Elevate Your Life: Mastering the 13 Keys for Holistic Personal Development

By Luis Velazquez Araque

As life progresses, you’ll undoubtedly face a variety of circumstances, constantly changing environments, and new roles that require you to adapt. Developing yourself as a person will help you manage the pressures that come with those evolutions and challenges so that you can be well-equipped to excel in all areas of your life. This self-improvement process is not a one-and-done deal, but rather a continuous journey over the course of your career, your education, throughout your personal life, or any other area. It’s about setting goals for yourself and establishing a plan to accomplish them.

This book offers thirteen essential keys to achieve holistic personal development that can’t help but lead you to success. These are skills you can put into practice 24 hours a day - all they need is to be learned and internalized. In time, you’ll elevate yourself to a higher state of being, one which is accessible to everyone with the right tools. It allows us to give more of ourselves, receive more, and ultimately, add value to our lives.

Through these pages, you’ll be immersed in a thoughtful, insightful, lively, and engaging exploration of just how far personal goals and self-improvement can take you. It’ll push you to step out of your comfort zone, develop your strengths, boost your confidence, and heighten your self-awareness so you can be fulfilled with the life of your dreams.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BadPress
• Release date: Oct 5, 2023
• ISBN: 9781667464466

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Foreword

As a novice on this path to an awakened consciousness, I was truly honored the author entrusted me with the responsibility of writing the preface for this work.

To speak of Dr. Luis Velázquez-Araque is to dive into the human capacity to adapt and find that magical alignment between who we are and what our purpose is. His life story is a clear example of how, at the end of the day, all the dots can come together to work in perfect synchrony. This is how a mechanical engineer ended up devoting himself to giving motivational speeches, realizing all his experiences could serve as the raw material to inspire others.

When I saw the title, I was intrigued he’d chosen the number 13 to encapsulate the Keys for Holistic Personal Development. It’s exactly that number, considered unlucky by so many, which made me pause and think.

What scientific basis is there for thinking the number 13 is unlucky? Absolutely none. So then where did its association with luck come from? Some say the number 13 was seen as a bad omen in ancient times, as the traitor Judas would have been the thirteenth apostle of Jesus. Additionally, the Kabbalah speaks of thirteen evil spirits. What we can say for certain is there are many other stories surrounding this number.

But let’s go back to the author’s topic for the book, because I think it’s worth noting how his very life is reflective of the effort he put into it. Little to nothing came to him by chance. His path demonstrates that the best way to achieve that so-called luck is to never settle, and to keep trying to ascend the value ladder.

As Benjamin Franklin once said, Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day. It’s for that reason the author gives us practical, concrete tools to succeed and have a fulfilling life.

Easy to read yet profoundly impactful at the same time, this book’s pages will leave the reader with a step-by-step guide on how to incorporate habits into their daily lives that, with discipline and determination, will make a real difference.

Dreams can be frustrating when they hinge on luck or destiny instead of relying on human effort and intelligence. When an illusion shatters a dream, if we then invest time and effort into it, it doesn't necessarily have to end in disappointment; quite the contrary.

So, I invite you to dive in and enjoy this book filled with wisdom, life lessons, and, above all, useful tips you can begin applying on your own personal growth journey.

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Ismael Cala

Personal Development

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When we first encounter this topic, we might think it’s something overly complicated or unattainable. Personal development, a subject so many authors have written about. How do you even choose which book to read? Well, since I now have the privilege of adding my own voice to the pile, in this book I’d like to share with you my vision for this beautiful concept of personal development with stories and experiences from my own life.

Personal development is the combination of human skills that together leads us to have a full and fulfilling life. These are skills you can put into practice 24 hours a day - all they need is to be learned and internalized. When speaking about personal growth and development, I’m talking about a higher state of being, one which we can all reach for. It allows us to give more of ourselves, receive more, and ultimately, add value to our lives.

Anytime you talk with someone, when you exercise, deal with conflict, or even when you relax, you’re applying personal development skills. Over the course of my life, I’ve been fortunate enough to speak with some highly successful figures at various functions, from academic to social to sports to the arts. I’ve then taken bits of their wisdom and compiled all the elements I consider essential for personal development which can’t help but lead to success.

Why holistic?

Holistic refers to a whole globalized system in which every piece involved is integrated together for the most optimal performance. In the same way, holistic personal development implies searching for an effective collaboration that allows the global use of