How Do You Say Success in Spanglish?
The path to success isn’t paved for people of color. Join me as I sit down with individuals who share their stories as we learn how to say Success in Spanglish.
How Do You Say Success in Spanglish?
End of Year Review - 2023
It's time for my review :/
Lets look back at how things have been going on the podcast so far. I reflect on some of the big topics that came up, and how it has changed how I do things. I also talk about some of what I hope to bring in the new year, and what changes we will be doing on the podcast. I'll be switching to bi-weekly releases. I also plan to start doing monthly live webcasts, starting a group in Facebook and Linked in to build a community and share resources, more live events such Zoom accountability meetings.
Have a Happy Holidays y Próspero Año y Felicidad!
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This is Raul Lopez, and you're listening to. How Do you Say Success in Spanglish? The path to success isn't easy For minorities and people of color. Many attempt to journey with little to no guidance. Join me as I sit down with individuals who share their stories of perseverance so that together we can learn how to say success in spanglish. What's giving me hinted? It's your boy, raul. Welcome back.
Speaker 1:I hope you guys are having a great holiday season right now. I know that things are pretty busy. Same thing with me. I'm currently trying to wrap up this new year and get things going. Normally I would have had a regular episode release this week and I decided I was going to take a little hiatus during the holidays and start with some new things for the new year. I'll talk a little bit about that a little later.
Speaker 1:What I really wanted to do was take an opportunity to do an end of the year review. We do with a lot of jobs and all our jobs. Sometimes we do have to get a review and we have to do a self assessment and see how we've done and what we think we could improve on and what we need, what we liked. I'm going to do that right now for the podcast and for myself. Hopefully, I get the raise. What I'd like to start off with is I think I've gotten a lot of good support, got a lot of good feedback from people and got a lot of support as well. I'm really happy with the fact that people are that this shows resonating with people and they see the benefit and they like what they're hearing. So far, I know I'm still working on becoming a better host and working on how I ask my questions and how I speak on the mic and getting rid of my ums and ahs and ooze and so working on that, building on it, slowly making improvements each time, making sure I'm more prepared for my interviews so that it does run smoother. And I've you know I know I'm not perfect yet. This is my first time doing this, so I know I'll get there and I appreciate you guys sticking with me as I improve with this and hopefully make things better.
Speaker 1:Also, I think it's been crazy how I've been actually able to release things out on weekly basis, which is kind of wild. I've uh you guys don't understand sometimes how much time uh, this stuff takes. Um, I know some of you might know it because you're doing your own thing. But trying to fit that time in between work, uh, family time, soccer practice with my daughter, which takes a way too much time and money, but that's a whole different story. But it's a lot of late nights, a lot of two, three in the mornings, getting things edited, videos edited and posted, and, you know, going to bed and then waking up at seven to get ready for work. So, um, I'm kind of proud that I've been able to actually stay committed, uh, to be able to put out weekly. Even when we went to a vacation where I had to literally post out three weeks worth of episodes, uh, the night before I was able to get on a cruise. So it's been pretty hectic, and so, um, I'm very happy with the fact that I've been able to provide to you guys something all the time, you know, on time at least. And, um, I'll talk a little bit about how I want to do things next year a little later.
Speaker 1:Um, also, I think I personally have seen some growth in myself through advice and information and the stories resonating from my guests. On a personal level, I've seen myself being able to be more competent at work and advocate for myself a lot more and ask in demand for more, and I'm kind of hoping that some of you guys are feeling the same way. I hope that you're listening and seeing these stories and realizing I can do the same thing, I could be that way and I can go that way and taking these advice. You know, I think there's quite a few things that we've learned through this process so far, I think, one of the big ones being that we all are dealing with very similar issues. Man, we're all going through a lot of the same. It's kind of wild how much we're dealing with a lot of the same, and it's crazy to see how, every time a new guest comes up and it's like, you know, identity crisis is such a big one, impostors syndrome is such a big one we keep dealing with the same things that we.
Speaker 1:It's good to recognize it, it's good to understand that. No, we're not alone. A lot of us are feeling that way, even people who are more successful. You know, it's sometimes life feels like Facebook posts where you only see the glam, everything that's great the vacations, the money, the career but you don't see the difficulties that people are going through, and that's kind of one of the hopes that this podcast is providing is that you know we all stumble, we all fail sometimes. We all have to figure a way to pick ourselves back up and get overcome things. So you know, it's good that we get to see that and we get to see that we're vulnerable and that we can work on getting through that.
