🙂 I’m Greek
👶 Born in 1984
👨🏻🏫 Had my father as a teacher at school
🖥 Studied computer science and maths
🏊 Worked as a lifeguard and saved 3 lives
🇪🇨 Lived in Ecuador and South America
🇬🇧 Moved to London in 2009
🏦 My dream was to get into investment banking
📈 Was fired as a trader trainee (poor English + high heart rate)
🚫 Didn’t get the job at Tesco (still don’t know why?)
🎄 Worked as a Christmas tree seller
🎸 Worked as a musician
📊 Worked as a maths teacher
👨🔧 Worked as a network engineer
🎉 Got into banking!
🤓 Learned a lot got prof experience
😓 Suffered from chronic pain and anxiety
🏃♂️ Quit banking
🇪🇺 Travelled in Europe
💂 Moved back to London
🚀 Launched a fashion-tech startup with a friend
😥 Failed big time
🇷🇺 Learned Russian
🗣️ Gave a talk at University of Oxford on language learning
🇺🇦 Moved to Ukraine
📚 Wrote my first books
🇷🇺 Moved to Russia
👨🏫 Worked as a teacher of English in St. Petersburg
💞 Fell in love with Katya
▶️ Grew a YouTube channel from 0 to 1.3m views
🙌 Launched a website for those who learn Russian
👨💻 Set up an online marketing agency
💪 Worked with leading financial planning firms in the UK and US
👔 An executive coach became my client
🥰 Fell in love with coaching
🚪 Closed my marketing agency
💼 Became a full-time coach
🇬🇷 Moved to Lefkada, Greece
👪 Son arrived in 2019
🦠 Bloody Corona vir… excuse me…
👋 And here we are in 2020
😎 Everything has made me who I am today
🙏 So I’m grateful for it all
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✍️ What’s your story, friend?
Angelos Georgakis