How To Get The Life You Want? In-Depth Guide 2/2 | NatSchooler.Com

Nathaniel Schooler
8 min readJul 23, 2021

Things happen for a good reason, though it may not be apparent at the time

We may think that the opportunity we have in front of us is exactly what we want, but it could cause us to be in a worse position, a bit like the ridiculous interview I went to with a professional con artist.

One of my best friends, Louis got me an interview in London at a company selling investments, the CEO interviewed me, and he took great pleasure in saying, “You look like shit!” In fact, I went home and looked in the mirror and remember thinking he was right, so I vowed to look after my skin after that.

It turned out he was a con artist who conned a lot of people here selling fake Jatropha oil to would-be investors and went on the run from the cops after emptying the bank account and never paying any of the 60+ members of the telesales team!

Everything in life happens for a reason and this was one of those times, amusing now looking back on those moments… Hindsight is a wonderful thing!

Sometimes in life, we are meant to stop and smell the coffee

Taking the time to revisit where I wanted to go has started to pay dividends. I spent a…

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Nathaniel Schooler

Ex-IBM Futurist, Podcaster, Amazon Best Selling Author, and Entrepreneur