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1. Patrick
   February 18th, 2010 at 10:56 am

   Hi Tyrone,

   I found something that may interest you. an article that i copied down a few months ago. i hope you dont mind that i paste here. its up to you if you feel like sharing it or not. just something i would want to share with you.

   Top 10 Mantras of Professional Success

   There are many myths surrounding professional success. These myths are:

   1. Intelligence is equal to success.

   Not all intelligent people succeed. It is important to exploit the inner self and use intelligence to give some productive output. Thus the implementation of intelligence is equally necessary for success.

   Success = Intelligence + Application

   2. Good colleges is the only way for great professional career.

   Not necessarily. I would say, most of the really dedicated and hard-working people go to the good colleges, thus giving their credit to the organization. There are many people who are not successful in any college student portfolio, it should never be forgotten.

   Also, there are many people who make their career a success without joining any college or joining a not so reputed college.

   People make organization and not vice versa.

   3. Good students are successful.

   Good students may be very much focussed on the curricular study and may be poor elsewhere. So they need not be fast learners. Also, I have seen many poor students who are fast learners too. Success comes from knowledge and learners make success.

   Knowledge brings success and not marks.

   4. Good start lead to good career.

   I have seen many people comparing two candidates on the basis of the start of the career. A candidate starting his job journey in Mackinsey or Google is more likely to be successful than his counterpart on some small company. I would say, a big NO. May be those candidates who reach there reach because of their higher potential. But as far as the career starting is concerned, there are lots to learn at each stages of the company metamorphosis. Startups teach entrepreneurship and established companies teach business retention. One need to know the best and worst of both worlds to have sustainable career.

   Success (sustainable business) = Entrepreneurship + Business Retention

   5 Take few steps, but well thought and risk free

   Well thought and risk free decision search often leads to no decision. Good or bad decisions can be known only when it is implement and the results analyzed. Results of earlier decisions often guide to form decisions with low probability of affecting averse, but taking decisions of similar types make one very predictable to the competitors.

   There are no decisions that are totally risk free. So what ever steps taken will have some risk associated with it. Not to take risk is the greatest risk one can take in life. The world changes with time and so is the need of any business, and there is always a call for change. Thus frequent changes coming from bold decisions is necessary to reach and stay ahead of competition. So some risk, and call for change should always remain.

   Constancy is heroism only if it means constant change.

   People may have different interests and successful people are there in every field. People have choice to chose the way to live from many different ways, but he will have to chose a path. He may chose to do what he needs to do or may choose to do what he wants to do. Former is risk averse and a path to mediocre life. Later is bumpy way and it calls for full potential exploitation, where if successful leads to new opportunities and increased influence in the society as a whole. Intelligent people do what he wants to do, while rising softly keeping the interest of the people who want him to do something else.

   Here I am presenting my Top 10 Mantra for Professional Success.

   1. Decide to Succeed
   Success will only come to people who wants to succeed (to the people who dare to think big). So, one cannot wait for the success to come his way. The wait will go infinite if it is calling no actions.

   2. Remain Bold
   People who want success have to fight with many challenges. Some challenges may be a hard obstacle and some may be a soft way to failure. It is important to resist both affecting the ambition.
   If you have any complains then raise it sooner than later. Do not compromise on things specially if it is prolonged issue. The solution will follow only when the issue is raised.

   Consider a scenario where you are a associate and you have problems with your manager. Till you complain, no one will even think over the issue. Even there are ample chances for you to be under the same manager next time too. It will be a less risky step for the Sr. Manager or Director to continue a bond where problems are not seen. That makes every sense.
   Everyone have their own work and they seldom think for you, and that is how organization work. They all are right in their own way. So if you want peace of mind and good career with a company, be bold to raise any issue faced.

   3. Plan and execute your promotion
   Most people complain about Manager for the later not helping him succeed and when I ask them whether they have raised the issue to the manager, mostly the answer is NO. If something is unsaid, it is highly probable that it is not communicated. It is always the self who can understand the wants of an individual and for everyone else it has to be communicated.
   Also, the best career map can be made by self. No one else can make it for someone else. Manager can at best facilitate the people under him to attain his goals, but it is highly dependent on the individual to make good career plan and execute it.

