I came across a story of Regina Brett on how she got through her battle with breast cancer in her best-selling book “God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours” and thought of writing about it because it is a great lesson for us on gratitude even amidst the
April 9, 2024
The late General Colin Powell is one of my leadership heroes that I look up to along with John Maxwell. I may not agree with all of his political views although he is a Republican, but I very much adhere to his leadership principles. In his best-selling book “It Worked
April 2, 2024
Christ’s Resurrection is the biggest feast in the Church. It is bigger than Christmas because Christmas or Christ’s birth was meant for the Resurrection. Christ was born to die on the Cross and rise again on the third day. Had Christ just died without rising, Christianity would not have existed
April 1, 2024
Jesus Christ suffering and death through crucifixion, the most agonizing and feared punishment, was no accident but is part of the divine plan. St. Thomas Aquinas offers us six reasons why God chose the most painful and humiliating form of dying for His Son. First, to give us an example
March 28, 2024
One of my favorite productivity gurus is Brian Tracy. He talks in a straight forward, simple and practical way. His book entitled “Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals” contains many big ideas (at least 13) and I’ll just point
March 26, 2024
This book will help us overthinkers or otherwise known as too much worriers especially when there is an upcoming event that might need us to be calm like presenting a report, taking an exam or playing in a tournament that could hinder us from being composed. “How to Stop Overthinking:
March 21, 2024
One of the virtues I love the most is the virtue of persistence. Americans would refer to it as grit. What I love about this virtue is that it gets things done and it gives a lot of hope (another favorite virtue). What separates the successful people from the unsuccessful
March 18, 2024
There are many books that can help you overcome your lack of persistence and procrastination, but this surely is one of the best, “Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing and Self-Discipline” by Peter Hollins. Usually when we start a project we experience a surge
March 14, 2024
I would regularly give seminars to company employees on how to fall in love with their jobs regardless of what job they are in. Whether it’s being a call center agent, nurse, teacher, policeman, company president, or a trash collector you can love your job by finding the hidden gems
March 12, 2024
It’s not good to label yourself or others because we all can change. Labeling is a product of a series of choices we make, usually the wrong choices or seeing the wrong in others and it’s not our destiny because we all can change our destiny. When we say for
February 29, 2024
By Engr. Carlos V. Cornejo Here’s a wonderful story on how to overcome our fears from the former US Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell from his best-selling book, “It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership”. It talks about fear especially the fear of failure and how we can learn to embrace those failures.
February 27, 2024
Crying seems to be a sign of weakness. We were taught since we were kids that we should not cry especially with boys. Boys are supposed to be strong and man enough to fight their problems and adversaries. No wonder there are more men in jail than women. Men are
February 20, 2024