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No one taught me how to ask for help. I learnt how to aspire to be super man and do it all on my own, but no one taught me how to ask for help. Whether it’s for career purposes, personal, emotional, etc. Asking for help is one of the most difficult things to do.  Too many people are often copying with too much on their own, never asking for help, or only until things get unbearable. Similar in career success, personal finances, partner relationship, and more. We settle for what we can achieve on our own ignoring that it’s only when we ask for help that things really get to the next level. There is always someone probably more knowledgeable and expert in any topic, why not taking advantage of that and wanting to do all the long way? This is one of my main difficulties and I’ll train this skill, perhaps asking for help in learning how to ask for help. 😊

The addiction to the mobile phone is real. We don’t notice it because it’s slowing increasing day after day and becomes a practice generally accepted to use the phone when we are bored, when we re busy, when we are alone, up to that point it was probably still okay,  but now people use it when they are together, when in conversation, interrupting the flow of the face to face interaction, the focus, people lose social skills for listening to each other and engaging in the real face to face world. What would you do if you had an entire extra month every year to use it in whatever you want? Did you know 2 hours a day on social media, is the equivalent to a whole month of time every year? It is funny until it’s not.  Most people would agree using too much the phone (too often unnecessarily on social media or excessive typing) is not great. But, most people still do it. It’s funny until it’s not, until we realise (late) that we are actually losing our social skills and suddenly int...

“Tell me who you spend your time with. I’ll tell you who you are. Tell me what you do in your free time, I’ll tell you who you will become.”

1) Having a good night of sleep 😴  2) Having a good morning routine 🚿 🥗💧🙏🏼🏋️🧠📝 Having a great day “doesn’t just happen”, we EARN it. Doing step one and two consistently will give us the best chances to have a great day. ☀️ Step 2 description: Cold shower for a few seconds 🚿  Drink water 400-600 ml (our body is dehydrated in the morning because we lose water through breathing while we sleep and to flush out waste through our urine when we wake up) 💧  Do some push ups or squats to activate muscles and organs 🏋️ Be thankful (write down simple things of why you are grateful in life, this is the most important one!) 🙏🏼 No cellphone  first 30 min of waking up  (please! Don’t check your phone during this first half an hour of waking up! (checking WhatsApp, email, news, etc. will activate the cortisol in your system = being more susceptible to stress, losing concentration and motivation). 🚫📱 Go for a walk in the park, breath fresh air, receive sun light,...

Análisis: 1- hay mucha información disponible, 2- muchas empresas poderosas compitiendo por nuestra atención. Quienes tienen la fortaleza de APRENDER las tecnologías más recientes (alejándose de las distracciones) y poniendo en práctica esos aprendizajes, tendrán la ventaja.  (Porque por definición la mayoría de personas quedan atrapadas en lo que las empresas poderosas ofrecen para capturar la atención de las personas). Balance para mantener en el tiempo: 60% aplicación de conocimiento en trabajo. 40% aprendizaje.

1) Debemos interesarnos por la historia. 2) Correlacionar hechos del pasado que explican las condiciones actuales. 3) Identificar tendencias para saber en cuál estamos. ¿Qué condiciones nos ofrece nuestro momento actual y cómo podemos tener una pequeña ventaja competitiva?  

Know to if you are better at executing plans, or ideation/ vision of new plans, is important. Both are great skills and working on the missing skill will help you both materialise what you plan but also the vision to do it in the right direction.  Vision are thinkers, sometimes dreamers, slower, doing lots of reflection and questions. But lacking the power to make it real, slow in the implementation therefore seeing few results of what is there in mind. Execution is fast, always moving, getting it done, wanting more to do. But lacking direction, meaning, the why. Sergio.

It’s not necessarily how much you achieve? (money, houses, status,…) that’s what I call RESULTS. But also how ENJOYABLE has been the journey to get those results? That’s why we can’t compare people’s journeys and achievements. Because each balance is unique and what we see is only a part of it.  The ratio RESULTS  vs ENJOYABLE will show the real personal success. (And how much of that helps others). Morning reflection. Sergio.

