by Rita Castillo-Salese | Apr 15, 2025
“Don’t let the shadow of the other shoe spoil the sunshine of the moment.” – Unknown Why High Achievers Expect Things to Go Wrong Hang around high-achievers long enough and you’ll hear this statement, “I’m just waiting for the other shoe to drop.”...
by Rita Castillo-Salese | Mar 25, 2025
“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.” – Winston Churchill Fear vs. Reality: How Your Brain Creates False Alarms The Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, and the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr....
by Rita Castillo-Salese | Mar 11, 2025
“The best way to get something done is to begin.” – Unknown Procrastination and the Brain 1 Thing It was a Friday morning in the spring of 2022. I had reserved this day to do only 1 thing. I had 1 thing written in my Focus Planner. I was ready. ...
by Rita Castillo-Salese | Mar 4, 2025
“The exaggerated esteem in which my life work is held makes me very ill at ease. I feel compelled to think of myself as an involuntary swindler.” – Albert Einstein You’ve achieved great things. You have the track record, the credentials, and the...
by Rita Castillo-Salese | Apr 29, 2024
Be Brave Be Strong 4 Words Have 4 words ever changed your life? Those 4 words changed mine. Be brave be strong were spoken to me by my father in 2022. I was a full year into grappling with a mysterious chronic illness. Plot twist; my dad went to be with the Lord in...
