5/3/2023 Emilio Pastor It’s been a while since I’ve written. In 2017, I began my journey of becoming a better version of myself. It took hitting rock bottom for me to want to transform into the person I needed to be. For me, it started financially because my household faced challenges in meeting financial obligations,Continue reading “What Moved Me Then, Does Not Move Me Now”
Conflict in Personal Relationships, Professional Relationships, and Entrepreneurial Ventures
Recently getting involved in the real estate business thanks to a friend that exposed me to the industry, my curiosity led me to ask him if he would ever be interested in starting up a real estate investment firm together. I thought that our different skills would complement each other well and in return accelerateContinue reading “Conflict in Personal Relationships, Professional Relationships, and Entrepreneurial Ventures”
The 3 Stages of Effective Learning
According to “Part of the Daily American Diet, 34 Gigabytes of Data” a NY Times publication by Nick Bilton, “the average American consumes about 34 gigabytes of data and information each day.” Can you imagine that? I wonder… How much of that data and information do we actually retain? “Brain Science: The Forgetting Curve–the DirtyContinue reading “The 3 Stages of Effective Learning”
A New Year
This is where I have spent 95% of my time after purchasing my first home back in August. My little working from home space. I have come to enjoy the long 14-hour workdays, quite frankly. This year, I have set out 15 different goals I want to achieve by the end 2021. I wanted toContinue reading “A New Year”
Boss Vs. Leader
For my Leadership course this semester we were assigned to form a discussion around an article on the differences between a leader and boss. I wanted to share the article with you to see what thoughts it triggered with you. Link: Boss vs. Leader? —————————————————————————————————————- My instructor asked: “After Reading this brief article that answersContinue reading “Boss Vs. Leader”
Tenacity
July was undoubtedly my toughest month this year and if not, one of the toughest.I remember telling friends prior to July that I had no clue how I was going to get through it.It almost felt like an impossible number of tasks to take on and not enough time overcome them. At the same time,Continue reading “Tenacity”
A Moment to Think…
Earlier this week I had six questions that were presented to me for a virtual event that I thought I should share along with my answers. After taking the time to read this, I’d like you to think about the questions and what you would answer. If you feel comfortable sharing, please do! I feelContinue reading “A Moment to Think…”
The Three Pillars of Self-Fulfillment
Now you might be going through some form of education and doing all of the learning in the world, but are you earning from what you are learning? You might be the owner of a successful company and gaining all of the wealth in the company but are you returning to your community and lovedContinue reading “The Three Pillars of Self-Fulfillment”
The Ones That Don’t & The Ones That Do
On January 20th, the first case of the coronavirus was confirmed. On March 11th, the World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic. In the same month, states nationwide began issuing stay-at-home orders. Now coming into the month of June, approximately 6 months later, states are finally starting to lift restrictions. Amidst the light atContinue reading “The Ones That Don’t & The Ones That Do”
Hope
Fear. “The next Great Depression”, “The next Great Recession”, “The next Spanish Flu”, x “new number of cases reported”. Isn’t this all we hear nowadays? The world is being fed fear and people are taking it all in. This needs to stop now. The 33rd President of The United States, Harry S. Truman once said,Continue reading “Hope”
A Collection of Writings 