Have Courage and Trust The Process

In time, I am sure you will come to the realisation that everything happens for a reason. But did you know that it is possible to be self-aware and still be unhappy?

How much do you remember about that time in your life when everything went wrong and you got caught in a cycle of life-changing decisions? Well, when you encounter an obstacle, you have 2 options: give up and sulk or be optimistic and persevere.

55 years. That’s how long it took Andreas M. Vogiatzakis to overcome each major crossroads in his unexpected life. The book Courage at the Crossroads is about his humble beginnings and how he was born to replace a brother he had never known. It was the first of many events in his life that determined his life’s mission.

Andreas grew up surrounded by olive groves and vineyards, but he had no intention of following in his father’s footsteps and becoming a farmer. After his father’s death, his life changed forever.

He emphasised that this book, like his other works, is a meaningful living organism and that the process of publishing his first book was cathartic. After working on the book for ten months, Andreas explained that it was not his intention to think of it as a self-discovery project. However, life propelled him to face demons he had forgotten.

But over time, it has allowed him to gain some sort of perspective and reignite his desire to move on. Every decision he made demanded more of him than he could have ever imagined. But each challenge he faced led him to find his own place, adapt, and move forward.

So he travelled all over the world, from Crete to Athens, from Florida to New York, from Japan to Taiwan, and finally landed in Malaysia, where he made his home. It went from hymns to mathematics, from long hair to corporate suits and from souvlaki to durian. From failures to awards, from building brands to starting his own business, from adapting to cultures to creating culture.

The most important thing readers should take away from the book are the leadership lessons from Andreas’ life experience. A young Greek man who embarks on a personal journey around the globe ends up changing for the better.

Courage at the Crossroads is available to order now at AMV+. IHUB is recommended for orders from Malaysia and Southeast Asia. For everyone else, Book Depository and Amazon are the best options as it offers free shipping worldwide.