Obviously the potential was always there in me, and my parents and teachers had told me so for most of my teenage years. But looking back, I was emotionally pretty screwed up. And it took a tragedy to kick me into re-evaluating everything I knew about myself and about my life. read more
The most transformational moment of my life was a really long moment, so there's a bit of a backstory to it. I was born Brandon Gregory Martin. Brandon was the name my mother loved, and Gregory is my father's name. read more
His death marks probably the clearest before/after I can point to in my life. Pre-tragedy, I was inhibited, lazy, unambitious, bad attitude. I was a nice enough kid and had friends. But I just didn't care about anything. Or rather, I was afraid to care about anything. I was hiding from life. Post-tragedy, I became uninhibited and ambitious. read more
It was a transformational moment for me because I finally recognized who I was - I got in touch with my heart. Emotional intelligence - intelligence of the heart - is the ability to sense and understand the power of emotions, to channel them as a source of energy, creativity and intuitive insight. read more