Richard St. John’s 8 Secrets to Success

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What leads to Success?

Richard St. John answered this question in 8 Simple words. Passion, Work, Good, Focus, Push, Serve, Ideas, and Persist. These may be self-explanatory, but I’d explain them still for those who weren’t listening much…

1. Passion

We should do what we are doing because we love it. We should do it for love and not for money. “And besides, if we do it for love, we’d eventually get the money” Richard adds. These may not be the exact words but the thought is the same.

Conclusion? Yes, I deeply agree with him. If we don’t have the will to do it, why are we still doing it? For example, if someone looses the will to live, he would prefer suicide. (Hey, that was just a thought, a mere coincidence…I’m not saying that you follow it) Even about the money-part. We’d eventually get to that if we enjoy what we’re doing.

2. Work

“Nothing comes easily, but I have fun…” this was one of his respondent’s answers.

I think this is still connected with Passion because even if our work/ job is really hard, but we love what we’re doing, we’d remain doing the same thing. And we’d eventually and still have fun!

3. Good

“…get damn good at it!” was another attention-grabbing line from one of his respondents. He adds: “practice, practice, PRACTICE”!

This is really true because and applicable because, if we love to do something, we’d want to strive harder. Actually, at some times, we wouldn’t notice that we’re going “level-up” already. We just mind our own business and continuously enjoy what we are doing, then “poof!” we already did a million great things on it. For example, you love writing so much. You were given a task to write an article about your favorite movie in not less than 500 words. We wouldn’t cram so much and complain, we’d just start writing what our mind holds. We’d be surprised later that we have already written a thousand words!

4. Focus

“…Focus yourself with one thing…”

I believe what this says is that we should acknowledge and aim a goal. This simply implies that we should not just sail the vast ocean of life and let it drift with you just looking out the window. We should steer the ship towards a certain island, towards a certain destination. It should be already painted clearly on our mind before we even start the voyage. (Hope you get the picture, I’m sorry, I’m not that good to paint)

5. Push

He suggests that we should PUSH our shyness and self-doubt, as well as failure.

In my point of view, he says that we should ‘stand our ground’ and not let doubt or shyness stop us from achieving the destinations we have painted. We should push failure away; we should remain standing no matter what kind of obstacle comes our way.

6. Serve

“…serve others something of value…”

I think he entails that we should think wisely. He says that we should serve others because anyway, that’s how we would be successful. It’s not just in terms of money. If we help others for example, we’d gain a value, lesson or moral after helping them.

7. Ideas

He says, “Listen, Observe, Be Curious, Ask Questions, Problem Solve, Make connections…”

What he says, in my opinion, are the steps in building ideas. Ideas could be the roots of actions, and actions to success.

8. Persist

“…Persist through Failure, persist through CRAP-the acronym. C- criticism, R- rejection, A- assholes, P- pressure…”

The acronym is very interesting. Personally, I think this is the best. He says here that we should persevere. We should carry on with our goals no matter the obstacles. We should keep on traveling the murky waters though we have gotten lost, though our companions have turned against our traveling-sense and have started putting us down in every possible way, though we can’t get what we want(for now), though everyone around us seems to be our enemies, and yet, everyone has started depending on us.

To sum it all up, this is a very interesting and enlightening talk.

I’d rate it a 10/10.

At the end of the talk, I realize clearly that success is earned and is not like something like an object that could be passed from one person to another.

The process is something tiring and hard but this leads ultimately to something worthwhile- into something no person can deny to have. Who wouldn’t?

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Lovin' Max...

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Hey, this is not just some ‘emo’ entry about me drooling over someone. This entry is about my favorite, my most loved.

Max…Oh, Max

Hey!! The Max I’m pertaining to is Max Restaurant… just to clarify your mind.

