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Monday, December 29, 2008

I just finished reading The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson. I learned about this book from the works of Tony Robbins, Jim Rohn, and other authors that I respect. I saw this book in National Bookstore and PowerBooks many times and have avoided reading it. Primarily, because it sounded so instructional and secondly, the book's title made it look like that this book is only for managers. As a "not-manager" it made me feel that I will not relate to this book (but I was wrong). But then I kept on hearing Ken Blanchard's name and The One Minute Manager being referred to by some authors I really respected. I also enjoyed reading, "Who Moved my Cheese" by Dr. Spencer Johnson so I ended up reading it. And I did not regret ever taking time to read it. The content is very simple and workable. And it's delivered in a story-type format so it's not boring and it did not sound so instructional.

The book started with a young man wanting to find an "effective manager" but failed to find one. He often meet "autocratic" or "democratic " managers who he refers as "half-managers". Until met a manager who has very interesting management style. The manager calls his style One Minute Management. Let me share to you the three secrets of the One Minute Manager:
The First Secret: One Minute Goals
The Second Secret: One Minute Praisings
The Third Secret: One Minute Reprimands

If you want to know more about them then I suggest you buy the book.:-)
The One Minute Manager also explained why these secrets works. This book are for people who are handling people like managers, supervisors and teamleaders. I can relate this book to Top Performance by Zig Ziglar where Zig really got my attention when he talked about giving feedback, praising and reprimand. So if you've read Top Performance you will love The One Minute Manger.

This book is a gem so I encourage managers and teamleads to read this book.:-)
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Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life


Change is happening and it will happen whether we like it or not. We might wake-up one day and we will realize that our "cheese" has been moved. And the question is, "what are we going to do about it?" Cheese is a metaphor for something we value. It could be our job, our lifestyle, our relationship, the economy, friends, organizations, our goals and aspirations, and etc. These things or circumstance might cause these things to change and it is our job not to be caught off-guard when these things happen. This is the gist of what I think this book is trying to address.

I can relate this book to the New Reality Workshop that I attended to and I found this more thorough since it focuses on the subject of change. More importantly the book deals with the behaviors and beliefs when under-going change. Truly, when you change the belief then you change the activity. When you change the activity you will change the result and the productivity. This is truly a wonderful book by Dr. Spencer Johnson.

This is just a 47-page book that you can read in less than an hour. You can buy this in almost any bookstore the hardbound will cost you around P500-700. The softbound should be around P250-450. So I recommend that you buy this book.
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
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I don't want to write any negative posts but I am forced to because I feel so guilty.
I consider myself a positive person but maybe sometimes negativity has its time.
So here goes my negative post:
I hate myself a bit, maybe because I feel I'm not punished as should? Or maybe because I
don't feel as emotional as I should? Or maybe because I think I'm too calloused to feel the weight
of the pain I've caused? Guilty and calloused. What an oxymoron right? Somehow I want to see myself in pain but I can't harm myself. Maybe I love myself that much. There are just so many contradictory thoughts in my mind that if I listen to them I will get confused myself. I am not miserable but I want to be. Maybe my time has not come yet? Or maybe I should just go ahead and forgive myself?
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
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This December is really something.
In just a span of 3 weeks, there so many things that happened to me: CE Theater, Saigon, travel, flirting, new business ideas, new plans, and a BIG heartache.
Yes, this month, I did a miserable thing, I hurt the person I loved the most. I will not go into details but when I said hurt, I really mean hurt. I let my emotion took over and let it lose a disaster. I consider myself a logical person but this time I did not use my mind just my heart and it cost me a lot. I used to take pride of something, now I am like the dust of the earth good to be trodden under everyone's feet. I regretted it so much but just like the wind the blows I cannot take it back. Where can I find absolution save from death?
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Friday, December 19, 2008
December

Hmmm.. where do I begin? There are just so much to say.
This December has been a memorable month.

I'll never forget it until I'm 80 or something.:)






























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My other girlfriends.:)

A and M, I'm glad to have met you.:)
This year, we had great time together. You know how I feel for you guys.

M, I will adapt you if you will still be here on the 24th. hehehehe..
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This is an overdue post my friends have been looking for this shot for quite awhile now. So, A, M, and A her it is.:)

Joyce,
I want to keep you here. Right here in my arms. I love you.:)
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Every moment is a moment

















If my eyes were cameras I would take a thousand pictures of you so I can capture every moment, every smile, every tear, every laughter, and every joy.
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Friday, December 12, 2008
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Table topics: What is LOVE?

Josiah: I did not grew up with a father. He died when I was just 4 years old and my mother did not re-marry. I did not have much memory of him but I did remember a few things. Few things like, when he comes home from work I get very excited because he usually brings me some snacks. Or if he don't have a snack with him, he would bring me to a snack bar and buy me bread and softdrinks. It made me feel so important.I also remember that when somebody asks him if I am his kid, he would always say, "Yes, he is my only boy." And while saying this, you can see the pride in his eyes and you can hear the excitement in his voice. This made me feel so special. And when he was about to die, he scolded me and he got so angry at me for no reason. I cried and cried and run away. Later on, I learned that he died after seeing me go away. My sister told me that his last words to my mom and her was to take care of the family. He knew he was going to die and he does not want me to see him die. He wants me to have a very wonderful memory of a strong father.

Now what is love? I believe love is when you make a person, your kid, your spouse, your parents, or your lover, feel important. I believe love is when somebody asks you, if the person is related to you in some way, you say it in with pride in your eyes and excitement in your voice. You can say, "That's my mother!", or "That's my father!" or "That's girlfriend!", "yes, that's my boyfriend!", "That's my girlfriend!", or "That's my kid!" I believe love is when, even in your last breathe you want the person will have a great memory of you.
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