 Me quedé pensando en esa frase del video de Ted Talks. “Somos más felices entre más felices hacemos a quienes nos rodean y a los demás en general” Link del video en español: https://youtu.be/9l0lJ_7N_Vc?si=8qy5lZH8iBgkMOd5

Le pregunté eso a una pareja de amigos que han visitado muchos países en los últimos años, nos encontramos casualmente en Tailandia, ellos se encuentran haciendo 6 meses de travelling en ápsides de Asia. No resistí las ganas y fui al grano: ¿Cómo pueden viajar tanto sin muchos ingresos?, ¿tenían muchos ahorros, alguien les envía dinero, o tienen algún tipo de negocio? La respuesta que recibí tenía mucho menos magia de lo que yo pensaba. Está literalmente en el querer. Y como diría Steven Bartlett en su libro “the diary of a CEO”, el secreto está en “sweating the small stuff”, es decir, dejando la comodidad de lado y poner atención en los pequeños detalles.  Las tres lecciones que me dijeron sobre viajar mucho y poder seguirlo haciendo: - Transport. Spend less, be patient. Por ejemplo, ellos tomarían las opciones que les ahorra más dinero de modo que pueden mantenerse viajando, el costo viene en tiempo y comodidad. Ejemplo: tomar un bus de 14 horas de noche para ahorrar costos en ho...

 I used to think it was the money. But I couldn’t explain how many people I knew were doing a lot of travelling with apparently not much income, “they probably have a lot of savings or their parents send them money” is what I thought. Nowadays that I am allowing more time to myself to do more travelling, I had a big lesson: while the money of course is important, the most important thing is the will. “Querer es poder”. Things don’t happen from one day to another, but working on the vision and the plan, that’s something we can start doing from any time. Work on the vision, give yourself time to dream, make a plan, follow the plan, adjust, follow the plan, it will happen. Reflections after a few days of starting a dream trip.

En 3 años de maestría y estudios. Costo de los 140 libros: 2mil dólares. Costo de la maestría y estudios por 3 años: 50mil dólares. Conclusión: el aprendizaje está más relacionado con el esfuerzo, constancia, gusto, que con el precio.  Afortunadamente hay mucha y muy buena información gratis o casi gratis. La clave está en 1) saberla encontrar, 2) implementar estrategias autodidactas de estudio, 3) aplicar conocimientos en proyectos, 4) tener esos proyectos listos para mostrar y así facilitar oportunidades de trabajo cuando aparezcan.

Is it possible to read 52 books in 52 weeks every year? Apparently many CEOs and people in roles of high impact do it. Even while being very busy people. That’s impressive! I didn’t achieve that number of 52 books read (audiobooks) per year but I tried hard and I completely agree it has an incredible impact on one’s life! Please find the most impactful books per category in the next stories. Let me know if you have read any of them or if I am missing a good one. Thanks.

Mientras que solo 25% se dedican a esfuerzos directos que generan el resultado deseado. Principio general que propongo con base en la observación.  Ejemplo: Encontrar el trabajo deseado, esto puede tardar tanto como nos demoremos en 1) saber en qué somos buenos y que nos gusta, 2) adquirir las habilidades/ certificaciones pertinentes, 3) entender cómo funciona el mundo laboral para hacer visible ese talento en los espacios proveedores de trabajo, 4) desarrollarse en el trabajo, ganar experiencia, ajustar la dirección y repetir el proceso. Para el ejemplo anterior, hay muchos pasos en ese proceso que no son visibles desde el principio pero que se llevan la mayor cantidad de esfuerzo no planeado. En conclusión, 1) definir el punto destino con claridad es vital, 2) y definir la estrategia para lograrlo.  Entender bien el problema a resolver y definir la estrategia permite reducir tiempos y esfuerzos en gran medida.

Is more difficult than what it seems. Early in life we just follow school, parents, Uni, jobs, etc, not having good guided reflections on who we want to be / to become, and why, hopping that by doing the same everybody does it will fulfill us.  Why retirement is so hard on people? I believe it’s mostly due to spending a life of following that process without being intentional about Who we want to be / to become. I doubt that a person who has that clear would struggle with retirement for example. It’s not about dying slowly. It is about figuring out (the sooner the better) who we want to be / to become, therefore living intentionally every single day knowing that all efforts are directed towards something meaningful.  Spearing time for reflection is the best option. Looking for help on how to get started is a good option. The more we delay that the worse it gets, because time is the only currency we won’t have any change to get more of. So, don’t wait too long to reflect, and s...

If AI can create good text, can create good images and good video, what’s that thing that will make something special because it comes from a human? If we don’t value someone’s text (as in the past) because it probably came from an AI tool in which case it doesn’t require much time and effort.  If we don’t value an image because it is difficult to know if it was made by an AI or not, in which case it would be quick. I think what people value in the end is 1) the effort, 2) the skill. The problem is that it is difficult to know that just by looking at the end result. The difference will lie on 1) being able to know if that something was purely created with an AI,  2) how much effort the person put into it. I believe the only ways to verify that will be by 1) talking with the person to confirm their knowledge and expertise in the topic, 2) probably some new version of block chain to know what’s real, what comes from humans. What the role of humans in a time when AI take so many ...

