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100 pages of life transforming reality and ownership!Luis Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17345240643631171045noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555966.post-32071403195438128982018-11-23T16:59:00.000-08:002018-12-08T16:58:34.997-08:00SPANISH, then ENGLISH: La Nación de Costa Rica: 17 de Agosto, 1988: Don Camilo Lobo cumple 102 años y no acepta bordón! Gerardo Chaves corresponsal de La Nación <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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La Nación de Costa Rica: 17 de Agosto, 1988: </div>
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Don Camilo Lobo cumple 102 años y no acepta bordón! </div>
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Gerardo Chaves corresponsal de La Nación </div>
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Camilo Lobo y Fulvia Arce de Lobo</div>
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(Mayra, Gonzalo, Gerardo y su padre y abuelo Camilo Lobo de la edicion La Nacion)</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">(Familia Lobo Avila - mi padre Gerardo en su infancia, nieto de Camilo Lobo)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">" No, no, van a creer que estoy muy viejo si me ven con eso" manifesto don Camilo Lobo Esquivel, quien el 18 de julio pasado cumplio 102 anos, ante la sugerencia de su nieta Mayra Lobo respecto a que utilice un bordón para caminar con mas seguridad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Asi es papa" dice dona Mayra respecto al abuelo paterno que la crio. "Pregunta por una señora que tiene 80 anos y se refiere a ella como "la viejita", le gusta estar cerca de las ventanas para ver pasar a las muchachas, pues no ha perdido su gusto por las mujeres, come muy bien y pasa muy risueno.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hoy la memoria ya falla y en la conversación con don Camilo, pese a lo agradable que results, faltan los detalles de casi un siglo de experiencia , de los que muy pocos datos se conservan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cuando logra romper el velo del olvido, don Camilo habla de su San Rafael de Heredia natal, donde siendo pequeño tenia que ir a recoger las vacas, colaborar en el ordeno y luego ir a la Ciudad de las Flores a entregar la leche, ademas de que al regreso llevaba alguna compras. "Había muy poca gente alli, en San Rafael, "ahora hay mucha", comenta, y luego salta a su viaje a El Cacao de Alajuela, a los 15 anos, junto con sus tios.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">De pronto surge otro nombre: Santa Clara, algún punto situado hacia el este de la Cordillera Central, al que se dirigio siendo pequeno , atravesando la selva, para ir a "tapar frijoles. Eso alla por Guapiles". </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Si Fulvia, la recuerdo, era mi mujer", comenta don Camilo de su esposa, dona Fulvia Arce Saenz, originada de Santo Domingo de Heredia, con quien se caso cuando vivían en El Cacao y con quien procreo 18 hijos, de los cuales 11 murieron a temprana edad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Los recuerdos incluyen el momento en que se hizo acompañar por un tio para ir a solicitar a don Blas, quien se convertiria en su suegro, la mano de dona Fulvia. El suegro en ciernes hizo a don Camilo picar una carreta de lena y cumplir otras labores que lo convencieron de la valia del futuro yerno y alli quedo finiquitado el asunto. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dona Fulvia tocaba la guitarra , pero en una situación economica muy dificil don Camilo cambio el instrumento por una cajuela de frijoles, semilla de la cual derivo una cosecha tab buena que le permitio adquirir una finquita en El Cacao de Alajuela, la que seria fuente de sosten y la residencia para la familia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Claro que pudo recurrir a su suegro para que le facilitara algún dinero, pero preferio es sacrificio a doblegar el orgullo, y al final de cuentas no salio malo el cambio de una guitarra por una finca. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Le cupo a don Camilo participar en las largas jornadas carreteras a que obligaban el transporte del cafe a Puntarenas, viajes duros que forjaron el desarrollo agrícola y economico del pais. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">De igual manera, era la carreta el medio al que recurría para sacar al mercado josefino la produccion de pina de su finca, lo que requeria de un viaje en el que habia que hacer una parada de sesteo en El Barrial de Heredia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don Gonzalo Lobo Arce, uno de los hijos de don Camilo, recuerda que acompañaba a su padre en los viajes a San Jose, el retorno de los cuales llevaba algunas de las cosas basicas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">También fue la carreta el vehiculo para transportar buena parte de loas materiales del primer templo catolico de El Cacao, obra que don Camilo tiene dentro de las mas importantes que desarrollo para la comunidad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Le correspondió al hoy centenario anciano fungir tambien como mayordomo del templo que ayudo a construir. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Coger cafe con mateado, utilizando una tela pegada con cuatro estacas y tirando los granos sobre ella, forma parte de los recuerdos de don Camilo, quien ahora, con muy buen espíritu lleva una vida sana, dedicada la mayor parte del tiempo a comer y dormir, como afirma dona Mayra, a quien el anciano ha confiado que va a vivir "104 anos" una meta que no parece lejana para quien a los 102 anos se rehusa a emplear ayudas para caminar. </span></div>
