Have you done something so radical that it made you realize that you’re alive?
When I was young, I loved talking to people who were older than me. I loved telling them my dreams, my fantasies, even the things that I wanted for the world. When my childhood friends and I played, we always made up stories about who we will be in the future. Of course we didn’t want to be nobody. We didn’t even think that we’d be working as employees. We didn’t dream of working as telephone operators, or secretaries, or assistants. We aimed for something higher. We always did. We were unstoppable. That was how we saw life.
That was before we knew what the corporate world was.
Now, every single time we meet. I don’t see the faces they once had. They are not happy with their jobs. They’re not happy with their salary. They’re not happy with their bosses. They’re not happy, literally. They keep complaining about things. They keep blaming people for the things that they were not able to get. They were my friends. They weren’t just withering physically. Their vigor for life died as well. It seems like I don’t know them anymore.
How can you tell if you’re living or merely existing? Answer these questions honestly. Reflect on your responses and you’ll find the answer from within.
What is my biggest dream? Did I change the size of my dream so it can be “realistic”?
Is what I am doing now contributing to my dream? Do I feel like I’m just deceiving myself when I say that it is?
Whose life am I living anyway? Am I just meeting someone’s expectation? Or am I doing what I want to do?
Am I happy? Am I really happy? Can I declare to the world that I’m happy with what I’m doing? Can I declare to the world that I’m happy with my life?
Am I ready to die tomorrow?
A warrior never gives up something he loves. He will die, but his legacy will live on. Instead of thinking about what the world has in store for us, why not focus on what WE have in store for the world?
Friday, October 24, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Join Our Community!
CreateAbundance2020 Business Community
Are you coachable? open minded? have a strong will to succeed? If you are, then we invite you to join our community!
Our first requirement is for you to attend one of our Introductory Programs of Life Entrepreneurship which is the Wealth Course and/or Cashflow 101 workshops. Your attendance will give you a first-hand experience of our how our program works. Once you have attended three sessions of our Introductory Programs and have now committed to make your life work for you and the people that matters to you, you will be given an opportunity to become part of our EXCLUSIVE Business Community.
Introductory Program (Wealth Course) Session Schedules and Locations:
Please Choose for Session One:
Location: Makati, Ortigas or Alabang?
Time: 3pm to 6pm or 6pm to 9pm?
Day: Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday?
To reserve your seat, please send us an email:
participate@createabundance2020.com
Please write your email as follows:
Subject: I WANT TO JOIN CREATE ABUNDANCE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
Complete Name:
Occupation/Profession:
City of Address: (e.g Makati, Manila, Mandaluyong, Pasig etc..)
Mobile:
Important: Please make sure that the number you indicate is YOUR number
that will receive our confirmation text, (availability of seat and the exact address
of the venue).
Phone: (optional)
Person/link who referred our website: Mr. Raphael Mercado
Preferred Location of Wealth Course: (Makati/Ortigas)
Preferred Time: (3pm-6pm / 6pm-9pm)
Preferred Day: (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday) and Date:
Intention for joining:
Will also attend the next schedule for Cashflow 101 Workshop on a saturday?
(Yes/No)
Remarks (if any):
Please take NOTE that:
*The registration for Wealth Course is FREE.
*Cashflow Workshop Fee is P400.00, please inquire how to get 50% discount.
*If you want immediate reply to your query you can contact our mobiles: +639179174092. Please indicate your name, city of address and person/link who referred our website when you contact us.
*If you are outside Metro Manila, Philippines you can join our online community and we request to refer this website to your personal, professional and virtual networks that are in Metro Manila. We invite you to join us in our mission in spreading Financial Education throughout the nation and the world. Thank you very Much!
Are you coachable? open minded? have a strong will to succeed? If you are, then we invite you to join our community!
Our first requirement is for you to attend one of our Introductory Programs of Life Entrepreneurship which is the Wealth Course and/or Cashflow 101 workshops. Your attendance will give you a first-hand experience of our how our program works. Once you have attended three sessions of our Introductory Programs and have now committed to make your life work for you and the people that matters to you, you will be given an opportunity to become part of our EXCLUSIVE Business Community.
Introductory Program (Wealth Course) Session Schedules and Locations:
Please Choose for Session One:
Location: Makati, Ortigas or Alabang?