There must be important lessons on doing that at a personal level. Learning how to live with less, enjoying the simple and mundane. I believe a good percentage of happiness is found there. However, how many of us consciously decide to live using less, just the necessary? I haven’t done it. It doesn’t seem an easy thing. Nevertheless, it could be hiding important findings.  Now, at a planetary level. This is a great challenge, so much so, that the future of humanity probably depends on that.  Will we humans learn how to live with less? Without all the comforts that petrol / carbon / gas energy provide us with? At least while we transition to clean energies and reform the global economic system for one that rewards life on earth / instead of the current one which devours life on earth? Sergio, living, thinking, reflecting, writing.

Creating group challenges with activities that reinforce positive practices. This is proving to be a great tool as seen so far in two months of the 50 daily push-ups challenge. What others group experiments could we come up with? A WhatsApp group to update the numbers and congratulate each one’s efforts is important. As well as setting a group goal. The final number must be seen as a group number, not individual.

 Pero la disciplina cuenta por 2. Book: Grit by Angela Duckworth 

Most people know being grateful is a good thing. However, not many practice it on a daily basis. Therefore, missing out on this super power.

 On that depends our motivation. How can we boost our dopamine production? The answer is in: Food. Exercise. Sleep.

 La disciplina es un súper poder. 

The state of Flow is like getting high in a natural and positive way. Highly efficient people and high performance athletes learn how to master this state.  This is a state in which we are fully aligned and immerse in the activity, whether it is playing an instrument, dancing, writing, reading, designing, drawing, programming, solving a problem, you name it.  High performance athletes are often in this state so they can perform at their best. How do they do it? They train their mind and body to release dopamine naturally, this is achieved by effective habits such as good quality and quantity of sleep, a good diet, regular exercise, sun exposure, mind training, visualisation and positive thinking. When it is time to perform the activity the body and mind are ready to get fully immerse, ready to experience FLOW. How do you know if you have experienced Flow? You know it because there are no other thoughts in your mind, because the perception of time gets lost (could be 15 min or ...

This mindset gets us open to give help and the humility to accept we also need help.

To those who appreciate it and are open to receive it.  Not everybody is open to receive it. Respect their position, give them space. Focus your energy on those who you can actually play an important role for. Be thankful and always open for future opportunities to show love, attention, support and help. But for now, Let Go and focus on what you can control. Book, Think like a Monk, Jay Shetty, chapter 1 “Let go”, chapter 4 “Give”.

Read these two books to understand how Dopamine works. And what’s dopamine? This is the chemical / biological explanation of how motivation, drive and focus work in the human body. Book, The Molecule of More, by Daniel Lieberman. Book, Dopamine Nation, Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, by Dr Anna Lembke. Those two books were recommended by the neuroscientist  Andrew Huberman in this podcast episode during the School of Greatness show: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5uCggMlJo2URKqYsNE9RNr?si=f6DJbrx4RcmxsIngnGiZog

Yes, that moment in which your level of focus is high and you accomplish more things?  What activities do you do during that pick time? Are those the activities that are most important for you? No?  Why would you use your most productive time of the day in things that are not the most important for your personal project?

You get to learn all the time, do experiments and at the end of the day you are the direct beneficiary of those efforts, not a company, not the state, YOURSELF, plus the better person you become the better impact you can have on others.  How to start / continue that self discovery journey?

How did you feel about yourself after completing a work out? Finishing a project? Buying a gift for your mom? Writing a poem? Dancing? Programming? Finishing a book? When was the last time you felt well about yourself after scrolling on social media for 5, 10, 30 minutes? “Doing hard things give us self respect” and confidence I would add there (Lewis Howes, the school of greatness, book).

My brain 🧠  The more we work on strengthening our intelligences the more valuable it becomes. The more able it is to understand one’s environment, conditions and opportunities SUITABLE for one self. 

Debe ser de las pocas que nos quedan que podemos hacer mejor que AI. Tomando situaciones complejas y desarrollando soluciones. Será que aun hacemos eso mejor que AI ?

How many productive study / working sessions can we have in a day? 2 or 3 sessions of around 90 minutes. That’s when most of the study / work actually gets done. The rest is just resting periods and un focus time.

