OMThe Dream WriterOctavio Marulanda G.
Octavio Marulanda G.

Meet the Writer

Octavio Marulanda G.

Colombian-American · Author · Twin · Entrepreneur

I write to help people understand what shapes them—before asking them to change.

“I spent years thinking I was just an anxious person. Then I learned my brain was trying to protect me, using settings that had not been updated since childhood.”
Step Into My Story

Why I Write

The mind is not working against us. It is trying to protect us with what it learned long ago.

Through mysteries, personal stories, and ideas, I invite readers to look beneath the surface—to see the patterns, experiences, and inherited dreams that quietly shape a life.

01

Built Between Two Worlds

A suitcase, three boys, and a different horizon.

I arrived in the United States at four years old. My mother had bought a round-trip ticket and never intended to use the return half. Growing up between Colombia and the United States taught me to hold two things at once: the world as it is, and the world as it could be.

“The dreamer in you did not appear out of nowhere. There is a bloodline. There is a legacy.”— Dreamer
02

The Tuna Era

More nerve than money.

Right out of high school, my twin brother Jimmy and I started a company in a 10-by-10 windowless office. Newspaper routes began at midnight, Tuesdays meant 29-cent hamburgers, and dinner was cans of tuna—always available, always enough.

03

Building Inventek

We went where we did not belong—until we belonged there.

We built an inventory system for dollar stores and drove a trailer from Florida to Las Vegas for a trade show before anyone knew our name. The unglamorous work became the foundation, because inside it we were becoming the people the dream needed us to be.

04

The Turn

In the silence, I finally heard what I had to say.

When COVID arrived and the floor gave way, I returned to the United States and built something stable enough to bring my family home. Then I built a desk in the living room and began writing before the world woke up—the start of a new chapter that is still unfolding.

The Journey

A Life in Chapters

Early Childhood

Arrives in the United States

Four years old. A borrowed dining room. Flea market winter clothes. A mother who called it a vacation and never used the return ticket.

Right Out of High School

First company, door to door

A 10-by-10 windowless office, more nerve than experience. My twin brother Jimmy and I going head-on against the world.

The Tuna Era

Newspapers at midnight, tuna every night

The alarm went off at 11:45pm. A year of grinding that built the foundation for everything that followed.

Building Inventek

The turning point

A POS system built from scratch. A trailer driven to Las Vegas. We went where we did not belong—until we belonged there.

Colombia & Return

The book that had to be written

When the floor gave way, I came back to the US and built something stable enough to bring my family home. In the silence, I finally heard what I had to say.

Now

Author. Builder. Dreamer.

Two books. A desk in the living room. Writing before the world wakes up—because the dreamer who has done the work eventually reaches back to help others do the same.

The Center of the Work

Understanding Creates Freedom.

When we understand what shapes us, we gain the freedom to choose what comes next.

🧠Your brain isn’t broken.Patterns can change when we understand why they exist.
🏗️Dreamers are built.Becoming is a daily practice available to everyone.
Giving back is the mission.25% of every book sold supports the Marulanda Foundation.

The Story Continues

Author. Builder. Dreamer.

I am still building, still learning, and still reaching back to help others understand themselves and follow what calls them forward.