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In this week's episode, I was excited to welcome Steve Fader. Steve is someone whom I have become friends with recently, and we have shared some very deep, honest and raw conversations. Steve is an entrepreneur at heart, but most of all, he is a man who has gone through his Hero's Journey and has come back to support others and guide them through their journey. The Hero's Journey has become a theme for me, and I have covered various aspects of it in previous episodes, such as the rites of passage and atonement.\xa0\n\nFor Steve, it started with the work ethic instilled in him as a young child, although highly traumatic, and built him into the man he is today. \xa0The lessons about the world he learned through this upbringing were rooted in the fact that the world was not easy. If he wanted more, he would have to fight for it. Throughout the first 30 years of his life, he realized how difficult the world could be to navigate alone, and he chose to make sure he developed into the type of man that would not allow circumstances to dictate his future happiness and success. \xa0\n\nHe learned that success isn't as simple as hard work = Success. \xa0Many times he worked hard and achieved nothing but physical and mental anguish. He realized that If he wanted more, he needed to change many aspects of the way he saw the world and build on how he was brought up. The foundation was cracked and stressed but not irreparable. And proper discipline and hard work through personal development were going to be key. There is no growth without change.\n\nUpon achieving success, be it through learning from failure or an actual successful endeavour, it dawned on him that he was here to help people realize that they could also achieve what they wanted. The 'elevator back down' analogy describes trying to elevate the people around you. In martial arts, the saying was 'Iron sharpens Iron, ' which he still tries to live by today. If he can manage his way to the level of success he has achieved, he can perhaps help others realize their potential. That is something that, over time, has become a big focus of his, for better or worse. Over the years, he realized that not everyone wants or is prepared to succeed. He believes that success and failure are equally as substantial. Either of these things can change who you are, better or worse.\xa0\n\nNow, Steve tries his best to put good into the world and works hard to provide for himself and his wife. He ensures his wife, his closest and strongest supporter, is protected and provided with the life most people dream of. He always continues the journey of personal development, as it is the only way he can succeed and continue to have the chance to effect change in the world. Respect and loyalty are two of the main drivers of his intention. He believes that everyone deserves both until they prove they do not. He stays on the journey to succeed and help others succeed because he would like to see as many people as he can become happy in his life. He feels that building an army of successful men with the same ability to effect positive change in the world is part of his calling. He was told he was a monster for so long that he began to believe those things and quickly realized that this might be true to a certain extent. But now, as a monster, he owes himself to control and direct that aspect of his personality for good and not evil. Many times in his life, circumstances could have played out differently.\xa0 He chose a different path at several pivotal times in his life, and those choices led him down the road he rides now.\n\n\n--- \n\nSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/furkhan-dandia/support\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices