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The Extraordinary Life of Mark Van Stratum

Updated on: 25 November,2021 08:18 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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Mark Van Stratum, the writer of Drugs of Choice, is a London-based author, cartoonist, entrepreneur, and dating coach. He has gained all this success after facing disastrous events in his early days

The Extraordinary Life of Mark Van Stratum

Mark Van Stratum

“If you change your behavior, you’ll change your results” is a remarkably motivating quote. Life can sometimes be very unfair, but the habits you adapt in this process help to determine your results. Mark Van Stratum is one of those, who had to face massive breakdowns throughout, yet did not choose to give up. His story has been an inspiration to thousands of people.


Mark Van Stratum, the writer of Drugs of Choice, is a London-based author, cartoonist, entrepreneur, and dating coach. He has gained all this success after facing disastrous events in his early days. First, the family was devastated when Van Stratum’s father left them when he was a kid. Then, at the age of 5, Van Stratum had to lose his arm in an accident. The incident moved him tremendously that he couldn’t move one from it even in his early 20’s. It also led to bullying from his peers and teachers, making Van Stratum lose his self-confidence. Due to this cynical environment, he involved himself in drug robberies and other crimes.


Eventually, Van Stratum realized that his life was taking a wrong direction, and he needed to change it. So he decided to leave the country and start his life on a fresh note. He began guiding couples about relationships and ended up working as a dating coach. In this process, he met people who helped him learn about marketing and online business. After acquiring sufficient information about the same, Van Stratum started his own online company associated with marketing. He never failed to explore his talents and also worked as a cartoonist and a comic writer.


Currently, Van Stratum is working on his second book, Alpha Seed Beta, which launched in September 2021. His first book had been a hit and received a lot of love and appreciation, and he ended up selling over ten thousand copies of the same, making it a bestseller. Van Stratum explores different genres through his writing, including human behavior and the psyche. He prefers writing his real-life experiences giving readers a new view of the world around them. Apart from writing, he also loves traveling and meeting new people.

Van Stratum believes that it is never too late to change anything, and failure is a necessary step to success. In a questionnaire, he mentioned that if he had enough power, he would start a movement to educate talented kids from poor neighborhoods to never give up on their dreams. Van Stratum’s books have inspired people to change their lives for the better, and his extraordinary life teaches us the importance of never losing hope in ourselves.

Are you interested to learn more about Mark and his books? Follow him on instagram https://www.instagram.com/realmarkvanstratum/, or Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Van-Stratum/e/B06XXYN8T2.

 

 

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