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About Jesús Enrique Rosas

The Body Language Guy.

To overcome certain limitations, maybe we just have to expand our vocabulary:

It’s perfectly normal to face adversity and not know how to react. (Maybe we don’t even know how to define how we feel about it) Ludwig Wittgenstein wants to help us: Wittgenstein was a disciple of Bertrand Russell, who pushed login into him with the same subtlety of Pulp Fiction’s adrenaline injection. (And Ludwig’s reaction was similar): Language is made of * propositions *. For example, “Lasagna makes you fat”. There is a problem: Wittgenstein argued that only the propositions that we can verify empirically (through our experience) as ‘true’ or ‘false’ are valid. Therefore, concepts such as moral, ethics and ... [keep reading...]

To overcome certain limitations, maybe we just have to expand our vocabulary:2025-01-01T13:44:30+01:00

To live life to its fullest, you must kill your self-consciousness:

How many rules should we obey on a daily basis? Hundreds; Maybe thousands. They are necessary to live together, but which ones do we impose ourselves? Nietzsche has a couple of things to say about it: We can rest assured that this philosopher had a poster of Schopenhauer in his room, much like having one of Ozzy Osbourne. Of course, he studied in depth that “Will and Representation”, that the famous pessimist wrote; The duality of our world. Then he noticed a pattern: Plato spoke of a ‘real’ world (which we could only grasp with our intellect) and an ‘apparent’ world, which ... [keep reading...]

To live life to its fullest, you must kill your self-consciousness:2025-01-01T13:44:30+01:00

A Teen Thief… And a Lesson in Persuasion:

People’s attention span is getting shorter, so we must look for creative ways to capture and maintain it. That reminds me of a fifteen-year-old who one day decided to steal a book, regardless of the consequences: It was at the end of the 70s, and while all his friends were drooling for Space Invaders, he just wanted the book ‘Switch’ by Elmore Leonard. So much was his desperation to have the volume in his hands, that he did not hesitate for a second to steal it. The inexperience led to his capture. The teenager apologized to the owners of the premises, ... [keep reading...]

A Teen Thief… And a Lesson in Persuasion:2025-01-01T13:44:31+01:00

Nothing like a proctologist’s visit to RESET your life:

When life's curve balls hit us right in the liver, it's normal (but useless) to complain about our bad fortune. Christopher Reeve was understandably depressed right after his accident... until he had a singular visit: On May 27, 1995, Reeve was thrown from his horse during an equestrian jumping event, landing on his head. When he woke up four days later, he was paralyzed from the neck down, with a 50 percent chance of surviving. "Way too fucked up" pretty much sums it up. His situation struck fast and hard. He began to feel depressed and uncertain of his future. Not ... [keep reading...]

Nothing like a proctologist’s visit to RESET your life:2025-01-01T13:44:31+01:00

7 Body Language mistakes politicians reveal in debates:

In every political debate, it's common to choose a 'winner'. Body language is part of that criteria, but how do you know who dominated others with their nonverbal expression? Just pay attention to these 7 tips:   1 - "Baton Gestures" are the ones we use to support a speech. It's easy to recognize them as one or both hands emphasize certain words. Common mistake: to make them too close or far from the body, or not synchronized with the word you want to stress.   2 - We use 'pacifiers' to calm down when we are nervous. Touching our clothes ... [keep reading...]

7 Body Language mistakes politicians reveal in debates:2025-01-01T13:44:32+01:00

Sometimes, the best defense is just… doing nothing

"There is no destiny, only the one we forge." Sarah Connor's statement has fascinated me since 1991 when she engraved it with a knife like a bored teenager in class. However, certain terms and conditions apply: Sometimes, take bold actions does not mean exactly what we imagine. An example: Reviewing the assignments of our courses, I noticed the anecdote of one of our participants in an airport. In this particular case, an immigration official was reluctant to accept his transit through the country, despite having his documents in order. If it was Sarah Connor, things would have escalated... rather quickly. But ... [keep reading...]

Sometimes, the best defense is just… doing nothing2025-01-01T13:44:32+01:00

The 5 negotiation styles every business owner must master:

To negotiate effectively, it's important to recognize the different styles of this art. The style you choose will depend on your goals, your personality and circumstances, as well as the motivations of the other party. Of course, some styles are more 'combative' than others. Kenneth Thomas and Ralph Kilmann developed an instrument to assess the behavior of an individual in conflict situations. In this model, they describe five different personalities to handle conflict situations in negotiations. Those 5 negotiation styles are ... 1. Compete: Win-Lose This style is competitive and one of the most used in negotiation; Those who employ it ... [keep reading...]

The 5 negotiation styles every business owner must master:2025-01-01T13:44:33+01:00

Dialogues with Murphy, part I

These days I realized that for this blog, I had only conducted one interview, the one with Andrés López's little bench. A Facebook message, on the other hand, caught my attention in this regard. Why hadn't this category been continued? For the benefit of my readers, I decided to interview one of my professional advisors: Mr. Murphy (in person!). It will be a surprise for many, since a being of such caliber and fame can only be compared to Nosferatu or Mephistopheles. Things seem to go wrong as soon as they are named; it's like putting "Sympathy for the Devil" on ... [keep reading...]

Dialogues with Murphy, part I2025-01-01T13:44:35+01:00
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