random thoughts in binary

random thoughts about success (02/15/12)

2012-02-14T21:01:00.000-08:00

Success requires Seperation. In order to embrace your destiny, you have to be willing to make some difficult changes in your life. You have to be willing to examine where you are and what you need to do in order to move forward. This may mean that you need to change some friends you’re spending time with. Maybe they were fine for a season in your life, but you’ve outgrown them. This is a new season, and in order for you to rise higher, you have to break away from relationships that are limiting you. You have to develop some new friendships with people who are going to pull you up and inspire you to rise higher.

In this economy, you have to have laser focus and let go of the partying and the games because the competition out here is fierce. You can't come to the table undeveloped and wet behind the ears! There are people out there who are hungry, who don't sleep, who work tiresly on their talent and when they face you for that slot, they will win and you will lose. You need to be spending your time perfecting your craft, perfecting that note, jump shot, business, website, and giving all you have to your craft. You should be in the library reading up on your career, on the internet learning new trends, there is no excuse, you have the potential, you have the talent, the resources you need is all around you! You can do and be anything you put your mind to but you're going to have to work hard, seperate from the distractions, and focus. Get to work! You can do it!

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2012-02-04T03:08:00.001-08:00

Twenty2 Three3 Seven7

By Marco Gracian in Project Pilipinas · Edit doc

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"The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it."- Marcus Aurelius

As a man thinks in his heart so is he. This verse alone from the bible proves what power we have in our thoughts.

Your thoughts are very powerful. It could affect 'literally' the people and the environment around you. How unfortunate it is that people take for granted the power of their thoughts.

We must not excuse ourselves as so many do, by saying undesirable feelings are natural under certain conditions, we must assert our power to take control of our minds and emotions and not let our emotions control us.

A grumbling and fault-finding attitude towards others is unfortunately sadly common at the present day. And those who make it a habit never seem to realize the harm that they are doing.

If we study its result we shall see that the habit of malicious gossip is nothing short of wicked. It does not matter if the gossip is true or not in either case it can cause only harm.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Suppose a number of people 'suspects' another person of jealousy. And these group of people starts to spread gossips and pour their thoughts and energy and tell other groups of people(they even post it on facebook or twitter<-worse!) about this person they are accusing of jealousy.

Isn't it obvious that if the poor man these people are accusing has any tendency towards that unpleasant quality, it cannot but greatly intensified in him because, of the thoughts they have been sending and gossiping about the individual?

And if, as is commonly the case, that the person these people are gossiping about, does not have that characteristic of jealousy, because of their gossiping and thoughts they would create jealousy in the affairs of the person being accused.

No wonder most famous people becomes unstable look at Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Mo twister, Macapagal Arroyo and the combined negative thought of the whole nation focused towards them. Makes sense?

"For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me."-Job 3:25

Think of your friends, love ones and any person by all means, but think of their good points, not because that it is much healthier for you but because by doing so you strengthen them.

When you are reluctantly compelled to recognize the presence of some undesirable quality in a person, take special care not to think of it, BUT to think instead of the opposite virtue which you wish him to develop.

If he happens to have a bad attitude and easily gets angry, carefully avoid gossiping about his defect or even fixing your thought upon it, because if you do, the vibration which you will send to him will simply make matters worse. Instead of that, think with all your strength of the quality which he needs, flood him with the patience and peace, for in that way you will really help your brother.

"The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it."- Marcus Aurelius

Just imagine the effect of this, if you start to think positive thoughts towards your father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, relatives, cousin, girlfriend, boyfriend, maid, driver, neighbor, work colleagues, friends, stranger, teacher, waiter, waitress, security guards, the man on the street, the beggar, the street children, celebrities,

politicians, the president, our justices, our government, our country, other nations and the world? Ask yourselves, are you part of the solution or the problem?

"Thought creates character."- Annie Besant

You may start to make it a habit to think good and kindly thoughts, and your minds will begin to work more easily along the lines of admiration and appreciation instead of along those of suspicion and negativity. If you do make it a habit of practicing good and kindly thoughts you shall very soon begin to perceive the results of this positive habit in your life.

Use your thoughts in ways such us these and you will become a bonfire of blessing in your corner of the world.

-Marco

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." -Philippians 4:8

Liberation

2012-01-07T21:01:00.000-08:00

Liberation

By Marco Gracian in Project Pilipinas

Ego and Self Esteem

Self-Esteem

We’re all born with self-esteem. There is no such thing as a shy baby – it just expects (and of course needs!) to be loved, taken care of, served etc. A baby never doubts himself or his sense of value – he cannot even conceive of doing so.

Then life happens: children get hurt, disappointed, ignored, yelled at, talked down to… so many things happen that shake us from that natural foundation.

Of course at the time we were too young to have the knowledge or resources to deal with the problem, so we come up with a plan B – stories that we tell ourselves about why we’re still worthwhile. This is what we call the “Ego” (this has little to do with Freud’s conception).

So some children have the story that they’re smart: they do well at school because they crave the love and attention they think this gets them. They have forgotten that they can be loved for just who they are. Others do it by being funny, show offs, rebellious… walk into any school and you’ll see these stories being formed and reinforced.

These stories are NOT us. They are not even true. Ironically, it is these stories that keep us from our personal power.

Ego

The Ego is a dissociated entity – it is an intellectual construct that is not plugged into our true nature. As such, all energy spent on the story is like blowing hard on a piece of paper to keep it floating. When your breath runs out – it comes crashing down.

The Ego feeds off other people’s responses. If they pay attention to you, it feels good. If they ignore (or criticize) you, the Ego panics – it’s happy little world is now threatened and it will do whatever it can to get back to the status quo. Even if that means sabotaging positive changes!

The Ego creates a strange pseudo-confidence that only functions in very tightly managed circumstances (if at all!). Outside of that we tend to lose confidence (like when we try and learn something new and feel afraid of failing).

One reason for this fear is “cognitive dissonance” – we have a mental image of how we want to be perceived, which we try to project to the outside world. This is the flawless “perfect person” most of us think we should be. But inside, we don’t feel like that. So we have an internal battle or clash between who we try to make others think we are and what we think we really are. The larger that gap, the more psychic pain we feel in trying to “perform”.

A performer is either constantly rehearsing to stay “in the zone” or she risks getting performance anxiety when she starts up again. Contrast this with an enthusiast that just loves what she does and doesn’t care how good it is. She cannot get performance anxiety as she has nothing to prove (but only enjoys)! Often her rate of progress (measured by time spent on a task) is also faster.

The Ego constantly demands external acceptance to keep it afloat. If you with hold this

acceptance, it starts to get desperate and will eventually crash. This is the source of much of people’s “bi-polar” experience in life: great highs followed by periods of lows.

Power and Force: The Question Of Ego

The desire to be “one up” or be better than someone else in some way is an Ego driven desire. Someone with true Self Esteem simply does not care if others are better or worse than him, because his sense of value and importance does not come from being compared to others (i.e.,external reinforcers).

Many people are drawn to developing themselves because they think it will give them power over others. Unfortunately they initially miss the point: true power comes from inside – it is about being able to move through the world unhindered. Like a candle that shines in a storm just as brightly without any fear of ever going out.

Power is the ability to be in command of the self at any moment so that no matter what the

external circumstances are you have complete access to all your internal resources so you can make the maximum positive impact that is possible for you at that time.

So power is independent of external forces. When people seek power over others – they use Force, not true Power!

Force ends up doing as much harm to the operator as to the subject – because it reinforces the ego boom-bust cycle. In fact, the more Force “Power” you have the more erratic these cycles become (i.e., higher highs and lower lows).

You see this in people that get thrust into “power positions” by fate: e.g., new rock or film stars, business gurus, politicians. If they have not been prepared for their sudden rise to power (e.g., through many years of hard work to understand the illusion of what they end up with) they go through an intense period. Sometimes they come out with true inner power. Sometimes they come out more neurotic than ever before – addicted to sex, drugs, alcohol or other problem behaviours.

Another important distinction between Power & Force is that people tend to resist being forced.

However, they are naturally inclined to surrender to Power.

Ego Protection Mechanisms

• Ego has a story to maintain (known as “Saving Face”)

• It will manipulate others to their detriment to save face

• It tries to create fear in you to prevent you from doing something where you might lose

face – i.e., where your story might get exposed as a lie (e.g. Performance Anxiety)

• It tends to blame others for mistakes or try to rationalize failures

• It is external to the self, so constantly needs to be reinforced merely to exist!

Ego Based Beliefs Are Weak

• They need external support (validation, acceptance, admiration etc) or they crumble.

• They prevent you from making the mistakes you need to in order to learn. Your learning

increases with the amount of things you’re willing to do wrong!

• It is more important to “save face” (i.e., preserve the story) than it is to get results. This is

the source of much of the destructive “Corporate Politics” that can be witnessed.

• It gives your true power away – you need others to validate, accept and admire you

instead of finding everything you need inside yourself!

How to Take Control of The Ego

• Know Your Self

• Your Identity – Who Are You?

• Your Values – What Is Important To You?

• Your Expectations – How Should The World Treat You?

• Deliberately Challenge The Story – have objectives that are not tied up with looking

good. E.g., when playing tennis, don’t play to win, but see if you can make the ball spin

one way or another.

This is about feeling the fear and doing it anyway. It is about putting movement back into

those parts of life that have become paralyzed by the Ego’s attempts at maintaining its

story.

Remember: What You Resist, Persists! So just accept it and get on with life anyway.

We all tend to be “addicted” to certain ways of being. We’ll unconsciously manufacturer

situations or excuses to feel angry, sad, frustrated, helpless etc. If you discover that you’re

getting “upset” once again, don’t take it too seriously. It’s just your body detoxing from

years of bad habits!

• Let Go Of The Outcome – this does NOT mean don’t have any goals! Simply don’t rely

on your goals for your sense of value. Goals are about directions not about points.

POWER

2011-11-25T23:49:00.000-08:00

POWER -THE PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND BUILDING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS AND POWERFUL ORGANIZATIONS.

*The power in people.

*Why network building is a powerful opportunity.

*Principle behind the word "Work."

*The "SHIP" that never sinks the organization.

*How to empower individuals for a lasting organization.

*How to sustain relationships.

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Let's support our cause invite your friends and make the children happy this coming Christmas day! :)

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The Habit Change Cheatsheet: 29 Ways to Successfully Ingrain a Behavior

2011-11-05T21:30:00.000-07:00

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle

Our daily lives are often a series of habits played out through the day, a trammeled existence fettered by the slow accretion of our previous actions.

But habits can be changed, as difficult as that may seem sometimes.

It’s possible.

Keep it simple
Habit change is not that complicated. While the tips below will seem overwhelming, there’s really only a few things you need to know. Everything else is just helping these to become reality.

The simple steps of habit change:

1. Write down your plan.

2. Identify your triggers and replacement habits.

3. Focus on doing the replacement habits every single time the triggers happen, for about 30 days.

That’s it. We’ll talk more about each of these steps, and much more, in the cheatsheet below.

The Habit Change Cheatsheet
The following is a compilation of tips to help you change a habit. Don’t be overwhelmed — always remember the simple steps above. The rest are different ways to help you become more successful in your habit change.

1. Do just one habit at a time. Extremely important. Habit change is difficult, even with just one habit. If you do more than one habit at a time, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Keep it simple, allow yourself to focus, and give yourself the best chance for success. Btw, this is why New Year’s resolutions often fail — people try to tackle more than one change at a time.

2. Start small. The smaller the better, because habit change is difficult, and trying to take on too much is a recipe for disaster. Want to exercise? Start with just 5-10 minutes. Want to wake up earlier? Try just 10 minutes earlier for now. Or consider half habits.

3. Do a 30-day Challenge. In my experience, it takes about 30 days to change a habit, if you’re focused and consistent. This is a round number and will vary from person to person and habit to habit. Often you’ll read a magical “21 days” to change a habit, but this is a myth with no evidence. Seriously — try to find the evidence from a scientific study for this. A more recent study shows that 66 days is a better number. But 30 days is a good number to get you started. Your challenge: stick with a habit every day for 30 days, and post your daily progress updates to a forum.

4. Write it down. Just saying you’re going to change the habit is not enough of a commitment. You need to actually write it down, on paper. Write what habit you’re going to change.

5. Make a plan. While you’re writing, also write down a plan. This will ensure you’re really prepared. The plan should include your reasons (motivations) for changing, obstacles, triggers, support buddies, and other ways you’re going to make this a success. More on each of these below.

6. Know your motivations, and be sure they’re strong. Write them down in your plan. You have to be very clear why you’re doing this, and the benefits of doing it need to be clear in your head. If you’re just doing it for vanity, while that can be a good motivator, it’s not usually enough. We need something stronger.

7. Don’t start right away. In your plan, write down a start date. Maybe a week or two from the date you start writing out the plan. When you start right away (like today), you are not giving the plan the seriousness it deserves. When you have a “Quit Date” or “Start Date”, it gives that date an air of significance. Tell everyone about your quit date (or start date). Put it up on your wall or computer desktop. Make this a Big Day. It builds up anticipation and excitement, and helps you to prepare.

8. Write down all your obstacles. If you’ve tried this habit change before (odds are you have), you’ve likely failed. Reflect on those failures, and figure out what stopped you from succeeding. Write down every obstacle that’s happened to you, and others that are likely to happen. Then write down how you plan to overcome them. That’s the key: write down your solution before the obstacles arrive, so you’re prepared.

9. Identify your triggers. What situations trigger your current habit? Most habits have multiple triggers. Identify all of them and write them in your plan.

10. For every single trigger, identify a positive habit you’re going to do instead. Some positive habits could include: exercise, meditation, deep breathing, organizing, decluttering, and more.

“Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.” - Mark Twain

11. Plan a support system. Who will you turn to when you have a strong urge? Write these people into your plan. Support forums online are a great tool as well. Don’t underestimate the power of support — it’s really important.

12. Ask for help. Get your family and friends and co-workers to support you. Ask them for their help, and let them know how important this is.

13. Become aware of self-talk. You talk to yourself, in your head, all the time — but often we’re not aware of these thoughts. Start listening. These thoughts can derail any habit change, any goal. Often they’re negative: “I can’t do this. This is too difficult. Why am I putting myself through this? How bad is this for me anyway? I’m not strong enough. I don’t have enough discipline. I suck.” It’s important to know you’re doing this.

14. Stay positive. You will have negative thoughts — the important thing is to realize when you’re having them, and push them out of your head. Squash them like a bug! Then replace them with a positive thought. “I can do this! If others can do it, so can I!” :)

15. Have strategies to defeat the urge. Urges are going to come — they’re inevitable, and they’re strong. But they’re also temporary, and beatable. Urges usually last about a minute or two, and they come in waves of varying strength. You just need to ride out the wave, and the urge will go away. Some strategies for making it through the urge: deep breathing, self-massage, eat some frozen grapes, take a walk, exercise, drink a glass of water, call a support buddy, post on a support forum.

16. Prepare for the sabotagers. There will always be people who are negative, who try to get you to do your old habit. Be ready for them. Confront them, and be direct: you don’t need them to try to sabotage you, you need their support, and if they can’t support you then you don’t want to be around them.

17. Talk to yourself. Be your own cheerleader, give yourself pep talks, repeat your mantra (below), and don’t be afraid to seem crazy to others. We’ll see who’s crazy when you’ve changed your habit and they’re still lazy, unhealthy slobs!

18. Have a mantra. When I wanted to quit AIM GLOBAL back then, it was “POWER!”. This is just a way to remind yourself of what you’re trying to do.

19. Use visualization. This is powerful. Vividly picture, in your head, successfully changing your habit. Visualize doing your new habit after each trigger, overcoming urges, and what it will look like when you’re done. This seems new-agey, but it really works.

20. Have rewards. Regular ones. You might see these as bribes, but actually they’re just positive feedback. Put these into your plan, along with the milestones at which you’ll receive them.

21. Take it one urge at a time. Often we’re told to take it one day at a time — which is good advice — but really it’s one urge at a time. Just make it through this urge.

22. No Exceptions. This seems harsh, but it’s a necessity: when you’re trying to break the bonds between an old habit and a trigger, and form a new bond between the trigger and a new habit, you need to be really consistent. You can’t do it sometimes, or there will be no new bond, or at least it will take a really really long time to form. So, at least for the first 30 days (and preferably 60), you need to have no exceptions. Each time a trigger happens, you need to do the new habit and not the old one. No exceptions, or you’ll have a backslide. If you do mess up, regroup, learn from your mistake, plan for your success, and try again (see the last item on this list).

23. Get rest. Being tired leaves us vulnerable to relapse. Get a lot of rest so you can have the energy to overcome urges.

24. Drink lots of water. Similar to the item above, being dehydrated leaves us open to failure. Stay hydrated!

25. Renew your commitment often. Remind yourself of your commitment hourly, and at the beginning and end of each day. Read your plan. Celebrate your success. Prepare yourself for obstacles and urges.

26. Set up public accountability. Blog about it, post on a forum, email your commitment and daily progress to friend and family, post a chart up at your office, write a column for your local newspaper (I did this when I ran my first marathon). When we make it public — not just the commitment but the progress updates — we don’t want to fail.

27. Engineer it so it’s hard to fail. Create a groove that’s harder to get out of than to stay in: increase positive feedback for sticking with the habit, and increase negative feedback for not doing the habit.

28. Avoid some situations where you normally do your old habit, at least for awhile, to make it a bit easier on yourself. Realize, though, that when you go back to those situations, you will still get the old urges, and when that happens you should be prepared.

29. If you fail, figure out what went wrong, plan for it, and try again. Don’t let failure and guilt stop you. They’re just obstacles, but they can be overcome. In fact, if you learn from each failure, they become stepping stones to your success. Regroup. Let go of guilt. Learn. Plan. And get back on that horse.

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. - Benjamin Franklin

Project Pilipinas

2011-10-22T03:11:00.001-07:00

Stages of personal transformation:

1. Seeker: One seeks for the answers to one's questions.
(questions about life, spirituality, relationships, money, health)

2. Realization: One realizes the answers through experience, studying or with a mentor.

3. Self-Actualization: One acts upon what one knows. This is true wisdom.

Most people get 'stuck' to just knowing and reading and attending seminars. They don't practice what they know or preach.

