High performance in Spain is fueled by serotonin and oxytocin over adrenaline and cortisol. Latter can give short bursts spikes at high cost. Former wins long term. Pixar in the US has a very “spanish” culture in many ways. Spaniards usually thrive there.
“To eliminate suffering entirely would mean, in the end, extinguishing love and desire as well. Those who love and desire cannot avoid passing through trial and suffering; and over the years, we carry within us lessons that leave their mark like scars, the memories of a journey shaped by freedom and failure, dreams and disappointments.
It is only thanks to the interplay of these elements that the wonders of the soul occur within us, allowing us to sense the richness of our humanity.
To renounce this adventure, both tragic and splendid, in the name of a presumed transcendence of all limits, could mean many things, but it would no longer be human.”
Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas (par. 120) (May 15, 2026)
Para el archivo. Cuando un guiri me pregunte que significa la expresión española "tener cojones", le enseñaré esta foto de los diez hombres y mujeres de Leiza, Navarra: un pueblo de 3.000 habitantes donde la mitad vota a Bildu.
“Pressure is a Privilege. And if you’re feeling any pressure or weight of expectation, you are breathing rare air, that very few of us get to live inside”.
Unbelievable piece of poetry .
Reflexión.
En el cole nunca se reconocía el esfuerzo. Se daba por supuesto. Solo palos a los malos.
Solía ser la segunda y no recuerdo ni un "buen trabajo".
Trabajéis con alumnos, cadetes o becarios, alabad el éxito siempre. Acabo de hacerlo (22 años) y ha sido espectacular.