On January 21st, 2001, my life changed.

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That's the day I walked into a hypnotherapist's office for the first time.

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At the ripe old age of 26.

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After picking up a little book about self hypnosis and reading 2-3 pages, I googled "atlanta hypnotherapy" and made an appointment with him on the spot.

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It was the best impulse buy I ever made.

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Why do I remember this?

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Not only because it changed my life, but also because I still have the cassette tape I brought in that day.

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My hypnotherapist wrote on the label - "Sean's hypnosis - January 21, 2001."

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So how did it change my life?

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Well, I went from being anxious all the time, having a horrible attitude and going more than half a decade without a relationship...

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To being the most relaxed person I know, having a relentlessly positive attitude and finding a girlfriend less than two weeks after that session.

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Ultimately, and most importantly, this new path led me to falling in love with a new career path and later, falling in love with my wife Shelli.

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It made me who I am today.

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That session 25 years ago today was the birth of a new identity.

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So I want to take a moment and pay homage to the hypnotherapist who woke me up that day and freed me from the matrix - Dr. Wesley Anderson.

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Wesley passed away in 2019 after a long battle with cancer.

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Prior to that, he and I became good friends.

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He recommended the first books on NLP that piqued my curiosity.

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We would meet up for lunch and sometimes even hypnotize each other at his office in Buckhead.

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He was a really sweet guy.

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And oddly enough, on the date of my first session, he was roughly the same age that I am today.

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It's interesting how life works.

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Turns out all I needed was a little "push" in the right direction.

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So thank you, Wesley, for giving me exactly what I needed that day.

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One thing I've found to be true is that when you take calculated risks in life, it can lead you in a good direction.

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Most people are too scared to take even small risks, so when you have the willingness to do so, it can separate you from the pack.

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It was that impulsive decision, and another one in 2003 to spend $3,000 (that I didn't have) on a hypnotherapy certification training, that led me to where I am today.

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Today, I am so blessed.

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I've had the most wonderful and wild ride these past 25 years.

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I've lived a life filled with highs, lows, adventure, discovery, laughter, love, loss and fulfillment.

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It has most certainly NOT been boring.

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The first 26 years of my life had a lot of good moments, but also way too much hesitation, anxiety and fear...

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Even though I never dealt with a fraction of the adversity I've faced during this past quarter century.

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So I'm ready and willing to take things up a notch during this next 25 years - if I'm blessed to live that long.

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I'm not going to waste my life being afraid of what could go wrong.

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Life is too short.

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The rewards for being courageous and taking risks are too plenty.

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There's just too much fun to be had.

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So don't look for me on the sidelines.

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I'll be out on the field, right in the middle of the game.

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You won't have to look too hard to find me.

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I'll be the one wearing his heart on his sleeve, getting knocked on his ass and then getting back up again, defiantly.

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Over and over again.

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So I'll have a lot of new memories to share and amazing stories to tell...

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If I'm still a part of this world on January 21st, 2051.

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See you soon.

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Sean