Another advice given to me by Tito Celso when I feel I have lost:

Look at a glass of water filled at the middle as half full rather than half empty.

I always feel disappointed if I could not get things done because of outside forces.

Tito Celso, my best friend—Anton’s father advised me:

Work with the cards you have and not with the cards of other people for which you have no control of.

A friend once told me that times have changed and being successful at this time is nearly impossible compared to our forefather’s time when the competition is not as tough as today.

I answered him back with a quote from John Gokongwei—“one of the richest people in our country”

In any generation no matter how tough the competition, somebody is destined to rise above the rest.

I have a growing reputation as the man that sends out a barrage of questions in any event, to anybody, on any particular topic.

My mentor Luis, recently introduced me to an expat as the “Man with a Thousand Question”.

At the age of thirteen, I was one of those normal students who were scared and shy to ask questions.

I overcame this personality on the same year after grabbing this quote from the self-confidence section:

I would rather be a fool for five minutes than be a fool for the rest of my life.

Michael Dell once mentioned in an interview that young American’s have an …

Obsession for Speed

in their careers. Do you?

I read this quote from one of commemorative SGV (an Ernst and Young member firm) Partner profiles when I was working in their consulting division for my practicum compliance.

Work as hard as you could
To get as far as you could
As fast as you could