Archive for the 'Inspirations and Motivations' Category

Business Lessons From Ten Outstanding Entrepreneurs of 2010 Part 2

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 [...]

Business Lessons From Ten Outstanding Entrepreneurs of 2010 Part 1

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 [...]

Something To Remember In Your "Pursuit of Happyness"

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 [...]

Reader Mail #16: On New Directions

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 [...]

The Fringe Benefits of Failure and The Importance of Imagination

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 [...]

The Story of Four Pinoys Who Became Millionaires By The Age of 25

How do people become millionaires? I’ve written before that there are eight proven ways to become rich. And for today, I will give you the story of four Filipinos who have been successful at it using a combination of these paths to riches. The featured clip below is from a local television show called Rated [...]

Will Smith: Running and Reading is The Key To Life

Weekends have not been the same for me and some of my friends for the past months. Our usual Saturday night outs have been adjourning earlier than usual because we’ve been actively participating in Sunday fun runs and marathons that has become quite common in the metro. I’m not an avid runner and oftentimes I’d [...]

Five Life Lessons I Learned From Spelunking

I spent my Holy Week this year in Marinduque. I originally went there for the Moriones Festival but come Easter Sunday, I found myself going to Bathala Caves to experience spelunking for the first time. Honestly, this was not part of my vacation itinerary, I was content with shooting pictures of the festival and taking [...]

Eugene Lin: iPhoning My Way To Retirement

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 [...]

William Kamkwamba: How I Harnessed the Wind

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 [...]

In The Face of The Impossible

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 [...]

Push Yourself

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 [...]