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"<span style="font-size: large;">No, no, they're going to believe I'm too old if they see me with that," said Don Camilo Lobo Esquivel, who turned 102 on July 18, at the suggestion of his granddaughter Mayra Lobo about using a walking stick for more security.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"That's the way he is," says Mayra, referring to the paternal grandfather who raised her. "He asked about a lady who is 80 years old and refers to her as "the old lady", he likes to be near the windows to watch the girls go by, he has not lost his taste for women, he eats very well and is always very positive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today the memory begins to fail and in the conversation with Don Camilo, in spite of how pleasant it is, the details of almost a century of experience are missing, of which very few are conserved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When he manages to break the veil of oblivion, Don Camilo speaks of his native San Rafael de Heredia, where as a child he had to go to collect the cows, milk the cows, and then go to the City of Flowers to deliver the milk, in addition to that, on his return, he made some purchases. "There were very few people there, in San Rafael, there is now a lot", he says, and then he jumps on to his trip to El Cacao de Alajuela, at 15, along with his uncles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And soon another name arises: Santa Clara, a point located towards the east of the Central Mountain Range, to which he was directed being small, crossing the jungle, to go to "cover beans, from there for Guapiles".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Yes Fulvia, I remember her, was my wife," says Don Camilo of his wife, Fulvia Arce Saenz, a native of Santo Domingo de Heredia, with whom she married when they lived in El Cacao and with whom she procreated 18 children, of whom 11 died at an early age.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The memories include the moment when he was accompanied by an uncle to go and ask Don Blas, who would become his father-in-law, for the hand of dona Fulvia. The future father-in-law made Don Camilo chop a cart of firewood and perform other tasks that convinced him of the worth of the future son-in-law and there the matter was settled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dona Fulvia played the guitar, but in a very difficult economic situation Don Camilo exchanged the instrument for a barrel of beans, seed from which derived a crop so good that it allowed him to acquire a small farm in El Cacao de Alajuela, which would be a source of sustenance and residence for the family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, he could have asked his father-in-law to provide him with some money, but he preferred to save face, and at the end of the day the exchange of a guitar for a farm was a good one!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Similarly, the ox cart was the means to which he resorted to take the production of pineapple from his farm to the Josefino market, which required a trip in which he had to make a stop at El Barrial de Heredia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don Gonzalo Lobo Arce (my grandfather), one of Don Camilo's sons, remembers accompanying his father on trips to San Jose, the return of which brought basics back home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Harvesting coffee with broad-cloth, using a cloth stuck with four stakes and throwing the grains on it, is part of the memories of Don Camilo, who now, with a very good spirit leads a healthy life, dedicated most of the time to eating and sleeping, as Dona Mayra affirms, to whom the older gentleman has confided that he will live "104 years" a goal that does not seem far away for those who, at the age of 102, refuse to use walking aids.</span><br />
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In the final analysis, your attitude determines your effectiveness in everything, every time! LGL
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Many hands have been a part of this over many years. It started with a great immigrant in 1964, Luis Gerardo Lobo Avila. In life he was my father.<br />
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What is the book or books you’ve given most as a gift and why? What are 1 to 3
books that have greatly influenced your life? How/Why have they
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time: A Nation of Immigrants by President JFK – tells the immigrant
story we all shared and share.</span></div>
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times: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand – it was a primer for my immersion into
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Recently “Brown is the New White” – only
distributed to RMBO’s: Political parties need to focus on the brown
population instead of democratic white voters (they are no longer the swing
voters); also a great up to date on race in America.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Of course, my book “It IS Your Attitude” has
been widely distributed over the last 10 years. I have gifted the book to
YMCA’s Latino Achiever groups at WSPS and individuals being naturalized
when I have given the address.</span></div>
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has a failure, or an apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you
have a "favorite failure" of yours? How did you use it to learn and
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entire life has been to throw myself at the unknown and learn along the way
(Failing UP). DC was very hard, notably after 2007. I took the
chance on my career failing as opposed to my family suffering by not moving
into the district (commute 5:30 AM home 8:30 for 6 years). Looking back, I
realize that what we built was a BB&T cultured region; after I left came
the collapsing of NOVA and FFX into GWDC Region. Huge learning experience that
DC was no different than any other market, just bigger; I would have begun
dealing with non-performance during year one.</span></div>
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If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it --
metaphorically speaking getting a message out to millions of people -- what
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“Say
good morning, or hello, and/or thank you to everyone you come into contact with
every day – you will feel more engaged and so will THEY”.</span></div>
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In the last five years, what new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved
your life? How has it improved your life? How did you make time to put it
