About Me

My name is Matt and I own a PhD in Life Experience ;-)

I've always had a fascination with achieving. I'm the type of person that finishes what he sets out to do.

Unfortunately, that doesn't mean I've realized success at every endeavor I've set out on.

I've also had a fascination with the idea of abundance. However, for much of my earlier life, that fascination was entirely focused on financial abundance, not over-all life abundance.

Although I tried many business ideas, I just couldn't seem to get it right. I spent thousands and brought in peanuts. I wore myself out with 15 hour days and ended up broke and in debt at the end of one point in my life trying to build a sales business.

I was devastated. I worked so hard. I really cared about the people I was helping. I beat myself up over it for a full year, trying to find my way.

Luckily, my life-long resolve to achieve won out and I came out of it with a much clearer picture of who I am. I realized that I needed a balanced life. I needed to find a way to achieve abundance in all the important areas.

I read extensively on the subject of spirituality. I realized that all I really wanted was inner peace. To structure my life where I could achieve financially, but in a relaxed way. I needed to get my physical body back in shape after too many years of neglecting my health for the sake of working hard. I needed to do something to stimulate my mind more.

After leaving the sales business, I did two things that turned everything around for me. One, I started playing my guitar again. As a teen-ager and in my early twenties, I had dreamed of making a career as a musician. I even moved from upstate NY to Los Angeles in 1993 with my brother, Dan, to make a go of it.

It's hard to admit, but when I look back, I didn't put enough into the business side of music to make it happen. I didn't understand business enough back then! So, eventually, I ended up in a financial services business and then various sales positions.

I learned business.

Anyway, I'm back to playing in a band with some friends. I'm not worrying about success, just having a good time. Kind of looking at it like I did at 15. Let's just have fun. I've realized how much I've missed just playing music.

The second thing I did was begin building websites and investing in real estate.

I started with my friend, Dave, and we built Basketball Plays & Tips and Football Plays & Drills. Here I was able to begin earning money around two sports I grew up loving to play and watch. What fun!

I've always been drawn to real estate. So, my wife & I bought investment property. What a great way to earn money and cut your taxes way down. I enjoy this much more than being in sales!

What I discovered, though, was how you can be in business without working 15 hour days or driving to clients' homes in Los Angeles rush hour traffic. You can actually slow down and enjoy life.

Our two sports sites have been fun to create, but I still felt like something was missing.

Ever since I was a kid, I've had an urge to help people. I've always had a deep spiritual sense but never really took the time to explore it. I needed an outlet for this part of me.

Hence, the site you're now enjoying - I hope ;-)

I needed an outlet where I could explore and write about my biggest life passion: Achieving and helping others do the same. Here, I'll be writing about:

• my spiritual thoughts and discoveries on achieving inner peace
• my knowledge of personal growth subjects like self confidence, motivation, leadership skills, communication skills (My sales experience allowed me to take countless seminars and classes on these subjects until I was training others. So you have a qualified teacher in these areas)
• my knowledge of personal finance (I'll be teaching you what I learned after six years in financial services and being a licensed life insurance agent and investment advisor; as well as my real estate investing knowledge)

Achieving Life Abundance. I'm finally on that path. Am I there yet? No. Still working on it. But I've learned that this is the fun part. The journey. I never enjoyed the moment before because I was so concerned with getting there.

But I don't think we'll ever "get there". That's why I didn't name my site "Achieve Life Abundance". I want to teach you to always be in the act of achieving. Always be learning. Always be achieving to know more about who you are inside spiritually.

But at the same time, I want you to know the value of living inside each moment and not worrying about yesterday or tomorrow. Right now is what matters most. After losing years of my life to always striving for more and never enjoying my present moments, I've changed my whole outlook on life.

If this sounds conflicting (achieve but don't worry about tomorrow), it's not. It's a new mentality you need to realize. It's OK to keep bettering yourself, but not at the expense of enjoying all you have already.

My ultimate goal? To be a kid again. To build businesses and investments that bring in what is needed financially whether I get up in the morning or not & have my time back to play and enjoy everything there is to enjoy in life.

If that sounds good to you, let's get there together. As I add pages to my site, I'll be passing on ways to think and act in order to achieve abundance in the spiritual, financial, physical and emotional parts of your life.

I'm glad you're on the journey with me. If you ever have any thoughts or questions, go to my Contact Me page. I'll be happy to talk with you.

Change your life,














Matthew M. DeSilva
Los Angeles, CA