If you are having problems at work, school or business then develop yourself more. Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. If you know drinking or smoking is bad then stop. If you know that eating too much is bad then stop. If you know throwing trash anywhere is bad then don't do it. If you know that not saving money is bad then start saving and live below your means. If you don't have money then make a way. If you know exercise,praying and meditation is good then do it. If you know you are having a hard time in social interactions and lacks the skill of social dynamics then do something about it. If you having problems handling your relationship or asking a girl out then again do something about it. Action the obvious.

God helps those who help themselves. That is God's will. You decide what to wear what to eat what to do with your life not God.

How do you know your leader is an effective leader? Look at what he does and not what he says. It's not what you say or put in your facebook/twitter status that defines you its what you do.

Knowing is not enough we must do Amazing.

L.I.K.E.

Peaceful Warrior

2011-10-22T03:01:00.000-07:00

‎***One of the most powerful movies of our time. Must Watch.***

"Everyone wants to tell you what to do and what's good for you. They don't want you to find your own answers, they want you to believe theirs. I want you to stop gathering information from the outside and start gathering it from the inside."

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"Pain is a relatively objective, physical phenomenon; suffering is our psychological resistance to what happens. Events may create physical pain but they do not in themselves create suffering. Resistance creates suffering. Stress happens when your mind resists what is…the only problem in your life is your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds."

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"Take out the trash inside your head. Clear your mind of everything you don’t need (doubt, past failures, future victories, ego … etc.) that's been keeping you achieving your full potential."

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“Habit is the problem. All you need to do is be conscious about your choices and be responsible for your actions.”

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“Don’t fall into the trap — If only I had this, I’d be … If only … , I’d get to be happy.”

"Everything has a purpose, even this, and it's up to you to find it. "

"A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does"

"I call myself a Peaceful Warrior... because the battles we fight are on the inside"

"There is no starting or stopping - only doing."

"There's no greater purpose than service to others. "

"People are not theirs thoughts, they think they are, and it brings them all kinds of sadness."

"The first realization of a warrior is not knowing."

“Don’t pin your success on outcomes.”

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Dan Millman: Life has just three rules?
Socrates: And you already know them...
Dan Millman: Paradox, humour, and change.
Socrates: Paradox...
Dan Millman: Life is a mystery. Don't waste time trying to figure it out.
Socrates: Humour...
Dan Millman: Keep a sense of humour, especially about yourself. It is a strength beyond all measure.
Socrates: Change...
Dan Millman: Know that nothing stays the same.

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"You haven't yet opened your heart fully, to life, to each moment. The peaceful warrior's way is not about invulnerability, but absolute vulnerability…to the world, to life, and to the Presence you felt. All along I've shown you by example that a warrior's life is not about imagined perfection or victory; it is about love. Love is a warrior's sword; wherever it cuts, it gives life, not death."

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"If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality."

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"Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise that makes no one happy. Moderation is for the bland, the apologetic, for the fence-sitters of the world afraid to take a stand. It's for those afraid to laugh or cry, for those afraid to live or die. Moderation…is lukewarm tea, the devil's own brew."

Definition of an UPLINE

2011-10-22T02:43:00.000-07:00

Definition of an UPLINE:

They love you but they're not your lover.

They care for you but they are not your family.

They are ready to share your pain though you're not related.

They are . . .

UPLINES!

True UPLINE scolds like a Dad, cares like a Mom, teases like a Sister, irritates like a Brother & finally loves you more than a lover!

Share this to all your great UPLINES who mean a lot to you!

Salamat po sa lahat ng mentors namin.

Doc Ed Cabantog

Francis Miguel

John Asperin

Arnel Limpin

Jurgen Gonzales

Jun Espinosa

up Mylin Ebdane

up Carlo Buenaventura

up Roy Zaldua

up Charles Langurayan

up Joseph Lim

up Ramon Alburo

up Jehoram Alburo

up Denn Mark Ebora

up Marco Mallari

up Rodel Gannaban

up Mike D Tan

up Frederick Rodriguez

Why Random Thoughts in Binary?

2011-10-10T22:12:00.000-07:00

Random - Something that is unpredictable, has no pattern or objective

Thoughts - The act or process of thinking

in - used to indicate inclusion within space, a place, or limits

Binary - composed of two pieces or two parts

The Story - It all started back in college, i was majoring in Computer Science, LOL the end. kidding aside i was

really into programming and computer related geekiness and one of my most favorite topics is BINARY..

Ones or Zeroes, SWITCH ON or SWITCH OFF, YES or NO ETC.

I love to write though i'm not good at it i still do. I used to air sentiments via NOTEPAD, how pitiful? HAHA

and a friend of mine convinced me to start a blog.. I started with friendster blog back in 2003 and shifted to

different sites, blogspot, multiply, mindsay, i.ph, wordpress, livejournal and a few more..

and the rest was history.. sorry kinda lazy typing.. hahaha!

now though i'm not a computer geek any more i'm still using BINARY. 1 + 1 = 1,500

that's the Power of Binary..

editing this anytime soon. LOL

Creating an Amazing Today

2011-10-05T00:26:00.001-07:00

Do you realize that ninety percent of the limitations you face, will be the ones you place on yourself?

Your prosperity has nothing to do with the government, the stock market, interest rates, or the economy. Your relationships have much more to do with you, than the people you have them with. And no one has a bigger say in your health that you do.

You determine your salary and your worth by what you believe you are worth and choose to accept. You determine whether people offer you opportunities. You have a great deal of control to how people react or respond to you. And you choose the food that makes up the raw materials your body regenerates with, the amount of sleep you get, and your exercise habit.

So what kind of day will you have today?

Leading & Leadership

2011-09-13T03:13:00.000-07:00

Leading & Leadership

Goals

Your thinking skills can be considered directional skills because they set the direction for your organization. They provide vision, purpose, and goal definition. These are your eyes and ears to the future, allowing you to recognize the need for change, when to make it, how to implement it, and how to manage it. You find vision by reaching for any available reason to change, grow, and improve. Just as you perform preventive maintenance on your car, you must perform preventive maintenance on your organization. Do NOT believe in the old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," for the people who do, go broke! Treat every project as a change effort. Treat every job as a new learning experience.

Good organizations convey a strong vision of where they will be in the future. As a leader, you have to get your people to trust you and be sold on your vision. Using the leadership tools described in this guide and being honest and fair in all you do will provide you with the ammo you need to gain their trust. To sell them on your vision, you need to possess energy and display a positive attitude that is contagious. People want a strong vision of where they are going. No one wants to be stuck in a dead-end company going nowhere...or a company headed in the wrong direction. They want to be involved with a winner! And your people are the ones who will get you to that goal. You cannot do it alone!

When setting goals, keep these points in mind:

They should be realistic and attainable.
They should improve the organization (morale, monetary, etc.).
All the people should be involved in the goal-setting process.
A program should be developed to achieve each goal.

There are four characteristics of goal setting (U.S. Army Handbook, 1973)

Goal Difficulty: Increasing your employees' goal difficulty increases their challenges and enhances the amount of effort expended to achieve them. The more difficult goals lead to increased performance if they seem feasible. If they seem too high, employees will give up when they fail to achieve them.
Goal Specificity: When given specific goals, employees tend to perform higher. Telling them to do their best or giving no guidance increases ambiguity about what is expected. Employees need a set goal or model in order to display the correct behavior.
Feedback: Providing feedback enhances the effects of goal setting. Performance feedback keeps their behavior directed on the right target and encourages them to work harder to achieve the goal.
Participation in Goal Setting: Employees who participate in the process, generally set higher goals than if the goals were set for them. It also affects their belief that the goals are obtainable and increases their motivation to achieve them.

The Six Steps of Goal Setting

Although finding a vision can be quite a creative challenge, the process of getting that vision implemented can be fairly easy if you follow the six steps of:

Vision — Goals — Objectives — Tasks — Timelines — Followup

Step 1 - Vision

The first step in setting goals and priorities is to personally develop what the organization should look like at some point in the future — a vision. A junior leader, such as a supervisor or line manager, will mainly be concerned with a department, section, or small group of people. While senior leaders set the vision for the entire organization. However, both types of visions need to support the organization's goals.

The mission of the organization is crucial in determining your vision. Your vision needs to coincide with the big picture. The term “vision” suggests a mental picture of what the future organization will look like. The concept also implies a later time horizon. This time horizon tends to be mid to long term in nature, focusing normally on 2 to 7 years in the future for visions affecting the entire organization. However, leaders such as supervisors or line managers tend to have shorter time horizon visions, normally 6 months to a year.

The concept of a vision has become a popular term within academic, government, defense, and corporate circles. This has spawned many different definitions of vision. But, the vision you want should be a picture of where you want your department to be at a future date. For example, try to picture what your department would look like if it was perfect, or what the most efficient way to produce your product would look like, or perhaps if your budget was reduced by 10 percent, how you could still achieve the same quality product.

Vilfredo Pareto, a 19th century economist, theorized that most effects come from relatively few causes; that is, 80 percent of the effects come from 20 percent of the possible causes (Juran, 1988). For example, 20 percent of the inventory items in the supply chain of an organization accounts for 80 percent of the inventory value. This is known as the Pareto principle or the 80-20 rule.

Some leaders fall into the time wasting trap of going after the 80 percent of items that only have a value of 20 percent of the total net worth. Your visions need to picture the 20 percent that will have the greatest impact on your organization. Although it is nice to have small victories every now and then by going after that easy 80 percent, spend the majority of your time focusing on the few things that will have the greatest impact. That is what a good leader does.

Once you have your vision, it needs to be framed in general, unmeasurable terms and communicated to your team. Your team then develops the ends (objectives), ways (concepts), and means (resources) to achieve the vision.

Step 2 - Goals

The second step involves establishing goals, with the active participation of the team. Goals are also stated in unmeasurable terms, but they are more focused. For example, "The organization must reduce transportation costs." This establishes the framework of the your vision.

Step 3 - Objectives

Definable objectives provide a way of measuring the movement towards vision achievement. This is the real strategy of turning visions into reality. It is the crossover mechanism between your forecast of the future and the envisioned, desired future. Objectives are stated in precise, measurable terms such as "By the end of the next quarter, the shipping department will use one parcel service for shipping items under 100 pounds and one motor carrier for shipping items over a hundred pounds." The aim is to get general ownership by the entire team.

Step 4 - Tasks

The fourth step is to determine tasks. Tasks are the means for accomplishing objectives. Tasks are concrete, measurable events that must occur. An example might be, "The transportation coordinator will obtain detailed shipping rates from at least 10 motor carriers."

Step 5 - Timelines

This step establishes a priority for the tasks. Since time is precious and many tasks must be accomplished before another can begin, establishing priorities helps your team to determine the order in which the tasks must be accomplished and by what date. For example, "The shipping rates will be obtained by May 9."

Step 6 - Followup

The final step is to followup, measure, and check to see if the team is doing what is required. This kind of leader involvement validates that the stated priorities are worthy of action. For the leader it demonstrates her commitment to see the matter through to a successful conclusion. Also, note that validating does not mean to micro-manage. Micro-management places no trust in others, where as followingup determines if the things that need to get done are in fact getting done.

Supervision for Leaders

Supervision is keeping a grasp on the situation and ensuring that plans and policies are implemented properly (U.S. Army Handbook,1973). It includes giving instructions and inspecting the accomplishment of a task.

There is a narrow band of adequate supervision. On one side of the band is over-supervision (micro-management); and on the other side is under-supervision. Over-supervision stifles initiative, breeds resentment, and lowers morale and motivation. Under-supervision leads to miscommunication, lack of coordination, and the perception by subordinates that the leader does not care. However, all employees can benefit from appropriate supervision by seniors with more knowledge and experience who tend to see the situation more objectively.

Evaluating is part of supervising. It is defined as judging the worth, quality, or significance of people, ideas, or things (U.S. Army Handbook,1973, p304). It includes looking at the ways people are accomplishing a task. It means getting feedback on how well something is being done and interpreting that feedback. People need feedback so that they can judge their performance. Without it, they will keep performing tasks wrong, or stop performing the steps that makes their work great.

Use checklists to list tasks that need to be accomplished. Almost all of us have poor memories when it comes to remembering a list of details. List tasks by priorities. For example, "A" priorities must be done today, "B" priorities must be done by tomorrow, and "C" priorities need to be followed up within a few days.

Double check on important things by following through. Strange things can happen if you are not aware of them. Paperwork gets lost, plans get changed, and people forget. If you have a system of checks and double checks, you will discover mistakes, have time to correct them, and minimize any disruptions. Following through may seem to be a waste of your time and energy, but in the long run, it pays off. You will spend less time and energy correcting mistakes and omissions made long ago.

Inspiring Your Followers

Getting people to accomplish something is much easier if they have the inspiration to do so. Inspire means "to breathe life into." And in order to perform that, we have to have some life ourselves. Three main actions will aid you in accomplishing this:

1. Be passionate: In organizations where the is a leader with great enthusiasm about a project, a trickle-down effect will occur. You must be committed to the work you are doing. If you do not communicate excitement, how can you expect your people to get worked up about it?

2. Get your followers involved in the decision making process: People who are involved in the decision making process participate much more enthusiastically than those who just carry out their leader's order. Help them contribute and tell them you value their opinions. Listen to them and incorporate their ideas when it makes sense to so.

3. Know what your organization is about!: The fundamental truth, as General Creighton W. Abrams used to say in the mid-1970s, is that “the Army is not made up of people. The Army is people. Every decision we make is a people issue.” Your organization is the same. It may make a product or sell a service, but it is still people! A leader's primary responsibility is to develop people and enable them to reach their full potential. Your people may come from diverse backgrounds, but they all have goals they want to accomplish. Create a "people environment" where they truly can be all they can be.

Training and Coaching

As a leader you must view coaching from two different viewpoints: 1) coaching to lead others and 2) being coached to achieve self-improvement.

Training and coaching are two different things, although some people use them interchangeably. Training is a structured lesson designed to provide the employee with the knowledge and skills to perform a task. Coaching, on the other hand, is a process designed to help the employee gain greater competence and to overcome barriers so as to improve job performance.

You might picture it as when you were in school. During physical education, the gym teacher (trainer) taught you how to play basketball. Next you went out for the school team. You had a basic understanding of the game and its rules, but the coach personally taught you (coaching) the finer points of the game.

Training and coaching go hand-in-hand. First you train people with lots of technical support, and then you coach them with motivational pointers.

Both training and coaching help to create the conditions that cause someone to learn and develop. People learn by the examples of others, by forming a picture in their minds of what they are trying to learn, by gaining and understanding necessary information, by applying it to their job, or practice.

Both coaching and training have a few points in common:

Evaluate to determine knowledge, skill, and confidence levels.
Define objectives that can be measured periodically. It helps to break them down into step-by-step actions.
Clarify direction, goals, and accountability. To foster accountability, involve the person or team in the decision making.
Encourage peer coaching by reminding them that everyone has a stake in each other's success.
Coaching is more than telling people how to do something, It involves giving advice, skill-building, creating challenges, removing performance barriers, building better processes, learning through discovery (the aha method), etc.
Deal with emotional obstacles by helping them through change, reviewing and pointing out ways that they hold themselves back, comforting them when they become confused, etc.
Give feedback by pointing and hinting towards solutions; try to stay away from critiquing errors.
Lead by example! demonstrate the desired behaviors.

Learning

The first condition of learning is that the person must be motivated to learn. You cannot teach knowledge or skills to people who are not motivated to learn. They must feel the need to learn what you are teaching. Most employees are motivated to do a good job. They want to be able to perform their tasks correctly. Their motivation is being able to perform their job to standards in return for a paycheck, benefits, challenges, job satisfaction, etc.

The next condition of learning is to involve them in the process. Keep their attention by actively involving their minds and emotions in the learning process. Have them participate through active practice of the skill or through discussion. You cannot keep their attention with a long lecture. Normally, people pay attention for a short time - less than 30 minutes. They need to use what is being taught or their minds will wander. If you lecture for an hour, very little will be remembered. Instead, give a brief lecture (less than 10 minutes), demonstrate, and then have them practice. Provide feedback throughout the practice period until they can do it on their own. If it is a large complicated task, then break it down into short learning steps.

The Five Points of Leadership Power

Al Capone once said that “You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.” However, while almost anyone can use power, it takes skill to use leadership. Leadership power is much more than the use of force. Leadership is influencing others to truly WANT to achieve a goal, while power forces others to achieve a goal.

Power refers to a capacity that a person (boss) has to influence the behavior of another so that he or she acts in accordance with the boss' wishes. This power is a capacity or potential as it implies a potential that need not be actualized to be effective. That is, a power may exist, but does not have to be used to be effective. For example, an officer in the Army has certain powers over enlisted personal, but that power does not have to used to be effective. The mere knowledge of an officer's power by an enlisted person has some influence over him or her.

A person has the potential for influencing five points of power over another (French & Raven, 1959):

Coercive Power — Power that is based on fear. A person with coercive power can make things difficult for people. These are the persons that you want to avoid getting angry. Employees working under coercive managers are unlikely to be committed, and more likely to resist the manager.
Reward Power — Compliance achieved based on the ability to distribute rewards that others view as valuable. Able to give special benefits or rewards to people. You might find it advantageous to trade favors with him or her.
Legitimate Power — The power a person receives as a result of his or her position in the formal hierarchy of an organization. The person has the right, considering his or her position and your job responsibilities, to expect you to comply with legitimate requests.
Expert Power — Influence based on special skills or knowledge. This person earns respect by experience and knowledge. Expert power is the most strongly and consistently related to effective employee performance.
Referent Power — Influence based on possession by an individual or desirable resources or personal traits. You like the person and enjoy doing things for him or her.

Concepts of Leadership

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Concepts of Leadership

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I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation. — Warren Bennis

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Good leaders are made not born. If you have the desire and willpower, you can become an effective leader. Good leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, education, training, and experience (Jago, 1982). This guide will help you through that process.

To inspire your workers into higher levels of teamwork, there are certain things you must be, know, and, do. These do not come naturally, but are acquired through continual work and study. Good leaders are continually working and studying to improve their leadership skills; they are NOT resting on their laurels.