into place in your life?</span></div>
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years has been a complete submission to my physical health. I do not miss
a workout, every day first thing in the morning. It has reduced needless
anxiety, proved that I can control something, and allows me to think more
clearly, I think….</span></div>
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When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, or have lost your focus temporarily,
what do you do? (If helpful, what questions do you ask yourself?) How did you
discover that this was helpful?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">God grant me
the serenity<br />
to accept the things I cannot change; <br />
courage to change the things I can; <br />
and wisdom to know the difference</span></div>
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now. Those I can-not change, maybe I can influence….</span></div>
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What a long strange trip it's been.....said the Grateful Dead<br />
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The idea entered my mind about 10 years ago.<br />
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Values are practical truths that when utilized create better outcomes. i.e. the value of honesty (it is the best policy) is the first step in creating trusting relationships and therefore allows us to interact, integrate and share ideas that ultimately solve big and small problems. Without honesty there can be no trusting relationships and therefore no collaboration.<br />
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There are tomes on values, principles, and commandments that span man's existence on this small planet. An example is the philosophy of Objectivism. Leonard Peikoff, the high priest of the philosophy of Ayn Rand, has helped sustain a following with many in the intellectual, business, and natural sciences as advocates. I also do not think there is much more to add by way of the underlying principles that shape a person's character and virtue (another objectivist principle).<br />
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The book by Carnegie: "How to Win Friends an Influence People", is a collection of stories and I learned that people like to read short stories as opposed to tomes on philosophy; therefore I took this as my model.<br />
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Thus was born the idea of collaborating with a host of individuals, accomplished in their respective fields, who would make a written contribution, by way of a story, on a value or principle that helped shape their life.<br />
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I will describe the experience as like "trying to herd cats". 100 or so were invited to contribute, all known to me throughout my career and various interests. Fifty percent responded to my invitation enthusiastically, with 30 contributing. There were 20 or so that wanted to do it, but life and priorities, in that moment, made it a lesser goal.<br />
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It did not help that along the way I transferred back to NC after 15 years on the road. I was now responsible for an area which required time, ideas and innovation so as to reach more people by which to expand our business. However, the idea would not perish; even as the flame at times weakened, I believed that the sharing of these short stories would help others. There has to be a benefit to someone for an idea to "get legs". <br />
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In the last year the compilation was complete, until I ran into a buzzsaw! Then I had to shed contributions and replace these from other individuals, none of which had been in my scope at the start. <br />
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Sometimes something may seem like a disaster, but it is really salvation in disguise. I had asked permission to include graphics that clearly spelled out the use of values/principles; which would have made for a wonderful appendix. I am reasonably sure the response, earlier in the project, would have been in the affirmative; but time had "changed things". Undeterred, over a weekend I made a list of replacement essayists. Viewed from a different time and place, the names came to me quickly, as did the agreements to contribute. New themes were breathed into the work given the diversity of the new contributions.<br />
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Finally, I have had to request a release form from every contributor; none refused but that also took a minute. So here I am, finished again. <br />
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I am very enthusiastic about the content of each contribution given the high ethics and behaviors of the authors. There are some national figures, but for the most part each is an accomplished individual that contributes above and beyond the requirements of their profession, and by doing so has changed reality for many. I am also proud of our friendships.<br />
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When I wrote "It IS Your Attitude", published in 2004, I had probably three years invested in the project. I am also convinced it is easier to write than to ask others to write. This new one has been a labor of love.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"> Coach yourself that you are worthy of happiness.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"> Do the hard things, you can improve - NEVER give up.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"> Move away from the comfort zone - the "Linus complex".</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"> READ, Read, read -7th grade teacher told us - I don't </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"> Become involved in your community - JOIN something. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"> Be the EXPERT at something.....</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"> BE enthusiastic - don't be downer Donny.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"> Take the blinders off - just like a mule - don't just look straight</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"> Sweat profusely - take care of your body.