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My friends and family say that I'm not an average individual; "average" being defined as someone who has followed the conventional path that society imposes on the individual. This comical depiction of how to live an unremarkably average life is a great illustration of what being average means. I refuse to live a monotonous and unchallenging life like the "average" individual.
I am an avid reader and researcher on the topic of the evolution of human consciousness. I've extensively researched the topic of the year 2012 as part of my interest in the ever-evolving human consciousness and search for truth. As many of you know, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, notably used by the Maya civilization among others of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, completes its thirteenth b'ak'tun cycle on December 21, 2012 since the calendar's mythical starting point (equivalent to 3114 BC August 11 in the proleptic Gregorian calendar). However, it is conjectured that this may represent in the Maya belief system a transition from the current Creation world into the next. The 2012 Winter Solstice also occurred on this day at 11:11 UTC. More information is available on David Wilcock's website; a great researcher on this topic.
There is ample information in the English language on the important topic of human consciousness and specifically on the events that will likely occur around 2012 and beyond; unfortunately there is little information in the Spanish language. Today, between 322 and 400 million people natively speak Spanish, making it the world's second most-spoken language by native speakers (after Mandarin Chinese).
I feel that the dissemination of the information on the Earth changes and evolution in human consciousness due to occur around 2012 and beyond is of paramount importance, and out of philanthropy, I decided to write and publish a book titled La Cebolla de Pandora: Los Beneficios de la Ignorancia...y los Privilegios del Conocimiento, which translates to Pandora’s Onion: The Benefits of Ignorance...and the Privileges of Knowledge. This book, written with non-profit intention presents scientific evidence of the evolutionary changes in the human consciousness that will likely happen in light of the cyclical natural events in our planet around 2012 and beyond.
For those facing foreclosure and other debt collection legal proceedings in light of the depredatory (and many times illegal) practices of the debt collection industry, I wrote a book titled How To Legally Beat Debt Collectors.
Most people live their lives unaware of the incredible opportunities that exist all around them. I'm reminded of the story of a woman in the early days of this century. She saved for many years to come to America, and she finally had enough money to afford passage on a large ocean liner. Because money was so tight, she stayed in her cabin most of the time rationing the food she'd brought on board with her. With one day left on her journey, she decided to splurge on a meal.
She showed up for the final banquet buffet, and, bracing herself for the bad news, she timidly asked the maître d' how much a meal like this would cost. "But madam, didn't you know? All of the meals are included with your ticket. You can eat as much as you like - for free." Life is like that. You don't want to get to the end of your life and realize that you could have had anything you wanted if someone had just shown you the way. With the same effort you're now expending, you can be enjoying the banquet of prosperity that life has to offer.
I obtained my Bachelors in Science in Electronics Engineering at Universidad Santo Tomas, in Bogotá, Colombia (South America) where I worked for two major telecommunications companies. I decided to come to the United States of America to advance my career, work for larger international corporations, get an M.B.A., and be an important executive for an American company. That was my dream, as the dream of almost all my friends. I fulfilled my dream; I came to the US, worked for Nortel in the Boston, MA area, I got my M.B.A., and then worked for Alcatel-Lucent in several positions (as a technical support engineer, as a networking consultant, and as an offer/product manager for the Caribbean and Latin America region).
I was now a highly paid executive for an American corporation traveling extensively around Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Soon I realized that I didn't have a life. I had a lot of prestige among my peers, friends, and relatives; but something was missing. I needed a life; I needed freedom. I wasn't able to do what I wanted to do, when I wanted to, where I wanted to, with whomever I wanted to, for as long as I wanted to, without having to worry about money.
In the back of my mind there was always something that told me that I had a different calling. When I was in high school I used to sell things to my classmates; when I was in college, I used to sell t-shirts and jeans to my classmates also. I was very successful at my t-shirt and jeans business; I developed a network of distributors throughout the campus; I was the master broker, and they were the retail distributors. I was amazed at myself. Then it came graduation day, and I had to do what my family and my teachers told me to do: to get a job!
