You Are Everything You Think You Are

by Guillermo Vidal | Sep 2, 2019 | Becoming Your Best Self

We misunderstand the power of the mind to create our reality. This is apparent from the way people use affirmations as though they were wishes someone out there can fulfill. I think the use of affirmations is important, but I don’t trust repeating them daily can get...

You Are Always on the Verge of Greatness

by Guillermo Vidal | Aug 28, 2019 | Becoming Your Best Self

There is a myriad of sayings about age that are frequently used in American culture. Their seeming purpose is to make us feel better about growing older. Here is a small sampling; “You are only as old as you feel.” “Age is just a number.” “Wrinkles are traces of where...

What to do When a Family Member Betrays You

by Guillermo Vidal | Aug 7, 2019 | Becoming Your Best Self

Game of Thrones and human history have one thing in common; life is just one damned thing after another. But there is something else that may not seem so obvious; they contain lots of instances of family members betraying one another. The fact is that “blood is not...

Just Because Someone Has a Lower Social Status and Less Money Does not Mean They Have Lesser Value

by Guillermo Vidal | Jul 24, 2019 | Becoming Your Best Self

Hard to pinpoint where it all began, but somewhere in human history people began comparing themselves to one another. To make matters worse, society assigned hierarchical values to these comparisons. They invented terms, like “upper or ruling class, working class and...

What Dancing Salsa is Teaching Me About Life

by Guillermo Vidal | Jul 22, 2019 | Becoming Your Best Self

Some of the best salseros (salsa dancers) in the world come from the Caribbean Island I call home, Cuba. During my two return visits to Cuba—in 2001 and 2016, forty years after my parents sent me fleeing Castro’s Revolution to the United States—this joyful and...

Does Failing Mean You Were Not Trying Hard Enough?

by Guillermo Vidal | Jun 24, 2019 | Becoming Your Best Self

There is probably no single person alive in America today (and perhaps the world) who has not heard the advice, “whatever you do, always give it your best.” I grew up convinced this was good advice, even noble and admirable. We should always give our best effort, I...