{"id":47341,"date":"2016-08-25T04:34:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo2016.hispanicprwire.com\/la-vida-es-una-pinata-de-ismael-cala-una-metafora-sobre-la-construccion-del-destino\/"},"modified":"2016-08-25T12:51:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T16:51:51","slug":"la-vida-es-una-pinata-de-ismael-cala-una-metafora-sobre-la-construccion-del-destino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-vida-es-una-pinata-de-ismael-cala-una-metafora-sobre-la-construccion-del-destino\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;La vida es una pi\u00f1ata,&#8221; by Ismael Cala, a metaphor on the construction of destiny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p\/>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NASHVILLE, Tennessee<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 25, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Inspirational author, lecturer and communicator <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Ismael Cala<\/span><\/b> joins HarperCollins Espa\u00f1ol to present his most recent book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavidaesunapinata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b><i>La vida es una pi\u00f1ata<\/i><\/b><\/a> (&#8216;Life is a pi\u00f1ata&#8217;). This time, Cala makes use of a picturesque metaphor to compare life with the ancient tradition of breaking a <i>pi\u00f1ata<\/i>: you never know what life could bring, yet you must face it with the proper attitude. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Ismael Cala<\/span> explains in detail the <i>pi\u00f1ata&#8217;s<\/i> fascinating history of more than seven centuries, from its origins as an agricultural instrument, its journey from <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia<\/span> to the Americas, with a stop in <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span> along the way, down to its current use as a means of entertainment. In its four inspiring chapters, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavidaesunapinata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>La vida es una pi\u00f1ata<\/i><\/a> <b>confronts the reader with their earliest memories of the emotions, teachings and complexes evoked by breaking a <i>pi\u00f1ata<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Cala offers valuable tools to learn how to take the reins of destiny, knowing that, while the future is not written, it is built by our own determination, discipline and attitudes in life. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavidaesunapinata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>La vida es una pi\u00f1ata<\/i><\/a> also includes the experiences of many of Cala&#8217;s readers who, through e-mail and social networks, have shared their views on how life is comparable to a <i>pi\u00f1ata<\/i>. Consequently, the text is enriched by experiences and reflections which Ismael takes and transforms into life lessons. For example, through valuable concepts illuminating the difference between needs and desires; learning to transform obstacles into opportunities, emphasizing the power of intentions and learning to broaden the threshold of merit. <\/p>\n<p>The author also shares his own life experiences, from his childhood in <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span>, his youth as a professional frustrated by a future that looked bleak, and his courageous decision to emigrate. It is his own experiences that motivate the author to share what he has discovered over the course of this &#8220;pi\u00f1ata party&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavidaesunapinata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Cala Method of Living<\/a>, which he explains in the pages of his book: <b>&#8220;The Cala Method of Living does not look upon destiny as an uncertain future. On the contrary, it sees it as the result of the actions you take on your road. <\/b>The tracks you leave with your footsteps, step by step, over the course of your path in life,&#8221; the author says. <\/p>\n<p><b>ABOUT <span class=\"xn-person\">ISMAEL CALA<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Ismael Cala<\/span> is an inspirational author, international lecturer and communicator. For more than five years he was host of the prime time show CALA on <i>CNN en Espa\u00f1ol. <\/i>He is currently an official participant on the program <i>Despierta Am\u00e9rica<\/i> (&#8216;Wake up America&#8217;) on the Univisi\u00f3n network, and writes a weekly column for more than 50 publications in <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>He is the author of the bestsellers <i>El poder de escuchar<\/i> (&#8216;The power of listening&#8217;) (2013), <i>Un buen hijo de P<\/i> (&#8216;A real S.O.B.&#8217;) (2014), and <i>El secreto del bamb\u00fa<\/i> (&#8216;The secret of bamboo&#8217;) (2015). Cala was born in <span class=\"xn-person\">Santiago de Cuba<\/span> in 1969, and has a degree in Art History from Universidad de Oriente. He graduated from the School of Communication at <span class=\"xn-org\">York University<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Toronto<\/span>, and has a degree from Seneca in Television Production.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p \/>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NASHVILLE, Tennessee<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 25, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Inspirational author, lecturer and communicator <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Ismael Cala<\/span><\/b> joins HarperCollins Espa\u00f1ol to present his most recent book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavidaesunapinata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b><i>La vida es una pi\u00f1ata<\/i><\/b><\/a> (&#8216;Life is a pi\u00f1ata&#8217;). This time, Cala makes use of a picturesque metaphor to compare life with the ancient tradition of breaking a <i>pi\u00f1ata<\/i>: you never know what&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entretenimiento"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}