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Why Gratitude Matters
As a speaker, one of my most requested talks is GRATITUDE. One specific problem that gratitude addresses is employee engagement. As I speak to HR Professional and business leaders, they would tell me that they want to increase the engagement levels of their employees, and eventually increase their productivity. In my years of experience giving my signature talk on The Power of Gratitude, I saw how employees’ perspective change from “What’s in it for me?” “I deserve this.” “I dislike my boss because…” “I’m not happy in my company because…” to “Oh wow, I didn’t realize how blessed I am to be part of this company.” “Yes, I do appreciate…
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Let’s Talk About Your Dreams
Happy Wednesday , Sometime in October 2013, I was deciding whether to buy myself a brand new 11” Macbook Air which I’ll use to write books or attend a 3-Day Super Conference in Shangrila Mactan, Cebu. That time, I just “retired” from my corporate job and I was also celebrating my birthday in a few days. It was a choice between a writing gadget and a learning opportunity. I chose the latter. I invested around P60,000 for the 3-day conference in Cebu. That didn’t include the airfare yet. Costly? You bet. Painful? Yes, definitely! Because I knew I invested P60,000 for a 3-day conference, I made sure every minute I spent in…
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What will you focus on this 2019?
Happy Monday! 🙂 About a year ago, I was in Ortigas for our Toastmasters Officers semi-annual planning. My role was to share how I was going to conduct the team building activities that will happen in 3 weeks time. During the meeting, I was a bit distracted by what was in front of me. One box of kitkat! At that time, I was very hungry. I love chocolates but I was trying to reduce my chocolate intake! Woah! “Should I eat kitkat? Okay, just one. Should I eat one more? I’m still hungry? To eat or not to eat?” Those thoughts were playing in my mind. I was distracted. Have…
