My column at Sun.Star today is "My failure is my success". It was inspired by John Maxwell's book Failing Forward. I hope you'll like it. Update (September 21, 2010): I just realized that the article is not available online and hereby re-posting it. I often receive praises for the things I’ve done in...
Yesterday morning, I allotted time while at the beach to finish Leo Buscaglia's Living, Loving, and Learning. It is a great complement to Personhood despite the overlap in numerous parts. Here are some of the interesting insights and reflections thought of based from the book. Finding happiness in ourselves (My happiness is me, not...
For those of you who got the chance to read the 8th Habit, I highly urge you to get a copy of the book, "Good to Great" by Jim Collins. He is the author of the popular book - "Built to Last." According to the author, this book is a must read...
I just found a great post from Yaro Starak sharing his experience in launching a members-only site. I will cite some of the key points in his post and share my experience as well in starting and maintaining the DigitalFilipino.com Club from December 2003 to the present. Build your preeminence Becoming known as an expert...
One thing I learned from Karl Albrecht's "Social Intelligence: The New Science of Success" is the need to learn the language of sanity, E-Prime. This means avoiding the use of the following words as much as possible as they lead to mental rigidity, dogmatism, stereotyping. all "to-be" forms and combinations am are and...
In my desire to have a brilliant memory, I learned from Tony Buzan that the brain operates synergetically; it grows through repetition; and is a success mechanism. Otherwise, we would not survive and achieve all the little accomplishments we have in our lives. (click on the mind map image for a bigger view) One tool...
When you read authors like John Maxwell, he says: "Leadership is influence. No more, no less." His favorite proverb is: "He who thinks he leads but has no followers, is only taking a walk." In the book "21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership," Maxwell explained that the following can't be assumed as...
People Will Summarize Your Life in One Sentence — Pick it Now. We venerate great leaders, and we have the tendency to assume their accomplishments came about regardless of the assistance they received from others. The truth, however, is that no leader would be great without the support and help of...
Leadership is influence Level 5 Leadership
We meet a lot of leaders everyday. However, not all can move us. According to John Maxwell, it's not so much about what our leaders know, how intelligent they are. What matters most is how much they care, about our needs, dreams, and desires. These are the people who will not...
I just took the brain color quiz and have the following score at this time: a (yellow) = 24 b (blue) = 20 c (green) = 39 d (orange) = 37 (click on image above to see what your brain is like) I'm more of a green/orange brain kind of person. According to Sheila N. Glazov, author of the...
Getting 100 True Followers, Fans, Members 13 Tactics to Influence People Building closer connection through book giving Tapping social media influencers to inform or mis-inform?
Develop the ability to work with people People are inspired by and desire to be like great leaders yet become overwhelmed by the perceived knowledge needed to learn the skill of leadership. The book, "Real Leadership: The 101 Collection" and "How to be a Real Success" provides great insights on this...
As the Honorable Raul Roco passed away, it made me thought of the legacy this great person has left behind to our country. In studying the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey gave us the challenge to think about, "how do we want to be remembered?" He has done a lot of...
read my personal summary notes of the book In John Maxwell's book, 25 Ways to Win with People: How to Make Others Feel Like a Million Bucks, he encourages readers to focus on the people that we meet, make them look good, rather than ourselves. This includes being able to say something positive...
Kevin Kelly talked about creators (authors, artists, performers, among others) needing to have 1,000 True Fans in order to make a living. That made me think a lot from the aspect of manageability especially for "creators". Quality versus quantity In my case, instead of 1000, I always strive to have 100 members goal in...
I guess it is inevitable that if you are to establish yourself as a public speaker or a visible online personality, the gadgets you use can influence people's perspective on you, whether you are successful or not, whether you are credible or not. Through the years, this is something that I...
In Jim Collin's Good to Great book, the hedgehog concept strucked me. Hedgehog organizations are known for their consistency, knowing the "one big thing" and stick to it. They leave the competition behind for behaving like foxes - known for being crafty, cunning creatures that knows a lot of things but lack...
If your organization is having a hard time achieving business goals or missing critical deadlines, perhaps it is time to review your organization’s Execution Quotient. I first discovered this while reading the 8th Habit. I was on a middle of a process improvement project but noticed and felt that there are a lot...
Hugh Macleod made an interesting post today on "social objects for beginners". He referred to social objects as the reason why people talk to each other. Learning and reflecting about it made me realize that social objects have played an important role in my growth. Here are some social objects that got...
