Code X: code X of a life

By Júnior de Amorim

With the vision of perpetuating knowledge through words, Junior de Amorim shares his philosophy of life, based on 3 powerful pillars, full of theories and practical experiences that can be applied by anyone who want to live a full, extraordinary and positive life. This book is an inspiring read for anyone who wants to find balance, joy, and lots of gratitude! Let's go to Code X of a worthwhile life to be lived. Good reading!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chave Mestra Editora
• Release date: Jun 27, 2023
• ISBN: 9786584979536

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About the author

A WRITER with a Mission and Vision, which are presented in this book.

A MAN who came from an environment full of restrictions and challenges, yet, who has developed powerful and solid principles, who believes in meritocracy and training, who fought for his childhood dream and made it come true.

A HUMAN BEING who is extremely grateful for everything and everyone who believed in him, who has a heart always ready to learn and create new habits, that make him grow a little each day goes by.

A PROFESSIONAL who is capable of accomplishing and multiplying, who comprehends high performance, and produced results at a high level in the commercial, corporate, and luxury markets, impacting lives, acting individually and leading groups in more than 5countries, where he developed his talent in communication, learning 5 languages with a minimum investment of almost zero. Who has more than 20 years of productivity, without even a day of unproductivity, who reached the top of his profession in one of the richest and most challenging countries in the world, for a foreigner.

A FAMILY LEADER who has in his family people who are very proud of him. Whose objective is to leave a legacy of acquired wisdom for the next generation, passing on its principles, and the very important ability to take care of your own life.

A HUSBAND who is always developing, capable of improving every day, and multiplying the family values that were to him, until then, little known or even unknown.

A GUY who respects everything and everyone, but accepts only what brings value to his life, is not afraid of making mistakes but prefers to learn from the mistakes of others, and is not afraid to die but has no rush to reach the end. Who has people who believe in him to the point of giving him the most precious gifts, time and talent, in exchange for certainty: reciprocity.

And finally I, THE CREATURE, THE SON AND BUTLER.

Creator and owner of everything, the HUMAN BEING whose mission in life is to rule over all things and develop a relationship of extraordinary intimacy with the Father, with the certainty, that the Creator has always been present in all decision-making and in every opportunity that arises. Son who learned that the closer to the Father / God, the less we make mistakes and we never fail, who understood that through the essence of LOVE in Jesus, the Unique Master, we found the way to reach an extraordinary life which consequently leads to joy and closeness to the Father.

Acknowledgments

Paulo Cesar Ferreira

My beloved stepbrother, who is present in this book and was quotedat the moment when still young, we shared our dreams, and now, once again, we are making this dream come true together. Through our similarities, I was able to understand how important it is to leave a legacy. I was already writing when he told me that he had written about his life and I was part of his manuscript, and what was a draft became the book we have here available today. This accomplishment would never be possible without the collaboration of the one, who is without a doubt, one of the most remarkable and important people in my life.

Emerson Coutinho

My visual producer, friend, and brother by choice. As a result of a meeting that seemed to be informal, we discovered a unique friendship that became a brotherhood.

A human being who has an incredible talent and who has always supported me morally and technically. His opinions and suggestions have always been aimed at my development and evolution. I had already started writing this book long before I met him, but it was through our contact that I was able to complete this mission.

Other important missions will come, but this one we finished together and united. Always moving forward, gratitude and union are the words that sum up our relationship.

Viviane Terci

A dear friend who conquered her space through her ways and herheart, she was the first person to put her hand on the book that today is being done, it was through her talent and grammatical experience that I received support for this work. We all know how complex Portuguese is, but she managed, with excellence and a lot of effort, to help me convey the message that came out of my heart, crossed my mind, and reached my fingers, supervised by my eyes. The first person who had access to this information and could not be forgotten from this selected thank you list.

Elisabete Fernandes

It was through Emerson that I had the pleasure of being in contact with this wonderful person. Her ability to translate managed to not only translate but to interpret my words into feelings. When I started writing this book, I had the idea that it should have been written in English, but I can say that the decision to continue writing in my mother language was the right thing to do, as I was fortunate enough to be able to have the services of Elisabete, who was remarkable.

Amorim’s Family

I could not fail to thank all my family for being so wonderful to me. The great men who were and are part of my life, my brothers whom I love so much, participated directly and are present in all phases of this book. Special thanks to my beloved daughter, who was a point of reference for this book to exist and also the birth of my beloved son, who created a sense of urgency and made this work a necessity, for my life and my future generations.

