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One of the things I enjoy the most in life is being a dad. I have three children: My first-born daughter that just turned 13 years old and has made her triumphal entrance to adolescence, my middle child – I call him the “ham in the sandwich”— that is 9 years old, and my littleRead more

Interview with Franco Soldi Franco Soldi´s YPD helps the youth to discover their potential and develop new abilities through the implementation of the most innovative learning techniques that are focused on life experience. By Juan E. Ballesteros   The need of overcoming the systemic crisis has been proclaimed many times, some people argue that itRead more

Interview to Franco Soldi by Diario Junin Argentina. April 2018   Franco Soldi is an expert in creative thinking, entrepreneurship, innovation and effective communication. CEO & Founder of companies such as Young Potential Development (YPD) and content producer Next Stage, he is also author of the line of Metamorphoses® courses and seminars that present information onRead more

Key questions to move up in work and life.   How can we say to our CEO or boss that they are making a mistake without taking the risk of being dismissed? First of all, if we are going to criticize something, it’s better to come up with a solution plan. How do we doRead more

My brother doesn’t want to talk about it.  He doesn’t want to write about it.  What seems to many something quite remarkable and admirable, is for him, very normal and not that big of a big deal. The world is full of amazing stories that inspire us. For the first time, I want to tellRead more

Let’s start with the fact that it’s impossible to motivate a teenager. Seriously, it’s impossible to motivate anyone no matter their age, gender, race or socioeconomic status. All motivation is self-motivation.  But that said: How can we help our teen children to begin a process to self-motivation? Let’s start with some questions: where does motivation come from? Let’sRead more

How many times have we heard Mark Cuban say, “It takes 5 years to become an overnight success”? What is success? What you talking about Willis!? I’m not going to get into the percentage of people who go on Shark Tank and after weeks of working with the producers, don’t make it to air.  OrRead more

How many times do we make our way down the road of life and when we hit a roadblock that prevents us from carrying on we try to knock it down?  We crash into it over and over again to the point of exhaustion. We’re tired, we’re frustrated, we curse the roadblock, life, the road,Read more

“Welcome aboard ladies and gentlemen. Please remain seated with your seatbelt fastened in case we encounter any turbulence along the way…” Seventeen years ago I met my wife.  Destiny brought us together when I was in the midst of one of the worst professional times of my life. Failure had hit me hard and IRead more

I never liked school. I am dyslexic and with ADD. I finished school and started my own business at the age of 19. Then you get into life and forget school until …. you go it, until you have kids. When I had my first kid 10 years ago I started questioning myself about theRead more