personal development

How To Build Self Esteem Most of the common causes of low self esteem can be traced at home and the environment that surrounds us.  Lack of love and affection can decrease one’s self significantly. They have difficulty trusting and mixing up with people. Excessive criticism and negative remarks that are rude and vulgar can create a feeling of worthlessness, at times making them pessimistic. Physical abuse that includes sexual and mental is also a [...]

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Strengths Finder 2.0 book by Tom Rath is an online assessment test that will identify your top 5 strengths out of the 34 dominant “themes” of talents. The research was based on Gallup’s 40 year study of human strengths that lead to the creation of Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment.  The book was originally based from Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D., who was cited by the American Society of Psychology [...]

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  Time Management 101 – Don't (or Minimize) Watch TV I had a television inside my room. The TV was already there when I started renting the room two (2) years ago. At first, it was very appealing to watch when you’re lying on the bed. Turning the remote control was all I need to entertain myself. When I started learning new skills and got interested on a small business and my pursuit of personal [...]

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  I want to share this one of my favorite  Jim Rohn's philosophies.  Walk away from the ninety-seven (97%) percent. Don't use their vocabulary, don't use their excuses, don't use their method of drift and neglect. Won't even walk around the block for their health. Won't even eat an apple a day,won't even take the time to refine their philosophy for a better life…walk away! Walk away and join the three (3%) percent. Take charge [...]

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How to Make a Presentation for the First Time Finally, I was able to do a first time presentation to an audience about the topic “Loving Your Neighbor”. The goal of my topic was to be able to explain the meaning of Christian love and to help us in applying to our daily lives. I never hesitated when I was given the invitation to to be a speaker  from one (1) of the nine (9 ) [...]

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Event + Response = Outcome (E+R=O) – Powerful Tips to Create Best Results Just this morning, I was scolded by my boss. My friend made a phone call but when I decided to stand out from my desk just to continue our discussion, my boss called me in his loudest voice from the corner of our office. So, I told my friend that my boss is calling me and we have to stop our discussion. [...]

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How Full is Your Bucket – Five Strategies for a More Positive Organization I got a chance to borrow and read this highly recommended book, How Full is Your Bucket? by coauthors Tom Rath and Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D. (Tom’s grandfather and has been dubbed as the “Grandfather of Positive Psychology”). The book is about filling someone’s bucket by sharing meaningful, positive relationship and uplifting activities. On the opposite hand, bucket dipping is when you [...]

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Short Note of Love and Gratitude It’s been quite sometime since my last article. I missed my home. I missed this place. Good opportunities come and I am grateful to share my online skills by adding value to other people’s lives. Anyway, so I am dropping by to send gratitude and love to the universe. I am so grateful to God for the person that I become and the potentiality of becoming more. The being [...]

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Joscelin Yeo (The Couch Episode) – Inspirational Life Lessons after Competition Former national swimming champions Joscelin Yeo and her brother Leonard of Singapore, sit down to discuss life after competition in one of The Couch episode at Mediacorp’s Channel 5. I seldom watch TV, I prefer to read books or listen to audio books. When I came from work, I managed to watch a replay episode of The Couch and got the chance to record [...]

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Jack Canfield live in Manila 2010-Achieving Breakthrough Results in Work and Life Jack Canfield is coming to Manila this Septemeber 27, 2010 at SMX  Convention Center. He is the co-author of the best selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books and one of the casts from the popular DVD movie, The Secret. Please get the chance to meet our kababayan,  Jhet Torcelino-van Ruyven, a best selling author for The Tale of Juliet and [...]

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