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Have clarity of purpose. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why are we here? </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">What </span><span style="font-size: large;">is our purpose? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Repeat, repeat, repeat the purpose. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Harold </span><span style="font-size: large;">Geneen, </span><span style="font-size: large;">when CEO of </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A person of faith is undeterred by failure, by obstacles or by naysayers. These people understand that failure is a frequent companion to faith, and with each stumble they come nearer they goal. It is true not because everyone reacts the same way to adversity, but because of they faith, some adjust in the process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am fortunate to have had a long and gratifying friendship with the Reverend Oscar Burnett, O.S.B., Abbot Emeritus of Belmont Abbey in Belmont, North Carolina. I met Father Oscar when I arrived at Belmont Abbey College as an 18-year-old freshman. He was then acting as head of campus ministry. He reached out to the freshmen and involved many of us in campus coffeehouse functions. His hearty laugh, caring demeanor and listening skills pulled many students through trying times. Father Oascar, and a few others, never wavered in their faith in me, and because of their interest, I have overcome quite a few daunting challenges. A simple, kind word may be all it takes to help someone gather the strength to move forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Abbot Emeritus Oscar Burnett back row beside by late brother Roberto Lobo at the Mass of Remembrance and dedication in memory of our father, Luis Gerardo Lobo Avila. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"People experience myriad emotions when confronted with a statement or behavior that is contradictory to the beliefs we picked up early in life. I remember seeing an African-American for the first time when I was four. My feeling was one of novelty. I had not been embedded with any sort of negative belief about African-Americans. I also recall my confusion when, several years later, a primary school teacher admonished me for wearing the hat of a black boy, by telling me I may "catch something." Why didn't she say that when I was wearing a white boy's hat? The law of contradiction says that something can NOT BE and ALSO BE at the same time. This was my first experience with that law.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my relatives has a deep fear that people of a certain race are going to to do him harm. He was taught this concept as a child to keep him away from members of that group. When this relative has more than casual conversations with members of this "harmful" race, he often comments about the nice person he just encountered. The group appears "abnormal", but the individuals seem very "normal." The individual encounters don't validate his beliefs about the group, yet the beliefs ingrained early on have only slightly dissolved".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"But primarily, I think people fail because of a fear of failing. YOU have heard this before, but let me qualify the phrase "fear of failure." People driven by this fear are so focused on doing everything possible to avoid a setback that they loose balance with their personal, familial and spiritual lives. I know this type of person well. I have seen him in the mirror for 40 years. Some people will tell you, "you have to have balance". The problem is that they can't tell you how to obtain balance, and more than likely, they have their own struggles with the scales of life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">* A magic potion to make everything alright. Our lives will never be completely right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">* A multistep program leading to some dramatic change or understanding that aligns the stars and planets. Some people can change through these programs, but many loose heart when results are not what they think they ought to be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"Leaders accept personal accountability and responsibility, as well as themselves and their actions. Successful people adapt the philosophy, "If it is to be, it is up to me", which is a statement of commitment to do the best we can with what we have and not blame someone or something else. </span><br />
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<span class="first-paragraph" style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="paragraph-0" style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">There is no making America great again. Since World War II, and, notably, the Soviet collapse, nearly every U.S. born citizen has benefited from the highest standard of living in the world. The United States has been the undisputed leader and innovator in the sciences, commerce and military power. The most motivated individuals from across the globe wish to make this country their home by establishing businesses, sending their best and brightest to American universities or by simply changing the reality of their daily lives. Our 229-year-old constitutional version of freedom is what has propelled us and the rest of the world, through The Pax Americana conceptualized at the Bretton Woods conference of 1944 to the America of today.</span></span></div>
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<span class="paragraph-1" style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Great Recession of 2008, and its slow worldwide recovery, has been described as a national stumble. An interconnected world that was crafted over 70 years ago, as well as regional economic alliances such as the European Union, will ebb and flow according to economic and political realities. Therefore, an isolationist future is neither viable nor desirable. We only need to study the example of Japan, the country that was supposed to be the economic giant when I came out of college in 1983. In Japan, growth is stagnant, there is a comparative scarcity of cultural diversity and the country has been in a 20-year recession driven by a birth rate lower than the death rate. Japan’s homogeneity deeply impacts its restrictive immigration policies, where only 2 percent of its population is non-Japanese, currently with little hope of being “great again.</span></div>
