"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make a mistake." - Elbert Hubbard

"Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway." - Mary Kay Ash

For much of Laveen’s life, he has lived away from truly expressing himself. As a mildly-overweight and introverted teenager in secondary school, he was always fearful of saying what he truly felt or wanted for fear that others will judge him. As a result, feelings were suppressed and he portrayed that ‘Nice Guy’ image unto others. The fact that he had majority of his classmates mock him for not being socially-adept also did not help with his already-low self-esteem & introverted nature. The only physically-demanding sports he played in secondary school were tennis, golf & soccer. A lack of stamina and fitness made it more difficult to fully immerse and enjoy those sports fully.

Having come from an all-boys school, he had minimal exposure to the opposite sex, and ZERO female friends up until the age of 20. This made him uncertain of how to act when it came to interacting with women, especially those he liked.

The turning point came in 2006, when Laveen liked a fellow schoolmate. Over the next two years, although they were nothing more than platonic friends, he declared to himself that he would stay faithful to her, in hopes of winning her affection. As expected, he did what most ‘Nice Guys’ would do (sending her home, wanting to buy stuff for her, caring too much for her when it wasn’t reciprocated).

After that heartbreaking experience, Laveen decided to take charge of his dating life, and attended a program taught by Troy Dizon. There, he learnt the importance of investing in oneself to improve, and be an attractive man that a woman can be proud of. The key lessons he took away from that was to speak from his gut, and to have the leadership attribute, not only in dating, but in general.

After hard work and dedication to improving himself, Laveen lives a fulfilling lifestyle that he loves and is constantly working on currently, because he believes that self-improvement is a continual process. Apart from being the point-of-contact guy for Success Initiative, he is also the Chief of Operations and assists Xavier in the non-coaching aspect of dating.