The Boiling Frog Syndrome

One of the biggest regrets I always have is not stepping up to stop any dysfunction or ineffective decision on a tricky situation. 

I'm in doubt if I had the skills. I'm not sure that I thought it was my job. Will they listen to me? At one point, the trust was so low, I’m not sure that I cared enough. Until I did nothing and just gone with the flow. Which eventually resulted to an undesirable consequences.

So what does this have to do with boiling a frog? 

There is a fascinating early 19th century science experiments. Researchers found that when they put a frog in a pan of boiling water, the frog just quickly jumped out.  

On the other hand, put a frog in a pan of cold water then start heating the water slowly.

As the temperature of the water rises, the frog is able to adjust its body temperature accordingly.

The frog keeps on adjusting with increase in temperature.

Just when the water is about to reach boiling point, the frog is not able to adjust anymore.

At that point the frog decides to jump out...

The frog tries to jump but is unable to do so, because it has lost all its strength in adjusting with the rising water temperature...

Very soon the frog dies. 

What killed the frog?

Arnold Schwarzenegger's 6 Rules of Success

 We all know Arnold Schwarzenegger. Much well know as the Terminator, Conan the Barbarian, or the California Governor.  An Austrian-American actor, model, producer, director, activist, businessman, investor, writer, philanthropist, former professional bodybuilder, and politician. An icon of success.

Well, of course, many people ask him all the time, "What is the secret to success?"

But before we start, I just wanted to say that these are Arnold Schwarzenegger's rules. I think that they can apply to anyone, but that is for you to decide, because not everyone is the same. There are some people that just like to kick back and coast through life. And others want to be very intense and want to be number one and want to be successful. And that's what Arnold Schwarzenegger like.

He always wanted to be very intense, he always wanted to be number one. He took it very seriously, his career. So this was the same when he started with bodybuilding. He didn't want to just be a bodybuilding champion, he wanted to be the best bodybuilder of all time. The same was in the movies. He didn't want to just be a movie star; he wanted to be a great movie star that is the highest paid movie star and have above-the-title billing.

And so this intensity always paid off for him, this commitment always paid off for him. These are key principles that have brought him incredible success in several careers, from bodybuilding to acting and from public service to politics:

• Trust yourself
• Break some rules
• Don’t be afraid to fail
• Ignore the naysayers
• Work like hell
• Give something back

The first rule is: Trust yourself. 

A "YES" out of 1,009 "NOs" for KFC

Most of us are afraid of rejections. And mostly, fears prevails over desires. That's why most of us just gave up on our dreams.

Pero kung meron ka ng deep reason WHY to achieve your ambition, walang makakapigil pa sa'yo, regardless of your age. Because it is never too late to succeed.

All you need is perseverance, dedication, and ambition along with hard work. 

Na-inspire ako sa kwento ni Harland "The Kentucky Colonel" Sanders or much well know as Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC).

Colonel Sanders was an entrepreneur who didn't become a professional chef until he was 40, didn't franchise Kentucky Fried Chicken until he was 62, and didn't become an icon until after he sold his company at 75. 

Malamang nakatikim ka na rin ng kanyang very famous na “finger lickin’ good” Kentucky Fried Chicken. ☺

Whether you like KFC or not, the story of Colonel Harland Sanders is truly amazing. This story is inspirational because it’s an example of how perseverance, dedication, and ambition along with hard work can create success; regardless of your age.

One of the most amazing aspects of his life is the fact that when he reached the age of 65, after running a restaurant and some franchise for several years, Colonel Sanders found himself penniless.

He retired and received his first social security check which was for $105 that pissed him off. And that was just the beginning of his international fame and financial success story..

Kung hindi mo pa alam yung istorya, Ganito yun…

Pay Yourself First?

Saving money is paying yourself first. 

It helps you prepare for sudden emergencies, put you on track for long-term goals and even allows you to take some much-needed time for yourself.

But not everyone knows the best ways to save. 

Sometimes you get caught up with paying bills. 

Until you forget to pay the most important person - YOURSELF. 

That's why it's essential to create a savings' plan that works for you. 

