Steel Minds Podcast: Recent Episodes
Andres Lombana
This podcast has been created by a young Latin-American wishing to make a change in everybody's life. From mindfulness, to meditation, to past inspiring events, interviews and more, Andres Lombana has decided to communicate through this podcast motivational content so you can inspire yourself and learn how to get out of difficult situations, propose and reach goals, and most importantly, to be grateful and full of self-love. Spanish accent included. Play now!
I will be short and straight to the point: STOP LIVING TO OTHERS STANDARDS! What is it that you want to live accordingly to? Stop doing the things that don't inspire you. You are right on time to change the course of your life. This world has endless possibilities to allow us to be what we really want to be: a singer, a painter, a dancer, a podcaster. Anything. The only gap that exists today between us and the real life of authenticity we all want to live is....our fears. Wanna know a bit more? PLAY NOW >>>
Steel Minds Podcast 5th meditation session! Learning how to meditate while slow walking can truly enhance a happy life while doing the most common thing in our lives: Walking. LISTEN NOW >>>
Nope I'm not telling you here you should go ahead and close all your Instagram, Facebook or TikTok accounts. I'm actually encouraging you here to keep them but to learn how to manage them. Social media brings many of the societal advantages like keeping us connected with our friends nowadays. The trap is to start living and pretending a life we don't have just because we feel miserable about comparing ourselves to others life. Social media will always show you "the grass is greener" even though you can have everything in life right now. Social media can be an amazing tool if used smartly, otherwise it is going to make your life feel empty. Fortunately this episode exists ;) PLAY NOW >>>
Momentum is something very hard to keep up with if we don't stick to our goals and all the amazing plans we had at the beginning of our projects. Is easy to start but hard to finish because momentum loses with time - we decide to stop taking action and decide to quit when results do not show up quickly as expected. But here in this episode I'm going to explain you a very easy technique that we can use every single day to keep the impulse of momentum going. Sneak Peak: Don't stop even if you are not seeing the results you want. LISTEN NOW FOR MORE >>>
We tend to eliminate toxic habits like alcohol and drugs. We tend to eliminate toxic food from our body like pizza and burgers to get the body that we want. But we DON'T eliminate toxic people and toxic relationships to get the healthy mental state we want to achieve. This happens because we tend to think people around us like friends and family just want us to 'be better'. In this episode I'm going to tell you why this is not true and why you should stop trying to prove your 'inner circle' what you are capable off. To stop others from manipulating you, a choice has to be taken. Curious? HIT PLAY NOW >>
As you used to do homework before going to bed and waking up to another day of school, self-reflecting at the end of the day before starting your next day should be a must. In this episode, I'm going to share with you the many benefits that self-reflection can bring to your life. Techniques like journaling, self-voice record, and talking to a mentor are also included here so you can smartly pursue your objectives and goals at the end of the day. Self-reflection is more than just remembering back. It is a trip to the past to come better and stronger! HIT PLAY NOW >>>
Did you know that our human brain processes at least 50.000 thoughts per day? That is a lot. The only issue about this amount of thoughts that happen every single day is the fact that these are not oriented to self-development or self-esteem, they are rather guided by our human instinct of survival. Human instinct for survival is actually negative if we want to progress in this life, as it is part of our nature to be scared of scenarios where rejection and failure are included. In this episode I will give away the hacks you need so you re-wire your brain to leverage your inner-growth. Enjoy and PLAY NOW >>>
Your 9-5 is not easy especially if you hate it 24/7 and worst case scenario is that you hate it because of the toxic environment of your boss and other colleagues. When your mental health gets deteriorated every single minute, is time to stand up and set some boundaries for yourself. Your health first. Your inner peace first. Your self-esteem first. It all depends on you if being in a toxic work environment has to be the reality you have to get 'used to' or if you really want to make a change that benefits your body and mind in the long-run. Keen to know how? LISTEN NOW >>>
Focus! I just spoiled this episode for you. Focus! Focus! Focus! To master a skill you really want to be great at requires to focus in that only thing you want to master. Zero distractions and zero excuses. It doesn't matter if you feel you are not prepared or if this is not the right time to take action. The secret here is to go full force and learn anyways! You will find excuses were actually a way to comfort your limiting beliefs of 'not being enough'. A secret? I'm going to share with you some tips depending on the type of person you are so you can excel at that skill you really want to master. HIT PLAW NOW >>>