Thanks to my wife and partner who had to witness me writing this book, which started long before she was in my life, however, with her presence, I began to live and understand incredible values. I thank her for the patience she had with me, because while our son was sleeping, instead of having her in my arms, I had the laptop, not stopping writing. She didn’t understand very well what was happening, but she was patient and now she can gather and understand the reason for it all, and the reason for many things in my life, through a real story, told by the protagonist. I only have to thank you for accompanying me on this journey.

Rogerio Vale and family

A very special thanks to Rogerio and his beautiful family. I had the the pleasure of meeting an incredible man who saw in me a unique potential, and this vision was reciprocal. He opened the doors of his home to me at different times in his life. Following his evolution was a source of inspiration. When I found out about his work, editing and producing books/dreams, I did not doubt that the Creator was putting before me a unique opportunity to finally be able to accomplish what needed. Without the belief and respect of Rogerio and his family, none of this could have been accomplished. Gratitude and confidence are words that will always be present in our relationship.

The President, Mr. J.V.A.

A very special thank you to the man who inspired me so much and who became, indirectly and directly, a positive motivation for bringing this book to life. It was through the responsibility I created with him that it became urgent to publish this book. He was and always will be my mentor.

It was through the opportunity to know your heart and incredibly bright mind, that I understood my value.

Creating a relationship of respect and coexistence, I wrote my next book, where he will play a unique and exclusive character. Through this relationship of friendship and fraternity, I dedicate this special thanks to the only person who is present in my two books. He was the first to have access to the finished book and its information. In this book, he served as fuel for concretizing the first edition, and in the next one, he will be a very important character.

Introduction

This book tells the true story of a boy, teenager, and man, who lives, has lived, and continues to live a life full of stages and challenges, always seeking doses of balance in all aspects. Using daily conquests as fuel for his development, creating a threefold philosophy of life, innovative, and, most important of all, inspiring. Always with the goal of inspiring people to live well, enjoy a much-desired freedom, and be positive even in the most challenging moments. 

In this story, I will present a philosophy of life that is connected to three powerful pillars, where various beams are built, whose main function is to strengthen the pillars, always focusing on the development of an abundant life full of joy.

In today›s world where everything seems to be so negative, reading the life story of a grateful, positive, and simple, yet successful person, may not exactly be interesting. However, this is my challenge, and I am ready to face it. We will impact the lives of the people who will allow us to. More than a pleasure, this has become a goal for me. 

No one lives in a fairy tale but building a positive life story is possible. Living a full life has become a privilege, which should be a must for everyone who knows their identity and purpose, and who considers themselves to be the image and likeness of their Creator. I make it clear that if I managed to do it, everyone also has this possibility. There is a statement that reads: The only thing we cannot change is death

For us to be winners, other people don’t have to be losers. Read, understand, add to, enjoy this real-life knowledge, and apply whatever suits you. Whatever doesn’t suit you, simply respect it, because what doesn’t adapt to you can serve others. 

01 - The Beginning of Everything

Well, to be honest, my memories are vague about my past, and my childhood. Life has taught me that living in the moment is very important, and I believe in the theory of a time management line: 10% - 70% - 20%, I invest 10% of my energy in the past, 70% in the present and 20% in the future, which doesn’t mean that you must forget what you have already experienced. 

So, let's go to my childhood, which is short but very intense. I was a child who always liked to play with groups of children. I was always in contact with other kids, I played soccer, kite flying, marbles, games of tag, hide-and-seek, cops and robbers, and mom and dad. I played plenty.

When I stop to think about my childhood, I have very positive memories and there is nothing very frustrating or striking like those experiences that happen to many. Well, when I dive deep down my memory, I start to find some frustrations, which are not very positive, though they are real, and that in a biography, needs to be written down.

Let's start with my mother, the first woman in my life. My connection with her in childhood was beautiful. A woman with a very strong character and a giant heart. A great woman, and a good mother, who put food on the table and never allowed anything to miss at home. A symbol of female emancipation. Although my father was not always present during a good extent of my childhood, I have the best memories of my mother, until I became a teenager. This stage of the teenage years was skipped very quickly. The interesting thing is that in Asian culture teenagers do not exist, however, in this stage, there are several important experiences to go through for human development and maturation.

Your past is a part of you so try to understand it and associate it in a positive manner with your life.

02 - Childhood and New Beginnings

The end of my childhood and the beginning of my teenage years was the beginning of understanding and discovering the power of the word WHY. 

I was a very curious teenager like most people. I come from a middle-class Brazilian family. My mother had just gotten out of a troubled marriage, I don›t know for what reasons, but fortunately, it has borne fruit, my beautiful sisters. When they read these lines, I want them to know that they have always been a great inspiration for me to always try to do what I thought was right.