Speaker 1:And for some of us, we do get through it and can figure out who we are and what we want and demand it. You know, and that's another part of advocating for yourself I think that's a big thing that's come up. A lot too is just being able to come in there and say, hey, you know I deserve more. You know, take that leap of faith and demand more from people, don't just you know I've been repeating a lot lately as a demand the position you want. Don't let the position demand you. You know, don't just sit there and wait for the position and hope it comes to you. You know, if it's something you want, go to work, tell them. I want to be in this position. You know, and don't be afraid to give yourself an exit plan. You know, if you're not getting there, you know where can I get it. It's I spent too much on my life waiting and listening to other people. It's made me, like I said, I'm a lot more vocal at work. You know, there's plenty of stories and situations where you've seen other people who you know are nowhere near as talented as you or as the position they have, and they're still up there and you're like, how do they get this job? I got an idiot, you know. So you know, don't be afraid to advocate for yourself.
Speaker 1:Man, and I was a risk, and I think that's another big thing is taking risks. People. You're never going to get anywhere if you don't try to take a risk here and there. It's not risk or scary, it's all kind of scary. For me it's kind of started with college. You know that was my first risk and I stumbled a lot through college. You know it was. It was, it was hard for me. And then, going through my career as well, I tried to be risk averse and, just, you know, work hard and keep going forward. And so now I'm, you know, the last probably five years, four years.
Speaker 1:I've taken a lot of risks that I normally wouldn't have and it's helped me a lot in my career and I'm continuing to do so and I hope that you guys can build the confidence to take more risks. You know you want to learn something new, go learn something new. You know they say a lot with. The road to success is not a straight line. You're going to have your ups, your downs, you're going to go backwards and hopefully in the end the progression is usually forward. So you know, don't be afraid to take risks, even if you fail, even if you mess up or even if it sets you back a little bit. You know I mean calculator risks. Hopefully, you know, don't just go out there and put all your money in an NFT and hope for the best. But you know calculator risk and you know, but sometimes those risk rewards have those risks have good rewards.
Speaker 1:So don't be afraid to take some risks, especially in your career. Don't be afraid to come to your boss and say, look, I want to become a manager. Or you know what do I got to do for that? You know that's part of advocating for yourself and it takes a lot of guts to be able to come up there and say that. And I remember back in the day when I used to come and ask for the first few times, I asked and I said I want to promote it. You know I was shit and bricks, I was nervous and they could tell. And I think you know, the more you do it, the better you're going to get at it and eventually you poke the bear enough something. Something's going to happen and you're going to, you're going to get what you want.
Speaker 1:So you know, don't be afraid to take some risk, I think recognizing opportunities as well. You know a lot of us go through this alone with very little guidance. You know, I say that a lot like in the beginning of all maps. But there are resources out there Sometimes. We just need to be able to take them. And I think Dave planning said that one of the traits that he is proud of himself is not, you know, he can't take credit for the resources being available because those were there, but he can take credit for recognizing an opportunity and taking it, and I think that's something we need to work on, that's something we need to be able to say If it wasn't for upper bond, I don't know how successful I would have been with college or getting into the schools that I got into. And for a lot of us sometimes we got that pride where we're like I got it, I'll do it, I don't want to bother anybody and we, you know, ask for help sometimes because I'm going to look at my resume. Can someone put in a good word for me at work, go to networking events and meet other people. You know even the simple introduction like hey, this is so and so from this job and he works in this industry and that's maybe able to provide some help. So don't be afraid to ask for help, don't be afraid to take advantage of resources, other people and get that support you need. You know it's hard going through this alone. You know you don't have to, so don't be afraid to ask for help.
Speaker 1:And then I think another big thing that pops up a lot is taking care of yourself. You know, mentally, we, we talk a lot about therapy, big advocate of therapy and seeking and improving your mental health. I think that's a big one for a lot of us. We, you know a lot of our cultures tend to shy away from mental health. So, you know, take care of yourself. You know, go see a therapist, it's not going to hurt. I had one of the. A buddy of mine gave some great advice where he said I don't go to therapy to fix myself. You know, therapy is like an oil chain. You don't change your oil to fix your car. You change your oil to maintain it, so it keeps writing for as long as it can. So don't look, don't see therapy as something that's only there for when you need to get fixed. So hopefully, you know, improving mental health will will help a lot of us out, and I thought about that as well.
Speaker 1:Physical help you know I'm a big advocate on taking care of yourself. Physically. I've I've dealt with my own stuff. I have my own episode out there where I talk about it and you know if you can succeed if you're not here. So take care of yourself. Don't let yourself fall by the wayside. You know there's. If you have a job and you have insurance, please take advantage of it. It says you're wasting money by not going to the doctors and using up your, your insurance. So please take care of yourself. And you know there's nothing that's going to be better for you than being healthy. You'll be surprised how much better everything will get when you feel healthier and are healthier. And then another thing too is your work-life balance. That helps a little bit. Everything That'll help keep your physical and mental health.