Your life and your goals depends on two things: actions and no-actions. You can't blame politicians, the Government, your kids or your parents for where you are currently standing right now. Nobody can take and pilot the decisions you take - the results you get are because of the standards you hold to at the moment. Accepting a great level of responsibility for what comes and goes in our lives is uniquely empowering as this will help us to assume that we have the power to create what we want in the same way. Wanna hear more? PLAY NOW >>>
With everything that is going on in this crazy world right now is time to step up, put your worries aside and decide to focus on yourself. It may be overwhelming if we try to focus on what is going to happen in the next 5 months, but today the focus MUST be you. How are you going to differentiate and take actions to overcome uncertainty is up to your mental preparation. In this episode I'm going to ask you this simple question: Are you taking steps to get moving even during tough times? HIT PLAY NOW >>>
The 4th meditation session of Steel Minds Podcast is here now. Includes a very simple but powerful 'awareness' exercise. HIT PLAY NOW >>>
To wake up early you must sleep early. But are you actually creating a sleeping ritual seizing the quality of hours you get to sleep? It is not easy for many of us to wake up early because sleeping late seems tempting, but in this episode I will give you amazing tricks to create the perfect 'sleeping' routine so your body adapts faster to fall asleep when you need it. This depends a lot in what you eat, what you drink and how cluttered is your mind with unresolved thoughts - I will help you go through all of this with simple techniques I recommend here :) HIT PLAW NOW >>>
An episode of full of motivation. Here I give you very practical steps to acknowledge if you are truly going 'all-in' for your goals, biggest dreams and financial success. The main takeaway: work hard. The main limitation: you. I want to invite you to reflect what is the missing piece between your biggest dreams and where you are standing right now. YOU are the only one which will create the next reality you will live in during the next years. My question is: how much of 'that' reality is what you really want. HIT PLAY NOW >>>
What do think about organisation in your home? Is it boring, tedious and you are always struggling to get things in the proper place? In this episode I'm reviewing Marie Kondo's especial book about the Magic of Tidying and the benefits this can bring to your environment, including a better space to think and let the juices of success flow to your mind. LISTEN NOW >>>
What if I told you positive thinking will push your life span. What if I told you positive thinking helps to prevent stress attacks, depression levels and anxiety. What if I told you positive thinking lowers the chances of having. cardiovascular disease. In this episode we will go through positive thinking and the major phases of why we tend to do the contrary. Polarizing, filtering, catastrophizing and personalizing are the main factors that do not let us the life we want - a life driven by positive thinking. Curious? HIT PLAY NOW >>>
Last weekend I had a hurtful situation where I was rejected and this is the main reason of why I did this episode! Failure does not mean nothing unless we give the meaning to it. But what's most important, being defeated can be your main excuse to try even harder until you achieve what you always wanted. Realise there is nothing wrong with feeling sad after failing, but don't let the fear of failure stop you to take risks and goals. Use your emotions to your advantage and just keep going. HIT PLAY NOW >>>
What if told you that learning is a non-ending process that will make you achieve your goals and take you a step closer to be successful in the future? That's right! Learning will keep your brain busy while keeping away negative thoughts of 'not knowing' enough to master the entrepreneurial skills you have been always looking for. A continuous learning journey will only guarantee you two things: 1) Infinite amounts of dollars in your bank account. 2) The power to master whatever you want in this life. LISTEN NOW >>>
Have you heard about having to act even when you are not in the mood to act? Exactly. That's what this is all about. Many times we have to face troubling times and we get paralysed by the overwhelming fear inside our body which is basically controlled by our emotions and feelings. However, in this episode I'm going to explain to you why instead of backing up from these situations you will have to press forward. It is always about acting in spite of fear and doubt that makes us grow to an exponential scale. LISTEN NOW >>>
An eye-opening episode made just for you to solve life problems. Here I'm going to teach you a very special technique to "depersonalise" yourself from facing difficult moments and to start thinking in a way that will make you act smarter when having to decide 'what to do next'. Based in the roots of meditation, its all about the focus you give by erasing emotional clutter and deciding to act from a place of logical reasoning. Still reading? PLAY NOW >>>