Definition of Leadership

The meaning of a message is the change which it produces in the image. — Kenneth Boulding in The Image: Knowledge in Life and Society

Before we get started, lets define leadership. Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent. This definition is similar to Northouse's (2007, p3) definition — Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.

Leaders carry out this process by applying their leadership knowledge and skills. This is called Process Leadership(Jago, 1982). However, we know that we have traits that can influence our actions. This is called Trait Leadership(Jago, 1982), in that it was once common to believe that leaders were born rather than made. These two leadership types are shown in the chart below (Northouse, 2007, p5):

While leadership is learned, the skills and knowledge processed by the leader can be influenced by his or hers attributes or traits, such as beliefs, values, ethics, and character. Knowledge and skills contribute directly to theprocess of leadership, while the other attributes give the leader certain characteristics that make him or her unique.

Skills, knowledge, and attributes make the Leader, which is one of the:

Four Factors of Leadership

There are four major factors in leadership (U.S. Army, 1983):

Leader

You must have an honest understanding of who you are, what you know, and what you can do. Also, note that it is the followers, not the leader or someone else who determines if the leader is successful. If they do not trust or lack confidence in their leader, then they will be uninspired. To be successful you have to convince your followers, not yourself or your superiors, that you are worthy of being followed.

Followers

Different people require different styles of leadership. For example, a new hire requires more supervision than an experienced employee. A person who lacks motivation requires a different approach than one with a high degree of motivation. You must know your people! The fundamental starting point is having a good understanding of human nature, such as needs, emotions, and motivation. You must come to know your employees' be, know, and doattributes.

Communication

You lead through two-way communication. Much of it is nonverbal. For instance, when you “set the example,” that communicates to your people that you would not ask them to perform anything that you would not be willing to do. What and how you communicate either builds or harms the relationship between you and your employees.

Situation

All situations are different. What you do in one situation will not always work in another. You must use your judgment to decide the best course of action and the leadership style needed for each situation. For example, you may need to confront an employee for inappropriate behavior, but if the confrontation is too late or too early, too harsh or too weak, then the results may prove ineffective.

Also note that the situation normally has a greater effect on a leader's action than his or her traits. This is because while traits may have an impressive stability over a period of time, they have little consistency across situations (Mischel, 1968). This is why a number of leadership scholars think the Process Theory of Leadership is a more accurate than the Trait Theory of Leadership.

Various forces will affect these four factors. Examples of forces are your relationship with your seniors, the skill of your followers, the informal leaders within your organization, and how your organization is organized.

Boss or Leader?

Although your position as a manager, supervisor, lead, etc. gives you the authority to accomplish certain tasks and objectives in the organization (called Assigned Leadership), this power does not make you a leader, it simply makes you the boss (Rowe, 2007). Leadership differs in that it makes the followers want to achieve high goals (calledEmergent Leadership), rather than simply bossing people around (Rowe, 2007). Thus you get Assigned Leadershipby your position and you display Emergent Leadership by influencing people to do great things.

Bass' Theory of Leadership

Bass' theory of leadership states that there are three basic ways to explain how people become leaders (Stogdill, 1989; Bass, 1990). The first two explain the leadership development for a small number of people. These theories are:

Some personality traits may lead people naturally into leadership roles. This is the Trait Theory.
A crisis or important event may cause a person to rise to the occasion, which brings out extraordinary leadership qualities in an ordinary person. This is the Great Events Theory.
People can choose to become leaders. People can learn leadership skills. This is the Transformational or Process Leadership Theory. It is the most widely accepted theory today and the premise on which this guide is based.

Total Leadership

What makes a person want to follow a leader? People want to be guided by those they respect and who have a clear sense of direction. To gain respect, they must be ethical. A sense of direction is achieved by conveying a strong vision of the future.

When a person is deciding if she respects you as a leader, she does not think about your attributes, rather, she observes what you do so that she can know who you really are. She uses this observation to tell if you are an honorable and trusted leader or a self-serving person who misuses authority to look good and get promoted. Self-serving leaders are not as effective because their employees only obey them, not follow them. They succeed in many areas because they present a good image to their seniors at the expense of their workers.

Be Know Do

The basis of good leadership is honorable character and selfless service to your organization. In your employees' eyes, your leadership is everything you do that effects the organization's objectives and their well-being. Respected leaders concentrate on (U.S. Army, 1983):

what they are [be] (such as beliefs and character)
what they know (such as job, tasks, and human nature)
what they do (such as implementing, motivating, and providing direction).

The Two Most Important Keys to Effective Leadership

According to a study by the Hay Group, a global management consultancy, there are 75 key components of employee satisfaction (Lamb, McKee, 2004). They found that:

Trust and confidence in top leadership was the single most reliable predictor of employee satisfaction in an organization.
Effective communication by leadership in three critical areas was the key to winning organizational trust and confidence:
1. Helping employees understand the company's overall business strategy.
2. Helping employees understand how they contribute to achieving key business objectives.
3. Sharing information with employees on both how the company is doing and how an employee's own division is doing — relative to strategic business objectives.

So in a nutshell — you must be trustworthy and you have to be able to communicate with a vision of where the organization needs to go. The next section, Principles of Leadership, ties in closely with this key concept.

Principles of Leadership

To help you be, know, and do, follow these eleven principles of leadership (U.S. Army, 1983). The later chapters in this Leadership Guide expand on these principles and provide tools for implementing them:

Know yourself and seek self-improvement - In order to know yourself, you have to understand your be, know, and do, attributes. Seeking self-improvement means continually strengthening your attributes. This can be accomplished through self-study, formal classes, reflection, and interacting with others.
Be technically proficient - As a leader, you must know your job and have a solid familiarity with your employees' tasks.
Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions - Search for ways to guide your organization to new heights. And when things go wrong, they always do sooner or later — do not blame others. Analyze the situation, take corrective action, and move on to the next challenge.
Make sound and timely decisions - Use good problem solving, decision making, and planning tools.
Set the example - Be a good role model for your employees. They must not only hear what they are expected to do, but also see. We must become the change we want to see - Mahatma Gandhi
Know your people and look out for their well-being - Know human nature and the importance of sincerely caring for your workers.
Keep your workers informed - Know how to communicate with not only them, but also seniors and other key people.
Develop a sense of responsibility in your workers - Help to develop good character traits that will help them carry out their professional responsibilities.
Ensure that tasks are understood, supervised, and accomplished - Communication is the key to this responsibility.
Train as a team - Although many so called leaders call their organization, department, section, etc. a team; they are not really teams...they are just a group of people doing their jobs.
Use the full capabilities of your organization - By developing a team spirit, you will be able to employ your organization, department, section, etc. to its fullest capabilities.

Attributes of Leadership

If you are a leader who can be trusted, then those around you will grow to respect you. To be such a leader, there is a Leadership Framework to guide you:

BE KNOW DO

BE a professional. Examples: Be loyal to the organization, perform selfless service, take personal responsibility.

BE a professional who possess good character traits. Examples: Honesty, competence, candor, commitment, integrity, courage, straightforwardness, imagination.

KNOW the four factors of leadership — follower, leader, communication, situation.

KNOW yourself. Examples: strengths and weakness of your character, knowledge, and skills.

KNOW human nature. Examples: Human needs, emotions, and how people respond to stress.

KNOW your job. Examples: be proficient and be able to train others in their tasks.

KNOW your organization. Examples: where to go for help, its climate and culture, who the unofficial leaders are.

DO provide direction. Examples: goal setting, problem solving, decision making, planning.

DO implement. Examples: communicating, coordinating, supervising, evaluating.

DO motivate. Examples: develop morale and esprit de corps in the organization, train, coach, counsel.

Environment

Every organization has a particular work environment, which dictates to a considerable degree how its leaders respond to problems and opportunities. This is brought about by its heritage of past leaders and its present leaders.

Goals, Values, and Concepts

Leaders exert influence on the environment via three types of actions:

The goals and performance standards they establish.
The values they establish for the organization.
The business and people concepts they establish.

Successful organizations have leaders who set high standards and goals across the entire spectrum, such as strategies, market leadership, plans, meetings and presentations, productivity, quality, and reliability.

Values reflect the concern the organization has for its employees, customers, investors, vendors, and surrounding community. These values define the manner in how business will be conducted.

Concepts define what products or services the organization will offer and the methods and processes for conducting business.

These goals, values, and concepts make up the organization's personality or how the organization is observed by both outsiders and insiders. This personality defines the roles, relationships, rewards, and rites that take place.

Roles ad Relationships

Roles are the positions that are defined by a set of expectations about behavior of any job incumbent. Each role has a set of tasks and responsibilities that may or may not be spelled out. Roles have a powerful effect on behavior for several reasons, to include money being paid for the performance of the role, there is prestige attached to a role, and a sense of accomplishment or challenge.

Relationships are determined by a role's tasks. While some tasks are performed alone, most are carried out in relationship with others. The tasks will determine who the role-holder is required to interact with, how often, and towards what end. Also, normally the greater the interaction, the greater the liking. This in turn leads to more frequent interaction. In human behavior, its hard to like someone whom we have no contact with, and we tend to seek out those we like. People tend to do what they are rewarded for, and friendship is a powerful reward. Many tasks and behaviors that are associated with a role are brought about by these relationships. That is, new task and behaviors are expected of the present role-holder because a strong relationship was developed in the past, either by that role-holder or a prior role-holder.

Culture and Climate

There are two distinct forces that dictate how to act within an organization: culture and climate.

Each organization has its own distinctive culture. It is a combination of the founders, past leadership, current leadership, crises, events, history, and size (Newstrom, Davis, 1993). This results in rites: the routines, rituals, and the “way we do things.” These rites impact individual behavior on what it takes to be in good standing (the norm) and directs the appropriate behavior for each circumstance.

The climate is the feel of the organization, the individual and shared perceptions and attitudes of the organization's members (Ivancevich, Konopaske, Matteson, 2007). While the culture is the deeply rooted nature of the organization that is a result of long-held formal and informal systems, rules, traditions, and customs; climate is a short-term phenomenon created by the current leadership. Climate represents the beliefs about the “feel of the organization” by its members. This individual perception of the “feel of the organization” comes from what the people believe about the activities that occur in the organization. These activities influence both individual and team motivation and satisfaction, such as:

How well does the leader clarify the priorities and goals of the organization? What is expected of us?
What is the system of recognition, rewards, and punishments in the organization?
How competent are the leaders?
Are leaders free to make decisions?
What will happen if I make a mistake?

Organizational climate is directly related to the leadership and management style of the leader, based on the values, attributes, skills, and actions, as well as the priorities of the leader. Compare this to “ethical climate” — the feel of the organization about the activities that have ethical content or those aspects of the work environment that constitute ethical behavior. The ethical climate is the feel about whether we do things right; or the feel of whether we behave the way we ought to behave. The behavior (character) of the leader is the most important factor that impacts the climate.

On the other hand, culture is a long-term, complex phenomenon. Culture represents the shared expectations and self-image of the organization. The mature values that create tradition or the “way we do things here.” Things are done differently in every organization. The collective vision and common folklore that define the institution are a reflection of culture. Individual leaders, cannot easily create or change culture because culture is a part of the organization. Culture influences the characteristics of the climate by its effect on the actions and thought processes of the leader. But, everything you do as a leader will affect the climate of the organization.

The Process of Great Leadership

The road to great leadership (Kouzes & Posner, 1987) that is common to successful leaders:

Challenge the process - First, find a process that you believe needs to be improved the most.
Inspire a shared vision - Next, share your vision in words that can be understood by your followers.
Enable others to act - Give them the tools and methods to solve the problem.
Model the way - When the process gets tough, get your hands dirty. A boss tells others what to do, a leader shows that it can be done.
Encourage the heart - Share the glory with your followers' hearts, while keeping the pains within your own.

Are You Humble?

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Today, I’d like to talk about the old-fashioned virtue of humility.

God’s big message for you today?

Stay empty.

Let me start with a story.

One day, a bus driver was driving a bunch of seniors—people in their 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s. They called themselves Club 20. Because they got 20% discounts in restaurants and drugstores.

Soon, the little old lady in the front row tapped his shoulder and gave him a big bag of peanuts. And the driver ate them.

Ten minutes later, she handed him another big bag of peanuts. And munched all of them again.

Ten minutes later, the old lady gave him another bag of peanuts.

The driver said, “Thank you! They’re delicious. But I’ve had enough. I finished two big bags of peanuts.”

The old lady said, “Oh, I didn’t want you eat them, I just wanted you to throw them away for us.”

“Throw them away?” the driver asked, “Why don’t you eat them?”

“All of us don’t have teeth anymore.”

“So why do you buy them?” he asked.

She said, “Oh, we like the chocolate around them, and after sucking them, we throw away the peanuts.”

Removing The Confusion From Humility

Humility confuses a lot of people because it’s just like the chocolate covered peanut. We’ve mixed humility with other stuff that doesn’t belong to humility.

We need to remove the chocolate.

I remember a classmate who was a very shy person.

We called her Isabel the Invisible.

She was so shy and so quiet, we sometimes forgot she existed. The only reason we knew she was still alive was at the start of the class—when the teacher called her name during roll call. “Isabel” the teacher would say, and we’d see her raise her hand just slightly so. After that, she’d blend into the grey walls of the classroom and vanish.

And when we did see her, her hair covered half of her face, so we really didn’t know how she looked like.

But if you read our Yearbook, you’d see a description beneath her Photo: “Isabel is a very humble person.”

Why? People confuse humility with timidity.

But they’re worlds apart.

Timidity is matter of personality, or insecurity, or cowardice, or selfishness. But it isn’t humility.

In fact, you can be humble and confident at the same time.

Yes, you can be humble and aggressive at the same time!

How do I know?

The Bible calls Moses the most humble man on earth (See Numbers 12:1). And yet this “most humble” man challenged Pharaoh and told the guy, “Let my people go!” If that’s not aggressiveness, I don’t know what is!

So What Is Humility?

Humility is a multi-faceted jewel.

But all these facets point to one thing: Being empty.

I believe this emptiness has three distinct expressions…

o A Humble Person is a Seeker

o A Humble Person is a Student

o A Humble Person is a Servant

1. A Humble Person Is A Seeker

I love sharing this story.

One day, a young monk visited an older monk and asked, “Master, what is the secret of humility?”

The older monk said, “Let’s take a walk…”

The two men walked down to the river.

The older monk led the younger monk in the water. When the river reached their chests, without warning, the older monk held the head of the younger monk, and dunked him into the water!

The younger monk struggled, his arms splashing wildly, but the older monk held his head under the water.

When the younger man was almost blacking out, an inch away from death, the older monk pulled him up—and the young monk sucked in air like he was an industrial vacuum cleaner.

In between breaths, he asked in a frantic voice, “Why the heck did you do that for?”

The older man smiled and said, “The secret of humility is to seek for God the way you’re seeking for oxygen now.”

I repeat: Humility is being empty.

Humility is being desperate that God fill you up.

When You Don’t Know The Solution

I know a young guy who doesn’t like Math.

So everytime he takes a Math exam, he prays a lot.

During the exam, when he knows the solution to the Math problem, he says, “Lord, this is mine. I’ll take care of this…”

But when he doesn’t know the answer, he says, “Lord, it’s your turn to solve this problem…”

I believe Life is a giant exam.

Some problems you face are easy because you know the solutions.

But sometimes, life throws you a problem you don’t know how to solve. And that’s when you pray, “Lord, it’s your turn to solve this problem…”

When you have a problem you can’t solve, you become humble. You’re forced to be empty. And empty is good.

Because you have more space for blessings.

And then the second expression of humility is being teachable…

2. A Humble Person Is A Student

Have you ever wondered?

Why is it that the biggest athletes of the world still follow coaches? Golfing wonder Tiger Woods is coached by a “swing” coach named Sean Foley. Best Boxer in the world Manny Pacquiao has a coach named Freddie Roach and a fitness coach named Alex Ariza. Tennis Champ Rafael Nadal is coached by his uncle Toni Nadal.

Think about it.

These guys are already the greatest in their sport.

You’d think that after receiving a warehouse of trophies, they already knew everything there is to know about their sport.

Right?

Wrong.

And who are those that don’t have coaches?

Those who aren’t very good.

Why?

The more you know, the more you know that you don’t know. And the more you succeed, the more humble you should be.

The day a successful person stops being humble is the day he prepares for his downfall.

Success Can Only Come From Humility

Humility is being empty.

The moment you think you’re full, there’ll be no space for anything new.

I’m reading a business book now.

The title is Seduced By Success.

It talks about how many giant companies that have tasted phenomenal success become utter failures in the next decade.

Reason? Complacency.

They get seduced by their success.

In other words?

They lost their humility.

Get A Mentor

Perhaps you can achieve some success without a mentor. But I believe you can’t achieve high-level, enduring, fantastic success without a mentor.

Look in the Bible and you’ll see mentoring.

Samuel mentored David.

Naomi mentored Ruth.

Paul mentored Timothy.

Moses mentored Joshua.

And at one point in his life, Moses was mentored by Jethro, his father-in-law.

I found this amazing.

If you’re Moses, why listen to anybody?

Especially a non-Israelite, a priest of Midian at that?

Jethro didn’t even belong to the same religion.

But that’s why the Bible calls Moses the most humble man on earth.

Moses could have said, “Jethro, how dare you give advice to me? I’m the guy who met God face-to-face in the Burning Bush. I’m the guy who carried the tablets of the Ten Commandments in his arms. I’m the guy who led the slaves out of Egypt. I’m the guy who divided the Red Sea and drowned the chariots of Pharaoh. I’m The Guy!”

But Moses said no such thing.

He was humble.

He was a student.

He was willing to learn from anyone God would send to him.

Take Your Shortcut To Success

One day, two women came up to me and asked me, “Bo, why are you so successful in different areas of your life? You’ve got a great family, your finances are doing well, and you’re so handsome and good-looking…”

I told those two women, “Thanks Mom. Thanks Sweetheart.”

Just kidding.

All my success comes from God’s Mercy.

No other reason.

And God’s Mercy sometimes comes in a form of Mentors.

I have a Mentor for every area of my life!

I have mentors for my family life. These are people with beautiful marriages. People who are fantastic parents to their kids.

I have mentors for my spiritual life. These are people who are the most loving human beings on the planet.

