Nov 20, 2019
Having opened his eyes to a
world of extreme poverty combined with the life-threatening
situations of Civil War, Luis Velasquez suffered through and
survived 3 brain tumors, lost his career and his relationships, and
still found the resilience in him to “bloom where he was
planted.”
This resilience expert
explains his life as a series of severe and happy accidents that
taught him how to thrive, rather than just survive.
Along the way, Luis learned several
important lessons:
- I don’t wanna be
fearless. I wanna
fear less. And by assuming I wanna fear less, it gives me
permission not to be perfect. It gives me permission
to be messy. So, I seek improvement rather than
perfection.
- Satisfaction comes from
outside: you always want more. Fulfillment is internal: you don’t
need all the money in the world to have that. You can find it at
any level.
- For me, what has made the
difference in surviving and thriving is understanding that I have
choices and that I can adapt to whatever situation I have. I have a
mother who says that I can’t control the rain, but I can control if
I get wet or not.
Optimism, a mindset of
abundance, being grateful for what you have, and being resourceful
about the options that are available to you, helps you thrive,
rather than just survive.
“The idea that you are a
work in progress helps you be resilient. Possibilities are
endless; whatever is going on in your life, this too shall pass.
Focus on what you can control, don’t try to battle what you can’t
control. My wife and I were deciding whether we should have
children, because my world can change completely from one year to
next, and one day I said: I don’t want my death to rule my
life.”
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