Life can be hard and challenging, and it becomes more difficult if you don’t know what you want to do and where you want to go. I’ve heard it too often from friends, and sometimes even from my own voice – that pondering question which asks if there’s something more to life than just living [...]

Harland David Sanders founded Kentucky Fried Chicken when he was 62 years old. Three years after, his restaurant closed down because of poor sales. Not willing to give up on his dreams, he pursued franchising and with the help of Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, KFC was able to rise from its [...]

Do you watch Glee? I’m sure you do or have at least seen one or two episodes. Me, I watch it whenever I get the time and thanks to the multiple replays over various cable channels, I’ve fortunately been able to watch each episode every week. In their latest episode (Season 2 Episode 15, “Sexy”) [...]

What are you afraid of? Snakes? Heights? Public speaking? In this video which I am sharing with you today, Josh Fraser from Boulder, Colorado talks about why you should fear staircases more than snakes. By using facts, humor and a lot of common sense, Josh points out the disparity between the things that scare us [...]

I went to Cagayan De Oro last year and just like many of those who go there – summoned the courage to actually go white water rafting. For those who don’t know where CDO is, it’s the provincial capital of Misamis Oriental, located in Northern Mindanao. The City of Golden Friendship – Cagayan de Oro [...]

When was the last time you were at awe? Personally, mine was when I saw RPG Metanoia a few days ago. A film which now belongs to one of the best Pinoy movies I’ve seen. I’m probably biased because I’m an online gamer. But I did really find that movie – AWESOME. However, today’s post [...]

It’s 5:00 PM now and I’m writing this as another day of the workweek is ending for many people. It’s Wednesday so it’s also the busiest day of the week (at least it was always for me when I was still in the corporate world). And I remember myself years ago, as I was making [...]

Please read the first half of this post at Business Lessons From Ten Outstanding Entrepreneurs of 2010 Part 1. We now continue with the rest of the recipients of the Entrepreneur 10 Awards which was given last November 24, 2010 by Entrepreneur Magazine Philippines. I’ve already shared with you Myrna Bituin, Eduardo Cabantog, Carlos De [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I was able to attend the Entrepreneur 10 Awards – an annual event by Entrepreneur Magazine Philippines that honors ten small to medium-scale entrepreneurs who have been able to reach great heights in their field of business for the year. Held at the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Inter Continental [...]

Do you know the movie, “The Pursuit of Happyness”? It’s a movie that came out in 2006 which I was able to watch again recently for the 3rd time. The film is based on the true story of Chris Gardner, a homeless salesman who eventually became an entrepreneur and a millionaire. Below is a clip [...]

My life has so far been a series of ups and downs with twists and turns. It’s been a journey of multiple successes and big failures, of dead-end roads and open fields. Through all these years, what has always kept me going is the proper mindset, discipline, belief and determination that in the end, I [...]

I remember about two years ago, I shared here the commencement address given by Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, to the 2005 graduating class of Stanford. That post was entitled and was about: Connecting The Dots It was a speech which encourages us to follow our dreams and trust that all the difficulties we experience in [...]