I have mentors for my businesses and investments. These are billionaires and multimillionaires who love God with their wealth.

I have mentors for my health. These are holistic healers who have the gift of healing.

I have mentors for my ministry work. These are bishops, priests, and pastors who lead their flock with deep love and great effectiveness.

Believe me, I can’t imagine myself going through life without mentors.

If You Don’t Have Mentors,

You Miss A Lot!

Don’t miss on a truckload of blessings.

Your marriage could be so much better if you had a Family Mentor. Your finances could be so much better if you had a Financial Mentor. Your health could be so much better if you had a Health Mentor. Your soul could be so much better if you had a Spiritual Mentor.

A humble person sees God in every person.

A humble person is slow to judge.

A humble person focuses on the strengths of each person (not on his weaknesses) and learns from those strengths.

Open Your Eyes

I believe God has already sent you Mentors.

God has pre-arranged special people in your life to inspire you, challenge you, teach you, and train you.

Some of these Mentors are right beside you. You can call them. You can have lunch with them.

Some of these Mentors aren’t beside you, but their words are available to you through books, talks, and seminars.

But many times, you don’t recognize a Mentor God has sent into our life. Perhaps because like Jethro, Mentors can come wearing a different uniform.

Goodness, some Mentors don’t even look like a Mentor.

If you’ll be empty enough and humble enough, you’ll be surprised at the Mentors God will send to you.

Here’s my point: My life is so much richer because I’ve stayed empty. And I’m willing to learn from anyone whom God sends towards my direction.

In fact, in the Bible, God used a donkey to speak His word (See Numbers 22). That’s why preachers like me should never be proud. His standards are very low!

Get A Mentor

Getting a mentor is the shortcut to success!

Come to the Feast every week and listen to God’s Word.

Read books.

Attend seminars.

Pursue friendships with wise people.

Listen to the stories of ordinary people around you.

Finally, humility has a third expression…

3. A Humble Person Is A Servant

Some people also confuse humility with low self-worth.

Hey, I’m a world-renowned expert in low self-worth.

I was afflicted with it for 20 years.

I hated myself.

I felt I was ugly, ungifted, and unlovable.

Believe me when I say this: Low self-worth has nothing to do with humility.

Low self-worth is a virus.

Humility is a virtue.

Low self-worth is thinking of yourself in a small way.

Humility is not thinking of yourself at all, period.

Why? Because you’re thinking of others more.

The Bible says, be humble towards one another, always considering others better than yourselves.(Philippians 2:3)

In other words, a humble person sees every human being as a child of God and is worthy of his service.

Humility is not only being empty.

Humility is emptying oneself by pouring ourselves to others.

I won’t elaborate this third expression of humility because this is selflessness and kindness—and we talked about this already.

Let me end with one last story.

Will You Trust?

One day, a mountaineer was going up a very high mountain.

He was so proud, he was climbing all by himself.

It was very dangerous to climb up a snowy mountain all alone, but he was so proud, he believed he didn’t need anyone.

By nightfall, common sense dictated that he set up camp. But he kept climbing because he wanted to reach the summit quickly.

But in his exhaustion, his foot slipped.

And he found himself free falling through the air. He closed his eyes and saw flashbacks of his life.

All of a sudden, he felt a jolt—and violent pull around his waist. The rope tied around his belt saved him!

In total darkness, he was now hanging onto his rope.

And he shouted, “God, if you’re up there, save me!”

Suddenly, he heard a voice say, “If you believe that I can save you, do what I tell you to do…”

He answered, “What should I do?”

The voice said, “Cut your rope.”
“Wha…what?” he said.

“Cut the rope and let go,” the voice said.

After a few moments, he shouted again, “Is there anyone else up there?”

The next day, mountain climbers saw his limp body, hanging by the rope, frozen to death. The curious thing about what they saw? He was hanging only 2 feet from the ground.

He was a proud person, even until his death.

Many people are like that: They trust in their rope more than in their God. They trust in their money, in their abilities, in their connections, in their intelligence more than in their God.

Will you trust God today for the problems that you don’t know how to solve?

The rope symbolizes your pride.

Cut the rope and let go.

Trust in God.

Stay empty. Stay humble.

And receive all that God has promised for you.

One Last Story: The Last Humiliation

A few days ago, my neighbor died.

He was 80 years old.

Two days ago, I visited his wake.

As I viewed the coffin, I was struck by one fact I never realized before: The old man had a large mole at the side of his chin.

Exactly like my mole.

In exactly the same place!

And in an eerie sort of way, I felt was looking at myself in a coffin.

It sent shivers down my spine.

I felt God was telling me, “One day, it’ll be your turn to be in that box.”

I realized that death is the last humiliation.

No matter how much money, or achievements, or successes we gain on earth—we’ll be humbled by death—and we’ll be empty again.

Pride is useless.

I’m choosing to be humble.

Everyday.

May your dreams come true,

Bo Sanchez

Three Keys to a Prosperous Life

2011-08-17T20:56:00.000-07:00

Three Keys to a Prosperous Life

by Randy Gage

Living a life of abundance involves three behaviors. And each is necessary to manifest the whole picture.

The first behavior is learning.

Working on you every day. Developing skills, collecting knowledge and most importantly, gaining wisdom.

The second behavior is earning.

All true prosperity is a value-for-value equation. So you must go out and create value for the people around you. If it were as easy as sitting on the sofa watching The Secret, everyone would be a multi-billionaire. Your prosperity is out there, waiting for you to draw upon it, but you have to earn it. And it’s earned by creating value for the universe.

And the final behavior is yearning.

Because you must want more. There are a lot of lack mind viruses about money and material things out there. And a big one is “being happy with what you have.” Let’s look at that a little deeper.

Certainly happiness is a choice. You choose to be happy whether you earn $13,000 a year, $30,0000 a year, or $30,000,000 a year. So there is some truth in that statement. But don’t let it take you off the path…

One of the wittiest things I ever heard comes from Samuel Butler. He says, “All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.” Now put that in a prosperity context and it’s not about going into debt, but actually creating more value to the universe, which increases your income. Your desire for more causes you to become more.

Your path to prosperity involves doing more, having more, and especially becoming more. For to fail to do so would be a sin. We live in the most exciting time in human history. Our access to knowledge, our resources for innovation, and opportunities for personal development are greater than they have ever been before.

For many of you reading this blog, in your lifetime you will have the opportunity to buy an underwater condo with a view of the coral reef, play in a virtual reality holo-suite, and vacation on the moon. For you to choose to stand pat is an insult to the Intelligence that created you.

Your desire for something greater is Infinite Intelligence knocking on your door, challenging you to become more. Now as you saw if you watched this month’s virtual prosperity seminar, it’s not about an insatiable pursuit of things…

As your consciousness develops, your desires evolve as well. They will become less about you and more about service and contribution.

Yes, be happy with what you have. And tap into that divine dissatisfaction that pulls you forward to new and greater things. That is the joyous path of prosperity – learning, earning and yearning.

Ain’t it great!

-RG

God Will Never Give Up On You

2011-08-17T20:28:00.000-07:00

God Will Never Give Up On You by Bo Sanchez.

One day, there was a small barrio of farmers who were praying for rain to come. Every Sunday at church, they’d gather and pray for rain. But one Sunday, the priest announced, “How can God give you rain if you don’t have faith?”

The farmers asked, “How do you know we have no faith?”

The priest said, “Every Sunday, you pray for rain. But how many of you are bringing an umbrella?”

No one in that church brought an umbrella.

The priest continued, “No one among you is prepared to receive the blessings you’re praying for.”

Next Sunday, people began to bring an umbrella.

And soon, the rain came.

Friend, are you prepared for your blessings?

Noah built the Ark before the rain came, not during or after.

You need to build your Ark today.

Do you really expect the answer to your prayer?

I’ve been praying for 1000 Feasts (our weekly gathering) spread all over the world.

In God’s own time, I expect it to happen.

But even today, we’re preparing for that blessing. We’re bringing our umbrella. We’re building our ark. How? We’re raising up 1000 Feast Builders through our School of Leadership.

Today, what’s your umbrella? Identify your umbrella and bring it with you.

Right now, there are some of you who are ready to give up on the dream God has placed in your heart.

Don’t give up. Because God isn’t giving up on you.

Oh yes, you may have to give up on your particular version on God’s dream for your life.

I remember Bishop Soc Villegas was telling me that he wanted to be a monk—alone in his hut, tending to a little garden. That was how he wanted to serve God. But God wanted Him to serve as a very busy priest and Bishop.

I love telling the story of how I was fixated on a 500 square meter property for our Community Center. It was a foreclosed property that the bank was selling. I wanted it so much, I’d visit it many times—and when no one was looking—raise my hand towards it and “claim” it to be ours. (If I saw someone walking on the street, I’d pretend I was just checking the fence.)

I was tenacious. I told the tiny Light of Jesus community then to fast. I even scheduled a 3-night vigil to pray for the place. We also went into massive fundraising. We went Christmas Caroling in August.

But one day, we received the news: Someone else bought the property from the bank. We were devastated.

I remember our prayer meeting the week we found out. It was as if I was attending a funeral. Some people were even crying.

But ten years later, God answered our prayer. We finally acquired a property. This taught us that God’s timing isn’t our timing.

But it wasn’t 500 square meters. It wasn’t 1000, or 2000, or 5000, or even 10,000 square meters.

God gave us 50,000 square meters. (On that land, we built Anawim, our ministry for the abandoned elderly.)

This taught me that God’s measurements aren’t my measurement.

I was asking for 500 square meters, and God must have been laughing at me, saying, “You won’t be able to do what I want you to do. Just wait.”

When it comes to your dreams, don’t be attached to your timing. Don’t be attached to your measurements. And don’t be attached to your version.

Trust in God. Open yourself to God’s version.

Expect God to answer your prayer.

At the Cross, hear God say these words to you, “I will never give up on you.”

He’ll Finish What He Started In You

I love this Bible verse: And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:6)

This passage says two very important things…

1. You’re A Work of God

You’re God’s idea. You’re God’s design. You’re God’s work of art. You’re God’s masterpiece.

For the longest time, I didn’t believe in that.

For decades, I was ashamed of myself. I was addicted. I was in bondage. I kept falling into sin. Because I was so weak, so sinful, so dirty. I felt that every time God looked at me, He would look away in disgust. Because of that, I became even more sinful.

One day, someone sent me a cassette tape. (For the very young reading this piece, a cassette tape is the predecessor of the CD.) The note read, “Bo, I just came from China. Listen to these Chinese worship songs. You’ll be surprised.” I put it in the cassette recorder and pressed the play button. The Chinese song was vaguely familiar. And then it hit me—I wrote the song! It was just translated in Chinese.

I felt so proud. Because that was my song!

And then I felt God speak to my heart. I felt God say, “You’re my song. I feel the same way when I look at you. I’m so happy and proud of you!”

God shattered my shame by telling me, “You’re my son. You’re my idea. You’re my design. I made you. I don’t make mistakes. And I’m so proud to have a son like you.”

2. You’re A Work In Progress

You’ve got imperfections. You’ve got weaknesses. You’ve got blemishes. You’ve got scars. But that’s okay. Because you’re not yet a finished product. Because God is still working on you.

I love my little house today. But when I was building it many years ago, I didn’t like it at all. Because it was messy. It was dirty. There was scaffolding, and hallow blocks, and cement bags, and sawdust.

But I didn’t give up building the house, because I knew it was a work in progress.

Don’t give up on yourself or on the dreams that God has for you, because you too are a work in progress.

Do you remember the story of Aladdin? Aladdin discovered the magical Genie. How? By rubbing the lamp. But why did he rub the lamp in the first place? Because it was dirty.

You are that lamp. And you’re dirty.

But because you’re dirty, God will rub you, shine you, work on you until magic happens. And until magic happens, God will keep rubbing you, working on you, healing you, tinkering with you, operating on you—until you become like Him.

Say out loud, “God isn’t finished with me yet.”

God Will Never Give Up On You

One day, there was a little girl who planted a rose plant.

She watered it daily until a little bud appeared.

She was so happy! The little red bud had so much promise, and she wondered when the bud would blossom into a rose. But upon closer examination, the little girl saw that the rose plant was growing thorns. Sharp, ugly, prickly thorns. She liked the rose but she hated the thorns. So she decided not to water the plant anymore. And the rose bud never bloomed because the rose plant died.

I thank God that God isn’t like that little girl.

There is a beautiful rose within you. It’s just covered with thorns. But despite those thorns, God knows better. It’s part of who you are. And with patience, He will water you—until that rose blossoms. And then He will get the rose and cut the thorns—and put it in a vase—for all the world to see your beauty.

Right now, you may feel as though nothing is happening in your life. That none of your dreams are coming true.

Don’t give up, because God doesn’t give up on you.

May your dreams come true,

Bo Sanchez

7 Laws of MLM Success

2011-01-15T21:21:00.000-08:00

7 Laws of MLM Success

By Randy Gage

Here’s an interesting post today. No long lesson, but some things that have been bouncing around in my brain all week. I believe these seven things are critical foundational principles of what we do.

1) Building long distance isn’t an expense, it’s an investment. The expensive thing is not doing it. You don’t have a viable business until it is diversified in many different markets.

2) People don’t expect you to be perfect, but they expect you to be pursuing excellence. If you model that, they’ll want to run with you.

3) Everyone has a sponsor that thought highly of you. Now your job is to think highly of yourself and pay it forward to someone else.

4) People don’t join our business because of information. If it was that simple, all we would have to do would be handing out DVDs at the mall. They join because they believe in you as a partner for their success.

5) People don’t stay in just because they like the products or are even making money. What keeps people in the business is when they see you working down in their group, partnering with them for success.

6) When your dream is bold enough and real to you, outside factors no longer matter. But you are surrounded by people that give you permission to stay where you are. So you must feed your dream daily.

7) The business is not easy; it is not supposed to be. If it was, there would be no one left to work the jobs. But the business is simple. And the simpler you keep it, the faster you will duplicate. Millions of jobs are being eliminated today. So stay true to a simple duplicable system, build your way out of your job, and leave it for someone that doesn’t have a dream.

You will never know how close you are to victory if you don't fight to the end

2010-07-21T17:10:00.000-07:00

"You will never know how close you are to victory if you don't fight to the end."

~~Neil Gem Palad

What it Takes to Be Successful in Network Marketing

2010-04-29T18:02:00.000-07:00

What it Takes to Be Successful in Network Marketing

by Randy Gage

Network Marketing is perfect for everyone. However, everyone
is not perfect for Network Marketing...

I believe Network Marketing is an amazing profession, and truly
is the last bastion left in the free enterprise system where
someone without education, famous bloodlines, or a large
investment can become wealthy.

The benefits are extraordinary. Unlimited earning potential,
tax breaks, travel opportunities, and the chance to help others
while you are building your own success. But it's still not
for everyone.

Why?

Because it takes a certain personality type to be successful.
So, while I would certainly urge anyone who desires a better
lifestyle to consider Network Marketing as a career choice -
before you commit to doing that, give yourself an honest
evaluation.

Most people equate security with a nine-to-five job. They see
the rat race as a necessary evil in life.

Network marketers suffer from no such delusions. They see a
job as an insidious trap - one that gives you just enough
income so you are afraid to forego it - yet not enough to
achieve any financial freedom.

They look at people clawing their way up the corporate
structure with the detached wonder you would expect to see on
the face of a ten-year-old child, watching the activity in an
ant farm. They know that we need ants in this world, but they
certainly don't want to be one.

Most people strive to maintain the appearance of having a good
job, even if it's one they despise, because that is what
society expects of them. They look for a "real" job with a
certain status or title, and will often settle for that their
whole life, because they don't know any better. Network
marketing professionals dream of a career of limitless
potential, personal development, and growth, and then work
until that dream becomes a reality. We look at the rat race
and wonder why people would forego their human dignity in the
pursuit of a steady paycheck.

Make no mistake: if you need someone checking over your
shoulder, you can't seem to motivate yourself, or want the
security of a Friday paycheck, then Network Marketing is not
for you.

You will need an entrepreneurial mindset if you expect to last
in this business. Not everyone has this. Imagine not getting
a paycheck every Friday. No guarantees. Just a big bonus
check, which is directly dependent on what you produce.

If that scares you, you may be better suited for a corporate
job. But if the idea of determining exactly how much you can
earn excites you, then you are a great candidate for the
business.

As a rule, strong personality types do best. You must be self-
motivated, able to work without supervision, and good at follow
up. And while you must be a strong personality, you also must
be smart. Here's why...

Network Marketing is a business of duplication. A big part of
the business is the ability to follow the successful patterns,
strategies, and systems developed by your company and
sponsorship line. It means less personal glory, but more
personal security, because your business is not so dependent on
you.

So smart networkers adopt the systems and procedures that have
been successfully demonstrated to work from their sponsorship
line. This ultimately gives you better security, because you
can later back off from the business, without a decrease in
earnings.

If you are insecure, and need your ego constantly massaged, the
business will be quite difficult for you. You'll build
everything around yourself, and that means you'll never develop
any passive income and become a grinder. Like any
entrepreneur, you must be confident in the face of peer
pressure and challenges. What we are doing is different. Many
people are threatened by things they don't understand. That
will make some of the people you know suspicious, others will
be skeptical, and yet others will be jealous.

So when you proudly announce to the world that you have joined
a network marketing company in search of a better lifestyle,
don't be surprised if some of those people assault you with all
the reasons you shouldn't...they wouldn't...and you couldn't,
possibly succeed in such a venture.

Then these "well-intentioned" souls will regale you with one
horror story after another, of people who tried Network
Marketing and failed, bought a garage full of products in the
dream of instant riches, or contracted an almost fatal case of
hives from using some skin-care product.

Many people are not willing to be wealthy. They have been
raised with "lack" consciousness. They subconsciously believe
they are not deserving of riches; they mistakenly believe there
is something spiritual about being poor; or they have
discovered that becoming wealthy involves a degree of work.

It's highly likely that these kinds of people are all around
you. And nothing is more threatening to these people than to
think that someone they know is becoming successful. They will
do anything in their power to dissuade you, and in some cases,
actually sabotage you. If you want to make it in the business,
you must believe in it strongly, and not need the validation of
others. My career took a dramatic upswing when I learned a
valuable lesson...