So, I got a job. My most recent formal corporate employment was with Alcatel-Lucent in the Miami, FL area; everything was wonderful until Nov. 6th, 2002. My whole department was dismantled, and I was gone with the wind. My immediate reaction was to look for another job. I sent 100's of resumes to employers, friends, and acquaintances. I got zero responses. I was panicking. Oh my God, what will I do? What will happen to my employer-sponsored H1B work visa? How am I going to make a living? etc. All of this was going through my mind, and at the same time, I had a feeling of freedom. For some strange reason, I felt well about the whole situation: I was home most of the day, occasionally meeting some friends for lunch, going to the beach on Mondays, laying in my hammock at 2:00 p.m. for a siesta; in other words, I was doing was I always wanted to do. I was free! I was doing what I wanted to do, when I wanted to, where I wanted to, with whomever I wanted to, for as long as I wanted to, without having to worry about money because I had savings. I said to my self: this is the life that I want to live. So, I started asking myself questions...how do I do it? how do I pay the bills after I run out of money? etc, and I started getting answers.
As author Vernon R. ("Vern") Martin says "If you find your why, you will find your how." Vernon Martin also says that asking "how" questions to yourself is the key to all success. There is something positive about asking yourself questions; I was doing it without knowing it and got my answers. I answered to myself that I needed to start a business. I always wanted to do it, and this was the perfect time to do it. So, that's what I did, and I have enjoyed every single moment ever since. It will be impossible to tell you all that I have learned since November 6th, 2002; I've learned more in a few short months than I've ever learned in my costly and extensive M.B.A.
I realized that M.B.A. students learn how to make money for somebody else, instead of how to make money for themselves. Likewise, I realized that wealth is not the same as income. If you make a good income each year and spend it all, you are not getting wealthier; you are just living high. Wealth is what you accumulate intelligently, not what you spend. Loosely speaking, an employee who makes $40,000/year it's the same as an employee who makes $400,000/year; they all live paycheck to paycheck. The only difference is that the one that makes $40,000/year drives a cheap Honda Civic and has a $120,000 mortgage, and the one that makes $400,000/year drives a Mercedes Benz and has a $1,200,000 mortgage. Wealth is not measured by money. As the advertisement of a financial organization says...”Wealth is not measured in millions, it is measured in a feeling called freedom.” Wealth can also be measured by time; you have freedom when you have time to do the thing you want to do, how you want, when you want, with whom you want, for as long as you want.
When you have a job you make a living, but when you own a business, you create wealth. I am not telling you to quit your job; just start thinking differently about your future. Start adding additional streams of income to your life. If you haven't done it, consider it time for educating yourself on investing.
One hundred years ago, about 90 percent of our ancestors were entrepreneurs. Now the number is between 10 and 20 percent. By moving from the farms to the factories, we delegated our freedom to large, centralized organizations. We got soft. We lost our entrepreneurial skills. And now that the new paradigm of the world is changing, we've been forced "back to the farm" so to speak - back to individual responsibility. The whole world is moving away from centralized authority of every kind. With downsizing, companies are splitting into profit teams: smaller PT boats instead of lumbering battleships. Many of those who have been downsized are realizing that being an employee is even riskier than being in business for themselves. That's what fueled the incredible home-based business revolution of the 1990's, when home-based businesses were being created at unprecedented rates.
You can have a job and have your own business; a job is a means to accumulate investment capital for your own business or a means to learn about an industry or a trade so that you can open your own business some day. You can also treat your job as as your own business if you don’t see yourself as an employee, but as a “consultant” helping your employer accomplish a goal. When you see yourself from the perspective of a “consultant” for your employer, you open a world of opportunities for your employer and for yourself because instead of looking forward to receiving a paycheck you are actually looking for ways to enrich the existence of your employer, thus enriching your existence with the hopes of partnering with your employer in future endeavors where you could possibly create more value.
Two of the most important decisions you will make in life are: “who will you marry?” and “what business will you start?” Your partner in marriage is important because this person will have the most impact on how you live, where you live, what you do when you interact with friends, and who you spend the most amount of time with. The reason that the business that you choose is to important is because you spend more time in your business than any other single activity. It also has the largest impact on your financial position, far beyond anything else (in most cases). So, it would only make sense that you would pick a business that was the right fit for you.; a business that fits with your strengths.