First and foremost, let’s talk about its history. Max Restaurant started in the year 1945. Maximo Gimenez, a Stanford-educated teacher befriended the American occupation troops stationed at Quezon City. With this friendship, the soldiers frequently visited Maximo’s home for drinks, celebrations, talks, and alike. This gave Maximo the idea to open a café where the soldiers and troops could hang out. The menu, then, was chicken, steaks and drinks. Ruby, maximo’s niece, managed the kitchen. She created a special recipe for the chicken, and it immediately became a hit for the customers- the soldiers. Soon enough, the soldiers weren’t the only customers of the ‘café’. The other people heard about the mouth-watering chicken and so, the came too! This finally lead to the birth of Max Restaurant- the only one who occupies my guts, who fills my growling stomach. Hahaha…

Over the years, Max's Restaurant's popularity grew and became known as "the house that fried chicken built". It has expanded in Metro Manila, Southern and Northern Luzon, Cebu and California, USA.

My favorite menu( let’s face it, ‘food’ is not the word applicable because settling for only one of their food is not going to be helpful for my ‘condition’, the starving guts!) is the SET C from their Per Table Menu.

Let’s take the word per word definition, which I just made up.

Per Table Menu is the group of menus that is suitable for 5 to 10 people.

Set C full table consists of a complete set menu, from soup to dessert, good for ten people, which is just right for the family. This set includes the following dishes: Max’s Fried Chicken, Sinigang na Hipon, Boneless Bangus, Kare-kare, Lechon Kawali, Plain Rice, Roasted Nuts and Buko Pandan. It cost PHP 3870.90, last time I checked.

By the way, you could get a half-table for these menu types. For example, the Set C half-table consist of the same elements but lesser, of course, basically half of what the full –table promises. Still, it suffices for 5 people and costs PHP 1934.90.

You see? Other than the set being affordable, you could leave the restaurant with satisfied and filled stomachs. You can hardly walk after this feast!

Some other foods and menus you could enjoy are the following.

Beware! These foods could cause extreme ‘salivation’…if ever there is no word like that; I’m inventing it right now, because that’s what these pictures cause me to do…hahaha… I define it as excessive production of saliva…

Parenthetically, they’re offering some jobs. They need a Branch Admin Officer, Rider, Store Accounting Specialist, HR Specialist, Kitchen Staff, Dining Staff, Banquet & Sales Coordinator, Kitchen Supervisor, Dining Supervisor, Branch Manager, JR Systems Administrator, HR Assistant, Accounting Assistant, Accounts Payable Accountant, Franchise Area Manager, Technical Support Assistant, Liaison Officer, Cook, Maintenance Engineer, Quality Assurance Assistant, Warehouse Team Leader, and Accounting Assistant. If you want more details about these job opportunities, here’s the direct link: http://www.maxschicken.com/index.php?/careers

Since I’m already standing here, talking about food, I just want to give you some personal tips on choosing your to-be-favorite restaurant.

1. Consider the quality of the food.

Why would you call it your favorite restaurant if you think that the food sucks? Yes, it serves food making it a restaurant; but question is, do you like the food? How would you call it a favorite if you don’t appreciate or even like it? Think about the logic!

2. Consider the amount of the food.

If the food’s great but the amount is not worth it, yes. You could call it a favorite but why? How do you say you really, really, really enjoy it if you rarely go eat there? Let’s take the pattern and place it somewhere else. If we love a person, he or she is our ‘favorite’. Is Love at First Sight considered Love if we only saw them once? How are we to really love and appreciate them if we do not really see or feel what there is to love and appreciate? Logic!

3. Consider the staff’s attitude.

If the staff is rude and all, why would people consider eating there? They might as well find some decent karinderya where true Filipino hospitality is applied… Hahaha, just kidding, but it’s true.

……these are very applicable, I found out. But don’t take these tips incase someone working in the most gruesome restaurant is hitting on you… Priorities, people! (Hahaha…don’t believe these last 2 sentences I wrote before this one.)

This is the main page of my beloved Max: http://www.maxschicken.com/index.php?

Feel free to navigate it, it’s worth the time, effort and money!