Speaker 1:There's big push for hustle culture. Wake up at five in the morning, you work till seven If you don't hustle. And you don't do this, and while there are situations where you might have to put in extra hours and there are situations where you're working a lot of hours, sometimes there is a necessity to go back and say, hey, I need to take a little bit of time and balance my life and there are ways of becoming successful without having to deal and work that way and work too hard. And please don't get taken advantage. At work either. We're thinking, hey, I have to work 12, 13 hours a day, five, six days a week to get the job I want for my promotion, because sometimes you'll just take advantage of that and you're doing that for 20 years. So sometimes you have to evaluate how much work you need to do. I mean, there's always going to be situations where you're going to have to work a little more. There's always, even as you succeed and you become more successful in your career, there's always going to be times where you might be playing work. You know jobs at like three in the morning, here and there. But you know, just trying to constantly make sure that you're having some sort of work-life balance is really important. So, you know, don't take that for granted.
Speaker 1:And then, obviously, success is relative. Everybody has their own idea of success. So please, you know, find what you want and what you your definition and how you say success and spanglish as your goals. Don't look at other people, don't go for what other people have. You know, there I know plenty of people that have shitty cars and aren't living the most lavish lifestyles, that have way more money than I ever have, you know. And then there's plenty of people that have no money living that lifestyle. So, you know, pick that level of success that you want. You know what is success for you. You know you don't have to go out there making half a million a year. You know, if you're happy at a certain level, that's your level of success. If you're happy with the fact that you are being a benefit in a nonprofit or in changing the world or providing a, you know a resource, or you know it doesn't matter if it's.
Speaker 1:The success is what you want it to be. And it's really just about identifying that and putting it out in the world and saying this is what I want to do and this is what I believe to be success. And once you have that, please, you know. Then it's about planning and figuring out what do I have to do to get there and what can I use to help myself get there. So you know, don't, don't compare yourself, don't keep up with the Joneses. Success is what you make it that comes up all the time. Everybody is different, everybody has different career paths, everybody has different things. So don't necessarily feel that you have to get a certain level to be successful. You pick that level when you're happy there, you're happy there. It's okay to say, hey, this is where I want to be, I don't need to go any further. That's perfectly acceptable as well. Just be honest with yourself.
Speaker 1:But I feel like I've learned a lot this year from everybody on my podcast, all my guests. I've resonated a lot with them and taking that and applied it in my life. I hope that I'm applying in my life and seeing some rewards for them. I hope some of you guys are there well, so, please, please. I hope that this is helping you guys out and please, let me know if it is. Let me know if there's something that has helped you or if there's something that you wish you could listen to. Oh, I'd love to hear your feedback, let me know what you think about things. So please take advantage. You can send me a message on Instagram, facebook, linkedin, twitter, threads wherever all my stuff is at. You can email me at Raul at successinspanenglishcom, but please reach out. I'm only happy to hear and listen to things, or, if you need some help with something or you need to be connected to someone you know. You know that's what we're here for. That's what I'm here for to try to help you guys out.
Speaker 1:With that being said, you know I'm hoping that for the new year, I can provide you with a lot more things. So I'm trying to do a lot more to improve the content of this podcast. I'm still going to have my guests. I have a lot of guests lined up. I'm going to take a couple of weeks off just to kind of prep and get things going for the new year, so I can start off with a bang. But I do have my list of guests and I'm building more and more, so it's got to be exciting the people I'm going to get in for next year as well.
Speaker 1:But, that being said, one of the big changes I'm going to be doing is switching out my episodes from weekly to biweekly. I feel like I'm providing a lot of content but not allowing my episodes to breathe, and I want to make sure that the reach and the impact of each episode sits for a little bit longer before the next one comes in overshadows it, so I want people to be able to listen to it. I hear a lot from yeah, I haven't had a chance to catch up on your episodes yet and I think it's just because I'm releasing so much. You know, by the time you might hear it next week. So I'm going to be doing biweekly so that we can do a little bit more time in between. That also helps me out with my work life balance, because I'm not stressing out every week.
Speaker 1:Trying to get these episodes out so quickly and getting everything prepped so hopefully will allow me to do other things. That will provide more resources for you as well. So I'm hoping to take advantage of that extra week in between each episode to provide other resources for you. So the first thing with that is I hope to be building. Well, I plan to be building a couple groups, probably starting with Facebook and LinkedIn and then working from there. So I'm going to create these groups and I'll be sharing that information out soon that you guys can sign up for and on this group, I hope that we can start building a bit of a community where we can talk to each other, provide support for each other, reach out to guests that I've had, reach out to myself so I can communicate you with other people, spread information.
