Yep, that’s me. 

My name is David Opateyibo. 

The scrawny little guy in the middle.

What you can’t see in the picture is that I was a chronic Sickler.

I lived in perpetual pain, constantly teetering on the edge of death.

The unending episodes of excruciating pain…

Frequent hospital visits…

Taking medications every day…

All of this messed with my psychology.

I remember being so engulfed with fear when I was appointed as the lead debater for my class in High school…

The fear so engulfed me that I fell ill on the day of the competition and had to be taken to the clinic. 

Deep down, I didn’t believe I deserved to be seen, heard, or respected. 

This mindset stayed with me for years…

I got my drone piloting license at the age of 19.

There is a high chance that I was the youngest licensed drone pilot in my country.

But it didn’t matter.

So, I hid and ran into the shadows.

I was too sickly to be significant. 

Even when I starting my drone piloting business or offered my skills, I sabotaged myself. 

When I got the limelight for my achievements, It had no lasting effect…

For every little progress I made, I experienced a massive drawback. 

I thought I was not succeeding at my drone piloting career because I didn’t know what to do…

Ran to YouTube to find answers.

I bought courses both at home and abroad.

Alas, all the tips and tricks I thought would make a difference were simply band-aids with no lasting effect. 

“Buy the latest drone in the market and boom, you will become successful…”

“Lower your prices so you will attract more clients…”

“Offer as many drone services as possible to increase your income…”

“Become the most experienced and skilled pilot…”

None of it worked!

Everything seemed to be spiral downward

Wasn’t it enough that I was already in pain?

It was as if someone was out there to get me.

I just couldn’t take it anymore and I  wanted everything to end…

Wanted to die and get it over with. 

My parents told me I didn’t cry at birth…

I was already dead.

They should have let me go instead of bringing me back to life with prayers.

What was the essence since I would still end up suffering?

But I didn’t give up. 

I started searching for answers again…

Why was this happening to me?

What was I doing wrong?

Finally, I found the answer to the questions eating deep into my soul.

I was the problem!

This discovery changed my drone piloting game for the better.

It had a positive effect on how I showed up and how I approached achieving my drone piloting dreams.

The mental fog cleared up and I was no longer moving in circles…

My piloting dreams moved from just being “dreams” to becoming my “reality”

Being successful at it also came with ease.

I realized the answers I found weren’t readily available.

At least, no one in the drone space was talking about it.

That is why I wrote this report 

To help drone pilots and aspiring drone pilots break free from the mental fog that keeps them stuck so they can achieve and sustain success.