I needed to be diagnosed with a brain tumor to find & step into my true purpose.
I won my first pro contest and the best trick contest in the same weekend as a 20 year old in April of 2009, earning about $15k – the most money I had ever seen at once.
Pursuing my dream of becoming a pro BMX athlete is what got me ready for the obstacles that were to come almost exactly a year later.
The pursuit of this dream provided me the mental and physical tools to leverage fear to my advantage, persevere through obstacles, problem solve, look at things in a unique perspective, generate discipline and momentum, and create the resiliency required to succeed.
It took succeeding at my dream followed by a possible death sentence of a massive brain tumor as I was 21 years old to get me on the path of stepping into my highest purpose in life.
After a 6-hr brain surgery leaving me with 4 titanium screws in my skull, 75 staples in my head, and 16 stitches down my forehead, I woke up with a whole new perspective of my life and reality I lived within.
2 more diagnoses later, I found my Massive Intention To Optimize my life and voluntarily walked away from my dream with a higher purpose of serving others.
Today, I have embraced doing things in my life I never fathomed being apart of my reality like speaking and coaching others.
If it wasn’t for my passion to manifest my dream into my reality, I may not be alive but I’d also not be contributing to society the way I am today or at least on the level I’ve dedicated and committed my life to.
MITO is more than a concept, more than a lifestyle, more than a diet, and more than a purpose.
It’s what resides in each of us and it’s my goal to help people find their MITO in a state of inspiration rather than pain and suffering as I have been through.
Josh P. 💚🧠✌️