Today, I present to you this funny and interesting video by Eugene Lin called iPhoning My Way To Retirement.
This video was taken during Ignite Seattle, held last December 2009.
In case you’re wondering, Ignite is an event which started in the US where individuals go up on stage to share stories, ideas and thoughts through a [...]

More than a year ago, I shared an “interview” video from TED Talks 2007 featuring William Kamkwamba, a 19-year old boy from Malawi who at the age of 14, built an electricity-producing windmill for his family.
I found his story very inspiring and reinforced in me the belief that we all have the power to create [...]

Recently, I was able to watch Episode 7 of Grey’s Anatomy Season 6 entitled, “Give Peace A Chance”.
The episode was so powerful for me that I can’t help but write about it today.
But first, for those who you don’t know – Grey’s Anatomy is an award winning American drama television series.
Set inside the fictitious Seattle [...]

Today, I sat down in front of my laptop, hoping to write something about entrepreneurship which I could post here.
I went through my idea notebook and nothing appealed to me.
It’s not that there were no interesting topics, the truth is – I’m just feeling too lazy to write about any of them.
If you were in [...]

What’s the number one excuse when you ask people why they can’t start a business?
The answer is probably that they don’t have enough money.
What if I told you that it’s possible to start a business with no or little money, would you believe me?
Yes, it is possible.
And that’s the lesson that students in Stanford learned [...]

I recently traveled to Bacolod City to attend the 2009 MassKara Festival.
I stayed there for almost a week to witness one of the country’s most renowned celebrations.
I’ve always known Bacolod as the City of Smiles, something I learned from my college dorm mates.
And back then up until last week, I thought that it was just [...]

Do you want to know the formula for success?
It doesn’t matter if you’re looking for success in business, in your professional career or life in general;
There’s really only one formula, and that is to…
Never give up and keep trying.
I know you’ve probably heard of that advice before – but this time, I’d like to prove [...]

Recent times have been hard for some friends.
And while they all try to keep their heads up and stay positive, there are moments when they can’t help but think about how they can go on.
I’ve done what I can to help and given my time to listen to their stories.
But it seems not enough… for [...]

What is tinkering?
Tinkering is the art of making something out of another thing.
By using ordinary stuff around us, tinkering makes it possible to create something fun, useful, imaginative or even silly.
And this is what Gever Tulley, a software engineer and co-founder of the Tinkering School, tries to make kids do in a weeklong camp.
Tinkering School [...]

For most people, it’s “back to reality” today, September 8. After enjoying yet another long weekend, it’s time to resume work in the office.
It’s been three consecutive long weekends, with another one coming on September 21. I think that 2009 is by far, the year with the most public non-working holidays in recent Philippine history, [...]

I was checking out some domain names over at GoDaddy when I noticed an ad inviting me to visit Bob Parson’s blog.
I didn’t know who Bob Parson was but I got curious and eventually discovered that he is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the domain registrar.
“So,” I said to myself. “He’s the guy [...]

Six years ago, I tendered my resignation letter for the very last time.
I say that it was “the very last time” because I’ve made up my mind that I’m leaving the corporate world for good.
It wasn’t because I am tired of working, nor I hated my job. But quite simply, I decided that it was [...]

Last Sunday, I ran in the Globe-Ayala Land City Run.
It was my first time to attend a big marathon event and I surprisingly found it to be both fun and satisfying.
I’m actually not a runner. Most of my running experience comes from jogging around the UP campus during my college days and a few minutes [...]

If you’re a long time subscriber to this blog, then you probably know already that I’m a big fan of TED.
TED is not a person but an annual gathering of the world’s greatest thinkers and doers of our time.
TED is actually an acronym for Technology – Entertainment – Design.
More than a year ago, I featured [...]

Do you know the story of Walter Mischel and his marshmallow test?
I wrote about the Stanford Marshmallow Test here more than a year ago and it’s wonderful to relive the lessons learned in that experiment through this talk by Joachim de Posada.
Joachim de Posada is a Hispanic-American motivational coach.
He helps companies find success in business [...]