People | Life, Money & Development

10 Short Tips for Keeping Anxiety at Bay

Anxiety is a (sometimes annoying) emotional and cognitive state. Emotionally, we recognize it as sensations of fear, grief, worry or general apprehension. The cognitive component entails expectation of a diffuse and uncertain danger. The threat or perspective of danger triggers the body’s defenses: the flow of blood to the muscles is increased, which in turn implies rising blood pressure and heart rate. Needless to say, such alert activation involves a higher consumption of body’s energy, and also other parts, such as the immune system, are inhibited in order to increase energetic reserves and focus for fighting the hypothetical danger.… (Continue Reading)

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Herrera · 5 Comments

Working in Groups: 10 Keys for Success

In the following, I’ll briefly expand on the key points for achieving success when you have to work in groups. As a result of the complex and dynamic nature of human interactions, you may find working in groups a challenging issue. In fact, the coordination and agreement required by groups is a research topic by itself. But the powerful rationale behind groups is the divide-and-conquer approach: a bigger workforce may lead to bigger results (but not always, and in some fields, such as software engineering, it may easily be the opposite.) In this respect, I’ll propose 10 aspects we should … (Continue Reading)

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Herrera · 11 Comments

Money

What is your relation with your money? This is something I insist a lot in my business seminars: look for money, but never lend your heart to money. In other words, win money, but don't let money to win you. Are you a winner? Read this post and discover if you are one!

Business

In the 7 Attributes of Leadership I discuss about the traits I pay close attention to when hiring someone, as I always strive to work with leaders.

Technology

Nowadays, the net is inhabited by myriad blogs. Therefore, to stand out has become more and more challenging. Thus, the question arises: how to highlight our blog in order to distinguish it from others? It's simple. Follow a "samurai" approach.

Health

Memory is the mental ability which allows us to store, retain, and information. A clear memory amounts to a "bigger" vision of our world. In this post, we review the nature and physiology of memory, and derive some helpful tips for keeping it active, and young.