How do you encourage inspirational moments?  Do you take any actions?  If not, it’s likely they won’t be around so often.

- Asking for forgiveness  - Accepting / recognising/ acknowledging one’s mistakes /flaws  - Publicly acknowledging / appreciating other’s work - Ask for honest feedback (and have emotional control to process the answer with a positive attitude)  - Provide honest feedback  - Asking for help Have you done any of those ones? If you have, you might agree it is not easy to do when you are honest about it. They are all difficult because we put ourselves in a position of vulnerability.  Those are skills highly appreciated in work and personal settings. However, it is not to be done with everybody, just with people who are emotionally intelligent and can handle this level of trust.

El poder adquisitivo de pesos colombianos COP es un poco mayor que el de las rupias indonesias IDR. Es decir, una vez estando en Bali el dinero rinde un poco más de lo que sería dentro de Colombia. En la foto, 150mil pesos colombianos equivalen a 500mil rupias indonesias y también a 50 dólares australianos. No hay papel higiénico en los baños de Bali ! (De hecho, en los países sur asiáticos no usan papel higiénico!) Y entonces? Toca con el chorrito, una manguera al lado del inodoro para limpiarse con agua a presión. (No estuvo tan mal 😅) La religión es muy importante en Bali (Hinduismo) y constantemente ponen ofrendas para sus dioses en la entrada de las casas, estatuas, negocios, carros, en todo lado. Además de otros rituales con danza y prendas de vestir específicas. Bonus. El café más costoso del mundo (94 euros por 100 gramos), se produce una vez el animal kopi luwak  come granos de café, digiere y los excreta, para finalmente preparar un cafecito. Una vez excretado se ve como...

 It is amazing to visit and see different cultures from what we are used to (different from western type cultures). One can see how western cultures highly value money, work and status, while other alternative cultures probably value more religion and spiritual practices. Which might be better? Living comfortably with material things or comfortably aligned spiritually? Perhaps both are important and a good balance might be the best option. Some of the things learnt in Bali: They drive on the left like Australia, UK and many other countries. The streets are very narrow and they have special cars that less wide than average to fit in the streets including buses. The public transport is almost non existent and most people move around by either taxi or renting a scooter which price is around $8 AUD per day. The Balinese people are very religious and religion plays an important part of every day with specific rituals. For example, every morning Balinese Hinduism people (85% of their pop...

Motivation (as most things) goes up and down. The real trick on achieving an objective: 1) Identifying what is your source of motivation, 2) Use triggers to constantly remind you of that feeling which fills you with excitement. More scientific and chemical explanation: In the book The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, he identifies 3 parts in a Habit: The trigger (which reminds you of the feeling that excites you), the action itself and the reward (the feeling afterwards). Therefore, the step number 1 to maintain motivation high is by keeping triggers around that remind you of the feeling that motivates you.  There are a few chemicals activated in our brain when we feel motivated, mainly Dopamine. That's what we are trying to activate in natural ways, with Triggers of the feeling that motivates us. Examples: Tom Bilye, founder of Quest nutrition and Impact Theory, says how he got sick of his previous job and started Quest nutrition, using as a trigger and source of motivation his m...

Painting, writing, drawing, playing instruments, singing, acting, dancing, reading, telling stories, reflecting, analysing, listening to others, doing sports/ Gym, programing, helping, taking care of children, teaching,... What's your art? Let it fuel your life with motivation and share your art with the world. We tend to think all those are just hobbies, but the truth is that there are many other people interested in similar things than us. Two healthy ways of sharing your art: 1) Use digital media to share / inspire / teach others what you know, joining or creating a community.  2) Advertise your areas of expertise and get a side income by teaching /coaching others to learn what you know. Morning reflections. Question in mind: What if we use half of our working week in the traditional job, and the other half in perfecting / sharing our arts with the world? Underlying benefit: A good personal health / motivation balance. 

We all feel better when we have someone's attention and that person really listen to us. Reflection of me wanting to share some learnt lessons with friends, but then realising that they value more being able to open, share their experiences and feel heard. Sharing learnt lessons only have good value when an advice is solicited. Otherwise, the best is to listen attentively.  Reflection while reading the book, Think like a monk, by Jay Shetty. 

Frank, quoted by Jay Shetty's book, 8 rules for love. 

Good quality thoughts requiere of good inputs. What are your mind inputs? 

