How did you get started?
So I got started, I'm the co-founder.
So it's very interesting how life, in a way,
you design your life.
But there is a clear path there that is designed for you.
I mean, I think the way I see designing your life
is the speed that you go through life,
but the path is already designed for you.
So I became a leadership coach.
I've been in corporate for 30 plus years.
Decided to do a different shift in my career.
A lot of people say, hey, you're a great therapist.
Once you go into therapy and say, well, therapy, I don't know.
What about coaching?
Well, what is coaching?
And then I got into coaching.
From there, I got mesmerized by a facilitator
that was using a person-to-fifth inquiry, which
is a framework, a dialogue.
Framework really is designed for any purpose,
creating a strategy for a company,
or finding resolutions.
I mean, the United Nations is using that.
And from there, I'm like, there has
to be other individuals like me that
are using a person-to-fifth inquiry in my native tongue.
So I'm from Spain.
And then I met Felix Villoria, who is my business partner.
And we really connected very deep in our values,
our visions.
And I think the pandemic does miracle things.
A lot of people blame the pandemic.
But I think we need to give thanks to the pandemic,
because we really shifted.
And we decided to think about, hey, what
about this positive leadership approach?
What if we bring this into a corporate setting
or individuals?
How they can benefit?
And we started thinking about the vision
of how it will impact the individual, their home,
their place of work, their communities,
and the impact that will create if we start talking and showing
people positive leadership.
Absolutely.
So when you referenced the pandemic,
is that when you and your co-founder,
you said Alex, correct?
Felix.
Yes.
I'm sorry.
You and Felix decided to get started?
Yes.
We started doing things, I think,
like any business and personal relationships,
you got to get to know each other.
And kind of like, and the interesting part,
believe it or not, a lot of people don't believe it,
I haven't met Felix in person.
Wow.
OK.
Yeah, we never met in person.
We have, when you talk about a business relationship that
has trust, 100%.
So we started doing things, and we had an opportunity
to meet in person, but we never did.
And that's the interesting part.
And that tells you the power of positive leadership
right there on the spot, where you can meet someone,
you can apply those principles, and really
see things flourishing.
So if the pandemic never happened,
I probably never met Felix in that particular moment,
maybe later on.
But that was a key factor of it, yes.
I love that, because it's two people that have a goal that's
working together.
And I'm sure the Zoom came to place,
and that face-to-face was definitely video-based.
But I think that when you said trust, that's big, right?
But it doesn't take necessarily a physical introduction
in order to gain that trust.
And I love that you and Felix had decided
to create a business relationship, and first
probably a relationship to get to know one another
and see how this business will flourish.
And then coming into Positive Leadership Academy,
you guys both had to have worked on yourself.
What did you do for yourself before you actually got
yourself involved in this piece?
I think there's, for me, I'm pretty sure for Felix,
there's other elements.
For me, I think there's three key factors
that I think you need to work as a leader.
I think number one is really find out your energy source.
And when I ask my clients, what is your energy source,
a lot of people say, well, it's my family.
It's my work.
It's what I'm doing for the community.
And I say, that's not an energy source,
because if you don't sleep six plus hours, most likely,
you won't be as passionate as you
think you are by doing the work that you do.
So what I mean by energy source is,
what is giving me the fuel to move every day?
It's in my sleep.
It's in my meditation.
It's in my journaling.
It's in my exercise.
It's in my thinking time, reflection time.
So really find out as a leader or as an individual,
what is your energy source?
What gives you the optimal?
And then from there, we start thinking that, hey,
my sleep is not that great.
I need to increase that.
Or my nutrition is not that great.
Or maybe I should exercise more.
Or maybe I should think, because we don't think anymore.
We just reactive.
So that's number one, that I needed to work for myself.
I say, oh, wow, I need to really optimize myself
so I can feel that I am 100% optimal.
The second thing is purpose.
Why am I here?
What am I doing here?
What is my purpose?
What do we do?
Why we write bills?
Well, we don't write checks anymore.
It gets deducted.
But what we do, what we do is I tell people, say,
when you're eating, are you mindful what you're eating?
Why you do what you do?
What is the purpose behind it?
And my purpose was, I think, the ultimate purpose
that I'm a believer.
I think the ultimate purpose that Christ wanted
to tell everybody is the ultimate sacrifice
is serving others to the ultimate,
to the best approach.
So that's my purpose, to serve others
so they can reach their best version of themselves.
And the third element that I needed to work
is do everything with love.
And what I mean by love is not the romantic one.
It's the love of really connecting with others
in a deep level.
Yes, yes.
And I totally understand that.
One thing that I was reading this morning in Ephesians
was it was talking about pretty much the power
of the tongue and not speaking ill of anyone,
but truly sharing the joy of love
and God to give that back to you.
And so I get that totally.
What fuels you?
As you hear, I'm a believer as well, and in your purpose,
and then doing everything with love.
And I think what you're meaning and saying, too,
is that unconditional love, regardless of your past,
present, or future, you're going to love them according
to who they present you to be.