I stopped taking financial advice from broke people!

When I started the business, I was penniless and struggling.
Unfortunately, most of the people I knew were also broke and
struggling. They all tried to talk me out of the business, and
convince me it couldn't work.

I came to realize that these people didn't know anything about
business success. So even though they were well meaning, they
were trying to give advice in an area they knew nothing about.

When you need advice, you must go to people who have already
done the business successfully. When you understand and act on
this, you dramatically increase your chances for success.

Another mandatory requirement for long-term success is
conducting your business with integrity.

Although there are some examples of people bringing down big-
dollar incomes instantly by filling someone's garage full of
water filters (or diet cookies, or bottles of juice), those
incomes don't last. It's only a question of time before these
people run out of prospects to front-load and must find a new
program to work where they can start the process all over
again. Long term, these kinds of practices will ultimately
destroy your business.

In this business, when you sponsor someone, you are, in
essence, his or her partner and mentor for life. Even after
they learn the skills you teach them and become high-level
executives themselves, they will always look to you as a
compass for the moral fiber, accountability, and culture of the
organization. Much more than traditional business, Network
Marketing revolves around the trust between the sponsor and his
or her distributors.

This is the strongest recruiting asset you possess. Millions
of people are fed up with the dysfunctional relationships,
gossip, office politics and lack of accountability in the
corporate world. The honesty, accountability, and sense of
community in Network Marketing will attract them even more than
the money, cars and trips.

If you ever lie to your distributor - even thinking it's for
his own good - you will destroy the bond that is the foundation
of the business. You will also eliminate one of the most
powerful enticements that attract people into the business.
Distributors who have built lasting success have learned that
their word must be their bond, and integrity is sacred.

Another important prerequisite for Network Marketing success is
good teaching skills. Here's why...

About ten percent of the population are sales types. They like
to sell; they're good at it; and they don't fear rejection.
About ninety percent of the population rank selling on their
list of things to do right up there with jumping into a pit of
rattlesnakes. The mere thought of rejection sends them
scurrying for the cover of their comfort zone. If you make
cold calling, knocking on doors, and approaching strangers on
street corners part of your recruiting strategy - you will
scare away ninety percent of your prospects instantly.

Because they cannot see themselves doing those things...

In fact, only one person in a thousand will be successful with
those types of approaches. Worse yet, because these techniques
are hard to duplicate, people will have to keep sponsoring
massive numbers of new distributors on a monthly basis, just to
keep their income steady. All the rah-rah hype they can muster
will not change this. They have no residual income security
and will have to rally and rebuild lines every few months.

By contrast, successful network marketers concentrate on
simple, duplicatable actions that they can teach to anyone.
Their number one priority is making sure that their
organization knows everything they do. The people they bring
into the business can readily repeat the same actions, so the
organization grows faster. The formula for creating wealth in
our business is:

Lead a large group of people, to consistently do a few simple
actions, over a sustained period of time.

You will find that schoolteachers, professors, sports coaches,
professional trainers and yoga teachers naturally excel at
Network Marketing. So if you have good teaching skills, you're
very likely to be successful in Network Marketing.

The next thing you have to do to be successful is commit to
daily self-development time. Usually the early morning is the
best time to do this. The kids are asleep, there are fewer
distractions, and you can concentrate on you. Plus you will
put yourself in a great state of mind before you even leave the
house, which will allow you to attract high caliber people.

It's important that you set aside this time each day for quiet
reflection and self-development. You need a learning library
of books, videos, and CDs to stay motivated against negative
programming, learn new techniques, and keep your focus.

Initially, I thought that success would come from changing
others. I soon learned that real success comes from changing
yourself. The actions you take and the examples you set,
create a ripple effect that impacts everything around you in a
positive way. I believe that your network grows only as fast
as you do. When you are growing each day, so will your
business.

So as you can see, the business of Network Marketing is quite
different from the corporate world. It takes a certain
entrepreneurial zeal, and a self-motivated mindset. You must
have strong self-esteem, and conduct your business with
absolute integrity. And finally, you should be willing to
submerge your ego where necessary and utilize the systems that
have been developed by the sponsorship line above you.

AIM GLOBAL INC 4TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY

2010-02-20T19:32:00.000-08:00

ALLIANCE IN MOTION GLOBAL INCORPORATED
(AIM GLOBAL INC)

4TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY

YES We CAN
(Conquer All Nations)
in 2010!

Alliance In Motion Global Inc's

4th Year Anniversary Celebration

April 25, 2010, Sunday

Araneta Coliseum, Araneta Center,

Quezon City

20 Hong Kong Trip tickets to be raffled off!

(1 Person: 1 Raffle Ticket)

Tickets now available: php 100 each

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Kung anong

2009-12-20T20:49:00.000-08:00

Kung anong

nangyayari sayo

ngayon

yan ang resulta

ng mga ginawa mo

kahapon

at kung anong

mangyayari sayo

bukas

yan ang

magiging resulta

ng mga

ginagawa mo

ngayon..

~~ Neil Gem Palad

"Daddy, how much do you earn per hour?”

2009-12-14T19:53:00.000-08:00

"Daddy, how much do you earn per hour?” asked the child in a timid voice as his father came back home from work.

With a harsh tone, the father replied, "Listen son, those are matters that not even your mother knows about. Don't bother me. I am very tired. "But Daddy"," the child insisted", "Please tell me how much you earn per hour."

This time the father's reaction was less harsh and said:"US$20 per hour."

"Daddy, may I please borrow US$10?" asked the child.

The father became angry and spoke to his son, "So that was the reason why you wanted to know how much I earn. Go to sleep and don't bother me, you selfish child."

During the night, the father was thinking about the incident and started to feel guilty. Maybe his son needed the money to buy something very important. Then, wanting to put his conscience to rest, he went to his son's room and speaking in a low tone, asked his son, "Are you asleep, son?"

"No, Daddy," he responded half asleep.

Here's the money that you asked, said the father. “Thank you Daddy”, said the child. At this point, he reached under his pillow and took out some coins. “Now I have enough Daddy. I have US$20. Would you sell me one hour of your time?”

"Daddy, how much do you earn per hour?” asked the child in a timid voice as his father came back home from work.

With a harsh tone, the father replied, "Listen son, those are matters that not even your mother knows about. Don't bother me. I am very tired. "But Daddy"," the child insisted", "Please tell me how much you earn per hour."

This time the father's reaction was less harsh and said:"US$20 per hour."

"Daddy, may I please borrow US$10?" asked the child.

The father became angry and spoke to his son, "So that was the reason why you wanted to know how much I earn. Go to sleep and don't bother me, you selfish child."

During the night, the father was thinking about the incident and started to feel guilty. Maybe his son needed the money to buy something very important. Then, wanting to put his conscience to rest, he went to his son's room and speaking in a low tone, asked his son, "Are you asleep, son?"

"No, Daddy," he responded half asleep.

Here's the money that you asked, said the father. “Thank you Daddy”, said the child. At this point, he reached under his pillow and took out some coins. “Now I have enough Daddy. I have US$20. Would you sell me one hour of your time?”

apol

2009-11-27T02:16:00.000-08:00

Apol

Ms. Grace Ann Torre Custodio

nov. 28, 2009

Happy 18th birthday!!!

I wish

You

All

the best

in your

life.

i miss you..

Ingat.

ssD.

The Trick to Success

2009-10-07T23:07:00.000-07:00

Surround Yourself with Winners

The trick is, be with people who you wanted to be. Be it in finances, love life or personal fulfillment. Who you spend most of your time will determine your future.

A lot of people want to go into business but they spend 80% of their time with their co-employees. What would your colleagues tell you about business? What do they know? Do they have experience? Well, they can be a good source of survey for your business venture but never business advice.

Not only will your colleagues and family give you bad advice but also bad support. They will give you all the reasons why you shouldn’t fight for your dreams and that you should just be contented with what you have. Even if you explain that you are not doing this for yourself but for them, surprisingly, they just love to kill your dreams.

This can be hard but you really have to surround yourself with winners. You really have to look for them. Even successful businessmen have to change partners until they can really have their dream team. The way to fulfilling your dreams is not an easy road. Their will always be people who would drag you down and bumps and even traps. People who would support you in lifting yourself up whenever you fall are essential to success.

You can always find a group or people that would support you in your endeavors if you look for them. In Aim Global Inc, people are free to dream big dreams. Everyone supports every dream and will make sure to materialize it no matter how hard. The Company provides not only positive support but also sound financial and business advice.

You can always have a support, but it would mean nothing if you do not have initiative. You can always get the attention and support you need but if you would not grow, it’s meaningless. Dream big dreams and then look for people that will support and empower you.

For your joy and abundance!
AIM GLOBAL INC.

P.S. AIM GLOBAL INC. provides programs to spread financial literacy and intensive business training to those who want to get control of their finances.

You can contact us at 0918-940-1778
neilgempalad@gmail.com

Looking for Sales/Med Representatives

2009-07-14T02:16:00.000-07:00

I'm Looking for a few great men and women who can make a difference by being sales/med reps. 10K per month up for grabs with bonus.. those who are interested pm me at once..

J Paul Getty once said

OPPORTUNITY never comes to those who WAIT... it is CAPTURED by those who SEEK!

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you cannot win if you do not begin

2009-06-29T19:25:00.000-07:00

You cannot win if you do not begin.
– Neil Gem Palad

Comparisons Between Employment and Business

2009-06-24T20:07:00.000-07:00

What you going to read next are

The comparisons between Employment and Business.

Just be open-minded

If you are in Employment, you are… -Follower

If you are in Business, you are… -Boss

If you are in Employment, you have… Limited Income

If you are in Business, you have… Unlimited Income/Financial Freedom

If you are in Employment, You reach the dreams and goals of your boss

If you are in Business, you reach your dreams and goals

If you are in Employment, you have… 100% effort required

If you are in Business, you have… 1% effort needed

If you are in Employment, you spend more of your time in the office

If you are in Business, you… have time freedom

If you are in Employment… starting date can not be specified

If you are in Business… start today

I told you not to read this..,

but since you're here...

I'm requesting you to OPEN UP your mind first,

for better absorption of every detail that I want to share with you right now..

Guys, this is just a simple Q&A,

read these lines out loud and answer if it's --- EMPLOYEE or BUSINESSMAN?

-Who Usually Says...?

*..."And why are you late again??!!"--- Employee or Businessman?

*..."I'm Sorry sir it's traffic"...

*..."sorry baby, I can't go home yet, mommy still have lots of work to get done"

*..."Okay baby, I'm on my way home now, get ready, mommy's gonna bring you to McDonalds’"

*..."Yaya, can u pls. get junior's vitamins at the medicine cabinet..,"

*..."Yaya, make sure junior's going to have his vitamins, I have to go."

*..."I couldn't believe this! My income for this month has greatly increased!"

*..."My goodness! Everything in the market has increased, but my salary has never changed!"

*..."Boss, please..."

*..."You're fired!"

>>>>Now, tell me, who would you rather be?

the EMPLOYEE or the BUSINESSMAN?

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PINOY and CHINESE MIND-SETTING:

HENRY SY----
LUCIO TAN---
JOHN GOKONGWEI--
TONY TAN CAKTIONG ---

ilan lang sila sa mga Chinese na naging successful dito sa Pilipinas,
some of them didn't even get to finish college..,
but try to think of this,
most of their employees are Pinoy and professionals...!
Aren't we wondering why is this so?

Simply because of this reality----

PINOY:
"Anak, mag-aral k ng mabuti,
para pag nkatapos ka, makahanap ka ng magandang TRABAHO."

INTSIK:
"Anak, ikaw aral bute,
para pag ikaw tapos aral,
ikaw hawak aten NEGOSYO..."

ngayon,
kayo na ang sumagot,
Sino ang mas negosyante? INTSIK o PINOY?
Sinong mas mayaman? INTSIK o PINOY?

What's the point???
We better change our mind-setting,
Pinoys are very talented, knowledgeable and skillful,
and we should never let others BUY our time, talents and skills...
Chinese should be our role model,
if they can be successful in the land that they don't own,
how much more us, Filipinos...

If you really want to be successful..,
You better START A BUSINESS NOW!

Some People Say,
"HINDI KO LINYA ANG BUSINESS, DOKTOR AKO EH"
"HINDI KO LINYA ANG BUSINESS, LAWYER AKO EH"
"HINDI KO LINYA ANG BUSINESS, PROGRAMMER AKO EH"
"HINDI KO LINYA ANG BUSINESS, RN(Registered Nurse) AKO EH"
"HINDI KO LINYA ANG BUSINESS, ENGINEER AKO EH"
"HINDI KO LINYA ANG BUSINESS, ESTUDYANTE PA LANG AKO EH"

I respect your opinions,
pero eto lang po msasabi ko,
kung LINYA-LINYA lng pala ang buhay,
edi sna walang RNs sa call center,
walang TEACHERS na ngd-DH(Domestic Helper) abroad,
walang ENGINEERS, DOCTORS or LAWYERS n nag n Nursing...
Walang PROGRAMMERS na nagiging tambay..
Common guys, let's just face reality,
sa panahon ngayon, mas pipiliin mo bang
maging TAMBAY just because of your PRIDE?
COME TO THINK OF IT!

I've learned so many ways of starting a business for a very minimal capital.
And I'm very much willing to share the SECRETS TO SUCCESS that I've found...
If you're interested, don't hesitate to message me.

~Neil Gem Palad,

Health and Wellness/Business Consultant

SILVER EXECUTIVE, AIM GLOBAL INC.

+639189401778

aim.global.gem@gmail.com

you cannot win if you do not begin

2009-06-24T20:04:00.000-07:00

you cannot win if you do not begin -- Neil Gem Palad

AIM GLOBAL INC

2009-06-20T19:54:00.001-07:00

AIM GLOBAL INC

"Keeping Dreams ALIVE!"

AIM Global Incorporated is a Philippine-based Multi-Level Marketing company which started on the 16th of March, 2006. Founded by four of the most successful network marketers in the country, Dr. Eduardo Cabantog, Engr. Francis Miguel and Mr. John Asperin.

AIM Global aims to be a recognized leader in the distribution of high quality Health and Wellness products in the Philippines and abroad, as well as give people new chances of earning more than they could at the present by introducing a hybrid marketing plan that is yet to be matched. AIM Global Inc. currently has over 150 Business Center Offices (branches) in the Philippines, and as the company name implies, there are also plans of expanding the business abroad.
AIM Global Inc. has an existing partnership with Nature's Way, a premier manufacturer of herbal supplements based in Springville,Utah in the USA. Nature's Way has given AIM Global Inc. the exclusivity to distribute three of their latest products in South-East Asia. The company also partnered with AMS Life Science Co. Ltd (a manufacturing company based in Shizuoka City, Japan) to provide the company with premium Glutathione products.

The world of AIM GLOBAL is made of distinct dynamism and pure excellence. It is a factual world where realism is at hand. It has the Love and Passion from its rich and strong foundation of integrity and dignity. With its powerful products and time-tested concrete Marketing Plan, AIM GLOBAL now put in life the true meaning, and the need to achieve SUCCESS. We believe whole heartedly with the responsibility of that, “YOUR DREAM, IS OUR PLAN” Because it was once said that the greatest source of illness in this world is an empty income, and if you give a person an opportunity to earn what they’re worth, it is the greatest and powerful remedy. SUCCESS is the willingness to DREAM, to do HARDWORK, to be CONSISTENT, to be of SERVICE and having achieved OUTSTANDING HEALTH and ABUNDANT WEALTH. Here at AIM GLOBAL, it’s YOURS!

