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, [...]

When I meet people for the first time and tell them that I’m a businessman, their usual response would be the question, “What’s your business?” And my answer would automatically be, “I have an internet cafe.” But did you know that that was not always my reply? Before, I’d answer “I have several,” then I’d [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Passive income is the most desirable type of income. After all, what’s better than having your money work for you and not the other way around? And if financial freedom is your goal, then seeking passive income opportunities should become part of your life. However, while there are many personal finance articles out there that [...]

How big is one million pesos? What I mean is physically, can you visualize how much one million pesos would be? I was tinkering with my one million peso calculator last night when a thought suddenly came to me – if someone gave me a million pesos today, how would I bring it to the [...]

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 [...]

We all have our lazy days. Times when we are not in the mood to get off the bed, go out of the house and to work. I believe it’s perfectly normal to feel this way once in a while. But if the feeling of laziness is constant, then there’s something already wrong. So what [...]

I was checking the pockets of the clothes that I’m about to bring to the laundry one day and I found a P50 bill in one of my pants. Ain’t that always a good feeling to find money unexpectedly? And as I reach for my wallet to put away the bill, I can’t help but [...]