Time: 3pm to 6pm or 6pm to 9pm?
Day: Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday?
To reserve your seat, please send us an email:
participate@createabundance2020.com
Please write your email as follows:
Subject: I WANT TO JOIN CREATE ABUNDANCE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
Complete Name:
Occupation/Profession:
City of Address: (e.g Makati, Manila, Mandaluyong, Pasig etc..)
Mobile:
Important: Please make sure that the number you indicate is YOUR number
that will receive our confirmation text, (availability of seat and the exact address
of the venue).
Phone: (optional)
Person/link who referred our website: Mr. Raphael Mercado
Preferred Location of Wealth Course: (Makati/Ortigas)
Preferred Time: (3pm-6pm / 6pm-9pm)
Preferred Day: (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday) and Date:
Intention for joining:
Will also attend the next schedule for Cashflow 101 Workshop on a saturday?
(Yes/No)
Remarks (if any):
Please take NOTE that:
*The registration for Wealth Course is FREE.
*Cashflow Workshop Fee is P400.00, please inquire how to get 50% discount.
*If you want immediate reply to your query you can contact our mobiles: +639179174092. Please indicate your name, city of address and person/link who referred our website when you contact us.
*If you are outside Metro Manila, Philippines you can join our online community and we request to refer this website to your personal, professional and virtual networks that are in Metro Manila. We invite you to join us in our mission in spreading Financial Education throughout the nation and the world. Thank you very Much!
Teachers and Mentors
I’ve had lots of teachers before. Some were okay, some were not, and there were only a few souls, so great, as they even inspired me to do great things as well. Yes, they were great, but I didn’t see them as mentors. Why? I only had one simple reason. I didn’t want to be like them.
Teachers have students, and mentors have apprentices. Teachers and professors teach you subjects, while a mentor is someone you want to be like. As Robert Kiyosaki said it, “a mentor is someone you want to grow up to be like – a role model.”
If you want to achieve something, model the person who was able to get it. If it’s traditional business, you’re lucky if he accepts you as an apprentice and he teaches you everything. Here in CA2020 community, the mentor-apprentice approach is being applied. All the members are being honed to become mentors, to become masters. Its purpose is neither to create ranks nor give titles. Its sole purpose is the make them the best of who they can become.
I would like to end this with a few words from Kiyosaki and Trump’s book. “If you are lucky, and a mentor you like decides to make you his or her apprentice, honor that person with respect for the rest of his or her time and the wisdom he or she is willing to impart to you.”
Teachers have students, and mentors have apprentices. Teachers and professors teach you subjects, while a mentor is someone you want to be like. As Robert Kiyosaki said it, “a mentor is someone you want to grow up to be like – a role model.”
If you want to achieve something, model the person who was able to get it. If it’s traditional business, you’re lucky if he accepts you as an apprentice and he teaches you everything. Here in CA2020 community, the mentor-apprentice approach is being applied. All the members are being honed to become mentors, to become masters. Its purpose is neither to create ranks nor give titles. Its sole purpose is the make them the best of who they can become.
I would like to end this with a few words from Kiyosaki and Trump’s book. “If you are lucky, and a mentor you like decides to make you his or her apprentice, honor that person with respect for the rest of his or her time and the wisdom he or she is willing to impart to you.”
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Taking Charge
When life punches you in the face, would you fight back?
For 23 years, my life was surrounded by a culture of blaming. It almost felt like a cult that whenever something bad happens to you, find someone and blame him for it! Everyone was afraid to take responsibility for his or her actions. No one wanted to be called a failure. They despised being called losers. That is why they play the role of the victim and that's why they blame. That is why they complain about everything because they, themselves, wouldn't want to go through all the trouble of fixing something broken. The only thing that, I saw, was broken is their spirit. Their will to live life to the fullest was gone.
Recently, I decided to take charge of my life. I chose to be responsible for all my actions. I became the Captain of my ship. Since then, I did everything with a sense of purpose. I don't have to listen to what other people say especially when I do something with an intention of adding value to a person's life. It was very liberating to be able to detach from my pre-conditioned beliefs
I already took charge of my life. When will you take charge of yours?