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ALIVE Mega-Nutritionals

2009-06-18T05:59:00.000-07:00

ALIVE Mega-Nutritionals

Alive Mega-Nutritionals is a breakthrough product from Nature's Way,and is exclusively distributed by AIM Global in South-East Asia. It has over 16,000 Phytonutrients and a very high ORAC value. It is considered a Mega-Nutritional because it has everything the body needs. Alive Mega-Nutritionals is approved as Halal by the Muslims and Kosher by the Jews. It is 100% Excipient Free and the material used for encapsulating Alive is also made from Vegetables (Vegetarian Capsules or V-Caps) Alive also utilizes Nanotechnology so it is faster absorbed by the body on a cellular level.
Alive Contains:
• 29 Vitamins and Minerals/Trace Minerals
• 12 Whole Fruit Juice Blend
• 12 Whole Vegetable Juice Blend
• 12 Mushrooms
• 12 Herbs/Specialty Nutrients
• 12 Digestive Enzymes
• 10 Essential Fatty Acids
• 14 Green Foods/Spirulina Blend
• 18 Amino Acids
• Citrus Bioflovanoid Complex
Click on the links (blue font) to see details on each ingredient
29 Vitamins and Minerals/Trace Minerals The Vitamins and Minerals contained in Alive are Chelated which gives them the ability to bind and expel bacteria, viruses, heavy metals, etc. They also have a Synergistic Effect which allows the nutrients to boost each other and therefore maximize their individual effects.
1. Vitamin A (Retinol Palmitate)
2. Vitamin A (Beta Carotene)
3. Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)
4. Vitamin D (Ergoacalciferol)
5. Vitamin E (D-Alpha Tocopheryl Succinate)
6. Vitamin K (Phytonadione)
7. Thiamine (Thiamine Mononitrate)
8. Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
9. Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine HCL)
10. Vitamin B7 (Biotin)
11. Vitamin B8 (Inositol)
12. Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid)
13. Vitamin BX (PABA)
14. Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
15. Pantothenic Acid
16. Calcium
17. Iron (Organic)
18. Iodine
19. Magnesium
20. Zinc (Amino Acid Chelate)
21. Selenium
22. Copper (Amino Acid Chelate)
23. Manganese
24. Chromium
25. Molybdenum
26. Sodium
27. Potassium
28. Boron
29. Hesperidin
12 Whole Fruit Juice Blend
1. Plum
2. Cranberry
3. Blueberry
4. Strawberry
5. Blackberry
6. Bilberry
7. Cherry
8. Apricot
9. Papaya
10. Orange
11. Grape
12. Pineapple
These fruits are juiced whole, peels and seeds included, because recent studies show that about 97-98% of all the nutrients that a fruit has is in its peel and seed.
12 Whole Vegetable Juice Blend
1. Parsley
2. Kale
3. Spinach
4. Wheat Grass
5. Brussels Sprouts
6. Asparagus
7. Broccoli
8. Cauliflower
9. Beet
10. Carrot[
11. Cabbage
12. Garlic
According to the World Health Organization, the human body needs at least 5 different kinds of fruits and vegetables everyday in order to remain healthy. This blend is specially formulated for Synergistic purposes. The vegetables are also juiced whole, just like the fruits.
12 Mushrooms
1. Cordyceps
2. Reishi
3. Shiitake
4. Maitake
5. Hiratake
6. Yamabushitake
7. Himematsutake
8. Kawaratake
9. Chaga
10. Zhu-Ling
11. Agarikon
12. Mesima
These are the 12 most potent medicinal mushrooms in the world. They are cultivated in Europe and Japan
12 Herbs/Specialty Nutrients
1. Siberian Eleuthero
2. Inositol
3. Choline
4. Bitartrate
5. Para Aminobenzoic Acid
6. Rutin
7. Ribonucleic acid(RNA)
8. Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
9. Chlorophyll
10. Hesperidin
11. Boron
12. Lutein
These Specialty Nutrients work together in repairing damages in the Brain/Nervous System functions. It helps prevent degenerative Brain damage and helps keep our nervous system healthy.
12 Digestive Enzymes
1. Protease I
2. Protease II
3. Peptizyme SP
4. Amylase
5. Alpha-Galactosidase
6. Invertase
7. Lipase
8. Cellulase
9. Lactase
10. Betaine HCL
11. Bromelain
12. Papain
These enzymes are essential to the body because good health is heavily dependent on good digestion, and good digestion is totally dependent upon having sufficient enzymes in the body. Vitamins, minerals, and hormones must have enzymes to work properly. These enzymes are also needed for breaking down the fats in the body.
10 Essential Fatty Acids
1. Flax Seed
2. Oleic Acid
3. Linoleic Acid
4. Palmitic Acid
5. Stearic Acid
6. Behenic Acid
7. Gadoleic Acid
8. Palmitoleic Acid
9. Eicosanoic Acid
10. Lignoceric Acid
Essential Fatty Acid,also known as Omega Fatty Acids, are the "Good Fats" that eliminated the "Bad Fats" in the body. The EFA's in Alive come from plant sources, particularly Sunflower and Flax seed. EFA's are essential in preventing Heart Disease, Cancer and Mental Retardation.
14 Green Foods/Spirulina Blend
1. Spirulina
2. Alfalfa
3. Barley Grass
4. Dandelion
5. Wheat Grass
6. Melissa Leaf
7. Lemon Grass
8. Nettle Leaf
9. Blessed Thistle
10. Chlorella
11. Blue-Green Algae
12. Chickweed
13. Spinach
14. Plantain
These Green Foods are particularly rich in Chlorophyll, which is proven to prevent many diseases.
18 Amino Acids
1. Tryptophan
2. Methionine
3. Cysteine
4. Glutamine
5. Asparagine
6. Leucine
7. Alanine
8. Arginine
9. Lysine
10. Threonine
11. Valine
12. Glycine
13. Isoleucine
14. Serine
15. Proline
16. Phenylalanine
17. Tyrosine
18. Histidine
Amino Acids are building blocks of Protein. Since the body is all made up of Protein,naturally it is also the building blocks of our body.
Citrus Bioflavonoid Complex
1. Naringin
2. Narirutin
3. Flavonols
4. Flavones
This formula helps in the disintegration of Vitamin C in the body. The Bioflavonoids come from all natural sources particularly Lemon, Orange,Grapefruit,Lime and Tangerine

Suggested Retail Price: Php 1,125.00

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Afraid of getting A (H1N1) ?

2009-06-18T05:29:00.000-07:00

Afraid of getting

A (H1N1) ?

Take

Alive! Mega Nutritionals

Why??

Alive! Mega Nutritionals

Product Description:

Feel your best every day with Alive Whole Food Energizer! This advanced multi-nutrient formula combines a complete supply of essential vitamins and minerals with a full spectrum of amino acids, a super ”green food” blend, NutriJuice fruit and vegetable blends, MycoDefense mushroom blend, natural omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, active enzymes, and a powerful citrus bioflavonoid complex for comprehensive, everyday nutritional support.

Alive! is a Mega Nutrient Whole Food Energizer containing more life-giving nutrients from more sources than any other supplement. Contains: Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids, EFA’s, Fruits, Vegetables, Green Foods, Myco Nutrients, Antioxidants and other specialty nutrients.

Alive!® supplements are the ultimate Whole Food Energizers™-- with more invigorating nutrients from more natural sources than any other product.

* 29 Vitamins & Minerals
* 24 Fruits & Veggies
* 14 Green Foods
* 18 Amino Acids
* 12 Digestive Enzymes
* 10 Essential Fatty Acids
* 12 Organic Mushrooms

#1 Mega Nutrient. Alive! Represents the new thinking in supplements for daily health and energy, with a greater diversity of specially balanced nutrients from three important areas:

1. daily essentials
2. Botanical energizers
3. System defenders including antioxidants

Quickly Absorbed. Alive! Products are specially formulated for easy digestion and absorption into the bloodstream. Even the tablets break up quickly in the digestive tract. In comparison tests with other whole food brands, Alive! Tablets were the only ones to completely disintegrate in 20 minutes or less (the proper time to ensure uptake into the body). Other brands took up to 5 times longer.

Lowers cholesterol level
Protects against heart disease and complications
Helps prevent cancer of any origin
Controls high-blood pressure
Controls blood sugar
Prevents degenerative diseases like arthritis
Enhances, nourishes, strengthens, and balances the immune system
Rejuvenates the skin
Promotes healthy blood circulation and cell regeneration
Detoxifies the body
Enhances sexual vitality

Major Functions in our body:

Prevents degenerative diseases like arthritis and rheumatism
Enhances, nourishes, strengthens and balances the immune system
Promotes healthy blood circulation and cell regeneration
Protects against heart disease and complications
Reduces the toxic effect of chemotherapy and radiation
Increases your energy and strength
Protects your precious DNA and RNA
Relieves headaches ad dizziness
Helps prevent cancer of any origin

Controls high blood pressure
Lower cholesterol level
Controls blood sugar
Maintain healthy gums
Rejuvenates the skin
Inhibit tumor growth
Support your liver
Get better sleep
Improves your vision
Looks and feel younger

Improves digestion and fertility
Detoxifies the body
Enhances sexual vitality
Improves your lymphocyte count
Treat menopausal symptoms
Prevents morning sickness
Protects children’s health
Alleviate anxiety and stress
Prevent allergies
Resist disease
Support kidney health
Improves your memory
Help chronic dry cough
Build strong blood
Inhibit lipid per oxidation
Present allergies
Resist disease

Does Not Contain
Artificial ingredients or preservatives. No yeast, milk, lactose, sugar or dairy products.

Certified by: BFAD, HALAL, USFDA,GMP, FROST & SULLIVAN, KOSHER, IFANCA

BFAD NO. : RDI-MM-FI-2975
Lot No. : 5313177

Suggested Retail Price: Php 1,125.00

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Reasons Why I Take Alive Mega-Nutritionals Everyday

2009-01-25T02:17:00.000-08:00

Reasons Why I Take Alive Mega-Nutritionals Everyday

It helps prevent and cure these diseases..

1. - bronchial asthma
2. - acute and chronic diarrhea
3. - cancer and tumor formation
4. - atomic dermatitis
5. - anemia
6. - rheumatoid arthritis
7. - atrophic vaginitis
8. - beri-beri
9. - bronchitis
10. - liver cirrhosis
11. - colitis
12. - bone fracture
13. - burns
14. - conjunctivitis
15. - dyspepsia
16. - cyst
17. - endometriosis
18. - cervical ulcer
19. - gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD)
20. - cough
21. - colon prolapsed and bower pockets
22. - constipation
23. - deafness of old age
24. - diabetes mellitus (type II)
25. - ecopora
26. - diabetes - insulin dependent (type I)
27. - skin ulcer
28. - enteritis - swelling of intestines
29. - epilepsy
30. - goiter
31. - halitosis
32. - muscular degeneration
33. - osteoporosis
34. - patients with debilitating disease
35. - choletithiasis - gallstones
36. - glaucoma
37. - gingivitis
38. - gout
39. - hypertension
40. - osteoarthritis
41. - pancreatitis
42. - pharyngitis
43. - benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPHI)
44. - cataract
45. - immunodeficiency
46. - scurvy
47. - parasitisism
48. - kidney disease
49. - nephrolithiasis
50. - laryngitis
51. - leucorrhea
52. - myoma
53. - hepatitis
54. - tendonitis
55. - paralysis
56. - mental tiredness
57. - muscle and nerve pain
58. - muscular dystrophy
59. - thrombosis
60. - neuralgia
61. - sinusitis
62. - toxins in the body
63. - ulcertive colitis
64. - respiratory infection
65. - piles - external swelling
66. - pils after operation
67. - urethritis
68. - prolapse of the stomach
69. - psoriasis
70. - vertigo
71. - rheumatic heart fever
72. - pre-menopausal syndrome (PMS)
73. - systemic lupus enythromatosis (SLE)
74. - shortness of breath on children
75. - vaginitis
76. - skin rash
77. - spinal diseases
78. - neuro-muscular disorder
79. - hyperlipidemia
80. - stroke
81. - edema
82. - thyroid problem
83. - tinnitus
84. - tonsillitis
85. - brain tumor
86. - toxic blood and acidosis
87. - low sperm count
88. - trochomonas vaginilis
89. - rectal tumor
90. - underweight and malnutrition
91. - heart disease and complication
92. - varicose veins
93. - allergic rhinitis
94. - weakness of lower leg
95. - migraine
96. - amenorrhea
97. - dysmenorrhea
98. - insomnia
99. - Chicken pox
100. - colds

even
A(H1N1)

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grace/mansanas/apol

2008-11-28T00:49:00.001-08:00

apol

11/28/08

it's been 17 years

since you've been

born, a bright future

ahead of you and a lifetime full of surprises

and mixed up emotions.

i wish you all the

happiness in life, fulfilled dreams and a

wonderful future...

how will you get all of these??

simply look up and ask God's guidance...

dream!!! believe!!! thrive!!!

live your dreams and don't let anyone

hold you back...

thank you for everything...

and i mean every single thing that

you've done for me.. (seen or unseen

verbal or non-verbal hehehe lahat na)

thank you for being

a super special friend/twin..

alam mo nmang i'm always here for you...

May God bless you.. Ingat Ka Lagi...

i miss you..

(n_n)v

about Ms. GRACE ANN CUSTODIO

2008-09-24T17:08:00.000-07:00

about Ms. GRACE ANN CUSTODIO

short description/story about APPLE.. lol

GRACE ANN CUSTODIO (you can call her Grace,

Apple and Mansanas)paano nga ba yun?? hmmm..

Ayun naalala ko na, first heard her name kay MILLIE

nung kinakamusta ko drama guild sa kanya nung

june o july ata yun?? Meron daw bagong thespian na

magaling mag act at may experience na sa theater

so sabi ko "ok sana ma meet ko soon..." Una kong

bisita sa Drama Guild, thursday yun if i'm not

mistaken ok naman yung mga thespians, nandun si ELTON pero wala

pa si MILLIE, tapos nung dumating na si MILLIE kasama ni KENJO nakipagkwentuhan

ako sa kanila maya maya dumating si JEDD at RALPH nangangamusta. lol eh naalala

ko nung umaga nagkita kami tapos mga bandang 9pm nakita ko si Jhoy me kasamang

girl, binulungan ako ni millie cya yung GRACE, so ako parang ahhh siya pala (LATE!!)

tapos pinakilala cya sa akin ni JHOY, akala ko nung una Staff ng SM kasi galing

daw sila SA knowing Jhoy na tga SM, tapos akala ko old student na si APPLE naisip

ko pa na siguro FA (fine arts lol) to tapos nalaman ko ND (Nutrition) na freshmen lol

i was like REALLY?!? sa utak ko naglalaro na di cya mukhang freshman lol considering

may pinsan akong freshman anywei nagkwentuhan kami (ako, kENJO,JHOY at c APPLE)

aboutsa ZTE (LOL pati problema ng bayan pinagusapan LOL!!) tapos ginather na sila ni

ELTON sumama na ako, may "project" that time ang drama guild na "performance poetry"

(cool!!)niyaya ako ni ELTON sumali, sabi ko muna pagiisipan ko muna. NUng next meeting

Drama guild sunday yun, wala si ELTON c MILLIE late pa. lol 7 ata ako dumating nun nandun

na si CHARITY, si SESS pati si APPLE, kinukwento ata nun ni SESS na lagi akong nag g

GM sa globe. LOL (FLOODER ng mga quotes!!!) nagexchange kmi ng numbers ni APPLE

tapos nakakwentuhan ko na ata siya nung the following meeting ng Drama guild (nde ko alam

kng tuesday o thursday) tpos nakatext ko na siya ng thurday at friday ata. lol..

nde na ata short to.. wala pang 1/4 lol. anywei fast forward tyo. sumali akos sa

performance poetry ng Drama Guild (LAKAS!!!) hehehe hirap ng nka base sa AUP tpos sa

Unilever napasok lol. hehehe.. may program ata sa aup noong sumunod na nagkasama kmi

actually i me meet ko yung friend ko, c AIZ FIRMANTE, balak nmin magkwentuhan pero

eh ang nangyari me nagpapaturo sa kanya ng math hehehe luckily dumating c APPLE ang

layo pa lang may sigaw na "KUYA GEMMMMMM" eh diba malabo mata ko nde ko pinansin

baka kasi nde ako. lol!!! ayun c APPLE nga kilala nya si ROCHELLE, kapatid ni AIZ

classmate daw nya pati si JADE kilala nya din, ayun nanglibre ata c APPLE sa talipapa? tpos

afterwards nagkwentuhan kmi iniwan nmin sila LOL nagpunta kmi papuntang FOOD FAC dun

ko siya naumpisahan makilala, dami nyang kwento hehehe.. tpos umikot kmi pabalik sa

GATE papuntang ACADEMY pabalik ng GYM papuntang kubo napagod kami. hehehe...

tapos nandun sa kubo si ROCHELLE pti si JADE kwentuhan lang tpos dumating na si AIZ

pinag SAMPLE namin si APPLE ng piece nya pra sa "MOVING WORDS" (title ng

performance poetry ng drama guild) tpos mga bndang 2 naguwian na kmi tpos bumalik ng 3

pra sa practice ng Drama Guild.. anywei monday ata nun nagpunta kmi ni Apple sa balibago

ang main reason ko pagpunta ng Balibago ay ang pagkuha ng pera siya mamili ng food para

sa performance poetry at mag ukay ukay. lol ayun malufet dun sa ukay ukay may tig 5 pesos

na damit ASTIG!!! dun din pala nagka bible sharing kmi ni APPLE, her beliefs pti kung anu

ano, ayun after that bumalik na kami ng AUP tapos nagka problema pa sa BREAD

hehehe!!! dun ko unang nakitang umiyak c APPLE ayoko pa naman ng may umiiyak pero

thank GOD bumili ng burger at tubig si DAVO pra ma lessen ang pag iyak ni APPLE nde pa

kasi kmi naglulunch hehehehe... Thank God din kasi nakabili si ELTON sa allure ng BREAD

yun nga lng mahal.. hehehe... so ok na... nung araw ng performance poetry hahaha me mga

nangyari pa sa food nde ko na sasabihin kung ano. hehehe.. anywei ASTIG ang " THE

SPIDER and THE FLY" ni APPLE, hehehe LAKAS!!! SAMPLE!! SAMPLE!!! tapos pano ba

kami nagkasama ulet? ahhh si ROCHELLE nagpapaayos ng PC eh nandun si APPLE sa

kanila lunch time ata ako nagpunta dun pa ako talaga naglunch, luto daw ni APPLE yun,

masarap! nde k lng sinabi kasi la laki ang ulo (LOL!!!) dati kasi nagdala yun ng Spaghetti sa

meeting pinagkaguluhan nila, nde ko tinikman paubos na kasi kulang pa sa kanila. lol anywei

ayun naayos knti yng PC tpos the next week hehehe sira ulet... tsk tsk tsk, nagkataon n

nandun ulet c APPLE nde ko pa din totally naayos.. tpos friday ng gabi nun, as usual

nagpapahinga lang ako sa bahay biglang dumating c APPLE to make things easier PLEASE

READ MY BLOG ENTITLED "WEEKEND WITH ELTON AND GRACE") tapos nag end up na

magkakasama kmi nina ELTON at GRACE till sunday. eto yung link

( http://silentriver.multiply.com/journal/item/44/Weekend_with_ELTON_and_GRACE )

post ko na din... LOL!!!

(

Last friday vesper pinuntahan ako ni GRACE sa bahay kasama nya si ROCHELLE (sis ni aiz

firmante) patambay daw. LOL (halatang nde ako nagsisimba ng vesper LOLZ) Hindi pwede kc

dito sa amin sa bahay nandito kasi ang uncle at auntie ko so we went kena JEDD, nangulo

lang naman kami ng buhay ni JEDIDIAH LOL (kwentuhan at naki internet si GRASYA) eh

biglang umulan. DAMN! so imbes nakauwi agad si MANSANAS eh ayun na stack up kmi

kena JEDIDIAH... Nung tumila na yung ulan we decided it was time to go home. (napilitan pa

nga eh) paglabas namin ng pintuan ni JEDD nkita namin yung anino ni ELTON sa kwarto

nya.. (shadow?!? hehehe) so tinawag namin mag hi hi lang sana kami tapos pinaaykat niya

kami. He was watching WILL and GRACE nung dumating kami. Chit chat for a while then

nagyaya siya na dun na lang si GRACE matulog (in short nakisali lang ako hehehe..) ayun

nag kwentuhan kami ng nakakatakot at kung ano anu pa nanonood din ng kung anu ano..

