He was a homeless, rejected teenager with a heart full of broken glass. Years later, he had completed a relentless journey to the global stage, leading the world’s largest youth organization, AIESEC, and traveling to 85 countries.

But for author Dey Dos, the real test of intentionality came when external success vanished, leading to a devastating spiral of addiction and an AIDS diagnosis. He had to design his life not once, but twice.

This wasn't a story of survival—it was proof that your past does not equal your potential.

In The Popcorn Guide to Life Design, Dey Dos reveals the proven, non-linear system he created in the depths of trauma and refined through global leadership. This book is a complete manual for reprogramming your "default script"—the deeply held Limiting Beliefs that keep you stuck as an "unpopped kernel" in life.

Using the simple, powerful Popcorn Method, you will learn how to apply "intentional heat" (congruent action) to shatter the hard "shell" of your ego identity, allowing your full potential (internal humidity) to explode into a new, expansive reality.

This book is your practical, step-by-step guide to silence the paralyzing question of "Who am I?" and pivot to the liberating choice, "Who am I choosing to become?", formulate a powerful "Popcorn Statement," a personalized mantra that embeds your New Identity into your subconscious mind, and act with the "fierce and total congruence" needed to close the gap between your current life and your designed life.

You do not need to wait for external circumstances to change, because Big Changes Start From Within. Stop living a life defined by your past and choose the path of Self-Mastery.

The kernel is inside you, ready to explode.

Are you tired of feeling guilty? Stop trading your precious time and energy for other people's approval.

This book is your field manual for achieving an intentional life—a life where your time and identity are spent exactly where you choose for them to be spent.

Most advice treats boundaries like a fence you rush to build after a violation, but we’ll show you how to move past the panic and the painful Guilt Hangover. You will master the Popcorn Guides methodology, learning to conquer the toughest emotional hurdles and instantly generate the clear, calm response that protects your peace.

The real secret to sustainable boundaries isn't defense; it's design.

You will become the Boundary Architect, learning to stop thinking about people and start obsessing over Energy Flow. This book provides the blueprint for building the Four Walls of Intentional Design—Time, Space, Identity, and Energy—and sealing the leaks that drain your reserves.

By deploying Pre-emptive Boundary Systems, you will engineer a life so well-designed and fireproof that the things you need to say "no" to simply don't fit.

You have the full blueprint in your hands.

The Whole Bag: How to Build a Life of Unshakeable Contentment

Tired of joy feeling like a temporary reward? Most people rely on external success for fleeting happiness, but true, sustainable contentment is an inside job—and it doesn't require perfection.

A Popcorn Guide to Long-Lasting Joy offers a practical, powerful blueprint for an intentional life.

Using the simple metaphor of making a perfect batch of popcorn, you will learn to master the strategies for self-worth and sustained energy.

Inside, you will discover how to:

• Ignite the Pop: The smallest unit of intentional action that builds unstoppable momentum.
• Guard your Joy Fuel: Protect your essential resources (rest, boundaries, and energy) so you never run on empty.
• Embrace the Messy Batch: Forgive the pursuit of perfection and develop Radical Resilience to life's inevitable burnt kernels.

The result is a transformative shift from neediness to overflow, leading to Deeper Relationships and Unlocked Creativity.

Stop chasing happiness and start building your best life from the foundation up.

The Illusion of Control is your heaviest baggage. It’s time to drop it!

This isn't another self-help book; it’s your definitive guide to thriving in chaos.

We’ve been conditioned to fear uncertainty, but the truth is, the pressure you try to avoid is your Accelerator. This book shows you how to use the heat of adversity to transform, not break, just like a popcorn kernel.

The author knows this path: forced into the open world as a teenager by a father who declared he would be "just another one more of the tribe," he used that challenge as rocket fuel. Learn his personal system—the Sponge and Squeeze method—for turning trauma into essential training, refusing the Victim Story, and reinventing yourself multiple times.

Discover the ten essential tools for True Intentionality, and find the courage to pivot from the rigid "Green Man" identity of survival to the ultimate self-acceptance of The Pink Man.

Stop fighting the heat. Start popping.

What if the feeling you call "panic" is actually raw energy waiting to be used?

For years, you've tried to think your way out of fear, only to get trapped in the endless loop of "What if?" You’ve been trying to argue with your Lizard Brain—and your rational mind is simply your worst defense lawyer.

This isn't a guide about conquering fear; it's a blueprint for Popcorn Mastery. Drawn from a personal journey that transformed a 14-year creative block into a thriving global community, this book reveals 10 counterintuitive truths that bypass the logic loop and go straight to action.

Inside, you will discover the power to:

• Execute the 5-Second Jump: Break years of paralysis with a single, non-negotiable moment of movement.
• Use Curiosity as a Cure: End catastrophizing by immediately reframing a threat signal into a powerful question.
• Become the Calm Anchor: Use focused breathwork (the Anchor Breath) to master your own nervous system and stabilize an entire room.
• Reframe Your Body: Use physical postures and movement, like the Elemental Tai Chi, to override any emotional state and feel unstoppable.

The goal is not fearlessness—it’s fear-literacy.

Stop fighting the feeling, and start using the fire. The size of the breakthrough is always just five seconds.

You have the Popcorn. Now, go move.

I lost everything—my security, my old identity, even my life savings—at the Macedonian border.

That moment of "Zero" stripped away every excuse, proving that my struggle wasn't an external enemy, but an internal failure of architecture.

For years, I was crippled by the Veto Point, unable to finish the book I knew I was meant to write, carrying the heavy weight of Emotional Debt from deferred dreams. I fought the same battle every day, waiting for motivation to save me.
Then I stopped asking Can I do this? and started building a system where success was inevitable.

This final book reveals the revolutionary architecture I used to write this entire six-volume guide while managing my 'myfairyland' projects and launching a new eco-village in Portugal.

It’s not about willpower. It’s about migrating your most important work from your tired, emotional brain (The Manager) to the powerful, efficient Autopilot (the Basal Ganglia).

This is the story of how I ended the struggle. You will learn the "If X, Then Y" System to automate your destiny and use the Popcorn Reset to instantly shake off chaos.

Stop chasing the flashes of Lightning and start being the constant Sun.

The struggle is officially over.