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My parents were immigrants from Costa Rica in the early 1960's, finally settling in Lincolnton, NC, where my brother Carlos and I were the first Latino children to enter the </div>
Lincoln County Public Schools, just a few years after the integration of white and black students. I am not sure what being “post-racial” means, but to me it does not mean ambivalence about or denial of being Latino. My family and I all celebrate it, make fun of it at times, and relish the outcomes of my parents realizing their American Dream, which, in turn, led to so many others being accomplished.</span></div>
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In many places of our country, people continue to live apart from others who are culturally, racially and religiously different from them. It is a free country; you can live where you can. Today, 46 percent of K-12 age students, 38 percent of millennials and a full 1/3 of the nation as a whole are of African, Latino and Asian heritage. With a 51-percent minority birthrate going forward, this country’s demographic reality is permanently changing.</div>
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“Making America great again” cannot mean going back to a disintegrated society. Our children have grown up together and their reality is not ours. I know the great destroyers of mankind such as poverty, oppression, hopelessness and ignorance are alive and well in our nation. Yet when my wife and I visit our grown children and witness their interactions with their diverse group of colleagues and friends, it adds to my optimism for our America, the America of today.</div>
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Americans are a people who wish to improve their lives, regardless of whether they were born here or came here as immigrants. We seek to earn our way, foster our own self-worth and take pride in ourselves as Americans.</div>
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We have much work to do, but our precious democracy allows us — no, expects us — to work together for the America of tomorrow.</div>
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My country, 'tis of Thee,</div>
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Sweet Land of Liberty</div>
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Of thee I sing;</div>
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Land where my fathers died,</div>
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Land of the pilgrims' pride,</div>
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From every mountain side</div>
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Let Freedom ring.</div>
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My native country, thee,</div>
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Land of the noble free,</div>
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Thy name I love;</div>
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I love thy rocks and rills,</div>
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Thy woods and templed hills,</div>
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My heart with rapture thrills</div>
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Like that above.</div>
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Let music swell the breeze,</div>
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And ring from all the trees</div>
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Sweet Freedom's song;</div>
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Let mortal tongues awake;</div>
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Let all that breathe partake;</div>
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Let rocks their silence break,</div>
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The sound prolong.</div>
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Our fathers' God to Thee,</div>
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Author of Liberty,</div>
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To thee we sing,</div>
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Long may our land be bright</div>
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With Freedom's holy light,</div>
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Protect us by thy might</div>
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Great God, our King.</div>
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Our glorious Land to-day,</div>
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'Neath Education's sway,</div>
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Soars upward still.</div>
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Its hills of learning fair,</div>
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Whose bounties all may share,</div>
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Behold them everywhere</div>
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On vale and hill!</div>
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Thy safeguard, Liberty,</div>
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The school shall ever be,</div>
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Our Nation's pride!</div>
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No tyrant hand shall smite,</div>
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While with encircling might</div>
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All here are taught the Right</div>
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With Truth allied.</div>
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Beneath Heaven's gracious will</div>
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The stars of progress still</div>
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Our course do sway;</div>
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In unity sublime</div>
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To broader heights we climb,</div>
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Triumphant over Time,</div>
