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Author: David Rivas

David was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala. His family was very poor, not US poor but 3rd world poor. The Shack his family lived in was wedged between a plastic factor and railroad that was within walking distance of a city landfill. At the age of 5 he arrived in the US and fondly recalls seeing carpet, plubming and the 800 sqft palace that his Mom and Stepfather owned in TX. At the age of 13 he entered into fostercare due to an abusive Mother who had many problems from the life she had lived in Guatemala. He become a Ward of the State, and excelled in both School and Athletics. He graduated with honers, placed in State Art compititions, All district Football, Regional Track Qualifier 4 years in a row, and State/National Powerlifing champion. Being in Fostercare wasn't easy as less than 1% of children at the time attended higher education. Despite many suggesting he reconsider his dreams of Attending a large University, he chose to apply to only his dream school since the second grade. He was accepted, and left his mark at his Alma Mater. He worked in the Office of The President, in the Practice football Squad his 1st semester, worked as a recruiter for the College of Arts and Sciences and Athletics department while earning Degrees in Architecture, Psychology, and Business. In 2008 he found it difficult to find a job and resorted to working at lower qualifying jobs. Lowe's and Kohl's helped him to keep his passion and dream alive just long enough. While it took a serious accident to reawaken him, he has now become more of himself than he ever was. He has two wonderful healthy children, an avid weightlifter, ultra distance runner qualifying 1st in his age and top 5% or better in each race, owner of 3 businesses, and has helped over 35 others establish a successful and thriving private healthcare practice. David has been working on an autobiography of his journey. His mission and passion is to help others realize they are much more powerful than they realize. In his words "you do not need to take advantage of others in order to be successful, since we are far more successful together". His personal goal is to live each day aspiring to be better than average as his life has been far from easy. Easy is simply not his style! He lives by the German expression "wennschon, dennschon", if your going to do something than do it! He has often stated that our biggest challenge as people is conformity, we get too comfortable with comfort. We stop growing and challenging our self.
Posted onSeptember 30, 2020September 30, 2020Uncategorized

Enough talk, it’s time to stand up.

by David RivasLeave a comment on Enough talk, it’s time to stand up.

Life happens for us not to us. Or some variation of this has been quoted for the same reason. Our lives are dynamic and things…

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Posted onAugust 7, 2020August 7, 2020Uncategorized

“Being alive is not the same thing as living”- Tom Woods

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I stepped away from the virus issue as it had become very frustrating that few people are willing to explore the fact that we’ve all…

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Posted onJuly 17, 2020Uncategorized

99.99246% versus 0.00754%

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A huge oversight by my part but the results are still the same. 99.99246% ARE living through COVID-19. Focus on the 99.99246 percent who survive.…

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Posted onJuly 15, 2020July 16, 2020Uncategorized

COVID Conformity.

by David Rivas6 Comments on COVID Conformity.

We are all susceptible to conformity , especially when we feel a very strong sense of connection within a particular group. Conformity in the group…

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Posted onJuly 8, 2020Uncategorized

If you can’t take the heat…

by David RivasLeave a comment on If you can’t take the heat…

I’m under the FIRE and LOVE IT! However, I wish more people would post their thoughts without fear of questioning or judgment. My opinion SHOULD…

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Posted onJuly 6, 2020July 17, 2020Uncategorized

Direct from the “Experts”!

by David Rivas4 Comments on Direct from the “Experts”!

In no way am I claiming to be an expert on any subject other than perhaps myself and what I’ve overcome. After all, I was…

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Posted onJuly 3, 2020July 3, 2020Uncategorized

The four basic characters: the Victim, the Spectator, the Villain, and the Hero

by David RivasLeave a comment on The four basic characters: the Victim, the Spectator, the Villain, and the Hero

The 1966 western film, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” is considered by many to be a classic move based on only three character…

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Posted onJuly 1, 2020July 3, 2020Uncategorized

Spread kindness not FEAR

by David Rivas5 Comments on Spread kindness not FEAR

500,000 (largely misdiagnosed) deaths / 7,770,000,000 world population = 0.00000644% deaths. 17,900,000 heart disease deaths ( year 2017 ) / 7,770,000,000 word population = 0.0023%…

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