Saving in general can be hard to do. So set a financial goal and figure out how much you'll need to set aside each month to get there. . . . which leads to the next question, "where to set it aside?"

Don't Dig for Gold, Sell Shovels!

Narinig mo na ba ang istorya ng California Gold Rush?

This is a great story that we can learn strategies on taking ahead of the opportunity, using your resources and the power of supply and demand.

Noong 1848 sa San Fancisco, Gold Rush days ay yung panahon na nagkagulo ang maraming tao dahil sa pagkakadiskubre ng ginto sa San Francisco river.

The California Gold Rush was made famous by Samuel Brennan. Si Sam Brennan ang nasa likod ng famous quote na...

If You Want To Become Rich Fast..."Don't Dig For Gold - Sell Shovels!"

Mangangalakal o businessman itong si Sam Brennan. Nag mamayari ng isang newspaper publishing company at ilang mga stores sa San Francisco malapit sa ilog kung saan nadiskubre ang mga ginto.

Noong unang na-discover ang ginto sa San Francisco river noong January 24, 1848 ay inilihim muna ng mga nakadiskubre ang tungkol sa ginto. Ayaw kasi nila na pagkaguluhan ng mga tao ang nadiskubre nila. Masasabutahe kasi ang plano nilang agricultural empire kung magkakaroon ng malawakang pagmimina ng ginto.

Pero hindi rin nagtagal, kumalat na sa mga tao ang balita na may ginto na makukuha sa ilog. That's the time Samuel Brennan take advantage of the opportunity, used his newspaper publishing company and the power of supply and demand. 

Manong, bayad po!

Makikisuyo po ng bayad...

Lahat tayo ay may iba’t ibang byahe sa buhay. Anuman o saan man tayo patungo, siguradong may mapupulot tayong kwento at aral mula dito.

Usually, 10-12 times a week ako sumasakay ng Jeepney back and forth, from our house to my job, vice versa. At masasabi kong sa simpleng pagsakay lang ng Jeepney, milyong pera na ang dumaan sa mga palad ko. Pero hindi ko kinita ang milyong perang yon, pinaabot lang sakin ng mga kapwa ko pasahero dahil mahilig ako pumwesto sa likodang bahagi ng driver. ☺

Hindi ko kinalikihan ang pagsakay ng Jeepney until I studied college here sa Metro Manila. Aaminin ko, nong bago palang ako dito sa siyudad, sinupladohan ko ang isang estudyanteng binibini nong pinaabot nya sakin ang kanyang bayad patungo sa driver. At pagkatapos kung iabot ang bayad, ni hindi manlang ako nakarinig ng "Salamat", wala manlang "Thank You" o kahit ngiti manlang. ☹

A Pig That You Should Always Feed

Most of us had our own childhood experience of storing coins in our fragile Piggy Banks (alkansya). Noong ako'y mosmos pa lamang, my piggy bank was an empty can of Pringles (potato chips) until my parents bought me an alkansya with cartoon characters printed on it. I also owned alkansyang kawayan, bao, bote, at kahit anong pwedeng mapaglagyan ng coins ng hindi mo basta basta mabubuksan. 

My mother was lenient in the concept of saving since she's an accountant and I was taught at early age to save for the future. My mother also comes up a contest that who will saves more before the christmas, she will grant and buy the things that we badly wanted. Who wants to lose? Bilang isang tusong nakababatang kapatid, minsan ay sinusungkit ko sa alkansya ng Ate at Kuya ko ang ipon nila then transfer the coins into my piggy bank. ☺ You know who wins... ☻

A Lesson from "INDAY"

Inday.. Literally means "dearest sister" in Visayan dialect. Pero dahil sa karamihan ng ating mga kababayan ay nakaugalian ng itawag sa mga katulong o kasambahay ay "Inday", the term stayed. Meron din namang Manang, Yaya, o Manay,  pero Inday parin ang popular na tawag sa ating butihing house helpers.

Si Inday ay naging bahagi na ng ating kultura. Kadalasan, they are under 18 years of age at nangamohan para makatulong sa kanilang pamilya dahil hindi na kayang paaralin pa. Meron din namang mga may edad na, pero karamihan sakanila ay dahil din sa kadahilanang sila ay undergraduate, hindi nakapag-aral, at under-qualified na makakuha ng trabaho sa mga company. Kaya they ended up working for an employer or "amo."