El "ego" nos impide de muchas cosas. Hay que ponerlo en su lugar 💪🏽 con mucha humildad 😊

If you have to choose only one important thing for Today to get done, what would that be?  *Focus on it and get it done. * Getting one important thing Done everyday. How would that look 30 days later? 💪🏽

"Gana tu primera ida al baño para orinar", ojo que la de recién levantado no cuenta.  ESA primera orinada en la mañana debe ser la siguiente después de la de recién levantado.  Si toman suficiente agua de modo que van al baño unas 2 a 4 horas después y les sale transparente, esa es una buena y el cuerpo se está hidratado bien ✅  Si les sale muy amarilla y van por allá hasta el medio día o después (esa no es muy buena), y el cuerpo está andando con muy poca agua disponible 🚫 Muy amarilla 🚫 Se puede vivir así? Claro que sí, pero con que objetivo? Haciendo la metafora con un carro, si no le ponen suficiente agua, simplemente le van dañando las diferentes partes del motor y partes principales, arriesgándose a que se queden varados en algún momento futuro, lo mismo le pasa al cuerpo y después nos preguntamos cómo fue que adquirimos esas condiciones médicas 🤔 Dolor de cabeza? Estreñimiento? Dolor de espalda, músculos,...? Un montón de inconvenientes que se pueden evitar con ...

Is one of the best feelings humans feel (and you can make it a habit).  What activities make you feel inspired, motivated, excited? Make sure you keep doing a bit of that always. 

What are your self imposed limitations? If you think you don't have, you probably don't know them yet. The first step is to identify them. 

Get that outside of your head, write your feelings and all of that in a notebook. List the consequences and possible solutions. Leave it there, get that out of your mind so you can sleep well.  Recognize you have no control of it and you will be better by resting well.  Next day in the morning, right when you wake up, be conscious about your mind and your thoughts, very likely, your brain will provide you with possible answers to that situation. Write it down immediately once you wake up. Harness the power of the mind in your favor. Book, Why we sleep, by Matthew Walker. 

Don't waste this super power. Before to sleep, REFLECT about your day. REVIEW your personal goals /objectives. Be THANKFUL.  The last images and thoughts at night before we sleep are very important for the brain. Why? Because the brain keeps wandering about it while sleeping.  It is similar in the morning. The first thoughts and activities we do once waking up have a lasting effect during the whole day.  Please don't check your phone straight away after waking up 🙏🏼. Why? Because you don't know what you might find there, a work email, messages, negative news... Instead, choose to have input from something uplifting and inspiring, music, thinking of dreams, exercise.  The impact of this will last for the whole day. Book, Why we sleep, by Matthew Walker. 

Mis amigos... Difícilmente podría indicar actividades que sean más gratificantes que hacer trabajo voluntariado. Solo se aprende al hacerlo.., recuerdo que una vez en la U le pregunté a una compañero de clase que qué era TECHO, ella me explicó el trabajo que hizo construyendo casas y le pregunté que cuánto le pagaron por hacer eso, NADA 😯, de gratis.  Solo entendí lo que ella me quiso decir ese día, unos 5 años después, cuando hice mi primera actividad de trabajo voluntariado 😯, el dinero no tiene comparación con el sentimiento que esa vaina produce 😌 Mi amiga estaba en lo correcto y por fin pude entender lo que me quería decir 🙌 Busca una actividad que disfrutes y ofrece tu ayuda en alguna comunidad o a personas en particular 😉🤝

Report of experiment for a month. It consists of writing thankful thoughts in a notebook every morning once waking up. What did I find?  Consistency is hard / the reward is worth it.  I just did it a few days during the first two weeks, then in the third week I did it almost everyday, and now, in my fourth week, I haven't missed a day and some days I do it both in the morning and night before to sleep. I just wrote about this experience today because I was able to notice how much difference it makes when I do this first thing in the morning once I wake up compared to when I don't do it.  Having a journal to be thankful can probably be the single most important tool for happiness. It's just incredible, I heard about it many times in different books, especially in "the resilience project: finding happiness through Gratitud, Empathy & Mindfulness" which is a really good book, among other good ones that mention the practice of having a Gratitud / Thankfulness jour...

Follow a leader, a mentor" Jay Shetty, book, Think like a monk. 

- Be in a position of ACTION so you can have a real impact. - God help me to help 🙏🏼 - We try our best, we do what we can. Qué frase repites mentalmente y te da fuerza? Ayuda bastante cuando la motivación es baja. 

