When I am on stage giving motivational speech or a keynote address, it seems like what I’ve been through was easy. I may be laughing with the crowd but that’s only true now that I’ve walked away from tough times and confusing circumstances, often frustrating. Looking back from where I am now, I can see…
Speech of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. on this year’s Independence Day celebration: Tomorrow, we will celebrate once again our Independence Day or Araw ng Kalayaan but must ask ourselves whether we are truly free in the sense of the most basic of freedoms, freedom from hunger and poverty. Recent figures released by the National Statistical…
Being a speaker on culture transformation in the Philippines isn’t easy. For a keynote speech on building or developing an organizational culture for a popular microelectronics company based in Laguna, I did a couple of notes. These notes comprise my 60-minute keynote on shared culture and values. Culture is endemic but the kind of culture…
Have you ever met a good person—kind, humble, lovely, loving, generous, sweet, caring, hardworking, thoughtful, patient, open-minded, dependable, reasonable, haven’t committed any crime, haven’t stolen anything, haven’t cheated anyone—but either financially, spiritually, socially, physically, or psychologically broke and exhausted? Sure, you have. It’s because in this world, there are just too many of them. You…
Much has been spoken and written about success and motivation in the last couple of months. It’s time to gauge what it means to be motivating, inspiring, and transforming. Seminars on motivation, inspiration, and success from marketing to selling to after-selling activities have been on its high primarily because the market became too competitive and…
With all our experiences, good and bad and everything else in between, do we still have the time and the opportunity to appreciate one great blessing called “newness.” This is probably a heavy introduction to start the day but surely there’s something really interesting about it that can give you a fresh perception of what…
Nothing can be more difficult than doing what appears to be easy. If you don’t step up, you are left behind. Boy, it’s lonely down there.
In 2011, there will be game changers. If you’re not a game changer, you’ll surely dance to the tune of whoever is changing the game. I’m sure you’ll agree it’s not a good position to be.
When we were still a child, we believed that everything is possible. We thought that the world is generous and kind. We thought that we can get anything we desire. We were so persistent to get something and curious to know almost about anything. Possibility is easy as it is a reality. Indeed, it was…
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