In this episode I will show you additional sayings you may actually listen if you travel to my home country ;) Here in Steel minds Podcast we will figure out what do they mean and how they can be used to ground your feet and start thinking in terms of business efficiency, success and growth from a place of gratitude. If you think you are ready to stop being lazy and start making plans on what's the next big thing you have to figure out to become a person with full self-power (Colombian style) LISTEN NOW >>>
We are NOT doomed. If you think you are struggling, if you think everything is not working out as planned, if you think there is not hope at all and we have to trash away all the efforts of building up a successful business or even a successful life, don't worry cause you are safe. You are! And this is because there's a little flame inside of you that keeps everything alive. This little flame is called a Burning Desire. When desire exists, everything is possible out of nowhere. LISTEN NOW >>>
Its here!!! Meditation session for the third time here in Steel Minds Podcast. Listen and breathe like never before ;) Enjoy
Yep. All sorts of great things are coming right now directly to your life. But pssssst! You have to open the door to let them come in, otherwise, is it not going to happen at all. We are programmed to feel we don't deserve to receive nothing because we were taught in this life to always give. Is receiving bad at all? It is not. Receiving things in life is one of the most pleasant things if you do this from a place of gratitude and love. In fact, you will always get more if you are willing to receive everything with your arms open. Want to know what's this all about?? LISTEN NOW >>>
Calling to be sick is one of the WORST things you can actually do. You are not only calling illnesses but you are also calling laziness, lack of ambition, lack of focus and lack of goals. Or maybe is not you but the environment around you have with hypochondriac friends full of toxicity. Did you know doctors discovered at least 75% of the illnesses patients claimed to have were all fake or made up by their own minds? That's right, in this episode I will teach you how our precious brain thoughts can destroy or cure our body. The decision is always yours! HIT PLAY >>>
The second part of this miniseries of powerful habits that will change your life. This episode has deeper habits to incorporate as they require inner change instead of only mere actions to start doing. Habits requiring an inner change are even more challenging but at the same time transformational. You will be glad with what I have you are about to hear in this episode as it all comes back to you and who you are in terms of accepting yourself in every sort of way. Still here? PLAY NOW >>>
What habits should everybody incorporate in their own life? I've been investigating a lot and came up with the conclusion that there are 12 major habits which are key for your body, mind and soul transformation. They will help you to live happily-ever-after in this real world! Pay attention to each one of these as the main task is to incorporate at least between 2 or 3 of them in your life. 6 months of effort into them and you will start feeling atomic changes in short ;) Hit that button and PLAY NOW >>>
Depending on the "level" you are to solve problems this will determine if you are going to have a successful life or not. If you run away, if you don't grow inside and if you think problems should not happen then you are doing it all wrong! I will show you in this episode how to take on expert class problems, how to level-up, and how to make plans to tackle hard situations. Its important to know that problems are always going to exist, but what's most important: if you are bigger than them - you will become unstoppable. Still reading? PLAY NOW >>>
Wondering why learning these underrated skills are actually so important? Learning how to sell yourself will actually push your boundaries in terms of leadership and passion. In this episode, you will also learn about hidden fears you haven't been able to go over. I will explain why learning marketing and sales goes beyond your wish of succeeding: its also your DUTY if you want to help others. When you impact your community...you will financially become successful at your own business. Hit PLAY NOW >>>
In this episode I want to share some of the most popular sayings of my culture (Steel Minds edition!). Here I will explain to you what do they mean and how to take a proper approach on them so you can incorporate this in your everyday moments to become better and succeed in this game of life we all play. A fun episode full of interesting meanings and figure of speech, but as always....focused on you! PLAY NOW >>>
Last week one of the best football players won a decisive match that would separate him from another failure or the moment when he would finally achieve something that's been impossible throughout his whole career: winning something for his national team. After 16 years of trying hard he finally made it and did history. This is just a small example of what the power of perseverance can do. Not quitting is hard. Harder is to fail without giving another chance to your goals and dreams to be accomplished. Start your way with this episode. PLAY NOW >>>