A message to Max:

I love you…hope you’d see that!

…But I’m not endorsing you…YET!

Another fruitful thought:

Anything taken in excessive amounts is bad.

But sometimes, we deserve a treat or two. And I do agree with that.

We just have to know our limitation.

Sources:

· http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jccarepestcontrol.com/images/clientlogo/max.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.jccarepestcontrol.com/ilocostop.php&usg=__SDNjiDoA5zgzqM5Tm-wo2dwokXU=&h=314&w=347&sz=27&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=t4R_C_bMaZNW0M:&tbnh=127&tbnw=136&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmax%2Brestaurant%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1C1DVCK_enPH379PH379%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D677%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=119&vpy=64&dur=2110&hovh=214&hovw=236&tx=131&ty=122&ei=8UCfTNiQDYSycJ6QtYMK&oei=hECfTM83jfS9A52QvYkN&esq=6&page=1&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0

· http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.clickthecity.com/img2/articles/CTC-4720-image3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.clickthecity.com/watchpad/%3Fp%3D4720&usg=__uxV9R4tXAYtKDi5ZBTBTcvGvxus=&h=305&w=406&sz=26&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=WHyVqv4B71LdhM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=169&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmax%2Brestaurant%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1C1DVCK_enPH379PH379%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D677%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=520&ei=hECfTM83jfS9A52QvYkN&oei=hECfTM83jfS9A52QvYkN&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0&tx=67&ty=68

· http://www.maxschicken.com/index.php?

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Have Some Sense of Virtue

Posted by pamG

Adolescence. Ah...everything seems young and fresh and vibrant. Love blossoms and Adventures begin. Life is just getting started and everything around us just begs to be discovered. Yes, everything.

Let’s face the fact that lots of us experience love and romance. Let’s face the fact that some of us just crave for more. Let’s face the fact that some of us take it to the next level. But don’t we have some morality left? This is a touchy subject, so forgive my… improper words.

Our virginity is our best gifts to our future husbands and wives. Why don’t we preserve it for them, and only them? Sure, they’d love us no matter what, but don’t you want to really show that you would have given yourself to him and only him?

Last Saturday, September 18, 2010, our school held a seminar about Human Sexuality for the third and fourth years. The third years had the morning shift while the fourth years had the afternoon shift. It was very meaningful and interesting. But a part that I couldn’t take off my mind until after I reached home was the gruesome clip of the mother giving birth to her child. It was not bloody, which I didn’t expect because I know that giving birth IS bloody, but they really closed up on the view of the baby coming out of the mother. Exactly the situation and event and they didn’t even place a warning! Ah! Most of my batch mates screamed and all that but I didn’t. I was actually laughing at them and watching carefully the process. This probably says that I still got my dad’s gene of being a doctor…hahaha..

In this seminar, it’s as if they just repeated what we already know. I mean, yeah, sure they DID enlighten us more but this seminar seems redundant because those things they discussed were some basic things that we, at our young age, already know. (I blame this on the media! They infect and destroy the minds of the youth slowly and carefully, with us unaware.) So, basically, I define the seminar as somewhat …boring…

Still, it was quite informative and they did add some more things to ponder upon. Let’s give them that effort…Hahaha… At least, they still broadened our knowledge. And, I therefore conclude, they should continue with this seminar for all the oncoming juniors and seniors. I just hope that they could make it more interesting because, the whole time we were there, they just instructed us to seat and to listen.

Kidding aside, this reality is no laughing matter. Lots of teenagers get pregnant and start a family of their own at very young ages. Then, eventually, others want to run away from their responsibilities. Maybe this is one of the causes leading to broken families and divorce.

So, I’m warning you right now. Let’s all make our oaths of promises.

I promise to restrain myself and all my hormones until I get married. I promise not to join in activities that could encourage this urges. I promise to keep my family in tact, which I would have in the future (which is 10 years more if you have the same age like me). I promise to take care of my family. And lastly, I promise to keep my promises.