   4. Push-pull theory
   The best way to grow in any organization is to force manager to grow upwards. Once he is grown, there is a vacancy created and it is in your manager’s interest to pull you up rather than filling it from outside as you are the person whom he understands best. Restricting any body’s success in your group will make it difficult to grow as any friction created to anyone’s success is always reciprocated.
   So, if someone has to grow it has to be you, your lead or your manager.

   5. Complain up and motivate down
   People at the management are responsible for change. They are better be criticized for betterment. Positive criticism brings good energy to the organization.
   But criticism of any company policy or product has to go up and not down. You are the people who is looked by your juniors and any complain downwards looks like frustration to them, and that increases negative energy in the company. It will damage in two ways. One it make your juniors less motivated to work affecting the day to day operation of the company and another it eroding your image as a good leader.

   6. Growth is always organizational
   People grow when company grow. It is very hard for people to grow in a loss making organization. So everybody should work for the best interest of the company and avoid any actions that affects company’s growth.
   It includes not criticizing company in external world. It has to be avoided in all cases. The company’s image adds to the personal brand equity and negative publicity will harm you as much as your company management.
   Also, any criticism of your company can be played by its competitors to play against both you and your company. This can also lead to damaging your personal image in the mind of other people in the industry making you less employable.

   7. Hard work and hardcore fun.
   Everyone knows that it is very important to work hard to grow. But most people forget that to work hard, it is essential to keep own body ready for the challenge to avoid any health hazards and frustrations/work stress. Hardcore fun while not working does that. So, enjoy up to your limits in the weekends and work hard in the weekdays. This may include regular outings, parties, long drives, adventure sports etc. Choose something that gives you maximum fun.

   8. Work you portion but know the big picture
   Company pay us to do the work assigned, so it has to be done in time at all cost. But that should not stop you from knowing why you are doing that work, basically knowing the overall picture of the project. If you are not working in a open company which provides this information to all working, you should ask to your seniors.
   Here you are trying to understand the business goal of the project. This will prepare you to take higher positions.

   9. Know your company
   Knowing your company is important to your project. Knowledge about the project will be given to you but for other information you need to take initiative yourself and learn. Try to get as much information as possible regarding your company’s management, organizational structure, offerings (products and services) etc. This will help you work better and be an brand ambassador of your company, thus adding fuel to your company’s growth.
   Knowledge about the company also gives good impression to the seniors helping you grow faster within the organization.

   10. Competitor Analysis
   Well, this is quite a tricky step to grow faster in the industry. Knowing your company accelerate growth within a company but knowing its competitors guarantees your success in the industry. there are two advantages competitor analysis brings.
   One you can help your company counter the competitors move thus affecting your company’s revenue positively. This is in most cases rewarded with promotion and bonus. Secondly, if you are not given fair compensation from your company, you know where to move next. Thus you give tough time to the management and the HR not to let you grow.

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2. Patrick
   February 17th, 2010 at 2:21 pm

   good day sir,

   I was wondering if i could ask u a question concerning business matters. My name is Patrick 25 years old. I’ve been attempting to put up a trading company. (import export) i’ve started with a generally small amount 50,000 inventory value.

   Sales have been modestly ok, this month i was able to serve 2 clients, 1 of them is a repeat order. This venture of mine began nov 2009.

   Although this isnt my primary source of income i would like it to be some day.

   Now here is the situation the business isnt registered. so far ive been selling to people who do not ask for a invoices. I’ve been in a conflict of deciding whether i should register or not. i want it to grow but all the successful people in business who i know would say otherwise.

   this is very confusing for me because once the registration is done i must commit. i don’t know if you are familiar in the trading business but a huge percent of sales goes through with out an issuance of receipts, specifically to retailers.

   yet there is a book i read that said with out legitimacy there is no growth. i would like to grow but in our reality would it be wise to register or not. its confusing, in the end i know i must decide for myself but i would want to hear your opinion. thank you good day to you

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   Tyrone Reply:
   February 17th, 2010 at 3:24 pm

   Hi Patrick, first of all, I’m glad that you ventured into a business. Escaping the employee mindset to be an entrepreneur is the first step in achieving financial freedom.

