Archive for the 'Life Lessons' Category

About That Million-Dollar Job

Last week, I wrote about the five things you should think about during the Lenten break. Among those five things, I was specially curious on what others thought about the last question. That’s the one where I asked if you would be willing to accept an emotionally demanding and time-consuming job which will pay you [...]

A Letter To My 21 Year Old Self

Dear Fitz, This letter comes to you from across a decade of time in the future; hoping that it reaches you at a week’s moment before you walk up that stage to accept your diploma. If so, then I say congratulations! You’ve made it through university life. It was hard and challenging, but I know [...]

Find Your Strength In Love

“What’s your favorite Whitney Houston song?” asked a friend of mine last night. “It would have to be Greatest Love of All,” I answered. “How about you?” “I guess mine would be One Moment In Time,” she answered. “Simply because that’s the song which won me first place in a singing competition during high school.” [...]

How I Started My Journey, As Shared To The Lenddo Community

Last week, January 26th, I attended the 2nd Lenddo meetup over at Jack’s Loft in Eastwood, Libis. It was my first time to meet the people of the Lenddo community, and I’m glad that I did. I’ve never been with a group before who are as hungry for financial knowledge as those I’ve met that [...]

On Aromacology, Bazaars and Entrepreneurship

This long weekend, in my opinion, is the real start of the Christmas season in the country. Christmas decors are already up almost everywhere, specially in malls. People don’t protest anymore when they hear Christmas songs on the radio. And of course, Christmas bazaars are now happening all around the metro. In fact yesterday, Friday, [...]

Six Business Lessons From Gardenia Philippines

Early this month, I was invited to attend a Bloggers Plant Tour of Gardenia Philippines in LIIP Mamplasan, Biñan, Laguna. Remembering how I’ve always enjoyed “field trips” back in elementary, I did not hesitate to confirm my attendance to the event. I’m glad I did because I was not disappointed. I felt like a kid [...]

Conversations From Cambodia

I came back from my Cambodia trip towards the end of last week. And after catching up with the responsibilities I left behind, I’m happy to tell everyone that I’m now back to regular blogging. Hooray! Anyway, last night, as I was sorting through my travel photos, I remembered some of the short but interesting [...]

On Achieving My Goals: The Lesson of the Sand Castle

There are two things that Filipinos will be doing in the next few days. They’ll either go out of town and spend time on the beach to have fun… Or they’ll spend it reflecting upon the lessons of the Lenten Season. Since I did the former last year, I’ve decided to stay in Manila this [...]

Life Lessons From White Water Rafting in Cagayan De Oro

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 [...]

How Being Stubborn Can Make You Rich

When a person is being stubborn, it usually means that he or she is being difficult or unreasonable. Stubborn people are often thought of as lazy bums. They’re hard to manage; and even harder to make them do anything aside from the things they like. However, the dictionary gives the word “stubborn” a definition which [...]

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 [...]

An Open Letter To President Noynoy Aquino and A Pledge For The Filipino People

In a few days, the country will officially have a new president. I’m sure many of us have spent a good amount of time in the past weeks learning about our candidates. Moreover, we have likewise chosen to endure the long lines last May 10 just to exercise our right to suffrage. And as the [...]