‘Become Your Own Hero’ Leonard Sekyonda’s new book offers ways to cope with suffering in 2019

With millennials who use social media more than three times as likely to suffer from depression and anxiety, Leonard Sekyonda, CEO of MYCOMEUP.com, recently released Become Your Own Hero a new book aimed at easing the burden of the digital era for readers.

After dropping out of college, Leonard landed a job finding rental opportunities and generating clients for a real estate agent. As an intern, he learned of an interesting opportunity in the Philippines – scouting local nurses to fill vacant positions in the UK. On a whim, he left for the other side of the world and started a new company in Southeast Asia.

Though an exciting period in his life, Leonard’s isolation inspired him to share his story online and he created the MYCOMEUP blog. Telling a story people around the world could relate to, Leonard quickly built a following of people who not only wanted his practical business advice but also tips on mindset and motivation.

Having engaged a global audience with his writing, Leonard was inspired to write Become Your Own Hero Again to teach those in a position he was once in how to re-create and re-discover themselves to progress, succeed and get back in the driver’s seat of their own journey.

“My philosophy on business and life is pretty simple. I believe that thoughts become things, but the best way to manifest a thought is to make a start. I don’t believe that perfection is a destination, but I think that it should be something we’re constantly pursuing.”

With the pressure of education, social acceptance and lack of life structure greatly impacting the mental well-being of millennials, 20% of them are experiencing some form of depression. Dubbed by many as “The Anxious Generation,” studies show more than 30% of working millennials suffer from general anxiety in life.

The Writing of Become Your Own Hero

“Through my writing, I hoped not only to explore and reflect upon my own journey but to present my experiences to people who are struggling with the same societal issues I encountered,” Sekyonda said. “Our generation faces obstacles presented by the digital age that have increased anxiety and depression rates while exposing those suffering to a new societal stigma they are forced to cope with.”

The topics the 29-year-old Sekyonda addresses are issues millennials all over the world are facing. And while these issues are rapidly expanding—especially with studies finding depression and anxiety diagnoses up more than 30 percent since 2013—the focus is to help those suffering and prevent others from that pain, too.

In Becoming Your Own Hero, Leonard focuses on helping readers develop structured expectations through goal-setting exercises. These exercises are designed to create a clear, rewarding structure—not only to help build self-confidence but to build a clear direction for people to navigate through the mass information and digital age.

Having engaged a global audience with his writing, Leonard was inspired to write Become Your Own Hero to teach those in a position he was once in how to re-create and re-discover themselves to progress, succeed and get back in the driver’s seat of their own journey.

You can find the book on Amazon here:

https://www.amazon.com/Become-Your-Own-Hero-Again-ebook/dp/B07NS54YCZ

And you can read articles written by Leonard here:

https://irishtechnews.ie/why-millennial-entrepreneurs-need-to-think-like-investors-by-leonard-sekyonda/

https://irishtechnews.ie/the-rise-of-the-chameleon-entrepreneur-by-leonard-sekyonda/

https://irishtechnews.ie/helping-millennials-to-build-and-scale-their-businesses-insights-with-leonard-sekyonda/

Leonard Sekyonda is an author, a life coach and an entrepreneur. He is the CEO of MyComeUpWorld, a new community-driven platform developing the mindset of the new generation of creative, talented and disruptive entrepreneurs. 

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