(sila lang LOL) tapos ayun mag momorning na kami nakatulog hehehe.. then

after a couple of hours umuwi muna ako nagpakita sa uncle took a bath went to church then

nagpnta kena ELTON ayun tulog pa din. hehehe so i decided to crash ulet ke JEDD w/c is

gising na nung time na yun kwentuhan lang ulet tpos pumunta na ako kena ELTON ulet ayun

gising na sila kwentuhan after that we had lunch (coffee at pandesal hehehe) after a couple of

hours (sa amin na lang yung ibang nde pwede ikwento hehehe) we went to balibago ate some

kwek kwek na DAMN! TATLONG PISO NA!!! Grabe ang mahal na.. grrrrrr... nag ukay ukay for

a while then bought chicharon (sila lang kumain) went to sta rosa to eat goto, lugaw,

arrozcaldo. hehehe then we went to GRACE's place ayun kakatuwa mga

Grace met her ates, dad, mom and her lovely pamangkin. kung paano niya dinescribe cla

ganun talaga... (muntik ko ng makalimutan ARTISTAHIN c MANSANAS sa sta. rosa kung

san san kami napadpad na lugar laging may kakilala hehehe) nakinood ng tv till around 9

(movie na mgulo sa star movies then pinoy idol tpos PDA/bitoy's at the same time) dun na

kami nag dinner cool. sa jeep pabalik nakatulala si GRACE, (sabi nya nakatitig lang daw

siya dun sa girl na katabi ni ELTON, SAMPLE!!!) tpos ayun nung nakasakay na kmi ng jeep

pblik ng pk bumuhos yung ulan (medyo malakas..) then i went straight sa bahay nagpaalam

na dun matutulog nag dala ng soya hehehe... nanghiram pala kami ng dvd kena

grace sadly madami ng kaskas yung dvd, mganda p naman sana yung silence of the lambs

tinry naming panoorin pero nka 1/4th lang kmi ni ELTON at tinulugan kmi ni GRACE. (x_x) so

we decided to sleep na din... tpos after a couple of hours later may nrinig akong nbasag dahil

sa kaantukan ko nde ko pinansin yun pala yung salamin ni ELTON nasipa ni GRACE hehehe

ayun nabasag yung isang side nun. hehehe nung umaga na ayun umuwi ako sandali, naglaba

then balik ulet dun kwentuhan ulet kumain ng breakfast, fita at corned beef hehehe then kmain

sila ng lunch sa WOODBRIDGE (ksabay ko kasi si JEDD kumain kaya nde ako nakasama

hehehe) ayun afterwards binalak nming manood ng JUNO pero malas talaga

ayaw. hehehe.. ksabay ko umalis ng bahay nila ELTON si GRACE,

c GRACE nagpunta kena ROCHELLE ako kena JEDD... It was a fun filled weekend thnx

GRACE and ELTON... (n_n)

)

hehehe after that, monday di ko alam kung eto yng day na may sinabi ako ke APPLE

something about my health pero ang naalala ko gumala kami nun sa paseo eto po yng link ng

blog pra d ko itype..

( http://silentriver.multiply.com/journal/item/45/AUP_DGs_destination_PASEO_8408 )

post ko na din. LOL!!

(

Hmmm.. It all started when GRACE and I (GEM) bumped into ELTON and DOTHY across the

hallway papuntang dsf.. Nagyaya sila papuntang PASEO. At first ayaw ni GRACE though

ganun she joined us.. We saw a tricyle at si mamang driver ay nagtanong "san kayo???" so

we said PASEO.. Ayun nakalabas kami ng AUP. (sa amin na lang yung ibang nde pwede

ikwento LOL) When we arrived sa PASEO we went to BPI, DOTHY withdrawed money from

her ATM. As we were waiting for it, ELTON thought of a PENGUIN WALKING RACE.

(cyempre kasali ako si DOTHY at si GRACE) We raced at siyempre ako nanalo. LOL after

that we went to BLUE CORNER kumain kami ng CHICKEN ni DOTHY at SISIG sina ELTON

at GRACE after eating nagikot ikot kami then ELTON suggested na we should go

to NATIONAL (NBS) but when we arrived there we saw the CAROUSEL hehehe

nakipagtawaran kay KUYA CAROUSEL (30 kc per person) eh wala namang kasing

sumasakay ayun pumayag 90, apat kami.. (see the videos sa video section) super saya kahit

na nakakahilo grabe. hehehe.. nakadalawang sakay kami dun sa carousel (meaning

2 times hehe pumayag si KUYA CAROUSEL hehe) yun after that we went to NBS and tried to

look/browse for books. Pagkatapos we went straight(muntikan ng mag starbucks kaso may

exam c GRACE) sa jeep ayun sa jeep hyper pa din kami. hehehe... pagdating ng AUP

bumaba ba si DOTHY at GRACE at kami ni ELTON sa tapat ng ALLURE... (n_n)

)

haayy. ang saya naging close na kami ni APPLE ewan ko bakit ganun, parang ang bilis ng lahat

tpos (eto na yung part na secret) hehehe... tawa na lang. may mga magrereact siguro.. wag

na lang... i'll try to define(pti ba naman dito programming pa din LOL!) her.

She's sweet, simple, maingay, makulet, maasikaso, mabait, maganda,(walang kokontra(x_x))

masarap magluto, iyaken (joke hehe), masarap kakwentuhan, masarap kasama, lahat na ta,

matakaw nu pa ba? magaling sa halos lahat ng bagay. SAMPLE!!! SAMPLE!!! i love her smile.

OHA! OHA! OHA!! miss ko na nga to... balita ko nanalo sa declamation... hands down...

lufet... minsan ko na nga lang makausap. hehehe.. ayos lang.. alam ko namang ok siya.

sige... yun lang naman.. till we meet again.. see yah around. ingat ka lagi mansanas.(n_n)

Manny Pacquiao WON against diaz!!!

2008-06-28T21:56:00.000-07:00

Today as of 11:55 am Philippine Time Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao disposed
"Dangerous" David Diaz on the 9th round of their fight.... WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!

watched it over justin.tv

RESULTS FROM VEGAS:

Jesus Rojas defeated Alex Baba

Filipino Dennis Laurente defeated Steve Quinonez

Luis Cruz defeated Miguel Albares

Khadaphi Proctor defeated Carlos Tangrago

Steven Luevano DRAW Mario Santiago

Monte Barrett defeated Tye Fields

Francisco Lorenzo DQ Humberto Soto

Manny Pacquiao DEFEATED David Diaz (ROUND 9 TKO)

a kid, a boy, a man...

2008-05-04T20:53:00.000-07:00

a kid, a boy, a man...

when i was young there was this kid i know who loves to daydream and imagine

things,a kid who never thought of his future, a kid who doesn't care about

tomorrow and lives everyday of his life happy and tries to hide his sadness from

friends and family. as this kid grew he felt he wanted to change his ways and be

mature though life didn't wasn't fair for him to do so he continued to live with

it. He surpassed his struggles and weaknesses and made him a boy, so this boy

continued his life, learned a lot of new things and got a long with life. as time

passed by this boy became someone who his community regarded as their

leader, a kuya, someone who they looked up to and turn to but sooner he was

carried away by things and was misguided, he had to stop but this boy doesn't

know where to start, he was almost near to becoming a man but fell short

because of bad decisions and shortcomings. He's still there somewhere beyond

the corridors of darkness where he went to still looking for a way out... He

really wants to go back to his old ways, his good ways w/c made the kid, the boy

and soon the man.

bump 1

2008-05-04T20:48:00.000-07:00

I'm kinda getting rusty at things nowadays. Napagiwanan n b ako?? LOL
I want to go back to my old self. i guess? i saw allan iyhan and davo's
progress sa programming... Ang layo na nila.. waaaaaaa alam ko na nde
nyo na ako mhihintay. I'll have my drive soon.. 2 years of being lazy
is too much. (x_x) i wasted a lot of oppurtunities around me... waaaa
too much self pity and time being wasted. I know its gonna be hard for
me to do the things i usually do and imagining it seems hard but dealing
with the real thing will be harder. haaaayyyy..

My Wanted: A Chaperone Experience

2008-03-22T04:06:00.000-07:00

Let me start by thanking all the thespians, stage crew, production staff,
Sir Michael Naidas and Ma'am Oliveth Tolentino for giving me a chance to
work with you guys.

It all started when i went to AUP last December 13, 2007, Umatend ng meetings
ng CAST GRADUATING CLASS and SENIORS GRADUATING CLASS.. (If you're going to
ask me if i'm graduating?? i really would love to but i'm still hanging up there)
I was with Aiz (Aizza Firmante) and Babi(Janeth Bacomo) sa finster's Hall when
Allan and Oden came nagyayaya sila sa English Room meron daw audition for parts
sa bagong play ni Ma'am OT.(the 3 of us me, allan pilarca and oden botabara were
former thespians in LES MISERABLES) Manonood lang sana kami ng auditions (to give
you a background that time i was connected with HSBC working there as an/a systems
engineer (not sure if its an or a hehehe)) So we went there all 5 of us. After that
meeting (Pilgrim's Progress p dapat yung play dati) (nde pla auditions hehehe) ma'am ot
called out people who were interested sa pagiging production staff / stage crew heads
so napaisip ako and stayed i first approached ate Love tinanung ko cya kng pwedeng
maging musical director (huwat?!? ni nde nga ako mrunong tumugtogng khit na anong
musical instrument at konti lang alam ko sa mga notes hehehe) tpos sabi nya mrunong
k bng magpiano? so natigilan ako sound effects pla dapat yung inaapplyan ko hehehe..
so madaming taong nandun applying sa mga gusto nilang pwesto. C Davo lumapit skin
sabi nya kung ano daw ang trabaho ng sound effects so sinabi ko kung anung mga gngwa
dun. nagustuhan nya naisip ko if aapplyan ko yung sound effects kawawa nman c davo
so i was thinking of a spot w/c i feel that i can fill in. 2 positions were left
the Assistant Director spot and the Stage Manager. Meron akong narinig na gustong mag
stage manager so sabi ko Assistant Director kaya ko b yun? sabay taas ng kamay then told
ate love if i can apply to be an assistant director she told me na i can be an Stage
Manager so i said to myself mas ok maging SM nde gnun khirap yung trabaho kesa sa AD.
i tried to look for Pilgrim's Progress na movie pero cartoons lang ang nakuha ko then gave
ma'am OT a copy of it before 2007 ended. January came i was quite busy sa work that i
had problems going to aup to help the play and things got worse for me. Nung nkbalik
ako sa aup i had fear na bka na stripped off na ko sa post ko na pagiging Stage Manager
regularly na ako naatend ng practices since i came back pero parang nde na ako SM
i was given a part for the play which gave me paranoia na nde na ako kasali sa production
staff (nagresign na ako sa HSBC that time kc ayaw nila na lumiban ako sa work if i need
to do things sa school(graduation stuff etc)) w/c i told my sponsors w/c made them ask me
kung pagppalit ko b yng work ko sa pag aact lng(nde nla ako susuportahan if i would act
lang). i told that to millie(that time she was our playwright and afterwards became
our student director kc ate Love stepped down kc graduating din cya) and jedd. So i
went back home na lang and try to redeem myself and a txt from millie changed everything,
papalitan daw yung play. i was so worried, january na papalitan pa yung play. I told
myself kahit na ano na lang mangyari even my sponsors wouldn't help me sasali/tutulong
ako sa play. I called Millie and discussed with her kung ano dapat gawin pati kung anong
mga dapat ayusin pero it was too late. Pagbalik ko sa AUP, Wanted: A Chaperone na yung
ipinalit na play. I availed a script read it and said to myself ok to mas maiksi mas maayos
cguro. Then Elton's friend (sorry forgot his name) came and had a workshop he asked kung cno yung SM so i raised my hand ang sabi ni Yshin ako daw yng yung Assistant Director so ismiled kc akala ko nawala na ako sa production staff thank God nde ako natangal. Elton's friend taught us about the technical script and advised us kung ano yng dapat gawin sa mg plays.that day pala ELI came he knew Wanted: A Chaperone nagrecording cla nun pla nung nag Phil Lit cya dti. Pinag audition namin cya for the part of FRANCISCO the muchacho and kinda got the job. C Krisha, c Rj(which i find serious tsaka mukhang suplado noon hehehe), c Mhadz, c Idda, C Jedd at ate Gineth yung mga nag audition noon. As the days pass by dumadami na ulet yung mga tao na meet ko yung mga PR people (kim, melai,sheena tsaka c dette) yung mga costume (cyempre kilala ko n c imang c ate desiree c melay, c noime(kilala ko na noon)) yung make up (c mildred, pti c jerrelyn na super absent minded) yung mga props (c raymnd c dex c meynard c don c josel c davis, c kuya su-ay, c lovely, c jovy, c lai pti yung mga nklimutan ko sori.) lights (racky(super kulit),fred,ephraim,erwin,guido) music n sounds (jayvien, davo, davis pti c ronnel) tickets n tshirt (jedilen, liezl, cj, alex and sean)
mga thespians (david,rachelle,aiz,babi n jeriel) tpos yung mga humabol (natalia gladis and
michelle) nakakatuwang nakakainis yung mga practice. Ang iingay ng ibng stage crew tumatakas kung uuwi na cla, magttnung kung may practice even if alam nman nilang meron. Had a couple of troubles sa mga thespians na naayos din naman agad. Last Last week nung nagpractice kami sa finster nung nakita kong nakakatawa at medyo mgnda na sabi ko sa sarili ko it is ON! !! Naalala ko din nung ayaw ni elton nung ticket hehehe pati yung 75 pesos. Me mga gusto 35 na lang yung ticket, (grabe uminit ulo ko nun prang gnun b tingin nyo sa mga sarili nyo 35 pesos... ) buti n lng nging 50 pesos kung nde puro tayo utang. hehehe.. back to my experiences. Nung playdate na last saturday i was so nervous kc ni nde kmi nkpag run through before 7pm pero God is always good to us we pulled through. People were really laughing and that really made me somewhat happy. 2 shows down 2 to go i said to myself nung sunday naman it was really great. mas maganda the only thing i dont like na nangyri eh may nakukuhang reception ng LOVE RADIO dun sa Lapel ni Racky tsaka nkakainis kc nag sstatic yng mga headset/lapel nmin nde kmi msydo nagkakarinigan nina yhsin at racky.After nga pla nung mga shows people were talking about it at marami yung nagsasabing CHE! We had complications din with avr and finster's Hall anywei kasama nman lagi yun. MayChe! perones celebration and victory party nga pla kami this march 17 so nde pa tposyung wanted a chaperone experience ko. Thank you guys for everything. CHE!!!

peace offering and closure...

2008-02-24T08:59:00.000-08:00

peace offering and closure...

2 stories

it's been a year and a couple of months already and we haven't talked to each other.
I forgot how it started and i blame myself ever since it ended. How will i save
our broken friendship? We were close and like brother and sister sayang you where like
my bestfriend an ate, i could run to lagi. If only i could turn back time and save it.
How could i ask you if i can't even get close to you? takot ata ako sa kanya. hehe..
minsan i had a conversation with her sister and all i can do is to ask her if she's ok..
what will i give her to forgive me? i'm not after anything... ano kayang peace offering
bibigay ko for her to forgive me?? i can't force her to forgive me and be ok...

she's someone i felt something for. tama b grammar ko?? hehehe.. i went too far
and she got angry at me.. i was too childish then. and after a year and a couple
of months din at last po she said we're ok and i'm happy for that at least i got her
word na were fine but not as close friends or even friends cguro. waaaa.. would like
to thank her bestfriend for helping me work out things between us at least ok na kami.
hayyyy... i saw her last friday but as expected things aren't the same anymore...
i didn't had the guts to talk to her eh ako dapat yung unang gumawa kc alangan nmang cya.
hehehe... I wish i could go forward to that day na make things better

my view on Law in Science Translated into Law of Love

2008-01-13T19:52:00.000-08:00

A Law in Science states: "Nothing is displaced UNLESS it is replaced" translated
into the Law of Love: "You fall out of love ONLY if you fall for someone else"

this message (text message) was sent by a friend of mine which made me contest the message.
hehehe. It's quite immature for me to argue or to contest text messages w/c has wrong points
or ideas(my opinion, i stand corrected...) but this one has an exception. LoL

share ko lang.

A few years ago when me and my ex girlfriend broke up rumors spread that i had someone else
to replace her(rumors spread kasi we look ok and in love with each other)
which weren't true. We fell out of love. We had little problems w/c we didn't overcame.
And as days pass by it became bigger and worse, got tired of it.

end of the share. hehehe..

my stand...

you fall out of love because you're maybe tired or hurt or or wala na talaga...
if you agree with the message above ("the law of love") you don't really love
your partner. Why? because if you really love him/her you will never look for
someone else. Gets?

just my 2cents...

if you have comments please feel free to message me or put your comments below...
i stand corrected... always...

2007: me my year-end review and I.

2008-01-02T05:17:00.001-08:00

2007: me my year-end review and I.

2007, the year that gave me one hell of a ride… Let me start by saying thank you for everyone who stood by me and rode with me this 2007 I hope I’ll still be with you guys. (x_x)

My January:

Fresh from a wonderful new year’s eve me and my cousins planned to go to EK (enchanted kingdom). We were like kids planning the said outing. Hehehe As we go to ek if I can still remember we were riding a rented crosswind and the driver was listening to this radio station with this annoying radio dj who gives stupid advices (give your love one a pot of soil kinda stuff) to callers. Continuing my blog we had fun that day I had the whole trip in videos and in photos. As days passed by I had to go back to school but I had this irritating problem with my ears w/c made me dizzy for several days. My dad fetched me after a couple of days of complaining and brought me first in casino Filipino in Tagaytay where my cousins were playing. At the casino, my titos and titas where playing and spending a lot. All we can do (me and my 2 cousins) is to eat and to eat because we don’t know how to play those slots and cards. After that we went to Densio’s in tagaytay and went back home. After a few more days we heard very, very sad news. My lola Chonet, my most favorite lola passed away. It was very hard for me because she was my closest lola. As I look at her I can’t stop my tears falling down my eyes it was the very first time I cried over a someone who passed away. After a few more days the Linkers Club held its last outing for the school year 2006-07 and clearly we had fun. I also remembered we started to have our practices for Les Miserables, a play w/c I’m a character actor.