Now, that was a simple oath right?

A piece of thought:

When faced with temptation, it’s best to keep your head straight. Walk straight-up and ahead. Don’t mind the other travelers going for the detour. Just go your own way and eventually, you would find someone there. He might have been someone you traveled with but never really noticed; or he might be someone who traveled using another road but also reached where you are destined to go because he did not bother to risk taking the detour. Either way, you’d see, he is someone you would want to travel with during the rest of the journey.

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Me and My Life

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When people have lots of things to say, but don’t have the right words, they find ways.

So far, this is me and my life.

My name is Pamella, and my nickname is Pam. I am currently a high-school student at Saint Louis University- Laboratory High School. There are two Pams in our class so, I use “PamG”. That is, to distinguish our names. Trust me, my blog is better…Just-kidding PamV!

I have always lots of things on my mind but I seldom speak them all out, not wanting to encourage enemies or hurt loved ones. But when I do talk it out loud, I say it straight-forward. So if you do get hit by those menace-full words of mine, just say so and I’ll think about them. Other than that, I got this dagger stare that I could inflict upon anyone (except some people) so, don’t get me looking like that otherwise, both of us could suffer.

Writing, literature, computers and software are most of my favorite things. Other than those, I also enjoy music and movies. I don't have any specific and favorite music or movie because these could just go with the trend or with what I feel. And these are just fads. After some time, they would eventually fade away. Like almost everything around. Fashion. Movies. Love. Life and Death. Sadness. Happiness. Don’t call me emo, but look around!

Adding to those things you now know about me, I’ll say this. DON’T YOU DARE THROW REUSABLE PAPERS! I know some people who do, even though they know how much our environment is troubled. (YOU know who YOU are!) I’m just saying that later on, if we continue to look around blindly, then sooner or later…YES, we would regret it. Regret comes after everything has been done, everything has been said, and anyone has been hurt. And yes, THAT anyone is everyone in our world, in this situation. If you think you’re too old to start acting, and then just do it. It’s something worthwhile… rather than to complain and grieve about your children and other people’s children who would suffer. And if you think you’re too young, just ask your mommies and daddies what I am blabbing about. But, think about the logic…if you ARE too young, why the hell are you using the internet? Still, ponder upon those facts…the facts that surround and affect us in every possible way that we don’t seem to see or even understand.

Let’s get back to our topic.

First and foremost, I started this blog because of a requirement. Though this is a new thing for me, I enjoy it now. A blog is like an online journal. And I love writing-even if I’m not so successful. In my opinion, those are two formulas that could lead to the success of this blog.

When it comes to matters like these, we should also learn to enjoy what we're doing. Otherwise, what's the point of continuing and going through these things if we don't even find the reason and motivation of doing it. Here, I would write my views on anything and anyone. Not just any trivial matters though; it would be about something that strikes me. Anything and I mean anything. Especially since not all of us can keep up with this world’s development. Hey, I’m one of those geeky kids who are more concerned with how Mark Anthony and Cleopatra died, what the atomic weight of Phosphorus is and what were Euclid’s contributions. So, basically, I’m not up-to-date with these things. I’m not naïve of what’s happening, but I’m not also not all-that aware.

Seriously, I’m not just joking around…

A fruitful thought from personally, me:

Life, so far, is a current of waves pushing me away and towards the shore. Situations, in this life of mine, are ups and downs that are so unpredictable. But still, I live it. Why not?

It’s a life full of pains and pleasures, adrenaline and boredom, failure and success. And we'd never know where ours falls if we don't live it.

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Take it from all Sides, Sir

Posted by pamG in The 12-year Basic Education Cycle ; Noynoy Aquino’s 10-point basic education agenda ;

Noynoy Aquino’s 10-point basic education agenda

The President’s 10-point education agenda has gained comments and attention, once again. I for one, are one of those people.

