Author: jong

Travis Wright of Cultivate greatness tells us how we should eliminate the use of F words and consider the G words. This is a great read mostly for young people who are starting their careers.

We must know that while FEAR is a good thing sometimes, fear is an attitude that would make us less productive and even lose our self confidence. We fear because we do not believe in ourselves which is not a good thing. I always have this feeling every time I had a job interview. We let fear control us but we should not, instead we control the fear. I realized that , maybe, it is fear that is making me not able to ace an interview or even to the point of not having a job or moving on to the final interview. In this case, we should replace fear with “GREET“. We greet fear and consider it as another challenge that we should face.

Another F word that Travis wants us to eliminate is the word FAIL. Everyone fears fail. I myself doesn’t want to fail. But through these failures we learn a lot of things which will be a lesson for us to improve. It doesn’t mean that you lose or you suck when you fail. We fail because we tried something and we challenged ourselves to face something that we believe we can do. Successful persons also fails, but they use it to improve what they felt was wrong and the reason why they failed. We may have failed so many times but the most important thing is the time when we stand up every time we fall. And every time we fall, we GROW.

How are you? FINE. A lot of people would answer fine or OK when asked something. I remember my father’s colleagues asking me and I would always reply “FINE”. And then when I read Travis entry, I realized that the word fine is not fine at all. We should be more than fine. Instead of saying fine replace it with GREAT.

Now I realized that I should greet grow and be great with everything that I do.

You may read Travis entry on How To Be Successful i Life, Eliminate the F-Words

Ano daw?

Eto na siguro ang magiging panibagong bahay ko sa blogosphere. Medyo magulo ang utak ko at marami akong plano pero ang lahat ng iyon ay plano lang. Plano para sa blog na eto, plano para sa mga lumang blog, at plano para sa bagong blog. Nalilito na ako sa dami at hindi ko na alam kung saan sisimulan.

Etong entry kong ‘to ay hindi update lang. Medyo magfofocus ako sa sa topic na nararanasan ng bawat nilalang, ang life after death pero joke lang yan. Life after graduation at ang quarter life crisis pati narin ang personal development ang magiging topic ko dito. Syempre makakabasa kayo ng mala-magpakailanman at maalala mo kaya entries pero syempre hindi na babasahin ni Mel at ate Charo.

Anyhoo, mabalik ako sa pamagat ng entry ko. Panibagong Simula. Tama ba? Dumarating tayo sa punta ng ating buhay na pakiramdam natin ang dami na nating nagawang mali, mga desisyon na nakapagpabago sa ating buhay. At minsan sa mga pagbabagong eto naiisip natin sana hindi na lang natin ginawa yon. Minsan naman nahihirapan tayong makapagsimula dahil sa mga nangyari. Hindi naman kayo nag-iisa dahil sa ngayon nasa gitna ako ng ganyang karanasan.

Gusto ko makapagsimula, iwan ang nakaraan at tanawin yong bukas. Naisip ko lang kasi na wala namang mangyayari kung babalik-balikan ko yong nakaraan. Malulungkot lang ako at madedepress. Why not look beyond tomorrow at magmove-on.

Move on daw. Madalas ko etong naririnig na payo ng mga kaibigan para sa mga kaibigang bigo. Applicable din ito sa lahat. Sometimes we make mistakes and because of that mistake we fall down and suffer. It’s hard to move on but we must and start something new. Leave the past and believe that everything will be fine.

Panibagong simula. Isang taon ang nakalipas nang umakyat ako ng entamblado at kunin ang diploma. Napakasaya ng experience na yon at hanggang ngayon fresh na fresh pa sa utak ko ang lahat. After thinking of that moment, parang naiiyak ako at nalulungkot. The feeling of being left behind, yong bang mga kasabayan mong nagmarcha malalayo na ang nararating pero ikaw nandoon parin sa lugar kung saan kayo naghiwa-hiwalay. Nakakalungkot pero madalas etong nangyayari.

Sa isang taong nakalipas, marami akong natutunan. Natuto akong maging pasensyoso, isang taon ba naman. Marami rin akong narealize. Narealize ko na walang ibang makakapagdecide para sayo kundi sarili mo lang. Wala na akong mapanghahawakan pang iba bukod dito, pero alam ko kahit paano magagamit ko eto para makapagsimula ng panibagong yugto sa aking buhay.