Author: Luis Velasquez

A Legacy Rooted in Gratitude

There is something Universal about us humans,  something that unites us beyond anything else. No, it is not gratitude, unfortunately, but it is the fact that everyone wants to be happy,  in that, we are in this together.  How we define happiness might be different,  but just thinking that we all want the same thing, is something that already unites us.  There is a big connection between being happy and being grateful, it is not happiness that makes us grateful, it is the other way around, being grateful makes us happy. A few days ago I received an email from...

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How to Fix a Toxic Relationship

There are some people we might think as unbearable, a toxic relationship. People that we don’t want to interact with, at all, yet we can’t avoid them.  It could be a colleague, a friend, a family member.  We can’t just get along, and most likely we immediately put the blame on them.  They do this; they do that; we rarely think; what am I doing that is making them behave this way?  Is their behavior at all influenced by something I do? I used to have a peer; I never felt trusted. I never felt that she thought of...

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When You Don’t Know What to Do, Do Something

I don't know what to do, I don't know what do, was the thought that dominated my mind what appears to be a long time ago while waiting for a plane to take me back to the city where I used to live. At that time, really I didn’t know what I was going to do. I had no place to stay, the only few things I owned were the clothes I was wearing and whatever I had in my luggage. I was coming home with nothing after I had gone to a far away land to try to...

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4 Reasons Why You Need to be Passionate About Something

You might have heard the phrases “follow your passion”, or “find your passion” plenty of times.   Or perhaps you have read that a man was passionate about traveling, so he quit his job to do it full-time.   Or a woman who was passionate about writing, she also quit her job to focus on her first book.  And they made it; that is why you hear about them.  What you don’t hear about much is about the millions of others whose following their passion didn’t work out quite well. You heard that saying “money will follow if we do what...

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How to Get a Finishing Kick and Win the Race

As I am gearing myself to compete in another IronMan triathlon later this year.  I am currently training, physically and mentally if I even want to consider toeing the starting line later this year.   And with the Olympics on TV, there is plenty of inspiration to draw from.  Last night I was watching the Gold medal race of the 100 women hurdle, where the American Women had a sweep.  I also watched the 100 M men’s run, where Usain Bolt got the gold.   These two races had one thing in common, a finishing kick.   Kristin Kastle...

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