Building a business is where the journey begins...not where it ends. The overwhelming majority of business fail - and of those that endure, the overwhelming majority of those are nothing better than a glorified job for the owner. Almost all small businesses don’t reach the potential that they could. It doesn’t matter whose statistics you look at. Some statisticians say that 80% of business go out of business in the next five years. Other say that only 4% of all businesses survive in the long run, meaning 96% will go out of business. Let’s also not forget that the “lucky” one that stay in business live in a golden cage which is no different from working for somebody else; most of these so called "business owners" work in their business, not "on" their business.
When you look at statistics like that, it becomes increasingly clear that the choice is between being a slave to your business (if you’re lucky enough to survive) or actually growing your business, which certainly requires uncommon sense. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration two-thirds of new business survive at least two years, and 44 percent survive at least four years. Dun & Bradstreet also released a study that revealed that of the small business that fail, 90% do so because of lack of skills and knowledge on the part of the owner.
I’m currently CEO of Latam Market Access Inc.; a US-based company that offers a wide range of clinical trial, market access, regulatory, legal representation, and distributor search offerings for life science companies looking to enter the Colombian market.
I also love helping entrepreneurial individuals realize their dreams. In 2003 he mentored start-up companies as part of the U.S. Small Business Administration's SCORE program. In 2017 I started mentoring at a government-funded program at Macondo Lab Start-Up Accelerator in Barranquilla, Colombia —one of the top 20 accelerators in Latin America. This Macondo Lab program is funded by Simon Bolivar University and Colombia's Ministry of Information Technologies & Communications. The program helps innovative digital-focused start-ups become profitable and attract venture capital investments. Julio's responsibilities include mentoring to formulate and implement plans and strategies related to business development, lead generation, sales, digital marketing, communications, profitability, and financial leverage.
You can learn more about my professional life by visiting my LinkedIn page.
To your success,
My friends and family say that I'm not an average individual; "average" being defined as someone who has followed the conventional path that society imposes on the individual. This comical depiction of how to live an unremarkably average life is a great illustration of what being average means. I refuse to live a monotonous and unchallenging life like the "average" individual.
I am an avid reader and researcher on the topic of the evolution of human consciousness. I've extensively researched the topic of the year 2012 as part of my interest in the ever-evolving human consciousness and search for truth. As many of you know, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, notably used by the Maya civilization among others of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, completes its thirteenth b'ak'tun cycle on December 21, 2012 since the calendar's mythical starting point (equivalent to 3114 BC August 11 in the proleptic Gregorian calendar). However, it is conjectured that this may represent in the Maya belief system a transition from the current Creation world into the next. The 2012 Winter Solstice also occurred on this day at 11:11 UTC. More information is available on David Wilcock's website; a great researcher on this topic.
There is ample information in the English language on the important topic of human consciousness and specifically on the events that will likely occur around 2012 and beyond; unfortunately there is little information in the Spanish language. Today, between 322 and 400 million people natively speak Spanish, making it the world's second most-spoken language by native speakers (after Mandarin Chinese).
I feel that the dissemination of the information on the Earth changes and evolution in human consciousness due to occur around 2012 and beyond is of paramount importance, and out of philanthropy, I decided to write and publish a book titled La Cebolla de Pandora: Los Beneficios de la Ignorancia...y los Privilegios del Conocimiento, which translates to Pandora’s Onion: The Benefits of Ignorance...and the Privileges of Knowledge. This book, written with non-profit intention presents scientific evidence of the evolutionary changes in the human consciousness that will likely happen in light of the cyclical natural events in our planet around 2012 and beyond.
For those facing foreclosure and other debt collection legal proceedings in light of the depredatory (and many times illegal) practices of the debt collection industry, I wrote a book titled How To Legally Beat Debt Collectors.
