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You don’t need to keep looking to the sides to see where the competition is compared to you. Stay focus on what you are doing, make small gains daily and soon you will have no competition. It’s easy to get ahead of ourselves and switch to the fast traffic lane instead of keeping our eyesContinue reading “Stay in your lane”

The prefrontal cortex is probably the single most evolutionary change we have endured. This is the area in our brains where self awareness takes place. The thing about this upgrade in our species is that with self awareness come most of our troubles. Our emotions, anxiety, fears, depression, anger, low self esteem, etc all originateContinue reading “Trying meditation”

“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, whoContinue reading “Daring greatly”

What would I tell my 10 year old self ? I would tell myself that even though life gets more complicated, it gets to be more fun. I would tell myself to not hold grudges, that they are not worth the energy or the time spent holding them. I would tell myself to listen moreContinue reading “What would I tell myself”

There is not one simple formula for success or reaching your goals. Getting up early when everyone else still asleep ? Might work for you, not necessarily for everybody else. Some people do their best creative thinking in the evening, or after lunch, or after walking their dog in the mornings. You can’t copy andContinue reading “Not a simple formula”

A solid foundation seems to be the driving force behind all good things. A solid family support system its the starting point for a child’s success in life. A company with a strong business plan and a solid vision, clear stated principles its on the right path to success. Buildings with strong engineering expertise andContinue reading “A solid foundation”

Nowadays, no matter what we say or do, it seems like someone is always getting offended, and we switch to defend our position, or further elaborate. When we get offended, it is not because of what it is being said, although sometimes the remarks were actually meant as offensive, but it is mainly because ofContinue reading “You be the winner”

Distractions are always going to be part of our lives. Deadlines, things that we keep postponing, things that become urgent all of a sudden or whether its the little things like social media, the news, etc. We can try to block as many of these as we can but that rarely works. We always findContinue reading “It must be hard”

Sometimes it’s so easy to get caught up in the moment and forget about the real important things. We mix up our priorities and succumb to the pressure society puts on us. At that moment, good, solid routines come in handy. A good habit to have when one feels like that is to take aContinue reading “It happens sometimes”

My name is Adrian Michelena and today, February 3, 2020, I decided to start this blog site. The path I want to take is clear as mud but I know one thing for sure: I want to share part of my daily routines, habits, books that I’m reading or have read, quotes I’m pondering atContinue reading “Hello”