Is it just me or are weekends nowadays really just too short and pass by too quickly? Guess it’s true that time flies when you’re having fun. After another packed weekend day, I suddenly sense the impending gloom of the coming workweek.
I still recall the time when I dreaded…

One thing that I absolutely get sick of and sucks the life out of me yet I keep building up on is clutter. I’m an absolute clutter magnet. Clutter in the house, clutter in the car, clutter at the work desk. There’s unsightly clutter everywhere in my life. And I…

Recently, I’ve come to understand what for me makes for good company — those that I’d seek out and enjoy hanging out with. They….are not full of themselves. I believe this is the most important thing of all. Have you ever hung out with people who can’t stop talking about…

A lot of thoughts have been swirling in my head lately, as I get to learn stuff in my new assignment and from my readings.One key point I picked up in all this is the importance of taking pride in our uniqueness, of being self-affirmed in who we are —…

It’s been a little over 4 years since I first became a legitimate people manager, and I’m glad to find myself reaping the fruits of consciously and fastidiously putting a premium on being a good one. (4 years pa lang pala?)

In this short span of time, I’ve amassed quite…

“Anyone can be GREAT if they so desire, if they set their heads and
hearts on the RIGHT things: the right motivation, the right restraint,
the right relationships.”
The more I ponder this thought, the more it makes sense to me.
We who aspire to be great don’t always necessarily aspire to…

Exactly why the human soul has a need to belong is quite inexplicable. They say no man is an island, but where does permanence figure in the need for psychological and emotional habitation? Does it make sense at all?
Belonging, it’s so hard to find it. There are natural misgivings…

I shared this tip at the Leader Readiness class recently (thanks Robert for inviting me over to speak), and I’ve posted this as a comment response as well at a recent entry here at the site; but I feel strongly about turning it into a full-fledged blog post (perhaps for the…

A short, stiff-neck inducing sleep got me a weird weird dream a couple of nights ago, with some characters from work oddly becoming a couple and all of us attending some sort of concert conference where I played the guitar with some star band. Haha.
Talk about ultimate weirdness. In…

In a couple of occasions, I find myself pondering upon the things I learned from my mom and dad whether directly or indirectly. Most of them are stuff I learned by seeing them in action, and not those that they’d consciously teach or instruct.
My dad is one of the…