stop listening to the audio now…

Extract: What is holding you back from your greatness.

To help me overcome my fears I did the unthinkable at the time, decided to play Russian roulette with my life and attempt to skydive i.e. jump out of an airplane at 5000ft in the air. Not only was this insane, it went against every belief I was programmed with. The believe that if god wanted humans to fly, he would have given them wings and the belief that skydiving is for white people, bear in mind that this was my mindset because of my environment, being born in apartheid South Africa as a black coloured boy….