Cosas que solo se saben años hacia el futuro... Este blog tiene dos propósitos reales: 1) Consolidar lecciones aprendidas, y 2) Esperar que pueda ser de utilidad para otros como lo es para mí. 1) Consolidar lecciones aprendidas: * Las cuales aprendí con 6 años de mucho esfuerzo en la Universidad, viviendo por 5 años en Australia y volviéndome un aficionado por el conocimiento (from books and people I have met).  * Desafortunadamente nuestros cerebros retienen muy poca información de lo que aprendemos. Es simplemente un hecho y función natural del cerebro para ahorrar energía mental.  * Porque me permiten entender las personas y el mundo a mi alrededor.  2) De utilidad para los demas * Puede ser que esto sea de valor para personas solo con leerlo.  * Lo puedo recordar por medio de este blog y ayudar otras personas en sus propios journeys.  * Hay un componente de lenguaje. Escribo en español y en inglés para incentivar personas nativas de ambos idiomas a que sigan...

Qué tan seguido realmente expresamos lo que opinamos? En el trabajo? En la familia? Con la pareja? Otros ambientes? Las personas no se van a expresar sinceramente a menos que sientan la confianza para hacerlo.  Cualquiera que sea el contexto, es importante crear el espacio, y hasta la cultura, de comunicarnos sinceramente, sin juzgar. En el mediano y largo tiempo es la mejor opción. Para eso hay que estar abierto a escuchar. No necesariamente se tiene que encontrar la solución a la situación de inmediato, con sólo poderse expresar y sentirse escuchado ya se está encaminando por buena dirección. 

a couple of tasks started" If you have a few things started that you know you won't be able to finish by the end of the day, FOCUS only on the task that you have more chances to get Done ✅ for that day. Why? Because 1) preparation takes time (preparing for two things and not finishing them is not effective because anyway you will need to spend preparation time again for both of them to catch up where you left it), And 2) because we feel better when we get things done, complete.  So, focus on what you can get done for the day, and get it done! 

Pursuing their own goals" Podcast, Humans by Platzi. 

Mo Gawda, book, Solve for Happy. 

not for the outcome". Mo Gawda, book, solve for Happy. 

Aristotle 

Son aquellos más cercanos de lo que nos imaginamos.., sí, empezando por nosotros mismos, y siguiendo por la pareja, amigos, papás, familia. Qué tan seguido esas personas cercanas realmente te ofrecen apoyo cuando compartes tus ideas y que quiz á   no están dentro de lo "normal"? No tan seguido como tal vez lo quisiéramos pensar, POR QUÉ? Lo hacen con mala intención? No, es u na tende ncia natural en las interacciones de grupo.  Papás tienden a sabotear nuevas ideas y metas porque ellos tienen un instinto natural de protección, por lo general estarán contentos si no experimentamos muchas cosas nuevas ya que eso implica que estaremos más seguros 😊.  Y amigos o pareja? Resulta que también pasa algo entre grupos y comunidades, hay una tendencia por tratar de estar al mismo nivel con aquellos en nuestro círculo cercano, y cada vez que alguien tiende a avanzar o tomar distancia del círculo, adivinen que es más fácil para poder mantenerse al mismo nivel con ellos, alcanzarlos a...

People's attention is so valuable. In fact, so many companies compete all the time for our attention. From a different perspective, How often do you give your honest attention to: your partner, family, friends, people wanting to learn from you, others? Don't worry about gifts and material things (if they are not urgent), provide your honest attention to people and that alone will represent so much. 

That's what people spend looking at content before choosing something else or deciding they want to watch the video a bit longer / read the article a bit deeper. 10 seconds of attention. 

Than perfect ⚠️ It's better to get something Done and functional, than nothing at all because you were trying to make it "perfect". A personal project? A diet? A new habit? Don't think about it too much. Try, get it done quickly, use it, iterate and improve from there. 

Hope it helps to put things into perspective. It's not the end of the world and life is not against you. It's a fact, people suffer between 3-5 major breakdowns during their life time on average.  Not many talk about it openly and that's why when a major breakdown occurs, it is such a sorprise and emotions are very intense. You are not alone and it is just common in people's lives. Welcome to "being a human".  The real question is what do you do about it and how do you prepare for the next one? Yes, the next one, it's not if it happens, it's when it happens. What do you do about it and how do you prepare for it?