And I love that, and finding who you are and where you're going.
And in this work, that's definitely the work
you need to do on yourself.
So when it comes to the Positive Leadership Academy,
tell me about your vision in doing this.
I think my vision is to really, when you see the world,
and we can see the world in different lenses,
we turn to the news.
And it's a very pessimistic, very negative way
of seeing the world.
And then you see the miracles that
are happening in front of you, and then you
see a different perspective of the world.
There's a lot of hope.
There's a lot of amazing things that the Creator is doing.
So my vision is to really elevate the conscience
level of leaders.
And I think we all have the power
to make a big difference, and not just us
and other individuals and other homes and other communities.
I remember when I was trying to be a homeowner,
and I told myself, I cannot wait to be a homeowner
and pay property taxes so I can participate
in the politics of your community.
How amazing that is, that you have the ability
to be in front of the city council and express your mind.
Wow, what an opportunity.
I think positive leadership, we're
trying to create that vision for individuals to think, hey,
work-wise, your family, your well-being, your community,
anything.
You can create such an impact that that's my vision.
For people to really, I don't want
to say this, awake in themselves and the power
they have within themselves.
Absolutely.
And it's so interesting you say that is we're often awake.
Sleep eight hours, up the remaining.
I don't think I've had eight hours of sleep
in a very long time, however.
But I think, and I feel like you're speaking awake
from the core, bringing what's inside of you out of you.
And it's definitely the positive,
but definitely having to filter out
that negative and that energy that's deep down in there
as well.
But choosing, it's definitely you
said something about the consciousness,
is being able to choose consciously to be
a positive individual.
And with that being said, do you find it a challenge
to find the positivity in leaders
that you choose to coach?
I think for me, challenges is an opportunity.
So I believe obstacles is a possibility.
So when individuals, I see a challenge for them.
I'm like, great, it's an opportunity.
Let's go.
Let's dive into it.
Let's see what we can make the best out of it.
Otherwise, I feel we're not growing.
If there's no challenges, there is no obstacles,
then imagine if every season was the same.
And it's like, wow.
And I think that that kind of gives me, hey, this is great.
I think, and you said it at the beginning of the podcast,
everybody's in their own journey.
So I always say, this is an invitation
for you to step into this or not.
It's up to you.
But you cannot blame me.
You cannot blame the world.
You cannot blame anybody else around you, a loved one,
is you.
Either you accept this invitation or not.
So very similar to the Matrix movie.
This is the blue.
This is the red pill.
Which one you want to take, right?
It's up to you.
You are going to be in whatever situation you want to be in.
Yeah.
But I guarantee you that if you take the route
of being a positive leadership, I
think you're going to create an amazing impact in your life.
And you're going to see the transformation happen.
So when I see that, I'm like, hey, it's up to you.
But I love obstacles.
I think obstacles make us grow.
So if I get up one day and things are pretty good,
I'm thinking, oh, hold on a second.
This is not real.
I'm dreaming, right?
Yeah.
I love obstacles.
I think they're amazing.
Yeah.
And it's so funny.
I was riding on a bike.
I was cycling today doing exercise.
And the lady said, if this is the hardest part of your day,
then you have a great day.
I was like, oh, that's a good one,
because this is really hard.
I'm really trying to breathe and do everything.
So yes, in those moments in life,
I think that what is that statement that
says that we often pay attention to the bad things
and let the good things go by, when if we really actually
paid attention to it, we have more good than bad.
It definitely outweighs the bad things
that are going on in our lives.
And I love that you love challenge,
because it actually protrudes and shows growth, right?
You begin the challenge.
You move past it.
And then there is that aha moment,
like someone has really, really transformed
and now has this light of joy that's completely different.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
And so the name itself says positive leadership.
And again, I truly love that.
I want to ask you a question.
What are the greatest joys of what you do?
The greatest joy, I need to be mindful.
The other day, I was reflecting.
I was driving.
And I was reflecting on some of the coaching calls
I had and some of the group sessions I had.
And the greatest joy is seeing the shift of individuals
as I am leading them.
And you see their faces going, wow, I got it.
I got it.
I'm moving forward.
I think that's the greatest joy that I
see in the work that I do.
And really thinking, hey, I'm serving.
I'm serving.
I'm doing.
I'm serving.
I'm doing that.
And I think that that creates that ecstasy, I can call it,
of really detaching yourself from your basic needs.
And I think once you do that, you're like, oh my god.
You don't think about the money that you're making
or, hey, am I getting this materialistic things?
You're thinking about just serving others
and creating that impact.
And I think that's a great feeling to have.
But in order to have that, I tell people,
I need to be mindful.
I need to really reflect and really rewind that day
and really look into the gains of the day, what
I have done today that I'm really proud of myself.
And when I do that, I'm like, man, this is really cool.
This is awesome that I'm doing this.
This is so amazing.
Just the fact that I'm here talking to you
about Positive Leadership Academy, man, that's a joy.
That's pretty cool.
I'm pretty happy today.
If everything goes downhill, I'm still
happy for what just happened now.
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