We are normally afraid of believing in ourselves. Afraid of showing others what we are capable of. Afraid of success. However, we have all came to this world with a gift to give. We have a purpose to accomplish in this lovely place we live and by knowing how to spread the word and impacting millions of people....that's how we actually fulfil every aspect of our lives: financially, mentally and emotionally. When we decide to play big, is when we start achieving great things in life. Enjoy. PLAY NOW >>>
A simply mathematical formula we are about to discover today! Is actually very simple but requires your full 100% attention. Once you are able to unlock the 'spelling' of this formula your life will eventually level-up. It basically starts off with being aware of who we are and knowing the 'inserted' program we have been running in auto-pilot so far. Help yourself and HIT PLAY >>>
The second part of the mini-series called Being Financially Better. If you went through my previous episode you learned how to avoid some of the most common financial traps you can get in. You are in a better position to take smarter decisions with the extra money you have. What to do? Where to put that money? The answer to all of those questions (and more) here in this episode! LISTEN NOW >>>
A healthy mind is also the result of a healthy financial state. When taking decisions pressured on despair and lack of money, we stop thinking clearly on the things we really want in life. Money is not happiness, is a resource. A well managed resource can help you understand that life requires planning, discipline and a series of small actions, even to achieve stability! Based on previous knowledge, in this episode I'm going to help you avoid financial traps while providing key actions to take when managing your personal finance. Cause a healthy mind thinks best when money is not haunting its biggest dreams. Still reading? PLAY NOW >>>
In this episode I deeply talk about why being vulnerable is actually a very good deal for you and your closest relationships. Being vulnerable helps to fight back the white noise of thoughts related to anger and sorrow. Is not easy to be vulnerable in a world programmed to makes us fight back everytime. However, once you discover that vulnerability is actually the best decision you can make to start thinking clearly, your whole life is about to level-up. Join me and HIT PLAY NOW >>>
A very short but special episode where I tell you what I did wish for you and me on my birthday. Just be careful for what you ask for life. Life acts as a fair agent on giving you what you ask for. No less. No more. Wan't to know what's all this birthday wish about? I bet you are curious ;) Hit PLAY NOW >>>
I did compile here the most hitting truths I have learned throughout my years living outside of my hometown. However, it is not far from the reality you can also be living right now. From acknowledging that stupidity costs to having to believe in yourself despite the times you may be alone and with negative thoughts, I hope this episode makes you think what is it that you have learned while living outside of your comfort zone. Enjoy. HIT PLAY NOW >>>
Criticism is the root of all evil. Caring for others opinion is one of the biggest causes of why we don't reach our goals and unleash the beast potential we all have. In this episode I explain why we care about others and the actual human behaviour that unconsciously detail how poorly behave when we care for critics. This will awake your sense of being unique and realising the main battle is you vs you. Hit PLAY NOW>>>
Failing silently is better for your ego and pride than failing publicly. But this is the exact reason why we limit ourselves, because when we commit publicly to somebody about our goals it is challenging as our false excuses are no longer valid anymore. You need to know what are the major benefits of having an accountability partner and we are going to discuss all of this facts and more in this episode! PLAY NOW>>>
It is all in your head! Unless accepting being poor is okay you are not simply poor. Life situations defeat us when we decide to quit and accept we are not triumphant at this very precise moment. Digging into one of our biggest fears, you will discover is all a state of mind once you decide to take simple actions to deny the reality you live in. By accepting that you are currently working through hard obstacles which will eventually take you to success, poverty does NOT exist at all. Join this episode I did with hard work and dedication just for you. Enjoy>>>
What do I mean? Did I met one of the most dangerous man in the world by the time he lived? Maybe. One sure thing I know is we have a truce so I can actually bring this podcast content back to you. Confused? Doesn't make any sense at all? Listen NOW to see what's all this episode about>>>
Not being able to control our near future is the main reason for our anxiety and depression thoughts. Appreciating what we have now is the key pattern to start living without any worry. A short but powerful episode dedicated to calm and take us from the 'future worrying' to the 'present life' we need to dedicate more time. Listen and HIT PLAY>>>
My first meditation session for this podcast. Breathe consciously for only 5 minutes. Play Now!