Alam nating lahat na si Inday ay underpaid (2-5 thousand a month), on-call for 24 hours dahil stay-at-home, expected to do all household chores, tagapag alaga ng bata o ng alagang hayop, at minsan taga massage din ng mga magagaspang na paa ng kanilang amo.

How To Deal with Financial Stress

Ang mga alalahanin sa ating finances ay naging bahagi na ng ating pang araw-araw na buhay na tila ba epidemya. Nakakaranas tayo ng financial stress tuwing naiisip natin na tila ba nalulubog na tayo sa kumunoy ng usaping pera. Utang, job insecurity, mga sakit o karamdamang pangkalusugan ng pamilya na nakakapagdulot ng pagkabahala sa financial. Ang palaging pagkabalisa at paggising sa gitna ng iyong pagtulog ay mga senyales na unti-unti ka ng kinakain ng financial stress. Pero kaya mo itong labanan at magapi. Heto ang mga ilang paraan kung paano mo haharapin at magagapi ang mga alalahaning ito:

1. Find out what is causing your financial worries. Ang mga sumusunod ay ang mga dahilan na maaring maging daan sa iyong financial anxiety, so avoid these pitfalls:

Lahat ay POSIBLE because You BELIEVE!

Naaalala mo pa ba noong bata ka pa...?

ISIPIN mo nuong BATA ka pa lang...
Kahit ano ay POSSIBLE sa'yo 'di ba?

Nagsuot ka pa ng KUMOT sa likuran mo,
Tapos ikaw na si Superman.
Nagme-make up ka pa,
Tapos Artista ka na.

Umaakyat ka pa ng puno,
Di ka natatakot at
di mo iniisip na pwede kang mahulog..

Naisip mo lang yung mga bagay na yun
At ginagawa mo nga
because YOU BELIEVE!

[ACTION] To Become Aggressive Towards Your Goals

Albert Einstein said, "Nothing happens unless something moves."

Successful people aren't the most knowledgeable people on earth. But you can be totally sure that all of them have a bias for action. Many people don't achieve their dreams because they know but they don't act.

Alam mo bang karamihan sa mga taong nasa kanila nang deathbed ay hindi lubos na pinanghihinayangan ang mga bagay na ginawa nila? Kundi mas nanghihinayang sila sa mga bagay na hindi nila ginawa at sinubokan nong meron silang pagkakataon o opportunidad na gawin.

Learn the power of ACTION. All of us has something that we want to achieve in our lives. And a lot of time we never take actions towards what we want to achieve in our lives. We just say "Well, one day it will come true or someday it will happen." See? today is the best day to start making things happen in your life. Why? because that's the only way it's going to happen.

21 Tips for Money Prosperity

Money is not the root of all evil; the love and lack of money is...

"For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." - 1 Timothy 6:10 (Contentment in Godliness)

Hindi masamang maghangad ng kayamanan. Basta ba, dapat nangingibabaw parin yong hangad mong tumulong sa mga nangangailangan, kaya gusto mong yumaman. Dahil mahirap tumulong kung wala ka rin pangtulong.

You need to bring more money into your life because you cannot give what you do not have (money). You must commit to be rich... Commit yourself to serve God as His channel of love and to serve the poor with your wealth..

You must create a wealthy mindset so that you can prosper. Here are my 21 tips for money prosperity:

1. Change your vocabulary - 

[INTENSITY] To Become Aggressive Towards Your Goals

You don't need just CLARITY and FOCUS to become aggressive towards your goal. You also need INTENSITY...

3. The Law of Intensity - 

In the law of learning, the principle of intensity states that if the experience is real, the more likely there is to be a change in learning. A vivid, dramatic or exciting learning experience teaches more than a routine or boring experience. A trainee will learn more from the real thing than from a substitute. Demonstrations, skits, and models do much to intensify the learning experiences of trainees.

In the Law of Focus, I've mentioned on how you can know your Core Gift then develop it. It states that,  "You simply have to follow the trail of blessings in your life." 

