Designing and living your ideal life is possible IF you have the right strategies. A big part of that is creating fulfillment in your own life while positively impacting the world around you. In this episode I discuss how to do just that with my guest, Mo Salami.

Mo is a High-Performance Coach and International Keynote Speaker. He speaks multiple languages, fluent in English, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

Mo is a former Senior Mentor for World Class Peak Performance Guru Tony Robbins. Whilst part of his

California-based team, Mo generated tens of millions of dollars in sales for Tony Robbins’ events worldwide.

Mo has done over 20,000 hours of 1:1 consulting; including consulting with over 8,000 business owners doing a million dollars a year in revenue or more.

We dive into topics including:

The three-prong approach of designing your ideal life.
How to move towards the result that you want even before you see the result you want.
How to know what opportunities to take advantage of and what to say no to.
How to train today for who you will become tomorrow.
How to blend fulfillment and financial success.
When the tough times hit how to keep on keepin’ on mentally and otherwise.
The “Three R’s” to reset your mindset.
The 60-second, three-part strategy to get into a high-performance zone.
The one thing, above all else, that you need to do to design your ideal life.

…and other golden nuggets of advice!

Mo’s Origin Story

Mo came from a whole other world. The turning point for Mo came from seeing a sign and before we get to the sign, he’ll give this some context. Mo is from a family where having a degree is just the holy grail, if you will, of success and preferably a degree in the sciences.

Mo got his first degree when he was 20 years old; he completed a whole college degree. The first one. That was the only definition of success he had at that point. Looking back he realizes how naive he was.

He ended up getting three degrees and started his career in the medical field. He bought a nice house in a nice neighborhood, got a nice car, all that great stuff. The challenge was his nice six figure salary came with 16 hour work days. Mo had no free time, no “me time”, and work was his life.

When he got to the end of each year his life was just a blur of 16-hour shifts. Mo was a bit confused and unsure of his life choices because success didn’t feel like he thought it would. Then one day he was in a bookstore in Central London and saw a sign and the sign said “How to be Successful”.

It turns out the sign was an ad for a book called “The Success Principles by Jack Canfield”. Mo grabbed the book and started reading it right then and there.

Mo discovered a whole other world that he knew nothing about. He had a look at the chapters. Mo glanced at the back of the book and saw this huge list of other books, and he read all of them.

Mo says the pivot was instantaneous. He didn’t even think about it. It was just an instantaneous pivot. It was literally that sign in the bookstore.

Those books led him to…

A Fork in the Road

The fork in the road Mo encountered was, does he stick to his current path of apparent success? Or does he pursue this new definition of success that he had just discovered? Mo chose the latter. He traveled to Europe, USA, Canada, Asia, wherever, to learn from the best success teachers he could find. Whatever the cost, whatever the distance, he decided he was going to be there.

Very soon he got a measure of expertise in online business, sales and marketing, personal development, and public speaking. He even went to work for Tony Robbins for eight years as a Senior Mentor. In that role he helped a lot of very high achievers and aspiring high achievers to get to that very next level as well.

Mo’s role as a Senior Mentor was also a sales role. Because of that he had the opportunity to put all the learning he had about sales into practice. One of the highlights was making a million dollars in sales in a 90-day period. That meant he had thousands of opportunities to help people get to the next level.

What he discovered was apparent success is when somebody else decides what success means for you; whereas actual success is success that you decide on your own terms. It’s just as simple as that. What he does today is help people get to their own purpose driven success. Mo calls it “Lifestyle Design”.

You can also call it your own purpose-driven success. That’s for your own impact on the world and your own fulfillment as you define it. Fulfillment in many cases was gained through personal development, coaching, and leveraging those avenues to get to design the exact lifestyle that you want.

Then Mo encountered…

The Pivot That Made All The Difference

He asked himself, “How do I get to be the best in this brand new, brave new world that I’ve discovered?” With some reflection, Mo realized it’s not because he wanted to be better than anyone else. It was more about becoming the very, very best version of himself to help him help other people become successful to the best of his ability.

And that is just the beginning!

Listen to or watch the interview to continue this story and get more golden nuggets of advice!

You can get my book here: “Idea Climbing: How to Create a Support System for Your Next Big Idea”

About My Guest

Idea Climbing Podcast Mo Salami

Mo Salami is a High‑Performance Coach, International Keynote Speaker, and online marketing strategist fluent in English, French, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese — a rare combination that allows him to connect deeply with diverse leaders and drive results across cultures and industries.

What sets Mo apart isn’t just what he knows — it’s what he’s proven:

Served as a Senior Mentor on Tony Robbins’ peak performance team, contributing to tens of millions in global event revenue.

Logged 20,000+ hours of one‑on‑one consulting, coaching thousands of business owners earning $1M+ annually.

Helped clients achieve measurable outcomes like 30–300% revenue increases within 6–12 months, improved decision quality, and better work‑life alignment.

Learn more about Mo!

Connect with Mo on LinkedIn!

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How to Design Your Ideal Life by Creating Fulfillment and Impact with Mo Salami