Isa Castellanos Velasco

Karmic Currency

Karmic Currency by Sandy Fernandez   You can visit Affirmations for the Seven Chakras to listen to a 7.5 minute guided meditation that explains each of the chakras and affirmations. Chakras and Affirmations Pairs: 1-7; 2-6; 3-5; flows through 4 First Chakra – Root Chakra – Red Security, stability, and fulfillment of our basic needs affirmations: I am safe I am peaceful I am protected and secure I am rooted and grounded to the Earth I am enough, and I have enough I can give without fear Second Chakra – Sacral Chakra – Orange Creativity, sexuality, desire, and self-worth affirmations: I am

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Ignite Your Intuition

21 Rituals to Ignite Your Intuition by Theresa Cheung   Intuition is Trust in You and Trust in Your Life. This book recommends 21 rituals for you to add to you morning, daily, and evening routine over the next three weeks. If you add a new one each day, you can experiment to see which rituals have created a positive effect and keep doing them. For example, ritual 5) Think Back was one of the most insightful for me. Part 1: Awaken Your Intuition – 7 Intuition-Igniting Morning Rituals 1) Forget Your Phone Unplug your phone on a regular basis.

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Go-Giver

The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg and John David Mann Thank you for taking time to read this. The more successful someone is = more willing to share secrets Trade Secret = GIVING Stratospheric success requires being genuine. The Five Laws of Stratospheric Success The Law of Value Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment. New Algorithm = Give 5 times more value than payment for your product or service The Law of Compensation Your income is determined by how many people

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Five Wishes

Five Wishes: How Answering One Simple Question Can Make Your Dreams Come True by Gay Hendricks This book teaches us the importance of reflecting on what we could regret most from our death beds, and then deliberating defining our lives to prioritize what is most important. This parable goes through the process of the characters first reflecting on their life from their future deathbed and thinking “the main reason my life was not a total success is because I did not…1,2,3,4,5,” and then it shifts to “For my life to have been a total success, I wish I’d…1,2,3,4,5,” and finally

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Essentialism

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown Less but better. Essentialism is the relentless and disciplined pursuit of less but better. Essentialism is not about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done. WIN = What’s Important Now? [see section 19 for more information on how to WIN] Part 1: Essence – What is the core mindset of an Essentialist? 1) The Essentialist Basic Value Proposition of Essentialism: Only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest

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Crucial Conversations

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High By Kerry Patterson To hear more on this topic, listen to this podcast: The Tidbit: How to Have Difficult Conversations with Mike Malloy [jump to 5:40 to skip the intro and get straight to the conversation about these lessons] Chapter 1 – What’s a Crucial Conversation? A crucial conversation is a discussion between two or more people where (1) stakes are high, (2) opinions vary, and (3) emotions run strong. Chapter 2 – Mastering Crucial Conversations – The Power of Dialogue Dialogue is the free flow of meaning between two or

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Closer’s Survival Guide

The Closer’s Survival Guide: Over 100 Ways to Ink the Deal (full PDF eBook – page 92 starts the list of 100+ closes) by Grant Cardone Your 4 steps are to prepare, probe, propose, and close. The close is that specific moment when you acquire an agreement, all parties take action and things of value are exchanged. If there is no exchange and no action, then there is no close. There must be an agreement to transfer resources, and actions taken between both parties for any real value to occur. Close the prospect on taking ownership of the product or service, so they can actually

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Cashflow Quadrant

Rich Dad’s CASHFLOW Quadrant: Rich Dad’s Guide to Financial Freedom By Robert T. Kiyosaki Highlights I read this 322 page cashflow.pdf in July 2020 and took screenshots on my phone of the highlights and my key learnings to trim down the content to share. The PDF viewer below is <60% as many pages and most are a subset of each page zoomed in on the key learning. I merged them all together for you to accelerate your learning. I recommend skimming through it to look at all the pictures and pay attention to where he describes money flowing. For example

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The Captain Class

Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World’s Greatest Teams by Sam Walker Bryant Wolf recommended this book to me in November 2019, and Bryant’s 4 takeaways are: It’s not the most talented people with the best pedigree who win. This is so important and so hard to internalize because it’s so heretical. Young teams need to know that putting a bunch of stars in a room doesn’t make a good team, and in fact, those teams frequently underperform and can be beaten. On the flip side it also means when you’re the better team on paper, that’s helping

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Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence is equally as important as other types of intelligence in a professional setting. Learn to manage your stress, read body language, and other tricks to develop your emotional intelligence.   Videos You need to watch each video in its entirety. Video 1/3 – Leadership Embodiment Introductions Video 2/3 – Leadership Embodiment Four Corners Breathing Video 3/3 – Former FBI Agent Explains How to Read Body Language  Required Readings Emotions – Name Them Fear and Anger Give Bad Advice Fear and Anger: How to Shift Out of It Heard: How to Make People Feel It The Drama Triangle and 100% Responsibility Cues:

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Karmic Currency

Karmic Currency by Sandy Fernandez   You can visit Affirmations for the Seven Chakras to listen to a 7.5 minute guided meditation that explains each of the chakras and affirmations. Chakras and

Read More »

Ignite Your Intuition

21 Rituals to Ignite Your Intuition by Theresa Cheung   Intuition is Trust in You and Trust in Your Life. This book recommends 21 rituals for you to add to

Read More »

Go-Giver

The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg and John David Mann Thank you for taking time to read this. The more successful someone is

Read More »

Five Wishes

Five Wishes: How Answering One Simple Question Can Make Your Dreams Come True by Gay Hendricks This book teaches us the importance of reflecting on what we could regret most

Read More »

Essentialism

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown Less but better. Essentialism is the relentless and disciplined pursuit of less but better. Essentialism is not about getting more done

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Crucial Conversations

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High By Kerry Patterson To hear more on this topic, listen to this podcast: The Tidbit: How to Have Difficult Conversations with

Read More »

Closer’s Survival Guide

The Closer’s Survival Guide: Over 100 Ways to Ink the Deal (full PDF eBook – page 92 starts the list of 100+ closes) by Grant Cardone Your 4 steps are to prepare, probe,

Read More »

Cashflow Quadrant

Rich Dad’s CASHFLOW Quadrant: Rich Dad’s Guide to Financial Freedom By Robert T. Kiyosaki Highlights I read this 322 page cashflow.pdf in July 2020 and took screenshots on my phone

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The Captain Class

Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World’s Greatest Teams by Sam Walker Bryant Wolf recommended this book to me in November 2019, and Bryant’s 4 takeaways are: It’s

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Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence is equally as important as other types of intelligence in a professional setting. Learn to manage your stress, read body language, and other tricks to develop your emotional

Read More »