Category / Personal Reflections
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Brevity – ElPropósito
Memento mori. How the brevity of life, and the loss of my son Juan Diego, taught me to live with purpose and serenity
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Hope – ElPropósito
On Easter Sunday: a firm purpose for what depends on us, serenity and faith for what doesn’t. The Stoic dichotomy of control and omnia in bonum
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Disconnecting – ElPropósito
Discipline also includes knowing when to stop. Why a conscious pause protects consistency and helps leaders and teams return with intention
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Time (2) – ElPropósito
Time doesn’t stop, negotiate or return. On opportunity cost, small repeated decisions and what our use of time reveals about us
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Last – ElPropósito
The last Sunday of the year is a chance to close a cycle with intention. Lessons learned, Dalio’s Pain + Reflection = Progress and three virtues for 2026
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Power – ElPropósito
Power without purpose is an empty goal. Aristotle, Viktor Frankl and why goals are steps while purpose, always aimed at the good, gives them meaning
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Discipline – ElPropósito
My wife’s daily discipline as a diabetic, and what it teaches about reaching any goal in health, work and relationships. A personal post for World Diabetes Day week
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Reflection – ElPropósito
Pain + Reflection = Progress. How often to reflect, daily and at year’s end, and the questions that turn experience into lessons learned
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Decision – ElPropósito
Good decisions have a purpose behind them. Revisiting the four pillars of decision-making and reviewing 2025’s choices to plan 2026 with clarity
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Autonomy – ElPropósito
Autonomy is a foundation for purpose. How freedom to choose, exercised with responsibility and respect for others, strengthens daily life, relationships and work
