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Comment on Conquer Self-Doubt and Embrace Success by careerpioneer

careerpioneer — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:40:00 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts, Miguel! You offer very great insight, as well. I appreciate your tip on eliminating negative influences, even in the form of entertainment/media. I’m a huge proponent of what you put in your body (through the eyes, ears, and mouth) directly influences our actions, productivity levels, and mental capacity and outlook. I notice that when I’m around positive people and positive influences, I am a more positive person even in the midst of challenges.
Thanks again for your insight. Keep ‘em coming!

Comment on [Podcast] ‘Invest in Main Street, Not Wall Street’ says Chonchol Gupta, CEO of Rebirth Financial by careerpioneer

careerpioneer — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:37:00 +0000

Cool! Thanks for the link, Miguel.

We’ve moved away from the notion of supporting small business in the last couple of decades. But I’m seeing, at least anecdotally, greater support for small businesses especially in certain service industries and even in retail. What’s your perspective?

Comment on Identify Your Why & Find Your Soul by careerpioneer

careerpioneer — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:35:00 +0000

Good insight, Miguel! Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts.

Comment on Identify Your Why & Find Your Soul by Miguel Lira

Miguel Lira — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:29:00 +0000

I think that understanding the reason behind your
actions (the why) is the thing that propels you forward when you need to just
keep on keeping on, it’s what makes you feel passionate about something and persevere
to keep going even though everyone is telling you to quit, sometimes, even that
little voice inside your head. However, if the why is important enough, nothing
will matter and you will keep going until you make things happen.

Comment on [Podcast] ‘Invest in Main Street, Not Wall Street’ says Chonchol Gupta, CEO of Rebirth Financial by Miguel Lira

Miguel Lira — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 22:00:00 +0000

I like how Mr. Chonchol talks about the link between investing in local businesses and helping local communities, and also how he
xplains that passion is very important. I think that the Lean Startup methodology is something that could be very useful for entrepreneurs and investor and it relates to the comment Mr. Chonchol makes regarding viability and changing directions. Here is an interesting article about Lean Startups in case someone wants to read it: http://practicetrumpstheory.com/bootstrapping-a-lean-startup/

Comment on Conquer Self-Doubt and Embrace Success by Miguel Lira

Miguel Lira — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 20:31:00 +0000

I think most of us experience the Impostor from time to time
and it is through personal work that it can be conquered. I dont think it ever
goes entirely away, but it is possible to “let it be” and not listen too much to
those “insecure voices” so they don’t affect our confidence. At time it even
seems to happen automatically, and I have noticed that if you reduce the amount
of negative influences in your life (less drama with complicated people, less
crime movies, less violent tv shows, etc) dealing with the impostor Syndrome
can get easier. In a similar way, increasing the amount of positive influences
(positive people, success stories, uplifting documentaries, good books, etc)
can have a positive impact as well.
Thanks for sharing simple tactics to overcome the Syndrome.
I particularly liked #2 because taking an objective look at the things you have
done, is very helpful to “dismantle” negative beliefs that can sabotage our
careers.
Great article! Keep up the good work.

Comment on 4 Reasons You Lost Your Mojo and How to Get it Back by careerpioneer

careerpioneer — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 02:11:00 +0000

Very good insight, Jose! Thanks for your comment.

Comment on 4 Reasons You Lost Your Mojo and How to Get it Back by Jose Lira

Jose Lira — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:03:00 +0000

I think this is a common challenge for many of
us and it is often related to Focus. Sometimes it is easy to lose focus and
start wandering off, either by watching a tv show, by pursuing goals that are
not meaningful (causing not to want it bad enough), or dealing with things that
come up in life. It´s all about focus. I do think that as you said, we need to
focus on the few things that are really important for us in order to excel in
those, and be willing to be “not so awesome” on the other things that are less
important. I think the key is balance and focus

Comment on Identify Your Why & Find Your Soul by careerpioneer

careerpioneer — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:19:00 +0000

Please do! And if you need any resources or referrals, please let me know.

Comment on Identify Your Why & Find Your Soul by Kenya Goodson

Kenya Goodson — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:31:00 +0000

Thank you!!!!! I will keep you posted!