The Philippines is going to elect another leader this coming May. Who deserves to be the leader among those contenders? Who has the qualities of an effective leader? There are a lot of people that say leaders are born. Some say that leaders are made. Whatever your opinion on this, leaders should be ‘effective’ in their leadership and should be responsible to their constituents. Let’s discuss some of the qualities of an effective leader and apply these qualities to the

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What does it take to become successful? Success has a lot of meaning to each of us. You can achieve success financially, success emotionally, success spiritually, etc. In a recent addition to my learnings to become a successful entrepreneur and investor, I’ve learned about John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success. John Wooden is a retired American basketball coach. He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (class of 1961) and as a coach (class of 1973). He has

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Thanksgiving Day is a special occasion in the US. It is usually celebrated on the fourth Thursday in the month of November. Thanksgiving Day is a time for merrymaking, shopping, family reunion, feasts and family dinners. People also take time to thank God for all His blessings and for all the material possessions man enjoys. For many Thanksgiving is also the time to thank near and dear ones and being grateful for their kindness. This coming November 26, US will be celebrating Thanksgiving

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All of us have some Chicken Little in us. You remember Chicken Little—the character in the children’s fable who ran around the barnyard warning other animals that the sky was falling. Chicken Little had a doom and gloom attitude toward life. He was a classic cynic. There are Chicken Littles everywhere, especially in the financial world. If you want to be rich, you need to stop listening to their clucking. “The-sky-is-falling” warnings from financial cynics are just a lot of

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In one of my previous posts, I tackled about overcoming fear. Today, it’s time to tackle on how to overcome laziness. Busy people are often the laziest. Busyness is a form of avoidance. If you stay busy you can avoid some of the things you don’t want to face—like exercising, or taking care of your wealth. What’s the cure for laziness?  Kiyosaki says a little greed. Isn’t greed bad? Too much of it, yes. An excess of anything is bad. The fact is, however, that all of us

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I’m sure you are now all familiar with the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” by Danny Boyle. It gathered the most number of awards from the recent Oscars Awards. It’s all about the story of Jamal Malik, an 18-year old orphan from slums on Mumbai in India. He joined the Hindi version of “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?” game show and won. With the whole country watching the show, he is just one question away from winning the grand prize of 20 million rupees.

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