Most people live their lives unaware of the incredible opportunities that exist all around them. I'm reminded of the story of a woman in the early days of this century. She saved for many years to come to America, and she finally had enough money to afford passage on a large ocean liner. Because money was so tight, she stayed in her cabin most of the time rationing the food she'd brought on board with her. With one day left on her journey, she decided to splurge on a meal.
She showed up for the final banquet buffet, and, bracing herself for the bad news, she timidly asked the maître d' how much a meal like this would cost. "But madam, didn't you know? All of the meals are included with your ticket. You can eat as much as you like - for free." Life is like that. You don't want to get to the end of your life and realize that you could have had anything you wanted if someone had just shown you the way. With the same effort you're now expending, you can be enjoying the banquet of prosperity that life has to offer.
I obtained my Bachelors in Science in Electronics Engineering at Universidad Santo Tomas, in Bogotá, Colombia (South America) where I worked for two major telecommunications companies. I decided to come to the United States of America to advance my career, work for larger international corporations, get an M.B.A., and be an important executive for an American company. That was my dream, as the dream of almost all my friends. I fulfilled my dream; I came to the US, worked for Nortel in the Boston, MA area, I got my M.B.A., and then worked for Alcatel-Lucent in several positions (as a technical support engineer, as a networking consultant, and as an offer/product manager for the Caribbean and Latin America region).
I was now a highly paid executive for an American corporation traveling extensively around Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Soon I realized that I didn't have a life. I had a lot of prestige among my peers, friends, and relatives; but something was missing. I needed a life; I needed freedom. I wasn't able to do what I wanted to do, when I wanted to, where I wanted to, with whomever I wanted to, for as long as I wanted to, without having to worry about money.
In the back of my mind there was always something that told me that I had a different calling. When I was in high school I used to sell things to my classmates; when I was in college, I used to sell t-shirts and jeans to my classmates also. I was very successful at my t-shirt and jeans business; I developed a network of distributors throughout the campus; I was the master broker, and they were the retail distributors. I was amazed at myself. Then it came graduation day, and I had to do what my family and my teachers told me to do: to get a job!
So, I got a job. My most recent formal corporate employment was with Alcatel-Lucent in the Miami, FL area; everything was wonderful until Nov. 6th, 2002. My whole department was dismantled, and I was gone with the wind. My immediate reaction was to look for another job. I sent 100's of resumes to employers, friends, and acquaintances. I got zero responses. I was panicking. Oh my God, what will I do? What will happen to my employer-sponsored H1B work visa? How am I going to make a living? etc. All of this was going through my mind, and at the same time, I had a feeling of freedom. For some strange reason, I felt well about the whole situation: I was home most of the day, occasionally meeting some friends for lunch, going to the beach on Mondays, laying in my hammock at 2:00 p.m. for a siesta; in other words, I was doing was I always wanted to do. I was free! I was doing what I wanted to do, when I wanted to, where I wanted to, with whomever I wanted to, for as long as I wanted to, without having to worry about money because I had savings. I said to my self: this is the life that I want to live. So, I started asking myself questions...how do I do it? how do I pay the bills after I run out of money? etc, and I started getting answers.
As author Vernon R. ("Vern") Martin says "If you find your why, you will find your how." Vernon Martin also says that asking "how" questions to yourself is the key to all success. There is something positive about asking yourself questions; I was doing it without knowing it and got my answers. I answered to myself that I needed to start a business. I always wanted to do it, and this was the perfect time to do it. So, that's what I did, and I have enjoyed every single moment ever since. It will be impossible to tell you all that I have learned since November 6th, 2002; I've learned more in a few short months than I've ever learned in my costly and extensive M.B.A.
I realized that M.B.A. students learn how to make money for somebody else, instead of how to make money for themselves. Likewise, I realized that wealth is not the same as income. If you make a good income each year and spend it all, you are not getting wealthier; you are just living high. Wealth is what you accumulate intelligently, not what you spend. Loosely speaking, an employee who makes $40,000/year it's the same as an employee who makes $400,000/year; they all live paycheck to paycheck. The only difference is that the one that makes $40,000/year drives a cheap Honda Civic and has a $120,000 mortgage, and the one that makes $400,000/year drives a Mercedes Benz and has a $1,200,000 mortgage. Wealth is not measured by money. As the advertisement of a financial organization says...”Wealth is not measured in millions, it is measured in a feeling called freedom.” Wealth can also be measured by time; you have freedom when you have time to do the thing you want to do, how you want, when you want, with whom you want, for as long as you want.