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God speeds our way!</div>
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Grand birthright of our sires,</div>
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Our altars and our fires</div>
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Keep we still pure!</div>
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Our starry flag unfurled,</div>
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The hope of all the world,</div>
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In peace and light impearled,</div>
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God hold secure!</div>
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It is PURPOSE that causes us to touch reality and change it.<br />
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RISK is the close companion of SUCCESS and FAILURE; yet without RISK there will be no SUCCESS, and maybe less FAILURE, yet PURPOSE can not otherwise be attained.<br />
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They will taste great triumph and the bitterness of some setbacks. That is what is required for any of us to gain PRIDE and SELF-ESTEEM, over and over again.<br />
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There is no end to it, BUT the final end, of which we are assured. Up to then, YOU GO FOR IT!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Driven individuals are seeking better outcomes in their families when these are not available in their own countries. Remember the waves of Irish fleeing starvation in the 1840s, Jews fleeing genocide in the 1930s and Vietnamese escaping war in the 1960s; but only a small percentage fled, because only the motivated seek to change the reality of their lives. My father emigrated from Costa Rica in the early 1960s, seeking his own self-actualization and providing an “American” education for his children.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Great Latino Migration of the 1980s was caused by the devaluation of the Mexican peso, brutal unemployment and by the murderous civil wars in Central and South America. The Migration Policy Institute has noted that net migration across the southern border of the U.S. has been nearly zero in the last five years. Yet 75 percent of the 50 million Latinos are U.S. born. We have witnessed the arrival of our parents, with nothing but their determination and will power, to work and educate their children. My father rose to a leadership position in the textile industry in North Carolina and I have had the privilege of a 30-year career in banking. Our children, born in the U.S., know this story and are proud to cast their impact on this country.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The business community began to make forays into serving this multicultural community after the 2000 U.S. census showed a dramatic rise in the Latino population. My employer, BB&T, has been involved for years, providing multicultural banking centers staffed with individuals who speak Spanish along with Internet and mobile-based solutions for a generation that has grown up with a smart phone in their hands.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What U.S.-born Latinos share is the immigrant story. This is the story of the peoples of the United States. It was once a story of limited government, a respect for individual rights, the story of an America where anyone could achieve their dream because of freedom and their willingness to improve themselves.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">There are many who believe that the dream is in decay due to the socialization of our country, run-away government spending and the robbery of the productive by taxes and the redistribution of wealth. The immigrant story causes the shock of assimilation to themselves and their offspring. It forces them to comply with a new way of life. In most cases, failure is not an option, as having left their countries required a one-way ticket with destiny.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Latino community will lead the nation out of recession by having the highest employment rate, 60 percent of those eligible to work, compared to 58.6 percent of the general population in the United States, per the Pew Hispanic Center. Many work two or more jobs. Their children are now graduating high school at a higher level and entering trade school, colleges and universities. They are “savers,” having learned the discipline for a rainy day. Owning a home is an affirmation of their success in this country. These folks and their children have been driving small-business startups for many years, further creating opportunity for other Americans.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The recent election showed the permanence of the Latino community. Their vote went to the Democrats. However, because of their conservative family values, they are a wild card for future elections. The Latino population will, in time, fold into the fabric of America just like all past immigrants . The utility of the Spanish language will diminish, but not so their culture. This is a culture steeped in productive work, personal accomplishment, the freedom to create in commerce, arts and sciences, and a love for America.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">In the final analysis, your attitude determines your effectiveness in everything, every time! LGL</div>Luis Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17345240643631171045noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555966.post-68727733304050977932014-10-05T13:30:00.001-07:002014-10-05T13:30:33.480-07:00Banking IS an Ethical Profession!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Luis Lobo es director de Mercados Multiculturales de BB&T</div>
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By: Luis Lobo. Recent economic events and the Great Recession have reduced the confidence that individuals, families and businesses once had in the banking industry. Bankers must now recommit to serving as ethical and involved financial advisors.</div>
