If instead of remembering I do. Then I might remember.
I have been cooking lately, I tried to find my mothers recipes, but for some reason they were lost.
I went to the street market with my mother every time, I cut vegetables, I tasted her food. So I have been doing just that, going to the market and cooking the way she taught me.
Her cooking was very complex, just as her loving. It took time, but it was ready every day at the same time for 17 years.
Her recipes included many things:
1. Salads (all of them) sweet and not sweet.
2. Soups, cream soups, fish soups, chicken soups, meat soups, vegetable soups, noodle soups, tortilla soups,
3. Chicken, meat, fish, and vegetable main plates. All with a combination of spices, that were incredible.
4. Baking and desserts were also very varied, and she would make sure there was something special on our plates at all times.
So I tried to venture into her style of cooking, which was complex, sharp and tasty. I bought some of the ingredients that she used to mix, tomatoes, onions, dry peppers, spices. And I came up with these:
Plate numero 1
I am going to call it spiced meat.
The sauce is a boiled mixture of spices and ingredients including:
dry peppers, onions, tomato, garlic, (and a few things that must remain secret)
That's the already boiling sauce when I added it to the cooked tenderloin ;)
And this is what it looks like:
It was very delicious, but by no means any close to my mothers cooking. And I don't really know whats missing or how to make it better.
NOTICE - Since it was a very complicated recipe to try to replicate, I didn't have time to prepare anything else to eat with it, so NO GARNISHING FOR THIS ONE.
Plate numero 2 Fish with herbs and vegetables
OK So for second chances I went all out with a fish recipe. I wont tell you the details because it involved the oven, and many ingredients, and hours in the making.
But this is what it looked like:
It only took me an hour to get the rice right, and another hour to cook the fish.
The mixture of the herbs with the vegetables and the fish made it a delicious result.
NOTICE - This plate was delicious, but I try to remember my mothers fish soup, and I am not even ballpark.
NOTICE numero 2 - I only make one serving, because I only cook for myself and eat alone.
If you ever want to join the "Lets try to replicate mexican cousine" challenge, let me know in advance and I will make sure I go grocery shopping for 2.
oohh! and I almost forgot! about the title. When my mom used to bake tamales, the secret in the dough is that you have to press it again and again with your hands until it floats on water. So I had a container with water where I would drop a bit of dough until it floated.
One can not expect the business to grow, and move forward on its own. The business is not a person, the consultant is the business. Therefore, when thinking about investing in the business, one must think that investing in oneself goes along with business growth.
I spoke about investing in technology and the impact that I was able to measure in my business. However, I have not cover other areas such as investing in oneself, and having a measurable impact in business.
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
I got out of personal and business parasitic relationships. Very quickly I felt powered to run. So I did. I started running long distances, and noticing my body needing to breathe and so I learned to expand my lungs in ways I have never done before. I also stretched my legs and moved my body faster than I could before. The first days I was running, I would fall asleep anywhere and everywhere. Eating healthy followed, why? because my body craved it all.
I did not notice any changes, until Val Kilmer, told me that I looked good, and clear. I started to look myself in the mirror and I looked transformed. Light.
BUSINESS FOLLOWES
The people I am surrounded with are all digging deep for opportunities in different industries. I am incredibly lucky to know leaders in the Financial, Technology, Management Consulting, legal and even political environments. I think we all have beneficial relationships because we exchange information openly. Not everyone is invited to this club. Specially if you dont run, expand your lungs and legs.
I recently happened to be with a group of business friends who referred me to a new client. As mentioned before, I wear my Management Consulting radar and sharp solutions everywhere I go. Even when I am found eating chicken and have my fingers greasy (which happened when I was introduced to my new client).
MY MEANING OF TRANSFORMATION
CHANGE + ACTION + FEARLESS MOTIVATION + a little Luck = TRANFORMATION
It happens when you least expect it. You wonder around like your usual self, until it happens. And the world opens to you, to what you have to say, to your sharp solutions, and to the consultant that you have become.
Hablando con una hermosa amiga mia de Mexico, me inspire a hablarle a mis amigos mexicanos. Y es que no mucha gente de aqui o de alla o no se donde, saben porque vivo lejos de mi pais. O porque me separe de mi nucleo familiar.
Alguien aqui en Canada me dijo: "A presentation without a demonstration is merely a conversation" En Espaniol, "Una presentacion sin una demostracion es meramente una conversacion"
Asi que les muestro la razon por la que vivo aqui:
Poca gente incluyendome yo mismo, entiendo porque vivo lejos. Y es porque aqui encuentro la paz, la inspiracion, y naturaleza que encontre con mi familia.
Y es por eso que no me voy de Winnipeg.
Porque aqui encontre mi hogar.
This one is for you April ;)
2. Soups, cream soups, fish soups, chicken soups, meat soups, vegetable soups, noodle soups, tortilla soups, 
