The Life of Alex Moses

Being a typical 14-year-old boy in many ways, I didn’t feel the need to button up my coat on a frigid winter day after my gym workout. I was hot from the exercise, and I didn’t notice how cold it was until I was literally freezing.

Within a few hours of returning home, I developed a high fever, then the flu, and pneumonia. Eventually, I got tuberculosis. I wouldn’t wish this disease on anyone. The pain was like slow torture. With every breath I took, it was as if someone stabbed me in the back with a dull knife. I survived this because I shifted my focus to empathize with others in the same situation.

This rapidly became a theme for the rest of my life; when you shift your focus to helping others, support them while they endure their suffering, your own pain lessens. That’s when I realized that my quality of life improved whenever I helped others instead of getting overwhelmed and over-focused on my own problems.

At the age of 24, I was the youngest executive ever to become a director of Recruiting in the largest financial firm in the Midwest. I only had to work half days in that role, and I got to decide which 12 hours those were. For two whole years, I felt like I was king of the world. Alas, I was to lose my kingly crown.

One night I returned late from work, it was around 10 pm, and I was watching TV as usual when I felt a sudden pain shoot through the back of my head. It was so intense that I immediately went for painkillers, but they did not diminish the pain whatsoever. I went to bed, and my left hand began to shake, followed by the left leg. I had no idea what was happening. Later, I discovered I was having a stroke. This was the price I paid for being a high-powered executive in a financial firm, making a six-figure income. It’s a typical scenario: a young man who thinks he’s invincible becomes a workaholic and then gets knocked out! The stress hit without warning, and my body simply gave up.

I lived in the USA for a few years and had some formal education, yet I could still barely speak English. The only job I could land was door-to-door insurance sales. Back then, if you could fog a mirror, you could get a job in sales.

On my first day in the company, the owner came in wearing a $1,000 suit. He was making $20M a year at the time. In my eyes, he was like God.

He asked me and some other new employees to follow him, so I did. He proceeded to take off his jacket and tie, bent down and started to scrub the toilet. We just stood there in silence — shocked. He turned around and said, “I would never ask you to do something I wouldn’t be willing to do myself.” At that point in my life, he was the first person I met who was friendly, humble, yet driven, and I wanted to be just like him.Until that moment, I thought wealthy Americans exploited others for profit and that they couldn’t care less about anyone or anything other than themselves. How wrong I was.

I learned that you could be successful and treat others well. You can be friends with everyone, be down to earth, be a good person and still be wealthy and prosperous. Following his footsteps, I rapidly became the number one salesperson in his company. At the meager age of 24, I was the youngest executive to be promoted to Director of Recruiting.

Lying in the hospital, unable to move after my stroke, I kept asking myself, “Was it all worth it? What am I supposed to do now?” Recovering from the stroke was like revisiting my infancy all over again. I had to relearn basic things like eating and speaking. I had to figure out how to lower my stress and never, ever allow myself to work anything close to 80 hours a week again. No amount of money was worth ruining my health. To my doctor’s amazement, I made a full recovery from the stroke.

It was another sign that I had to keep going, and so I moved to Los Angeles. That was when I started my first large business, which was an online job search website. In 2000 the company was sold for $225 million. I had just turned 28 and became financially independent for the first time. Success can be a worse teacher because it makes you believe you are better than you really are. Within four years, I lost most of my money on bad business ventures.

By this time, I knew that I loved to teach and help people, so I started my own trade school. I was teaching IT professionals like software developers and database administrators. We were the only school that offered practical skills and job placements at the end of the program. It was a successful venture once again, and I got it to a million dollars a month in profit within 18 months.

In 2007 I decided to move into business consulting since I had experience making it big, losing it all, and making it back again. Then 2008 happened. I was 39 by then and did it again. I lost most of my money in the housing market crash of 2008.

Occasionally, I had backaches just like everyone else, but one particular time it was different. I went to the kitchen to get something out of the refrigerator. As I bent over, I heard something crack; it was my back. I flopped down hard, straight to the floor, and could not move. I was completely paralyzed and was unable to get to the doctor. I had a doctor come to the house to take a look at me, and he said I needed to be hospitalized immediately, and there was a good chance that I wouldn’t ever be able to walk again unless I had back surgery.

I was stubborn and a big Bruce Lee fan who knew he made all his movies after being fully paralyzed; doctors also told him that he would never walk again. Lying in bed day after day, I had plenty of time to think, and as I regained some movement, I scoured the internet for anything that I could find to heal my back. Two months later, I created a program that got me back on my feet and walking with a cane.

It was agonizing, but I slowly got myself in better shape than I was before. This program focused on internal spiritual healing, a few biology basics, but most of it was psychology. Not only did it work miracles for me, but I also started to help other people with back problems who were delighted with the results. Some of them felt better after one meeting with me even though they had persistent problems for years.

It was another part of my journey that led me to where I am today helping people and caring about their overall health and well-being.

Due to my recurring health problems, I was frantically looking to escape the so-called “real world.” A year later, I found myself in a Zen Monastery, where I stayed for a couple of months.

It was there that I heard about the 4th Way. I learned the most incredible teachings and techniques from spiritual masters. The 4th Way is not easy to find. It took me a year to locate it and a year and a half to be approved to join. I spent two and a half years as part of that organization.

After leaving the 4th Way, I started a coaching business helping business owners be more successful and enjoy a better work/life balance. I also wanted them to add an element of love into their business, which I discovered from Taoism. My coaching business took an unexpected turn at that point. I felt that people didn’t want coaching. They didn’t want more information. In fact, they seemed better off when I removed some of the erroneous information they had gained.

So, if they didn’t want coaching, what did they want?

That was when I saw myself as a guide to help people create a life they loved, free from suffering, which allowed them to self-evolve as they went through their life’s journey. This is how Life of Love (LOL) was born. For me, the Life of Love community is more like my extended family. I feel spiritually connected to every member of the group. Life of Love gives people more than just a framework for improving your life skills. It’s more than being self-aware and more than being a better version of yourself. The Life of Love community furnishes you with like-minded, self-evolving people who can turn into life-long friends.

These supporters are there for you whenever you need a helping hand. It’s like finding and being a part of a long-lost interconnected tribe.

At least that’s the way I see The Life of Love program.

I asked some of my students why they joined this. I got comments like…

1. Alex has a gift of listening and connecting on very deep level.

2. I joined because of testimony of other people, showing the tools of the program, and how their family was impacted in positive way.

3. I’ve tried books, online courses, Reiki, Therapy, online classes, one on one licensed CBT therapist. This is the only program enabled me to make consistent and permanent lifestyle change for the better.

4. I liked the fact that Alex included my spouse, so we could evolve together.

5. The result… my relationship with people and the world outside - including me has changed.