Amazing people around you…

Do you see amazing people around you?  I’ll bet you do.  The goal is to learn something from each of them and figure out how to apply it to your own life.

This week’s guest, for example, had as an early inspiration in her life, her grandfather.  Adriana Vela’s grandfather was an inspiration to her because he taught himself to write music and play five instruments, even though he’d never had any formal musical training.

Additionally, he would challenge Adriana and her financial calculator to see which of them (Adriana and her calculator v. her grandfather) could figure out the answer to a mathematical problem more quickly.  Adriana’s grandfather was quicker with his answers simply by figuring them out in his head, than the calculator!

From his example, Adriana learned if he could do all that without any formal education, anyone could teach themselves to do anything.  She took this inspiration and used it, in part, to create her current non-profit organization, NanoBioNexus, without any formal training in the biosciences or nanotechnology.

Another early inspiration to Adriana was her aunt, who encouraged her to see beyond the day to day, and to fight for her dreams, even if they were something that she’d never experienced or knew first hand.  Her aunt believed in Adriana’s *potential* and *capacity.*

For each of us, there are people in our lives around us that inspire us or teach us or move us, in big or in small ways.  I encourage you to thank them and strive to be an inspiration to those around YOU.