Ismael Mejía blog

Why should you get up early? Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama are among the many who have managed to wake up to the sun. To step into the day . . even if it feels like the middle of the night outside. There's nothing wrong with that. In fact, maybe I should do the same thing someday when I have kids or finally own a business. And let's say that in a certain season of your life, you really have to wake up in the wee hours of the morning to maintain a work/life balance, you have my full respect. For others, and for the sake of the 9- or 5-year-old boy or girl, let me suggest an alternative. I did not wake up at 5 a.m. every day during this week-long experience. What I did do is get up earlier than my usual alarm clock, and I think that's the whole problem. During a typical week, I get up at 8 a.m.:       Don't rush to get out of bed.     Train in the morning, which experts say is most effective.      Prepare breakfast.     Put on...

  How to keep calm in difficult situations There are sometimes in our lives when we come across situations a little difficult to face, and it seems that everything is going wrong, however, it is not so because there is something that is going well and is that you still have a brain that can help you to solve or control, at least in part, the situation you are living. Losing your calm is not an option, you need to stay calm and relaxed as much as possible and keep a cool head. Here are some tips that can help you in situations where you feel that everything is going wrong. First, you should identify the signs of tension in your body. Take the time to notice what your body is telling you when you are in a difficult situation. You may feel your muscles tighten, your breathing or heart speed up, or even your body temperature rise or your hands start to shake. Each person has different signs. You should be able to identify them when they appear so that you are prepared to carr...

  The 10-minute rule The 10-minute rule is a rule that has personally helped me achieve from small to big goals without giving up; I learned it from Will Smith, a famous acquaintance who explains it with a story that according to him happened to him as a child. Will Smith tells that one day when he was a child his dad went crazy and decided to tear down the wall in front of the business because he wanted a new one, and then his father approached him and his brother and told them: -you are going to build this new wall, which was 10 meters long by 5 meters high, adding that they had to make a hole 2 meters deep for the foundation and that between him and his brother every day coming back from school they had to mix cement and lay bricks. At that moment, Will told himself that they would never finish, that the store would be missing a wall forever. However, day after day they after school mixed the cement and lay the bricks, every day. Finally, a year and a half later, they laid t...