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Door: YOUR MENTAL WINGS

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When I was seven years old, I made my first kite, a very fun experience. But the really exciting thing was learning how to fly it. It was an arduous task, as what appeared to be literally "a child's play” ... in reality, for me, it became "a child’s challenge.” After an afternoon of numerous failed attempts, I finally got it... it was a feeling of triumph and wonder, on the one hand, I felt proud of not giving up and on the other hand, it seemed incredible to me that something built with fragile materials was not destroyed by the powerful wind. Eventually I was discovering that, like this kite, great results can be obtained when we know how to use every circumstance as a source of leverage. We have control on ourselves, but we don't have it on that which is not part of us. Everything what is "out," plays a special role, that is why your true talent lies in forming strategic alliances and not useless wars. Freedom! An ideal by which countless fights h...

Door: DEFOCUSING, FOCUSING

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When the alarm clock rings... it tells us that it is time to keep dreaming, but this time with our eyes wide open. The reasons that motivate us to stand would be innumerable, however, there is one that is powerful enough: A new opportunity to re direct and re build our lives has been born. Now, if we really want to produce those results that allow us to grow, we must create states of mind that lead us to get them. And how to achieve this? We could start by connecting with gratitude. Living in a state of gratitude helps us to appreciate the now. To do this, let's imagine that the past is like the dawn, it indicates the starting point of the day. The future is like the sunset, it indicates the culmination of the day. But, what is between them? The day, “the today.” Knowing what to focus is vital, although, knowing what to defocus is too. Our past must be confronted, forgiven, and used as a sobering source, but focusing on it prevents us from moving forward. Therefore, if you al...