Here's Lionnel's advice: listen to your inner voice identify your coaches, mentors and cheerleaders develop and maintain a gratitude list practice your daily disciplines if you are stuck, engage with people and projects   Lionnel Yamentou is passionate about technology, entrepreneurship and personal growth and development. He holds a Master Degree in Computer Information Systems from the  in Anaheim, California. Born and raised in Cameroon (Central Africa), Lionnel moved to Ghana (West Africa) for undergraduate studies in 2004, and later moved to the United States in 2011 for graduate studies. He has been a member of Toastmasters International since June 2012 when he was part of the 20 charter members of the  in Anaheim. Toastmasters International is the leading organization in the world dedicated to training effective communicators and leaders. In 2013 Lionnel served in the Toastmasters International Founder’s District as Area Governor. The same year, he also went on a  across the United States (from California to Washington, DC) during which he had scheduled to meet and speak at 10 different Toastmasters clubs in 10 cities, in 5 days. Lionnel has volunteered with DECA as a Competition Judge, and with Orange County Academic Decathlon as an Interview Judge. When he is not doing pro-bono work speaking to local high schools, colleges and universities you will find him speaking at conference or leading training for corporations. He has authored the following downloadable books: 3 Essential Ingredients – To live a successful life The 3 P’s of Public Speaking – How to make every speech a masterpiece The Pathway to Financial Wealth – Guide to material and monetary abundance Dream Busters – Obstacles to your dreams and what to do about them Lionnel’s online profiles are on tags:  Lionnel, Yamentou, yamentou.com, author, motivational, speaker, communication, trainer, conference, technology, entrepreneurship, growth, development, Cameroon, Toastmasters, International, Founder's, District, DECA, 3 Essential Ingredients – To live a successful life The 3 P’s of Public Speaking – How to make every speech a masterpiece The Pathway to Financial Wealth – Guide to material and monetary abundance Dream Busters – Obstacles to your dreams and what to do about them, storiesthatempower.com, stories that empower, empowering stories, empowerment stories, stories of empowerment, stories of empowering others, self empowerment stories, stories empower, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, uplift, uplifting, upliftment, hope, light, Sean