WHEN TO QUIT?

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No! I don't like quitting. I admire people who are persistent. Even if you've heard the line, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER QUIT, there are just things in life that we should turn away from.  Here are 50 things you should quit in your lifetime. (Relationships, Health, Finance, Job, Business, Investing) ON THE JOB QUIT... (1) a job that takes too much attention or doesn't leave time for your family (2) work that forces you to...
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HOW NOT TO HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON

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My cousin had problems waking up early in the morning. He is always late for work.  Every time his alarm rings, his arms would automatically reach for the snooze button. It's a reflex most of us are familiar with.Habits are things that are formed by repetition. For many years, his arms and hands were programmed to stretch out and press that snooze button. (even if he is still half asleep or half awake)Whenever you press snooze,...
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TRY MORE

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“Try and try until you succeed” is popular motto that Pinoys overly say. Growing up, I've heard it from an unemployed relative, a one-week piano teacher and from a classmate who love girls but gets busted all the time.  However, sometimes the real problem is not with trying, but with 'expecting'. We expect to hit the target the first time.  We expect to shoot the ball in the hoop the first time we throw it.  We expect...
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15 WAYS TO BEAT THE FILIPINO TIME

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    Living in the Philippines, you’ll understand and experience what ‘Filipino Time’ means. It’s like DST (daylight saving time) but only backwards. Seriously, it’s about the extra 30 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours ---being late or tardiness that is very common and acceptable in the country. The Pinoys abroad are exempted from this phenomenon. They are always on-time. If not, they arrive earlier than needed. So it must...
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Mañana Habit - "Mamaya na lang"

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The Mañana Habit is something that we have learned from the Spaniards. The word "Mañana" means ‘tomorrow’ or ‘specified future time’ also known as “procrastination” in plain English, “mamaya na” in Filipino. How it Works: You need to do something now.  But then you decide to do it later. As a result of the delay, you end up not doing it. Now, you tell yourself or somebody that you will do it tomorrow. Tomorrow comes. The same cycle happens. A habit is a pattern of behavior that is acquired through...
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