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You can read volumes on how our economy got to where it is, but at the end of the day, consumers began to make financial decisions without seeking the advice of bankers. Bankers also failed to help individuals understand how to manage their finances. The two trends lead to poor financial decisions, including toxic mortgages. This is partially due to 1. the speed of information available through the Internet, and 2. a perceived devaluation of financial services. (Remember free checking?)</div>
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To help clients and communities achieve their financial goals, bankers must have strong character based on honesty and integrity. Such character leads them to routinely make sound decisions and provide financial advice in the best interest of others.</div>
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When I began my career in 1983, it was during one of the harshest recessions of the late 20th century. BB&T, my new employer, had come to Belmont Abbey College to recruit for its Leadership Development Program (LDP). On my first day of work, I found my LDP class to be one of the most diverse groups of North Carolinians I had witnessed: five whites (two of them female), three blacks and a Latino (me).</div>
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Our first job out of the training program was to collect on past-due loans. My father, an immigrant to this country, gave me great advice: Treat your clients with respect, help them manage their finances better, and they will be loyal for life.</div>
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When I joined the faculty of the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking 10 years ago, we had 12,500 banks in the United States. Today there are about 7,800, and the number is shrinking as bank failures and other challenges lead to more mergers and acquisitions. In a free-market economy only the best survive. The key lies in how you define “best.” To me, the best bankers are those who know their success is tied to the financial success of their clients and the communities they serve. <strong>Doing what is right </strong>for clients in the long-term and helping them understand the discipline needed to achieve their financial goals has been the most rewarding part of my career. It has also been very painful to watch families, businesses and communities hurt by “easy credit,” which caused the housing collapse and harsh economic downturn of the last five years.</div>
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Today, the banking industry has a black eye. I understand why. In the last five years, it has become obvious that many — regardless of social or economic status — do not have the knowledge or discipline needed to make wise financial decisions. It is also true that my industry cannot ignore the nearly 20 percent of the American population affected by job losses and other financial hardships of recent days. Bankers must once again get involved in their communities and provide financial training to various groups — from small business capital investment to responsible home ownership and basic personal financial management.</div>
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Financial institutions, regulators and industry educational organizations offer a variety of resources. Banks are using their websites to provide learning plans and financial calculators on basic budgeting, education savings and retirement planning. The Federal Reserve and the FDIC, in print and online, offer banks, organizations and individuals courses on life-cycle budgeting and planning. During this upcoming school year, the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Pennsylvania will offer middle- and executive-level students a course on how to provide financial education in their home communities throughout the United States.</div>
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Clearly, the resources are there. But bankers can no longer expect the public to educate themselves. Involvement requires us to team up with businesses to reach their employees and share this knowledge. To reach into our communities, we must work with faith-based and other trusted organizations to educate established and newer multicultural groups. Banks can use their significant branch networks, throughout our nation, as classrooms and centers of learning.</div>
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The public looks to banks to keep their finances secure and be responsible providers of credit. As a result, we are also one of the main job creators and contributors of economic progress. I am proud to be a banker! Luis G. Lobo is an executive vice president and multicultural markets manager for BB&Tand the Chairman of the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking.</div>
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In the final analysis, your attitude determines your effectiveness in everything, every time! LGL
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">In the final analysis, your attitude determines your effectiveness in everything, every time! LGL</div>Luis Lobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17345240643631171045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555966.post-62559297426828866662014-09-15T17:05:00.001-07:002014-09-15T17:05:32.853-07:00AN IMMIGRANT SONG!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Luis Gerardo
“Jerry” Lobo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1942-1994<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hijo de
Alajuela, vecino del parque del cementerio. Imigrante, primero a Amsterdam, NY
en 1963 y despues en los 1970’s funda la gran colonia costarricense y hispana
en Lincolnton, Carolina del Norte . <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Otorgado el Logro Perenne, postumo, por Latino
Diamante Awards en 2003 por sus esfuerzos hacia la comunidad latino-hispana en
los Estados Unidos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sus padres, los
finados Dora Avila y Gonzalo Lobo de Alajuela . Su esposa Marta Sonia Arce de
Rio Segundo y sus hijos Luis Gonzalo, Carlos Andres, Jose Roberto, Mark Anthony,
y Matha Yadwizia se unen con sus familias y amigos en Costa Rica y los Estados
Unidos recordando el valor, el liderismo y el gran ejemplo de su esposo y padre.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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