by Guillermo Villar | May 17, 2015 | Blog
My wife and I were hooked on the TV show Mad Men that just aired its series finale. In an episode from the final season, one of the main characters, Peggy Olson, is told that she has to fill out her own performance review, meaning that it’s viewed as just a...
by Guillermo Villar | May 17, 2015 | Blog
Often we live with a feeling of vague dissatisfaction. We achieve, we win, we climb the ladder, and still we may be in a sort of fog where it feels as if it’s not enough. And perhaps this makes us feel guilty, or ungrateful, or uninspired. But...
by Guillermo Villar | May 17, 2015 | Blog
During the next two weeks, think about something you know you want, and ask yourself the following question, at least three times: “When I get that, what will I have?” For example, if you’re thinking you want a different job… Q: When I get a different...
by Guillermo Villar | Apr 12, 2015 | Blog
When I was 25 years old, after taking a year off from my engineering career to study music in Los Angeles, I went looking to re-enter the “working world”. I ended up getting a job in my home town of San Juan, Puerto Rico. But what sounded like a great situation at the...
by Guillermo Villar | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog
I like using the word “mindfulness”. Mindfulness is all about noticing your thoughts, your feelings, your body, your behavior. And here’s the key—and also the hard part: it’s about noticing all those things without judgment. We all have thoughts, but many...
by Guillermo Villar | Feb 26, 2015 | Blog
In a recent blog, I wrote about vision and how we can often start with a fuzzy, blurry, vague idea of what we want. And how that’s OK. The important thing is to start creating some movement toward a vision of what we want, even if that vision is not fully in...
