Business Fit Magazine January 2020 Issue 1 | Page 46

Interview
For our first magazine of the new decade,
we interview Verónica Sosa, the founder of
Business Fit Magazine and SHE (Seminario
Hispanas Emprendedoras), giving our readers
a deeper insight to this inspirational speaker,
entrepreneur and author.
Who are you?
I am the founder and publisher of SHE (Seminario
Hispanas Emprendedoras) and Business Fit
Magazine and to begin this New Year, this new
decade, allow me to take the opportunity to tell
you, our readers, a little more about myself.
I am gradually learning to know and accept
myself, with all my lights and shadows, the good
and the not so good aspects, as they are all part
of the sentimental and idealistic person who
I am. I Iove seeing the kindness and the good
features in people.
I am aware of my gift of social intelligence and
apply this skill to my business life as well. The
transformation all started upon finding a mentor
and my newfound awareness allowed me to
look at myself as a whole person. I became more
conscious of my strengths and weaknesses
and the first task accomplished was to stop
fighting with my weaknesses. This freed up
plenty of the powerful energy required to work
on transforming myself into a more balanced,
complete version of me.
I was a dreamer, now I am a visionary and I know
that women are capable of leading in every area
of life they wish to lead in.
I love so many things about my life, especially
being a mother to my daughter Laura who is 11
years old now.
From Dreamer to
Visionary
I love the challenge of being a conscious wife,
working on my relationship every day and a
couple of other things about me - I love Mexican
food and I adore dancing!
What is the biggest mistake
you have made in business and
what you did you learn from it?
I believe the only real mistakes we make are
the ones that we don’t learn from. I have made
plenty of mistakes and in learning from them, I
have more chance to avoid repeating them. I am
an intuitive person. Sometimes it looks as if I am
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impulsive, but I have my inner structure and I am
so lucky to have amazing mentors around me
who I can access and learn from. Mistakes in my
life do not remain mistakes for long. I can fall and
I can see my growth, how I am becoming wiser
in my every day life, personally and in business.
One of my mottos is “enjoy continuous learning
in life”.
There is one particularly unfortunate situation
I went through while focussing more on my
weakness than on my strength. I hired a person
to work with me, thinking she was better than
me in certain areas. I started this relationship
focussed on my weaknesses and not as the
whole professional woman I am. Unfortunately
rather than contributing balance, she caused
chaos by trying to disempower me, focusing on
my weaknesses to create more power for herself.
Fortunately, I caught it in time and managed to
minimize the damage and change the situation.
I wonder how often in our lives we let others
disempower us and take advantage. Once again,
I had a mentor who helped me to see this in time
and get out of the situation as soon as possible.
Don’t hesitate to ask for help if you find yourself
in a situation like this.
Earlier on, you mentioned
balance as an important
personal quality. How do you
achieve it?
Remember I told you I am an idealistic person,
so of course I want balance in my life. Some days
I feel it in my skin and in my smile and on other
days, I feel balance is far away. However, I know
when I’m feeling balanced and what I understand
today is that each one of us has a different
balance. I achieve it more easily when I stop
thinking that there is only one way to achieve
it, when I let go from forcing the issue. I have
learned that balance depends on our personality
type, our vision and our purpose in life. Balance
is unique to each of us.
I do my best to sleep well, eat well and frequently
connect with nature. I love to spend time with
my family and, as I travel a lot, I always try and
find the time to enjoy some extra treats on those
trips. I have friends all over the world who bring
me a lot of joy when I see and connect with them
again. I am blessed with a loving family and just
thinking of them helps me breathe more deeply.
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