My February:

The Les Miserables’ practices were awful for me at first, it was like our major subject that we need to focus on to and strive hard on practices. My perception changed as time went by. The people (cast, production staff, props men, mam OT and sir Elrey) were getting their grooves on. We had shortcomings as a group and if I can still remember mam OT asked me to sit on a chair and commanded the group to lift me up. I was scared but when I saw everyone was giving their all carrying me I saw unity in us w/c made us stronger as days pass by. I also had problems going to my class’s w/c later I felt the effect of it due to laziness to go to class because of lack of sleep. Ahhh February pla is the Love month, hehehe. Had no date w/c was good no one to spend my money on.. (toink!!!) Nga pla our information system that we were doing had a lot of problems w/c made us panic big time. Hehehe.. Luckily Ang lufet tlgang ni Tinay… I felt sometimes that I’m the burden of my group w/c makes me hate myself a lot.

My March:

As days pass by my hopeless self was still hoping I could graduate. (DUH?!?) I had a couple of attempts to correct my failures and be back on track but its way too late for me to bounce back. The Les Miserables Play was staged na din. First Night I was the first one who people will see on stage mam OT told me my scene will bring emotion and power to the play so I did my part. Hehehe.. Thank God I pulled things through though some of my props weren’t on the stage I did some adlibs and whew! I got through!!! After the play sir Elrey praised me for having presence of mind on stage w/c other actors/actresses can’t do. I was really happy then and we had a couple more plays. Les Miserables was a success!!! Every success will give you struggle w/c pulled me down in my own grave… We defended our thesis w/c got through as expected. Hehehe.. Thank God!!! Bad news I talked to my dept chair and he told me I couldn’t make it. My mom helped me talking to my dept chair even to our college dean but it was really too late for me. They gave me a chance to take all the quizzes and exams I didn’t took but it was like fighting against time… My nanay (my dad’s mom my grandma) my auntie josie and my other relatives were waiting for me to graduate and march but sadly i don’t know if I can still can…

My April:

Graduation weekend, I was still fighting for dear life but as Sunday came, the day of graduation my dept chair whatever I do I can’t graduate. I failed a lot of people I failed my parents, relatives, co majors, friends and myself it was like hell for me. I cried and I felt that I’m broken into pieces… I went back to my uncle’s house and tried not to talk to anyone because I didn’t had the face to look at the people around me. My auntie Josie told me it was going to be ok but it was not that easy. My mom was really frustrated at me and I wanted to break free from myself. That day I heard a song by Daughtry entitled “Home” it helped me relaxing that day. As we went home to Imus I decided to help my auntie Josie with the Crusade In Alapan, a barangay here in Imus. Dan (Ukorah-Kaoru) joined us here in Imus. He also joined the crusade.

My May:

We had a swimming before my auntie josie left for the states. It was really relaxing and enjoying at the same time. Before my auntie Josie went to back to the states she gave me her laptop w/c i felt that I don’t deserve. I went back to aup to enroll and still felt bad for what I did. I saw a couple of friends w/c gave me hope studying again.

My June:

I started going back to class’s w/c is kind of awkward for me. At computer science dept there was a lot of talk about who will be the next president w/c I felt bitter because I had my time being the president but didn’t do my best. The first forum came and I was voted and elected to become the president of my department. At first I was afraid that i might fail again but as I asked if the officers can have a bonding session together w/c was a blast things changed. The session was very tiring hehehe.. games and sessions made us bond that strong. And I heard that an officer will transfer to another school by the next semester. At school I tried not to be absent nor lazy at class I learned my lesson already I don’t want to fall again.

My July:

The officers prepared for our acquaintance and made it really enjoyable. Hehehe… Buti n lng may ice cream w/c the members where all targeting. One time a couple of officers (ladies) had this idea of having their own bonding session in Paseo. They tagged Allan in and so the others were jealous because they were not invited to join. On that day I really needed to talk to Allan and so I was forced to asked the girls if I can join them because I really need to talk to Allan about something I forgot na. hehehe. The session was all fun and laughter and a couple of sad stories w/c for me was ok. I learned a lot from that session what kind of people they were and where they came from. And from that session I learned the reasons why that officer whom I became close to will transfer to another school i. It was early na in the morning and I decided we must rest na in my place luckily kuya vic and the others were still awake… the next morning I introduced them prison break and lended equih my prison break season 1 dvd. Me and the officers started talking about the retreat w/c we feel we’re out of time. That July I asked my tita bok if I can have a video of my relatives in the states greeting my mom a happy birthday and she told her why not throw her na lang a birthday bash.

My August:

Me and my officers where having problems when will we go to Sariaya and survey places we can go to for our retreats. And so when we had the time we were lucky to got into a place my mom’s knows the owner. Hehehe.. We decided to get the place na and went back to AUP to regroup and plan for the retreat… I had a couple of problems that august because my health was going up and down n naman but luckily I pushed through. My mom’s birthday plan was going through na din we separated things to do (me and my cousins). Ate Arah looked for a venue w/c suits the said event and Poging was in charge with the sound photo video systems and invitation w/c didn’t materialize because some of circumstances w/c we cant stop. Me and my sister were in charge of looking for guests my mom would like to see on her 50th birthday.

My September:

The month that I’ve been waiting for is here. The retreat was great and it exceeded our expectations w/c made the group more closely together. The place was great the activities were awesome the officers rock their worlds and the profs joined every single activity. After the retreat those who didn’t joined the retreat were asking if there’s a retreat this second semester. Hehehe. Sorry guys tuwing first sem lang. People were talking about the retreat and from there we know it was a success. People were asking what activities are in store for the 2nd semester and we were like pahinga lang muna kayo. Hehehe.. aba its hard to plan and execute events. Hehehe.
I invited the officers to attend my mom’s birthday and so they were willing and happy. Hehehe. That week I was smelling something ode that might happen I was looking for people but they were not around. So gusto ko nang umuwi nun but some of the officers doesn’t want me to go home yet. They asked if we could stay sa dept and have kwentuhan doon. So I was ok with that idea and got into their trap. Hehehe I was surprised that they throwed me a birthday party sa dept. hehehe. My heart felt very happy because though I felt something gonna happen I didn’t thought it was that big nor that great… if I could just show them how happy I am yun nga lang mawawala ang poise ni kuya GeM. Hehehe. It was my best birthday party ever. And as a few day went by and my real birthday came I had a little celebration with a couple of highschool friends and the next day is my mom’s bday and my mom felt different and awkward during that day w/c alarmed us preparing for her party. hehehe.. Someone txtd her if her party is lunch or dinner. PATAY!!! Hehehehe. And so the party came my mom was still surprise to see people she haven’t seen in a couple of years. After the party me and the officers went to Volets to have our overnight swimming. That month was my favorite month of the year. Hehehe…

My October:

Finals were coming and things will end soon. And so a had a friend who is close to me who had this feelings for this friend of mine who’s leaving for another school w/c I blogged about just look for it hehehe. And finals came and we did our jobs some us fell short but God’s hands are longer and is there to help us in every way. And after the finals we had our last bonding session for first semester and also a goodbye to our friend w/c is dear to us.

My November:

Finally, I got a job as an/a systems engineer in a bank. Hehehe I’m happy that I have work but still I’m not yet finished with school yet I still need to finish my requirements before march and so I was still doing it till now. The officers were planning to have a couple of events this second semester w/c are still secrets to our members. The most awaited Linkers T-shirt has arrived and I got one na. hehehe
If you haven’t ordered order one today. Anyway, Regarding other things that month I remembered my cousin telling me something (secret toink!!!)

My December

As my December ends today I look back to what happened this month. I joined the production staff of a stage play at school. My lolo Domeng died last December 26th. I’m busy typing and thinking what might my year ender might look like. Hehehe. And im busy reading the script and thinking if I should go to my tkd reunion later. Hehehe. I didn’t attend our tkd reunion. Hehehe.. I was so late na… sori Madi !!! I was with Honeybelle nung 31 in lotus buying food. Hehehe Malapit na mag 12. HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! GOD BLESS US ALL… Me Myself and I…

my aup linkers club officers n adviser(2007-08) short descriptions

2007-12-09T17:25:00.000-08:00

my aup linkers club officers n adviser(2007-08) short descriptions

LINKERS OFFICERS 2007-08
and our adviser
describe ko cla... in my shortest ways.. hehehe

sir zam- one of the coolest people i know he's willing to help us and be a part of us
this was the first year we had an active adviser yet again he's one of the best.

allan - a great friend, he's someone you can depend on when you have a tons of problems
makulet sometimes funny and he's also a great leader and great programmer.

oden - malakas personality/dating. nakakatuwa tumawa c oden. she's has this thing
which i like about her she doesnt quit until she makes things better.

equih - my sister, she really looks astig but when you became friends wid her
ur going to see her soft side. malakas mangasar tong batang to pero nde nkakaasar.

yann - the youngest among us... mkulet pasaway pero mbait. well maybe i dont
know her that much yet pero she's willing to work with us. ok yun.

jade - c jedilen... makulet mabait pazaway ano p b? maybe cya yng kclose kng girl
n officer mliban s kptid ko. ano p b? malakas yng boses minsan.

faith - c fati-ma ay prang c jedilen din oen thing i like about faith is she has this
thing na sobrang msaya ksama at minsan kausap. doble doble mag txt.

jedd - a prodigy... maybe a lot will comment on this pero i see him differently. save the
pio, save the world... he's like my brother who likes my sister. hehehe. pazaway mkulet
msarap ksama.

davo - isa s mga pnka mcpag n taong nkita ko some people doesnt like him but i like the
way he does things not always pero he's willing to help for the best.

liezl - well as of late k lng nkkausap c liezl.. mtlino tong batang to. thmik lng cya
pero like the other's she willing to help us for the best.

kuya eduard- the eldest among us. the long speeches of kua eduard will be remembered
mkulet pazaway but willing to help us for the best..

now you know... generally what i like with the officers this year is we are willing
to help, work, sacrifice,serve, do our best for the linkers club. we still 3 months
together left we will do our best to rock your world...

and also we have added people on our roster

davis - our new associate secretary... im sure he can help us with what we need to do

ken and herschelle - i personally made them the freshmen representatives. they will
gonna be the voice of the freshmen and i hope they can also
help us with what we need to do.

ralph - i know he can help and he's like the freshmen reps he will be the voice of
the common cs peeps around and will also going to help us with what we need to.

i hope we can make things better if not the best for all of us... in behalf of the
linkers club president... may we rock there worlds... thank you and God bless..

blog for nov 12 to nov 14 till 10:30

2007-11-13T18:26:00.000-08:00

10:00 Wow what a wonderful day it is but there's something that's not very wonderful...
I'm sick as always... It gives me a lot of trouble when i'm sick. Before i used to think
i just wish i can be sickly way back in highschool but nevertheless i want to be sick free
arrrgghhh... if only... I'm here in imus right now enjoying my own vacation that will
span for a couple of days. resting, going online, surfing the net and downloading my fave
tv series' (prison break n heroes hehehe) chit chatting with my sister and some of my friends
. yesterday i was happy to go online and found out a couple of my highschool friends where
online. Deray tagged me in the conference room and i'm so glad that i accepted it. hehehe bringing back those days when i was still young and happy (i'm still happy though im not that young anymore hehehe). and i one more thing. i would like to greet my dearly beloved friend
ms. sherrie dianne elizalde a happy birthday. may you have more birthdays to come. hehehe.
I also had a chit chat with my cousin, honey coz i saw her profile in friendster w/c sez
in a relationship i was surprised so i called her up and asked her if that was true and she
told me that's just a front shes using coz there's a lot of guys who wants to court her and
so it is. hehehe. hmmmm.. i had time txting wid some friends last night wid charice w/c
she told me that she misses me (i really think she needs help with something hehehe smallville?
antivirus? love? hehehe joke lng ate cha peace lapit na birthday nyan LIBRE) and who else
wid jade (she slept w/o making any gudnyt or replies) faith (she was sleepy hehehe) and
aizza (who also slept w/o any gudnyt or replies) lucky me... hehehe... So ryt now im blogging
without nothing to do. my mom calls me to drink some stuff for me to feel better. hehehe. brb.
Im back hehehe my mom gave me some meds to drink and to swallow. some of it was ok lng some was way off. hehehe... im going to watch na later prison break and heroes im just transfering it to my dad's flash drive. hehehe.. 10:29 na. hehehe.got to go...

my views...

2007-11-09T04:39:00.000-08:00

my views...

since when did i have the right to say i want to say? my views are just my views it can be right and be wrong. i stand to be corrected and to be blamed from whatever i said w/c could or directly hurt you. Words are like double edged swords w/c cuts not only the eyes of the reader and slashes out their souls. I would like to ask sorry if i have hurted people with my views and would like to thank those i have helped with.

absolute sadness

2007-11-08T15:57:00.000-08:00

absolute sadness

ako naman babanat !!!

when you met your special someone would you like to be far from her?

would you allow yourself to be sad that she's gone? a great friend

of mine met his special someone a little bit too little too late.

They have known each other for a year and a half. he used to just

take her for granted (if i may say) she's just his ordinary friend that

he used to make fun sometimes (my observation hehehe). That girl who is

also a great friend of mine became my sister at school and we know that

she will likely leave us and transfer to another school somewhere

around ceu (hehehehe). and that boy also became my little brother. we

tease them about themselves sometimes but we didnt know that sooner

that guy fell for that girl. Soon that guy made everything and i mean

everything to make that girl happy but as planned that girl was set on

transferring to that school around ceu. (hehehe) so at first that guy

was ok lng with that. soon (this november) i felt something different

he became sad. and to tell you the truth it makes us all sad that she's

gone but that guy was way sadder than us. he told me that when he often

sees a place that became memorable for them he just stops at natutulala

and things just flash him by. i can feel his sadness and i think he

likes to see her and mybe that would stop those sad feelings he feels.

i make fun of him (me and my other room mate) but personally i had

those feelings way back. i always tell him "wag kang susuko kc d kita

susukuan" just to remind him not to fall down or fall back. i know he

can pass this absolute sadness. he's still there holding on. hehehe.

and that sister of mine, she still there somewhere. i HOPE they'll end

up with each other to make absolute happiness... (0-0) As for last

night he was smiling a little bit coz our ethics rocked our day hehehe

and someone rocked him too. whatever happened its a big secret. hehehe

I know he doesnt want to be helped out but last night i really thought

i should make a way to make him happy (and i hope i made him and that

girl happy din. hehehe) we should be happy... Finally Holding on into

something will take us nowhere we need a purpose to what we are holding

on so that makes us grip to that thing harder and firmer. kaya to that

guy tol whatever happens wag kng susuko kc d k nmin susukuan and to

that girl ingat ka dyan lagi and dont be sad were still here for you.

lapit lng ng aup at school mo. hehehe.. Sadness will always be

overpowered by happiness you just need to do it.

depressed...

2007-11-01T15:32:00.000-07:00

depressed...

i've been helping a lot of people and for that i'm happy but i felt this awkward feelings a few days back w/c made me think of things that made me sad and depressed. when was the last time i helped myself ?? maybe i've been too kind to others and not too kind to myself... mgulo noh?? hehehe.. anyweiz... ive been sad for a couple of days na din... i know why. but i jst cant release it out of me.hehehe hirap po kc... but i know its never really over... cguro its hard for you to understand, you cant relate hehehehe... ive been quiet and safe about myself... ako lng mkkaintindi ng mga writtings ko. hehehe.

Goodbye eQuih

2007-10-31T16:35:00.000-07:00

Goodbye eQuih

As time has changed and seasons have past

We've developed a bond we hope forever may last.

As we say goodbye to you our friendly dear

We try to hold back those overpowering tears.

We remember those time that seem so long ago

As we grew together through highs and lows.

We knew this day would eventually be here

But had no idea of its overwhelming fear.

As we bid goodbye and try not to cry

We love you and as you go now and fly

Always remember that you have here a family

That will always welcome you back dearly.

my birthday wish list

2007-09-24T09:17:00.000-07:00

i wish i could be someone who could do what's right
i wish i could be someone who will be right for her
i wish i could make her happy by being her friend
i wish i could stay silent as i am now about my feelings
i wish i could be someone who my parents delight about
i wish i could live longer than they expect me to live
i wish i could serve and praise HIM thee with my all
I wish i wouldn't be as lazy as i am nowadays
i wish i am happy though I'm always crying inside
i wish i can serve my department and my school much better
i wish i can graduate this school year though i have problems
i wish i can help more people to make them happy
i wish i can make people happy
i wish i can have with my old friends i had troubled with
i wish i can be Michael Scofield, so firm and tough in times of trouble
i wish i can grow more spiritually and help my church grow with me
i wish i could be more mature and patient in the years to come
i wish i can have a simple birthday alone

i hate being sick!!!

2007-08-07T08:03:00.000-07:00

it's always been my own downfall ever since i got an accident years back. im very vulnerable to diseases w/c i blame myself for. my grades will go down and i want to graduate na. i cant help myself from stopping from getting sick.

love-less part 1 (just my 2 cents)

2007-07-30T03:03:00.000-07:00

have you ever felt loveless??? allan (a great friend of mine) was with me earlier he asked me about why do i don't have anyone to love... the same question was asked by steph (jade's friend) maybe on a different way but the essence was the same. Both of those questions i answered with smiles and "defensive" comments. hehehe... I know for myself that till now i'm in denial... loveless??? yeah maybe but i still do love them the Platonic way. hehehe. Im scared that's all... what??? a guy like me scared??? of course... im a human being afraid of what may happen.. my mom thinks that i became different (doesnt want to have someone anymore hehehe) after i broke up with my ex 3 years ago. Yes i am different i grow, we grow everyday. but still the question still lie there. have you ever felt loveless??? secret... when will you be in love? time will tell and God will be there. just my 2 cents...

Neil Gem Palad

2007-07-24T08:32:00.000-07:00

i'll do everything i can
i'll do whatever it takes
i may not be the best
i may not be the greatest
i may not be the one
i'm just me myself and i.

Neil Gem Palad

behind my smile

2007-05-21T07:45:00.000-07:00

behind my smile
i hide all the pain in me
people see me happy
but they don't know
how sad i am...
frustrated to the mere fact
i almost died from depression
moving forward is a must but
my life is broken and i cant
put back the pieces that
are scattered coz i dont know
where to start