When you have a job you make a living, but when you own a business, you create wealth. I am not telling you to quit your job; just start thinking differently about your future. Start adding additional streams of income to your life. If you haven't done it, consider it time for educating yourself on investing.
One hundred years ago, about 90 percent of our ancestors were entrepreneurs. Now the number is between 10 and 20 percent. By moving from the farms to the factories, we delegated our freedom to large, centralized organizations. We got soft. We lost our entrepreneurial skills. And now that the new paradigm of the world is changing, we've been forced "back to the farm" so to speak - back to individual responsibility. The whole world is moving away from centralized authority of every kind. With downsizing, companies are splitting into profit teams: smaller PT boats instead of lumbering battleships. Many of those who have been downsized are realizing that being an employee is even riskier than being in business for themselves. That's what fueled the incredible home-based business revolution of the 1990's, when home-based businesses were being created at unprecedented rates.
You can have a job and have your own business; a job is a means to accumulate investment capital for your own business or a means to learn about an industry or a trade so that you can open your own business some day. You can also treat your job as as your own business if you don’t see yourself as an employee, but as a “consultant” helping your employer accomplish a goal. When you see yourself from the perspective of a “consultant” for your employer, you open a world of opportunities for your employer and for yourself because instead of looking forward to receiving a paycheck you are actually looking for ways to enrich the existence of your employer, thus enriching your existence with the hopes of partnering with your employer in future endeavors where you could possibly create more value.
Two of the most important decisions you will make in life are: “who will you marry?” and “what business will you start?” Your partner in marriage is important because this person will have the most impact on how you live, where you live, what you do when you interact with friends, and who you spend the most amount of time with. The reason that the business that you choose is to important is because you spend more time in your business than any other single activity. It also has the largest impact on your financial position, far beyond anything else (in most cases). So, it would only make sense that you would pick a business that was the right fit for you.; a business that fits with your strengths.
Building a business is where the journey begins...not where it ends. The overwhelming majority of business fail - and of those that endure, the overwhelming majority of those are nothing better than a glorified job for the owner. Almost all small businesses don’t reach the potential that they could. It doesn’t matter whose statistics you look at. Some statisticians say that 80% of business go out of business in the next five years. Other say that only 4% of all businesses survive in the long run, meaning 96% will go out of business. Let’s also not forget that the “lucky” one that stay in business live in a golden cage which is no different from working for somebody else; most of these so called "business owners" work in their business, not "on" their business.
When you look at statistics like that, it becomes increasingly clear that the choice is between being a slave to your business (if you’re lucky enough to survive) or actually growing your business, which certainly requires uncommon sense. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration two-thirds of new business survive at least two years, and 44 percent survive at least four years. Dun & Bradstreet also released a study that revealed that of the small business that fail, 90% do so because of lack of skills and knowledge on the part of the owner.
I’m currently CEO of Latam Market Access Inc.; a US-based company that offers a wide range of clinical trial, market access, regulatory, legal representation, and distributor search offerings for life science companies looking to enter the Colombian market.
I also love helping entrepreneurial individuals realize their dreams. In 2003 he mentored start-up companies as part of the U.S. Small Business Administration's SCORE program. In 2017 I started mentoring at a government-funded program at Macondo Lab Start-Up Accelerator in Barranquilla, Colombia —one of the top 20 accelerators in Latin America. This Macondo Lab program is funded by Simon Bolivar University and Colombia's Ministry of Information Technologies & Communications. The program helps innovative digital-focused start-ups become profitable and attract venture capital investments. Julio's responsibilities include mentoring to formulate and implement plans and strategies related to business development, lead generation, sales, digital marketing, communications, profitability, and financial leverage.
You can learn more about my professional life by visiting my LinkedIn page.
To your success,
