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Chapter Two

LOVE ME OR HATE ME

“The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered, there is opportunity for growth.”

—Unknown

I was born on a day that showcased Mother Nature’s power, as a massive snowstorm blanketed Toronto to the point that a large number of roads were closed. That was the day I decided to join the myriad of others on this sphere we call Earth, and I like to think that I’ve been carrying positive chaos with me ever since.

My parents are middle-class immigrants from Poland who nearly nested in Austria as they sought a better future for me. My dad, Stan Olech, came from a small town in Poland called Godziszow, where farming was everything. He learned the importance of hard work very early, tending to the animals and fields every day. My grandfather was always out in the fields and was very well-known in the small town. His functional strength working on the farm was built over a lifetime; he was known to have abnormal strength, although he never picked up a barbell in his entire life.