Have you ever been triggered by what people think and say to you? Hands down. You have experienced bad moments in life when treated unfairly, poorly and even humiliated. In this episode I give you the cure to not feel like 'dirt' when people decide to judge you. Because after all, it is purely a state of mind on how we decide to take on insults. Ready? Hit that PLAY BUTTON now>>>
Not asking you to think negatively always, but this helps out to put your life upside-down and observe you are way better in many different ways despite the current situation you may be experiencing right now. Negative Visualization is our ground-pole, the one that makes us think differently and be grateful for what who we are in this precise moment. Curious? Learn how to apply this very interesting technique with me now. Hit that Play Button>>>
Do you read? Yes? Maybe you do but not actually the proper way. If you are that person who reads to grow and self-develop, this episode is right for you because I will share some of my most practical methods to properly understand and capture the main ideas of the books you read. Easy, simple and straight forward. HIT PLAY NOW>>>
Is never easy to start a new project, a new idea, a new business. Actually, success requires hard work and dedication, and the most important thing is to be okay without knowing what's going to happen in the near future. Not figuring out everything is part of the process and mistakes are always going to be there. However, starting now and leveraging from those mistakes is what actually will take us to the path of success. Being afraid and staying in the comfort zone is NOT going to help you. Listen to this episode to keep your high motivation and give yourself that boost of self-confidence to actually start doing something. Play NOW>>>
Honouring the year of changes. The year of the great pandemic. The year of face-masks, social distancing, and hand-sanitiser. The year of economic recession, of national borders closure, of unemployment and many other 'unfortunate' events. But also honouring the year of hidden opportunities, of life changes and new beginnings. Spoiler Alert: 2020 was the year you actually needed to get out of that comfort zone, of that toxic relationship, of that unhappy job. Hit that Play Button NOW>>>
Do you require what it takes to be a leader? No matter what, if you lead a company, your own business, a charity, or a music band, a leader can be thoroughly recognised when its character is widely demonstrated. In this episode I give to you the main qualities for what it takes to be an authentic leader. Knowing how to work with a team, learning not to quit, sinking with the ship....all of these and more if you listen now to this episode. Hit that PLAY button!
Past CANNOT change. As simple as that. So are you still suffering for being attached to past events and not moving forward? What if we start thinking we actually need our past to happen so we become better and stronger everyday? Learning from our mistakes is what makes us human. Your resentment will not take you anywhere else, but being positive and deciding to step-up is what actually builds a 'Steel Mind'. In this episode I will help you to get out of that daily trash-talk you give to yourself. Listen NOW >>>
Being able to follow on your goals is one of the most difficult things to do especially when you seem to affect 'negatively' the people around you. But are you actually working to give your family a better life? Or is your family an excuse to stop following your dreams. In this episode I teach you how to put your family first as the reason of why you pursue your goals. Stop your excuses and change your family to become the main force of your dreams. Play Now>>>
What do you tell to yourself everyday? Are your thoughts supporting you? Or dragging you away from what you really want? Past experiences and a lack of self-love and motivation are issues to be addressed ASAP to get where you want to be in 5 to 10 years. In this episode I give you the tips and ideas on how to control your mind, your thoughts and start taking action to create great habits that will take you and your goals to the next level. Ready? Hit that PLAY button now!
Hey! Is this the first time you are listening to me? If so let me introduce myself here in this short episode :)