This book is a new approach in looking at self-indulgence and to why pleasure-seeking activities causes more pain rather than giving us more pleasure in the long run. “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence” by Anna Lembeke makes a case of why we should curb our self-gratifying
February 1, 2024
You might be one of those people who have stopped moving forward in life because of a circumstance, event, or person whom you blame that holds you back. Being “pro-active” is the remedy to your lack of progress. It’s habit number one of the late Stephen Covey’s famous books, “The
January 29, 2024
Every Third Sunday of January marks the biggest feast in Cebu and in other parts of the country, the Feast of the Sto. Niṅo, the commemoration of the giving of the gift of the image of the Holy Child Jesus by explorer Ferdinand Magellan to Rajah Humabon and his chief
January 18, 2024
Malcolm Gladwell famous for authoring best-selling books such as “The Tipping Point” and “Outliers” that are so popular because of the unexpected results of his sociology research that catches many by surprise, has come up with a relatively new book published in 2013, “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the
January 15, 2024
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that conscience is, “Present at the heart of the person, enjoins him at the appropriate moment to do good and to avoid evil. It also judges particular choices, approving those that are good and denouncing those that are evil. It bears witness
January 11, 2024
One time I was driving in Lahug, Cebu City and took a left turn in the corner of Sanjercasvil Road when suddenly there was a long and loud horn from the car behind me. The driver behind me was pissed off because it took me some time to make a
January 6, 2024
The author of this book, “Dare to be 100: Point-by-Point Program for Living Long and Enjoying Life to Its Fullest” Walter Bortz II, a medical doctor who is focusing on the science of living a long life is now 92 years old as of year 2022, and is trying to
January 5, 2024
This reminds me of a famous joke that goes, “What is common between Christmas and women? Answer: They are no good after the 25th.” Funny, but not true. Christmas is still good after December 25, and women can still be pretty even after they reach 25 (years old). In the
December 29, 2023
If we are to talk about leadership, it would be a mortal sin not to mention the world’s leading authority on leadership, John Maxwell. John has trained millions of leaders all over the world, and has 30 books written on leadership that are mostly best-sellers. This book alone, “The 21
December 28, 2023
Boredom means man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passion, without occupation, without diversion, and without effort. Then he faces his nullity, loneliness, inadequacy, dependence, helplessness, emptiness. What is the solution to boredom? “If any man be in Christ, he is a
December 21, 2023
