Hi, my name is Oscar, and this is my personal development blog.

I like to create stuff, challenge assumptions, and try out new things.

I blog about personal development and everything I learn here. Read more

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About Freestyle Mind

About Oscar Del Ben

Me

Hi, my name is Oscar Del Ben and I am the guy behind Freestyle Mind. I created this website because I think I have something to share. This is my story so far:

  • In 2005 I left school at age 18. Not sure about my future, I began working in some factories while studying programming in the evenings.
  • On January 2007 I opened my first company. My job was to sell stuff and clothes on ebay, working two hours per day from home and managing all the importing hassle while learning some english.
  • In late 2007 I also started offering programming consulting to various startups, and eventually I started doing that full time for one of those companies. At the same time I began to be very interested in personal development and lifestyle design.
  • In 2009 I started this blog, because I wanted to share my experiences in a direct way with everyone that was interested.

About Me

I was born and raised in Pordenone, Italy. Since I could barely talk, I've always been recognized as the one who never follows the rules.

As I grow up, things got worse. While I was doing very good at school, at one point I realized that I had no interested whatsoever in what they were trying to teach me, and I eventually quit and began to study alone.

Today I like to try and create new things, challenge assumptions, and write. Oh, and I still do programming consulting and I usually work from home and live a frugal lifestyle.

About this website

This website is dedicated to my cousin Matteo, who passed away in early 2009, and to everyone else who believes we have something special to give to the world, despite who we are and where we come from.

P.S. I also have a homepage if you are interested.

About Adam

Hey, my name is Adam and I’m Oscar’s partner in crime. Just like Oscar, I’ve got something to share too! Here is my story:

  • In 2002 and at the age of 16 (I’m 22 now!), I started fixing and programing satellite receivers and equipment for a living at my Dad’s satellite TV store.
  • In 2006 and while working at my Dad’s store, I created my first online community site and grew it to over 80,000 members and two millions users a year. I sold the site in October 2009 to a UK company.
  • In 2008, I decided to become a football (soccer) journalist and created a club-focused-blog (I can’t disclose the name) that was later acquired by a football social media site and I’ve been working for them as a journalist since then. I’ve been featured and linked to by the Guardian UK, Fox Sports as well as the BBC and other football websites and podcasts. I’ve also been covering games live at stadiums.
  • In 2010, I made my dream come true and started working for the biggest football club in the world as their social media and Internet marketing evangelist. Later this year, I hope to join the club’’s own TV channel and pursue my journalism career. It’s my dream job as you can see because it involves around my passions (tech, football and media)

Right now, I’m working on achieving my other goals and dreams. I’m moving back to Europe (with Oscar), and I’ll be mainly focusing on my journalism career as well as other projects, and of course, living life the way I want and giving society the “finger”!

The longer version...

There isn’t one because I hate talking about myself. Though, I have to add that I love personal development, cinema, food (especially Italian food!), music, travel, gadgets and reading!

Talk to me..

Yeah, I’d love to! You can reach me by e-mail or on Twitter. I love talking to like-minded people so If you are anything like me I’m sure we’ll get along pretty well ;)