The 12-year Basic Education Cycle

Though his intentions, I assume, are good. I don’t see the necessity of this. What is wrong with our current education system? Does having a 10-year Basic Education Cycle prove that we fall far behind those who do have the 12-year Cycle? Why not just actually improve on our current system? Other than that, why not train the teachers better so that they could teach the students better. Is this practical, right at this time?

Parents are already soaked in their own blood and sweat to provide the already “storey-tall” tuition fees of their children, most especially to the families with more than 3 children. What is the need to add to their burdens? My family, for one, comprises 5 children. Four of us go to school and next year, my other sibling would also enter kinder. Tuition fees are already “almost-killing” our finances. Then what more if we add years? Does he think that to do this is practical? Our country is already lacking funds for its own repairs. Not to mention, the lack of school supplies, facilities and books of the students in the public schools. The government is already immersed in debts from other countries.

Universal pre-schooling for all

This is a good thing, in my opinion. Basic education is very important in the student’s formation. Other than that, it is an advantage also for the elementary teachers because it would help loosen their load. If the children don’t know the basics, then it would be very hard on the teacher’s part to teach the child the basics, instead of teaching them the lesson for that curriculum.

Madaris education as a sub-system within the education system

Madaris education is a good idea. But I don’t think that we should move on with that change first because see, what we have now in our education. The quality of our education is already sunken and if we add more load, then it would just add more concerns to think about even before one is resolved.

Technical vocational education as an alternative stream in senior high school

This, I agree with! This might be the change we need after all. Most especially, this could lessen the out-of-school youths from high school. Most students, after high school, can’t afford college and so they just try to find a work. And because they don’t have any meticulous expertise for that, the college-grads are picked over them. This then results to the swelling of the unemployed Filipinos. And the cycle repeats itself again, and again.

“Every child a reader” by Grade 1

This agenda is very impressing. But why would it take so long? If this is implemented before the end of the next administration, then his term is ending. Why not right now, for our current Grade 1 students?

Science and Math proficiency

Why would he rebuild science and math infrastructures? The thought is very good and all, but this could affect our country’s finances. Like what was stated earlier, our government is already short on funds. If we continue adding to our infrastructures and other architectural projects, then we wouldn’t have anything left anymore for the other government branches that need improvement. Think about the ratio of public schools in the Philippines to the budget allotted per infrastructure.

Assistance to private schools as essential partners in basic education

This idea is really good. Schools are meant to educate and broaden the knowledge of individuals. They should co-exist to serve their main purpose.

Medium of Instruction Rationalized

Yeah, this should be utilized. But first, the teachers should also be trained well so that their knowledge on those matters would not be limited to only a specific area.

Quality textbooks

Finally! This is what the Philippines’ education sector needs. Hopefully, this would be implemented now, ASAP. Students lack books and other proper school facilities. That is what the government should concentrate on, since this is the most urgent, not to mention being the easiest to solve, concern that the government should start to repair.

Covenant with the local governments to build more schools

Right! This is really, really, super, duper good……if we want to kill the Philippines finances. He already plans to build some more, and of course, spend some more. Then what would happen to our economy? Still, this is a good plan. (I say that not with sarcasm) But not right now- especially at this time of our economy’s poverty.

Life is just filled with roads, lots of possibilities. It is our gift and our curse. We have the freedom to decide and choose. But we also always have the risk to fall. And it is our job to carefully choose, to carefully avoid the pit.

What more if we are in position to decide for everyone. “With great power comes great responsibility” is what Spiderman’s uncle said. Let’s take into consideration everyone and everything. Let’s not allow minor details to pass our sight, because it still forms part of the big picture. Let’s view all the possibilities and all the sides of our actions. So that later on, we won’t have to regret something that we can never take back.

Link to Mr. Vincent Tabor ~ teacher. Or his blog

Noynoy Aquino’s 10-point Basic Education Agenda Link:

http://barriosiete.com/noynoy-aquinos-10-point-basic-education-agenda/

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