   With regards to your question, here’s my suggestion: First of all, you have to gauge what are the average amounts of the daily, weekly or monthly transactions of your business? If it’s small, then I suggest it’s not really necessary.

   Second, if you can view your business to grow given the right amount of capital needed and with clients such as multinational companies in the future who might be stricter when it comes to issuance of receipts for their book and accounting records, then definitely, you should register it.

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3. Nini Ocampo
   January 21st, 2010 at 4:57 pm

   You have such a wonderful blog !!! I enjoyed reading. When I read, ” Nasa Diyos ang awa at nasa Tao ang gawa”, I said to myself, this must be a Pilipino. You also wrote that you don’t live in the U.S.A. when you were talking about “Thanksgiving”. I just want you to know that I live here in the U.S.A, Los Angeles, California. Thanks, NINI

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   Tyrone Reply:
   January 21st, 2010 at 9:34 pm

   Hi Nini, thanks for dropping by at my blog. I live here in the Philippines and I am a Filipino. But one of my long term goals is to go and settle abroad - either US or Europe.

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4. Helen
   January 12th, 2010 at 10:22 pm

   Hello! I’m glad reading your post because we are of the same topic to my website too, it’s all about how to be financially free. I hope you too read mine website if you don’t mind. I’ve got some ideas in you. Continue posting. Happy New Year!

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5. Juliet
   January 5th, 2010 at 2:08 pm

   nice blog.. lots of ideas.. thanks for sharing
   hear more from you!

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6. Kae
   November 26th, 2009 at 2:33 am

   I never expected that a Filipino blogger is behind this awesome blog. It helped me a lot in my success stories research. Thanks a lot!

   =)

   xo,
   kae

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7. Tyrone
   November 5th, 2009 at 3:58 pm

   Thanks for all the readers. My blog will be celebrating its 1-year anniversary this coming November 24 and I would highlight some of the events that happened so far to me and in my blog during the past 1 year in the blogosphere.

   Also, I am happy to announce that my blog will be featured soon in a major newspaper - Manila Bulletin’s BLOG-O-RAMA. Thanks Ajay for the upcoming feature. I’m very excited about it.

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8. Ann
   November 5th, 2009 at 1:53 pm

   Hi Tyrone,

   I am glad that you have this site. You made me understand investments funds without using a lot of technical terms. I hope you will be able to discuss micro lending since I am very much interested on this. By the way, do you have any recommended site that I could read about micro lending ? or agencies that provides trainings for micro lending? I am also searching if you have any write ups about profit sharing . A friend of mine wants to have micro lending as a business and there are about 7 of us.He wanted to have an equal sharing and I think it would be a disadvantage to someone who could provide a bigger share of capital. DO you have any suggestion?

   Thanks a lot and more power!
   A:)

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   Tyrone Reply:
   November 5th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

   Hi Ann, I’m glad that my blog has helped you understand more about investments. With regards to micro lending, I think that you can start a cooperative if you have a huge aggregate capital. If not, then you can also start a “paluwagan” with your co-employees as your potential clients.

   For the website or agency, I don’t know much but you can try to visit the forum of pinoymoneytalk.com as I know they established their own cooperative. Also, you might want to try contacting business maker academy if they have seminars for micro lending.

   I’ve heard that for some micro lending business, they require their clients, mostly employees, to submit to them their ATM cards as a collateral so that they can withdraw their payments plus interests during paydays. This kind of business is quite risky so I suggest to start first with clients whom you can trust.

   For the profit sharing, it is just fair that the share is prorated to the amount of capital infused by each business partner. Alternatively, if you are looking for “equal” profit sharing, then each of you should infuse an equal amount of capital.

   I hope this helps. I will try my best to make an article about micro lending…

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