Crush It by Jaime Verd

Jaime is a great friend of mine. He is someone that I’ve been able to have great insightful conversations with and learn a lot from. After he shared that he was working on this book, I was excited!! I was rooting for him as always. He first sent me the original version that he wrote — in Spanish. Originally from the Dominican Republic, Spanish is his first language. I was able to read through parts of it but did not get the same understanding that I did when I purchased the English version. Jaime is someone who’s been in my corner since I met him, he’s always been my guy — but I’ll get to that.

The unconscious decision to settle. There is more attention than ever on our personal lives and on the things that we do within our lives. People often feel forced to accept their circumstances… why? It’s easier right? It’s easier to mute ambition and eliminate the risk of failure and convince yourself that the stagnance you’re experiencing is the success you’ve always desired.

Pg. 4, There are more opportunities than ever though there does not seem to be a corresponding number of successful and happy individuals. This could be explained by the unconscious decision to settle. Ambition has been buried in a place where its voice can no longer be heard.

I loved this part of the book and the four values that Jaime centered the book around. When he first set this…