I am extremely grateful for everything. I began to realize the existence of my dear sisters in my early teens, mainly because they lived with my grandmother, our great mentor, who is as wonderful as her name, Mrs, Hope.

I also have another brother, the fruit of a great love experienced by our mother. My stepfather is an extraordinary person, whom I am very proud to call father. However, our coexistence was limited because we lived our life as gypsies, my mother was always looking for a new place to live, which I don›t think was good for a boy starting his teenage years.

My brother›s father, or rather, our father, was a real blessing. Some experts say that the biggest hindrances in people›s lives are associated with the father figure. However, I do not have these problems because I have had two incredible men in my life. When my brother was born, I couldn›t understand why my mother gave so much more attention to him than me, but I felt this was compensated by the affection of my stepfather and the visits of my biological father, which helped greatly in keeping my rebelliousness at bay. 

I always had a wonderful relationship with my stepfather. He lived through incredibly difficult moments with my mother since she had a very strong temperament. The conflicts became more visible and noticeable, and this gave me the incentive I needed to go in search of my long-dreamed freedom. My rebelliousness was transformed into fuel for my evolution. I have no good memories of this phase. Personal conflicts became more and more constant, and as a boy, I lived through it all but felt I could do nothing about it. Whenever I was in contact with my father, I tried to explain the situation so that he would know, and I even thought sometimes about moving in with him. 

I felt that my mother needed me with her, or at least that›s how I saw it, and out of mixed feelings of love and compassion, I kept living with her. Today I am aware that what I felt was mostly out of gratitude for my mother, for being the first woman in my life.

I knew her life was in shambles. For that reason, I made sure that structuring was a major component of my life›s pillars. I thought the best way to help would be to focus on the good things and get away from the conflicts at home, which were becoming more and more extreme. At this point, I started to figure out what I wanted and what I didn›t want in a relationship. After a long time together with my mother, my stepfather decided to leave our home. He had tried to make things work a couple of times without success, whereas there came the moment when he left for good.

With his departure, I became the man of the house. This title and duty put me in a very delicate position because, whilst I had obligations, I had no rights. Additionally, I had great responsibilities, so I started to use my time to develop a way to be able to evolve as a human being as quickly as possible, whilst still having to take care of the house and have a leadership role within the family.

I realized that my mother was emotionally unbalanced, and I couldn›t help her. My brother›s father departure caused her to lose even more direction concerning life and family, which put our future, mine and his at risk. The things that happened motivated me to want my independence, so I sought to fight with the weapons I had in my hands, in other words, education was one of my priorities. It›s not about just about studying but retaining knowledge. My goal was to become independent as soon as possible and be able to earn the right to make decisions. Due to my mother›s total imbalance, my emancipation process had to be accelerated and that is exactly what happened. I started to feel a taste of freedom. I wanted to be independent and, at the age of thirteen, the first big change happened: one of the inspirations for this book. 

At the age of thirteen, I was still living with my mother and having constant conversations with my father about the possibility of moving in with him. My biological father always gave me a lot of security, but I didn›t know what his reality was like. Spending holidays with somebody is one thing but living with this person is totally different. The beginning of my next stage happened. One beautiful afternoon, I was playing Football close to home, in our poor neighborhood. I always ran away from the condominium where we lived to play on the dark unpaved earth field because there was a lot of competition there. That’s when I heard some shots. Immediately, our famous pelada on the dark earth field with the kids from the neighborhood was interrupted. I felt very strange. The shots had come from the residential complex where we lived.

I had created a passageway that gave access to the poorest area of the community. I always loved to play Football with them despite my mother forbidding me. Since they were strong, it was a great challenge. On this day, after hearing the shots, I rushed home and when I got there, I found my mother sitting on a chair with a pistol in her hand. She was still warm, and I tried to wake her up, though I knew deep down that she would be sleeping forever. My mother was part of the Secretary of Public Safety, one of the best of her generation. This, while giving her incredible power, put her in risky circumstances. 

God knows what he does, but we often don’t understand his wishes.

My goal is to look for positives in a tragedy, instead of complaining and looking for culprits. In a situation like this, there are positive topics and there are many: The first is that if I hadn›t been playing soccer, which I was forbidden from playing, I wouldn›t be writing this book; The second is that I was ready to move on with my life and was I was going to be tested. My mother may have had many faults, but she did the best she could. I did what I could to help her, and I am sure she is in a much better place than before. I am also sure that she is very proud of the upbringing she gave me, wherever she is. 

Of course, it was very hard to accept that at the moment, but I learned a lesson: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

I could go on and on