For 23 years, my life was surrounded by a culture of blaming. It almost felt like a cult that whenever something bad happens to you, find someone and blame him for it! Everyone was afraid to take responsibility for his or her actions. No one wanted to be called a failure. They despised being called losers. That is why they play the role of the victim and that's why they blame. That is why they complain about everything because they, themselves, wouldn't want to go through all the trouble of fixing something broken. The only thing that, I saw, was broken is their spirit. Their will to live life to the fullest was gone.
Recently, I decided to take charge of my life. I chose to be responsible for all my actions. I became the Captain of my ship. Since then, I did everything with a sense of purpose. I don't have to listen to what other people say especially when I do something with an intention of adding value to a person's life. It was very liberating to be able to detach from my pre-conditioned beliefs
I already took charge of my life. When will you take charge of yours?
Two Kinds of Leaders
Do you have a boss who yells at you 24/7? Do you have teachers who threaten to fail you if you don’t do certain things? How about political leaders or candidates who ask on your support by promising that they would keep the prices down?
These are our so-called leaders who speak from emotion to emotion. They would often speak from fear or from greed.
They often say things such as:
1. “If you don’t get good grades, you won’t get a good job.”
2. “If you don’t come to work on time, you’ll be fired.”
3. “If you elect me, I will make sure you don’t lose your Social Security benefits.”
4. “Play it safe. Don’t take unnecessary risks.”
5. “Join my business. You can make a lot of money.”
6. “Let me show you how to get rich quick.”
7. “Do as I tell you.”
8. “As you know, the company is having a rough time. If you don’t want to get fired, you’d best not ask for a raise.”
9. “You can’t afford to quit. Who will pay you as much as we do?”
10. “You’ve only got eight more years to retirement. Don’t make any waves.”
Now, do you remember the words of some of our great leaders? Abraham Lincoln? Ninoy Aquino? Martin Luther King? Mahatma Gandhi?
We have many great leaders, and these leaders are called great because they speak in a different way. They speak from their spirit to touch the other person’s spirit. They are the ones who can create changes without instigating fear.
Here are some noted words of these leaders:
1. “The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free or to be slaves.” –George Washington
2. “The Filipino is worth dying for.” –Benigno Aquino Jr.
3. “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” –Abraham Lincoln
4. “I have a dream…” –Martin Luther King
5. “Cowards can never be moral.” –Gandhi
6. “Don’t be humble; you’re not that great.” -Golda Meir
7. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” –John Wooden
Between the two types of leaders, which one would you like to be? A leader who speaks from emotion to emotion? Or a leader who speaks from spirit to spirit? Feel free to share your insights and your experiences.
These are our so-called leaders who speak from emotion to emotion. They would often speak from fear or from greed.
They often say things such as:
1. “If you don’t get good grades, you won’t get a good job.”
2. “If you don’t come to work on time, you’ll be fired.”
3. “If you elect me, I will make sure you don’t lose your Social Security benefits.”
4. “Play it safe. Don’t take unnecessary risks.”
5. “Join my business. You can make a lot of money.”
6. “Let me show you how to get rich quick.”
7. “Do as I tell you.”
8. “As you know, the company is having a rough time. If you don’t want to get fired, you’d best not ask for a raise.”
9. “You can’t afford to quit. Who will pay you as much as we do?”
10. “You’ve only got eight more years to retirement. Don’t make any waves.”
Now, do you remember the words of some of our great leaders? Abraham Lincoln? Ninoy Aquino? Martin Luther King? Mahatma Gandhi?
We have many great leaders, and these leaders are called great because they speak in a different way. They speak from their spirit to touch the other person’s spirit. They are the ones who can create changes without instigating fear.
Here are some noted words of these leaders:
1. “The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free or to be slaves.” –George Washington
2. “The Filipino is worth dying for.” –Benigno Aquino Jr.
3. “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” –Abraham Lincoln
4. “I have a dream…” –Martin Luther King
5. “Cowards can never be moral.” –Gandhi
6. “Don’t be humble; you’re not that great.” -Golda Meir
7. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” –John Wooden
Between the two types of leaders, which one would you like to be? A leader who speaks from emotion to emotion? Or a leader who speaks from spirit to spirit? Feel free to share your insights and your experiences.
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