Most entrepreneurs chase the latest growth hacks, marketing frameworks, and competitive intelligence reports. Pablo Gerboles Parrilla took a different path: he built multiple seven-figure companies by sitting still.
The Spanish serial entrepreneur and former Division I golfer has a contrarian take on business success that makes Silicon Valley strategists uncomfortable. While competitors obsess over market positioning and tactical execution, he starts every major decision with 15 minutes of silence.
“If the plan was made in peace, you don’t change it in panic,” he says. It’s a philosophy that has guided him through market crashes, failed ventures, and the high-stakes decisions that separate sustainable businesses from spectacular burnouts.
The Crisis That Proved Peace Beats Panic
When the cryptocurrency market collapsed, Gerboles Parrilla watched his portfolio plummet alongside millions of investors worldwide. His phone lit up with panicked messages. Group chats filled with talk of cutting losses and “getting out before it goes to zero.”
Everyone around him was reacting emotionally. The chaos felt overwhelming.
But he did something that separated him from 99% of investors: absolutely nothing.
“I already had a plan,” he explains. “I had decided from the beginning that my investment was long-term. While most people sold at the bottom or took small profits, I simply held my position.”
Two years later, his investment multiplied by 5x. The people who panicked missed the entire upside. The ones who stayed calm and followed their strategy won.
The difference wasn’t intelligence or market analysis. It was clarity.
From Golf Courses to Boardrooms: The Discipline Transfer
Pablo Gerboles Parrilla‘s approach to his multi-venture journey dramatically transformed after dealing with autoimmune issues that ended his professional golf career. Sitting in Spain, physically frustrated and emotionally devastated, he made a decision that would reshape everything.
“It was one of the saddest moments of my life because my family had invested so much in my golf career,” he recalls. “I remember telling myself that I would make up for it— that I would succeed in another area of my life.”
But instead of rushing into the next thing, he turned inward.
The athletic discipline he’d developed on tour courses translated directly into his meditation practice. The same focus required to sink a critical putt under pressure became the foundation for maintaining clarity during business crises.
The Morning Ritual That Shapes Million-Dollar Decisions
While most entrepreneurs start their day checking emails and Slack notifications, Gerboles Parrilla begins with what he calls “pineal work”—a focused meditation practice to elevate his state of being and align his mind with higher frequencies.
“The moment my eyes open, I stay seated on my bed and begin,” he explains. “It’s about putting both my mind and body into the right vibration to start the day.”
This isn’t new-age fluff. It’s strategic preparation.
After the meditation, he stretches lightly while practicing gratitude, telling himself simple things like “Thank you for another day.” Only then does he check his phone for operational issues.
The sequence is deliberate. Clarity first, execution second.
When Ideas Come From Stillness, Not Strategy Sessions
Gerboles Parrilla runs multiple companies including Pabs Marketing, Pabs Tech Solutions, and AliveDevOps. Managing these ventures requires constant decision-making across time zones and industries.
Yet some of his most profitable business ideas didn’t come from brainstorming sessions or market research reports. They came from meditation.
“I sit down without any intention to think, but instead to allow ideas to come to me,” he says. “Many of the business ideas I’ve developed actually came from that state— not from forcing, but from receiving.”
This approach to building companies contradicts the hustle culture that dominates startup discourse. Instead of grinding harder, Gerboles Parrilla creates space for insight.
When frustration or stress hits during the workday, he immediately pauses for a 15-minute guided meditation focused on gratitude and presence. “It brings me back to center very fast,” he notes.
The Six-Figure Loss That Led to Seven-Figure Clarity
Early in his entrepreneurial journey, Gerboles Parrilla lost over six figures on a failed venture, including money from investors who believed in him. The financial devastation kept him awake at night.
“I was very close to giving up and going to work at my dad’s bakery,” he admits.
Instead of spiraling, he turned to meditation. Not as escapism, but as a tool for honest self-examination.
“I used methods that helped me stay focused and attract the opportunities I needed. And eventually, the right opportunities arrived—almost without me planning it.”
This wasn’t magical thinking. It was pattern recognition that only becomes visible in a calm state. When your nervous system is flooded with panic, you miss signals. When you create internal space, opportunities become obvious.
The Peace Paradox: Why Chasing Success Delays It
Gerboles Parrilla’s advice to aspiring entrepreneurs surprises most people: “Meditate and get to know yourself deeply. Ask yourself, ‘What do I really want?'”
Many will say money, recognition, or success. But those are surface-level answers.
“In my own journey, I chased money until I realized what I truly wanted was peace. Peace for myself and those around me,” he explains. “That changed everything. I stopped building from a place of scarcity or pressure and started creating from a place of inner calm.”
The irony? That’s when success came.
“Once you operate from peace, the mind is sharper, intuition is clearer, and opportunities align more naturally,” he says. “The universe responds to clarity, and clarity starts with knowing yourself.”
This brand strategy philosophy challenges the assumption that external tactics drive results. Gerboles Parrilla argues the opposite: internal clarity unlocks external execution.
What Market Tactics Miss
Strategy frameworks and growth tactics have value. But they’re downstream of something more fundamental: the ability to make decisions from a centered state rather than a reactive one.
When everyone around you is panicking, clarity becomes your competitive advantage. When the market shifts, peace allows you to see opportunities that anxiety blinds you to. When scaling decisions arise, inner knowing guides better than external benchmarks.
Gerboles Parrilla’s multi-company success didn’t come from superior market tactics. It came from building a foundation that allowed him to execute those tactics with unusual consistency and calm.
“Peace is the ultimate edge,” he says. “It allows you to see long-term while everyone else is blinded by fear.”
In a business world obsessed with optimization and efficiency, the most radical act might be sitting still long enough to know what you actually want, and having the clarity to pursue it without wavering.
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