Speaker 1:I'd love to start kind of a book of the month club where we discuss different books that I think are helpful for people to improve on their lives and help them reach their success that they're looking for as well. Highlight information of things that might be helpful, like information regarding looking for new job, job interviews, fixing your LinkedIn resumes, things like that. So I'd like to build this community where we can communicate with each other and support ourselves and lift each other up, because I think that's going to be what really helps make a difference for all of us as a community, that we grow and we improve. On top of that, I'm also going to be doing some Monthly webcast, so I want to do some live webcasts. What I'd love to do is get Let it be more focused on topics, so my podcast episode is so going to be the journey, the people, the guests, what they went through and how they're going through stuff. But I will get our monthly webcast where we do and we talk about more topics. You know, we might talk about kind of like we did that one episode where I had Christian and Dave jump on and we talked about like kind of identity in the workplace. But you know, we'll talk about specific topics of things of people want interesting. I mean, the first ones are probably going to be stuff I just randomly pick but as we move along, hopefully I get some insight from you guys and you guys can tell me. Hey, I'd love to hear an episode about blah blah blah. I love to hear a conversation about blah blah blah and we'll talk about that. You know I want us to provide resources that are going to help you guys and give you the information you want. And another thing I want to do is start providing monthly kind of monthly Zoom meetings.
Speaker 1:My, the thing I'd love to do is call start doing accountability meetings. So I want to do accountability, accountability meetings and for those who don't know what accountability meetings are, so a big thing that you see a lot, especially when you start looking like self-improvement books is being accountable for what you do and don't do. So one of the things I remember reading about in one of our books is accountability meetings. So what accountability means essentially are is you have a meeting with someone generally someone either appear or someone more successful than you, you know, or something, someone you're looking to get to a level that they're at, and you you meet once a month and you meet with them, you talk with them, you catch up, you talk about what you were supposed to do for that month, what you might not have had time or been able to get accomplished, and kind of what your goals are for the following years, and then you know if there's any type of help that you need or insight, or you know I'm just brainstorming about things that I want someone to talk to. You know this is the moment to do that.
Speaker 1:So during these accountability meetings you're kind of coming in and be like hey, I'm Raul, I have this podcast, I did these things last month. I didn't get to do this thing and I'd like to get you know these things done for next month. I couldn't get this thing done last month because it was hard finding time for this and my time management was kind of bad, you know. Does anybody have any suggestions that might be able to help me fix my time management? Also, I'm trying to build this thing. Does anybody have good resources on how I build blah, blah, blah, blah.
Speaker 1:And so you just meet once a month. It kind of one gives you an opportunity to talk about what you've accomplished, which kind of gives you a pat in the back and makes you feel good that you've accomplished stuff. That holds your accountable to. You know, you're going to be getting to like a week or two before you get to like, oh shit, I didn't finish the stuff I needed to get done and I don't want to go on this meeting and tell them I didn't get to do something. So you know you get. It holds your conval and it also provides you one-on-one communication with someone that will hopefully give you resources.
Speaker 1:So I'd like to start off by building a Zoom meetings that we do once a month for that to start off. I don't expect it to be huge right away, but I do hope that we have at least enough people to actually have a conversation and talk about stuff. So I hope that's a resource that's gonna be valuable for you guys. So I'm gonna be hosting that, and then I'm gonna. I wanna think of other things we can do as well to continue doing things like that that will help you guys out.
Speaker 1:So, you know, I really, really, really wanna provide more resources. I really wanna be able to give you guys things that are gonna help you. That being said, I also need your feedback. So please comment. You know, send me messages, let me know what you think. If you need to.
Speaker 1:You know you can go on and put a review for the podcast. I think Apple lets you do reviews. Maybe Spotify does too, I don't know. But you know, just go in there and tell me. Tell me what you think of the podcast. You know, tell me what you don't like, what you do like. Tell me things you'd like to get better. Feel free to reach out to me. I wanna know I wanna get better. I wanna do and give you what you need. I want this podcast to be a valuable asset to you. So don't be shy. Talk to me, let me know what you think. But yeah, I'm trying to give you guys more. I'm trying to give more things and provide more resources and hopefully, support you guys and support everyone. You know, I hope we all get more successful together. So thank you, you know, thank you so much for everyone listening in and thank you so much for the people that are constantly sending me messages and let me know things, and you know I really appreciate all the you know, the support. I can't do this without you guys, and so thank you so much and hopefully next time we'll start some stuff off.
Speaker 1:In the new year I'm hoping to get, I think, my first webcast. I don't know the date yet, I have to still plan it out until. Expect something soon, but I'm gonna start our webcast in June with the theme of the new year and over you, so expect that to come out soon. I'm gonna plan on getting all this stuff and everything figured out and ironed out during the next few weeks, which is why I'm kind of taking a break from the podcast to get everything planned out so that we can start off with a bang in the new year. So thank you, rihanna, I really appreciate it. You know, like I said, I'm amazed at how much has been done in such a short time and I hope that we can continue to learn and stay successful in Spanish.