Cuando estaba haciendo mi año 11 en el colegio, recuerdo que el profe de economía me dijo "SI compra dolares, en el mediano o largo plazo, eso le generará ganancias", no le entendí muy bien a qué se refería (de hecho, me ha tardado cerca de 10 años entender realmente a lo que se refería), El caso es que tenía como 200mil pesos ahorrados y decidí hacerle caso, fui a una casa de cambio (ahí el dólar estadounidense estaba por los 1900 pesos en 2010), y así de fácil, entregué un fajo de billetes de 2mil, 5mil y 10mil pesos, y recibí  un solo billete a cambio, uno de 100 dólares 😲 que susto, ahí iban los ahorros de un par de meses, me aseguré de que a ese billete no le fuera a pasar nada y no se fuera a perder.  Pasó cerca de 6 meses, y eso fue lo máximo que me pude aguantar, ahí no resistí mas la tentación, fui y cambié ese billete por pesos, me dieron cerca de 170 mil, resulta que el dólar americano no se había recuperado y además pagué los costos de transacción. No fue la mejo...

Which activities make you feel more energetic? Which ones drain your energy? Focus more on the ones that give you energy and less in the ones that take the energy from you.  Rob Dyrdek, professional skater and entrepreneur. 

You need to give. (James Altucher, Tom Bilye, Lewis Howes and more people agree on this) 

Es descrito como la sensación de que uno no es lo suficientemente bueno, competente o capaz para asumir una posición con más responsibilidad, para proponer soluciones, y por tanto, es un "impostor", un fraude.  El síndrome del impostor nos detiene de tener la confianza para tomar roles de liderazgo, crear, promover, enseñar, desarrollar y explorar nuestro potencial. Referencia BBC website. "¿Qué es el síndrome del impostor y por qué lo sufre tanta gente?“. Disponible en <https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/11/151125_salud_psicologia_sindrome_impostor_lb.amp>

Is a way of living more, celebrate milestones and appreciate the journey. Memories in the way of photos, videos, writings, drawings, art, hand made things, among others. 

Do you enjoy thinking by first principles trying to connect causes with behaviours and results?  Thinking by first principles is a great thinking skill to have. The more information our brains are exposed to, the better connections our brains can make. In other words, the more experiences we have, the more books we read, the more people we meet and useful content we are exposed to, the better connections out brains can make to think by first principles and try to understand our world. 

You will regret it later when you feel 200% sure of doing something, but you can't because you have previously compromised your future too much.  That means: Stay healthy. Have savings. Avoid unnecessary debt. Committ to middle term goals (2-3 years at a time). Respect your own values and principles.  

Hacer lo que te gusta" Adriana Urrego de Platzi. 

 are making people more socially incompetent. 

Mientras que 80% de los concejos que damos se quedan presente en nuestra mente. 🤔

Search in Google Links to QR code Or QR generator 

Rather than knowing the facts and info. 

Que mucho de vez en cuando"

como conversaciones incómodas tiene" 🤔

Qué opinan?

Employees are not 100% of the time busy. There are some periods that are busier than others, that's just a fact. Should they be 100% of the time busy or what percentage is good?  If they are too busy, it will be overwhelming at some point.  If they are not busy enough, they will feel unproductive, missionless, not valued.  SOLUTION.  It's complex and there must be many factors to take into account such as holidays and sick leaves time.  Ideally (I think), companies should be clear about an actionable plan for the gap.  To relieve loads when they are 120%, and to complemented when they are 70 - 80%. Own observations. 

Otherwise, that employee will drag the current task for a lot longer than needed. Own observation. 

A supervisor, manager, leader, should calculate new employees, followers to do things some 70% right of what they are taught. Therefore, if you teach the tasks with excellence, they will most likely be perform   not at am excellent way, but good enough to meet standards.  If you teach it just what would be good enough, most likely it would be perform 70% of what was taught, therefore it won't meet standards. Own observations. Sergio. 

and teach by example. 

Do you make your bed in the mornings? Everyday?  "If you can't do the small things right, you will never do the big things right " The School of Greatness, Lewis Howes' book. "One of the easiest and most important habits for happiness is making the bed in the mornings" Book, the Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin. Do you make the bed in the mornings?  Try it. It will boost the rest of your day making you feel well about yourself and more comfortable in your own room. 

Measure it being more competent than yourself in previous attempts. Sergio. (Although a lot of people have said this in different ways). 

It's the inspiration and the habit which take it. 

Asking yourself "why?" and trying to provide an explanation, then ask yourself again "why?", and so on.  Some authors described it as the 7- layers deep. Or as an "onion", trying to peel it up to get to the essence, the root cause of it.

When you have a thought, asking your self "is it true?" 

The most visible signs of poverty are not having access to basic physical needs, food, water and a home. The least visible signs of poverty are the not physical ones such as lack of motivation and drive. The "poor" in material things look all their life to acquire more material things usually being wealthy in love and motivation, but thinking that they are poor. The "wealthy" in material things tend to look for more material things thinking they  will be able to cover that internal poverty of lack of love and motivation. IN OTHER WORDS  The "poor" in material things go through life thinking they are poor but not knowing they are actually wealthy in love and motivation (which is more powerful than the accumulation of material things). And the "wealthy" go through life showing themselves to others as wealthy in love and motivation, but internally lacking love and motivation and trying to  fulfill their internal poverty with more material things. SO...

Motivation, drive and health.  Complemented with knowledge, experience, freedom of time and of choice. Sergio. 

1/3 will like you, and 1/3 won't care.  So don't wait too long to start doing what you like, some will like it, some won't, and many won't care. It's a fact. 

your current clients. 

long term stress.

that's when you are no longer in control. 

Tomar aire y soltarlo rápido repetidamente  = speed up heartbeat. Soltar aire despacio = slow down heartbeat. Book, The Wim Hof method, by Wim Hof. 

Ourselves. 

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And confidence for the next challenges.

Leaving everything on the field.

with the person you once were. Rory Vaden. 

are the lessons you teach. What lessons do you usually teach/ share?  Book, The 5 second rule, by Mel Robbins. 

become an children's internal words. Book, The 5 second rule, by Mel Robbins. 

It is an asset. Personal branding is the future. It is highly profitable. It is the digitization of reputation. Find your uniqueness, so you can exploit it on the service of others.  Lessons from Rory Vaden in personal branding.  You are either going to educate, encourage or entertain.  People don't pay for information, they pay for organization and application.  Rory Vaden, from Brand Builders Group. https://brandbuildersgroup.com/

Book, The school of Greatness, by Lewis Howes. 

Book, The school of Greatness, by Lewis Howes. 

help other people achieve their goals

They are 52 weeks in a year, the same amount that a poker cards deck. Why? Because organising the year with 365 days is a too big number for anyone to keep accurate track of something. 12 months is a too small number. But 52 weeks is perfect!  52 weeks is a good number for a person to keep track of their plans. It allows people to be more responsible and accountable for their objectives. CEOs, managers and lots of successful people organises themselves on a weekly system. It works great for personal goals as well.  Please don't under estimate this tool. It has been a key principle to work towards objectives and maintain the motivation along the way. 

Write keywords, make drawings, put arrows, symbols, allow your mind to dream, make unconventional connections and visualize exiting possibilities of the world. 

The rest will take care of itself 

Since birth? About professional experiences? About credentials obtained? About progress in a specific goal? About relevant moments in a relationship? About main lessons? About main challenges? You choose the topic.  Time-lines are great because they help us identify past relevant situations, locate where we are (our present) and recalibrate / refocus expectations for the future. 

Have a complex problem situation that stays in your mind? The harder you think the more confusing it gets?  Solving method. Write main topics and subtopics on a piece of paper in no specific order, only key words, no sentences. Keep doing it adding more as they come to your mind and finding relationships.  By the end you should be able to  recognize the main topics/areas, relationships, possibilities, impacts of actions, resources (time, money, effort, flexibility).  Things should look more clear now, what if it doesn't? Don't worry, you are providing your unconscious mind with the tools to find out the solution. It will most likely come to your mind within hours or next days. It happens a lot after waking up for example.  Does it sound to simple? Try it out. Simple things are the ones which usually work the best. 

Is a good practice for creativity and self-awareness. Book, choose yourself, by James Altucher. 

alcanza la efectividad / resultados deseados utilizando sólo un 30% del tiempo.

The present time. ⌚ Only the present matters because that's what we can really feel, see, smell, hear, interact with.  The future is important because it will be present at some point and we want to have a nice present at that moment.  The past is important because it shapes our present and all the thoughts that are in our mind, thoughs that remind us of who we are, what we are able to do and how to get the most of our present base on the experiences from our past. Reflection about time in a normal day while riding on the bycicle... 

How long you can live from savings. How long can you live from savings? 

Or to keep up with other's expectations/ ego/ recognition? 🤔

Anything that helps to put you in a desire position in the future. It includes skills, connections, credentials, experiences, portfolio and runway.

Zero sum game. Desicion fatigue. Skills stacking.  Complementary skills.  Career capital.  Brain power.  Visualization complemented with action.  Will power.  Concepts from Steven Bartlett's book.