About Eli Adams

Ever since my childhood, I’ve been a dreamer. I’ve always felt like I had a bigger purpose than just the normal 9 to 5 grind. I’ve always found joy in helping others overcome obstacles that allow them to see a higher purpose in themselves.

However, most people don’t know this, but growing up I suffered emotionally in a big way. I always felt like the dumb kid in class. I could never read as fast as the other kids and what I did read, I couldn’t comprehend as well as others.

I was a short, chubby, goofy-looking kid that was constantly made fun of. Up until my senior year in high school, I never felt like I had any real friends.

As I said, reading was a major challenge for me. This put me at the bottom of my class academically. I was very insecure and always looking for different ways to fit in.

I was bullied often, always picked last in sports, and experienced constant tension at home.

I felt like I never quite measured up to the expectations of my parents, brothers, coaches, and teachers. I was always competing with my brothers in one way or another. They were all smarter than me, better athletes, taller, stronger, and wittier, and no matter what I did, I believed that I was never going to be as good as them.

We get into these (intentional or unintentional) situations, and our emotions and mind start to get the better of us. After I accepted that I indeed was put on this earth with a greater purpose, I started looking for information and inspiration on how to create a better life. It was at that point that everything started to change for the better.

I put all of my negative energy into becoming a college athlete. I became so confident in my ability to play high school baseball that I never even considered a backup plan. I was going to play Jr. college for a year, then after the university, I was sure I would get noticed by the big leagues. I didn’t really even plan to finish school because the MLB would take care of me financially.

I tried out for the baseball team at a nearby Jr. college and didn’t even make the first cut. I was so prideful and arrogant that it wasn’t even my fault. I blamed anyone and everyone except myself. I didn’t know who I was without baseball and that dream had just been ripped away from me.

Would anyone still want to hang out with me?
Would anyone respect me after being cut?
How would I make money now?
What was I going to do for the rest of my life??

Broken, broke, and clueless about how to move forward, I started to drift with no purpose. I played many hours of Super Nintendo, skipped lots of classes, and made it my goal to just be “more popular” than I was in high school. I didn’t care about anything else until one of my friends suggested that I join his show choir. He knew that I loved to sing and I sure as heck didn’t have any friends. I thought, what’s the worst that could happen?

Not making that baseball team changed my life. Joining that show choir never would have happened if I would have been playing baseball. That choir changed my whole perspective on true friendship. Those amazing people taught me how to serve others without any expectations of a reward in return.

Those experiences eventually led to me serving a full-time mission for my church in Lima Peru. Talk about a total perspective change. If you think you have it bad, move to a 3rd world country for a few years. I loved the people of Peru, but upon returning back to the States, I found myself more grateful and proud to be an American than ever before.

That is when my obsession with learning about business, marketing, leadership, human behavior, and adding value to people (when I had no value to give) began.

I’m a true believer that the journey you experience, and the lives you change along that journey, are more important than what you accumulate over time. If you focus your energy on adding value to people’s lives, the money will come.

I realized early on that when I stayed focused on my purpose with 100% passion… anything is possible.

Living my ideal lifestyle is way more important than working for someone just to survive. I don’t fault anyone for doing this, because that’s just the norm. And to be honest, that life works for most people.

I’m so grateful for where life has taken me. Because of my past challenges, I am who I am today. That being said, I am nowhere near the finish line. I have so much more to give and so much more to accomplish. My trials have given me an appreciation for my life now and more compassion and empathy for others who suffer in so many different ways.

I know there are struggles that at times you feel like you can’t escape. I understand that when it rains it pours. trust me, I’m living proof that you can overcome these challenges. If a small-town boy from Utah (who didn’t see any potential for his future) can do it, then so can you!

You live the story you tell yourself. Not what others tell you and have told you in the past. YOU MATTER no matter what anyone else says. Understand that you must learn the skills necessary to write and live your own story. Be the person you were born to be. Start the journey with me because the world needs more people like you, my friend!

YOU ARE LOVED!

Eli Adams