[FOCUS] To Become Aggressive Towards Your Goals

When you are clear about your dreams, you have to FOCUS on how to achieve those dreams...

2. The Law of Focus

You have to focus on one thing in your life. Because an aggressive person focus on one thing and usually it should be the core of your strength. Meron kang isang gift from God, that is the major gift that God has given you and you have to focus on that one thing - Your Core Gift!

Use your strength, not your weakness. Sabi nga ni Malcolm Forbes:

"Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful."

Friend, let me ask you: What is your core gift? And what are the things you want to do?

[Be CLEAR] To Become Aggressive Towards Your Goals

This is a continuation of my previous post titled "Be Aggressive"..

I have shared to you the "5 Cultures Weaknesses Robbing Our Aggressiveness" as follows:

•  Haciendero Complex
•  Bahala Na! Attitude
•  Lotto Mindset
•  Mañana Habit
•  Crab Mentality

If you haven't read it yet. Please Click Here!

And now, I would like to share with you the 7 Ways to Become Aggressive Towards Your Goals, and these are:

1.  The Law of Clarity

My 2nd Cheque

Pangalwa na ito, nakita mo ba yong nauna? Check it out!

 I thought the first is the best, but God have shown me BETTER than the best...

It is such a great feeling to see na yong iniipon kong barya barya noon sa alkransyang baboy, kawayan, pringles, at garapon - tapos hinulog ko sa bangko - then tried this opportunity - actually, absolutely clear GROWing and EARNing!

Be Aggressive!

Are you Interested or Committed?
Do you wish to be wealthy?
Or do you commit to be wealthy?

I hope you commit to be wealthy. Because there's a vast difference between someone who says I wish to be wealthy and I commit to be wealthy! Can you say to yourself now that "I commit to be wealthy!"?

Be aggressive and tell to the world now that  you are committed to be wealthy! Because I never yet met a successful person who's not aggressive to be wealthy! 

Rat Race

According to Wikipedia: 

"A rat race is an endless, self-defeating, or pointless pursuit. It conjures up the image of the futile efforts of a lab rat trying to escape while running around a maze or in a wheel."

The 45 years' Rat Race

Are you caught up in a Rat Race or are you living a life of your dream?

Is this looks like your life?

Go to work > work harder every day > running faster and nagpupursige na may marating sa buhay? Maybe that there is a promotion, but it comes with more hours and more stress. Is this your DREAM? A Rat race?


Do you know the 45 year plan? 

You're a WINNER!!!

• Have you ever been in a situation that you are out of your luck? 
• Yong tipong pakiramdam mo na ikaw na ang pinakamalas na tao sa mundo?
• Yong hindi mo alam kung ano ang gagawin sa buhay mo?
• Yong iniisip mo na wala na talagang mangyayaring maganda sa buhay mo?
• That you always FAIL! Lagi kang nagkakamali!
• Ikaw lagi sinisisi sa bahay nyo at palpak ka naman lagi sa trabaho mo?
• Yong pakiramdam na wala kang HALAGA dito sa mundong ito?

Alam ko, kahit hindi mo sabihin, you've been there. I've been there, too, and we've all been there. Natural na nanyayari ito sa buhay. Merong mga lahad itong pinapakita, meron din namang kinikimkim lang. But what's so important is, how you deal with this kind of situation?

Lihim sa Tagumpay

Narito ang isang mabilis na "Tama" o "Mali" na pagsusulit:

1) Ang matagumpay na tao ay ang "mapalad" na may mga pambihirang talento o kakayahan.

2) Ang matagumpay na tao ay yong mga lubos na edukadong tao na may mga college degrees.

3) Ang matagumpay na tao ay yong mga nagmana o may minanang tagumpay.

4) Naging matagumpay ang tao sa pamamagitan ng pagiging hindi tapat or kabulaanan.

My First Cheque

After approximately 4 weeks of waiting... 

I got my 1st cheque from an investment! 

All hail to my partner Mr. Monty Roldan III for showing this opportunity and to my lover Ms. Ruwena Cabanez for always supporting me. This is just the beginning and there will be more coming.

I suddenly remembered the words: