Author: Luis Velasquez

Be Fierce: Building the Bonds of Loyalty

Many of us have been blessed with a great support system—friends and family who are loyal to us. It wasn’t always like that for me, and at one point, I felt completely alone. Not because I didn’t have people that cared for me, I did, but because being able to help me and be there for me was simply out of their reach. They were there for me morally, but during the darkest periods of my life, I needed more than just moral support. Today, I have lots of people that I know are loyal to me, and me...

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The Strength Is in the Start

If you told me a few years ago that I would be married with a beautiful child and living a fulfilled life, I would have laughed at you—really. In 2003 I was in a bad place, and I thought my life was pretty much over, I was so afraid of the unknown.   It turns out that my life wasn’t over, and in fact it, it was just beginning. My best years have been from 2003 up to now, and I had never saw it coming. When we’re down in it, going through the really tough times in our lives,...

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Making Connections the Lovecat way

When we are struggling with change or fear, nothing is more important than having a friend to rely on, to inspire us and help us navigate the turbulent waters we may find ourselves in. The popular speaker and author, Tim Sanders, introduces this idea of not doing it alone in his book, Love is the Killer App. He calls it living the “lovecat” way, and explains the benefits of applying it in your personal and professional life: You become a rich source of information to all around you. You are seen as a person with valuable insight. You are...

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Passion Treatment: Separating Passion from Addiction

How do you know when you’ve found your passion? Well, for starters, passion isn’t the same thing as addiction, though the differences can seem subtle. Addiction is harmful and destructive. Addiction feeds on our fears and tears us down, while passion gives us confidence and builds us up. If you can’t stop drinking alcohol, it isn’t your passion driving you to drink; it’s your addiction. If you eat too much, exercise too much, gamble too much, work too much—so much that you neglect your family or cause injury to yourself—then you have an addiction. These are just examples, most...

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Reinforcing the Three-Legged Stool of Strength

I’ve known what it feels like to hit the wall, to push right up against the limits of my strength, and somehow find the will to keep going. I believe that in order to find the strength to face our fears and achieve our goals, we must always be working on what makes us stronger, mentally, physically, and spiritually. This will give us invaluable experience, and will equip us with the tools we need to become what we want to be. Runners run, writers write, singers sing; you must work on what you are trying to become. Continually developing your...

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