What Are You Thinking About?

[Juan Martinez]

Yes, indeed a steep and slippery climb, bro.

Only the brightest and/or the luckiest ones were able to pull themselves out of that pit.


"The measure of a man is what he does with power" LJIOHF!

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and i don't know where to put manny pacquiao bro in that category-- luckiest or brightest. he's achieved any and all human potential a mortal can ever achieved despite of the direst circumstance he once had, and he hasn't reached 40 yet. one thing I'm sure though. he couldn't have been where he is now if he hadn't that indomitable spirit-- that thing which even if life would knock him down 80 times he would come back up 81 times.

[CLAVEL3699]

Paano yung dakilang tambay nun, hindi marunong mag-aral puro bagsak at pasang awa pero may narating na ngayon sa buhay. Mataas na position sa isang multi na company.

Yung tatay nya hindi sya suportado even physically nandun habang lumalaki sya tapos ang nanay na walang tiwala sa kanyang kakayahan.

Ano ang tawag doon?

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Paano yung dakilang tambay nun, hindi marunong mag-aral puro bagsak at pasang awa pero may narating na ngayon sa buhay. Mataas na position sa isang multi na company.

Yung tatay nya hindi sya suportado even physically nandun habang lumalaki sya tapos ang nanay na walang tiwala sa kanyang kakayahan.

Ano ang tawag doon?

[n_spinner06]

Paano yung dakilang tambay nun, hindi marunong mag-aral puro bagsak at pasang awa pero may narating na ngayon sa buhay. Mataas na position sa isang multi na company.

Yung tatay nya hindi sya suportado even physically nandun habang lumalaki sya tapos ang nanay na walang tiwala sa kanyang kakayahan.

Ano ang tawag doon?

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Paano yung dakilang tambay nun, hindi marunong mag-aral puro bagsak at pasang awa pero may narating na ngayon sa buhay. Mataas na position sa isang multi na company.

Yung tatay nya hindi sya suportado even physically nandun habang lumalaki sya tapos ang nanay na walang tiwala sa kanyang kakayahan.

Ano ang tawag doon?

Street smart. I have a classmate once who didn't do particularly well in school (bottom 5% of the class iirc) and yet he is one of the most successful now. No support whatsoever. Even did odd jobs to get through college. That gave him the connections he needed. Sometimes when life throws you lemons, make lemonade ika nga. A lot easier in theory than in practice though...

[shadow]

and i don't know where to put manny pacquiao bro in that category-- luckiest or brightest. he's achieved any and all human potential a mortal can ever achieved despite of the direst circumstance he once had, and he hasn't reached 40 yet. one thing I'm sure though. he couldn't have been where he is now if he hadn't that indomitable spirit-- that thing which even if life would knock him down 80 times he would come back up 81 times.

There's destiny. No matter how sorry your beginning was but if you're destined to be successful nothing can stop that.

[jut703]

Paano yung dakilang tambay nun, hindi marunong mag-aral puro bagsak at pasang awa pero may narating na ngayon sa buhay. Mataas na position sa isang multi na company.

Yung tatay nya hindi sya suportado even physically nandun habang lumalaki sya tapos ang nanay na walang tiwala sa kanyang kakayahan.

Ano ang tawag doon?

Exception to the rule. Out of all top executives from multinational companies in the country, how many of them were ex-tambays with poor educational backgrounds? In comparison, how many of them went to decent schools and have good work experience?

I always look at averages and the majority, even if it's not as inspiring as what the outliers achieve.

On the other hand, in business, your education matters less compared to your grit and connections. But again, we celebrate the outliers. For every Gokongwei and Sy, how many millions of Filipinos tried to enter business but failed and lost it all?

Academic prowess is by no means the only way to success, but I find that it's one of the best things to invest on if you want to give your child a better chance at a brighter future.

[jut703]

and i don't know where to put manny pacquiao bro in that category-- luckiest or brightest. he's achieved any and all human potential a mortal can ever achieved despite of the direst circumstance he once had, and he hasn't reached 40 yet. one thing I'm sure though. he couldn't have been where he is now if he hadn't that indomitable spirit-- that thing which even if life would knock him down 80 times he would come back up 81 times.

Pacquiao was given talent that only one in a billion can match, and he was hardworking enough to hone that talent and work on it to bring him to where he is now.

But for every Pacquiao, there are thousands of young boxers in the country who'll work as hard to become a boxing star, but will not make it. Whether it's a lack of talent, or a lack of training and opportunity, at the end of the day, Pacquiao is an extreme outlier and one cannot expect to have the same fate as him.

[Ry_Tower]

Exception to the rule. Out of all top executives from multinational companies in the country, how many of them were ex-tambays with poor educational backgrounds? In comparison, how many of them went to decent schools and have good work experience?

I always look at averages and the majority, even if it's not as inspiring as what the outliers achieve.

On the other hand, in business, your education matters less compared to your grit and connections. But again, we celebrate the outliers. For every Gokongwei and Sy, how many millions of Filipinos tried to enter business but failed and lost it all?

Academic prowess is by no means the only way to success, but I find that it's one of the best things to invest on if you want to give your child a better chance at a brighter future.

In short, you have a better chance of doing good in your life because of a good education rather than thru other means.... including destiny.

[jut703]

Street smart. I have a classmate once who didn't do particularly well in school (bottom 5% of the class iirc) and yet he is one of the most successful now. No support whatsoever. Even did odd jobs to get through college. That gave him the connections he needed. Sometimes when life throws you lemons, make lemonade ika nga. A lot easier in theory than in practice though...

One of the richest people I know had a similar story. Working student from the province, had to work odd jobs just to make it through college (just an ordinary university alog U-belt, not the big name ones), landed an entry level job at a chemical company. Worked her ass off day and night for several years, still an entry level employee. Tried buy and sell as a sideline, made a bit of money. Had a big break as a client needed a chemical to be imported, but she decided she can make the chemical at a much cheaper cost, so instead of referring the client to the company, she worked to be able to supply the client's needs by herself. Made extremely huge profits from that deal, and that was her launch pad to her wide portfolio of businesses today.

But if she didn't get that big break, would she have been successful? Or would she still be stuck in her entry-level job? I'd like to think that people with as much grit and determination as her would be able to make opportunities for themselves no matter the circumstances, as opposed to just waiting for a windfalk to come. But then again, many others with just as much perseverance spend their lives without ever finding that big break.

Ultimately, I think that success comes to those who work hard enough for it. It's just that if you think of success as the top of a 50 storey building, some people will start climbing from the ground floor, while others would start at the 40th. But no matter what circumstance you find yourself in, what's important is to make the most out of it.

[CVT]

Yes, bro,- that elusive BIG BREAK!!! All on level-playing field.....

I remember my successful friend in the US.

Everytime I go there, I would always make it a point to visit him, even if it meant driving for hours.

We would always go out of the house, with a bottle of beer in hand (just for show), and would always reminisce our younger days when we would all look up to the heavens in a clear night and wish upon a star to give us that BIG BREAK !!! That early in life,- we realized that we should do something different to spring us out of this vicious cycle...

There were at least a dozen of us. Sadly, - less than a handful are doing "okay in life"...He did it separately,- being naturally street smart; I went the conventional way...


"The measure of a man is what he does with power" LJIOHF!

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[1D4LV]

i am thinking of ways on how to fire one of my account manager and our HR manager.
too unproductive yung HR manager parating absent.
hindi naman naka quota ng isang taon yung account manager.

as much as possible, i hate firing people lalo na kung pamilyado. pero they should also do their job well.