Ah, childhood. What wonderful memories I can share.
Like the the time I was five, and got my first teddy bear.
I loved that bear like it was my own.
I kissed her and fed her and loved her as my own.
Like the time I was six,when I got my first bicycle.
When the time Papa brought it home and gave it to me as a gift.
That bicycle soon became one of my daily cycles
Biking to and fro, back and forth through the park.
But alas, these memories are soon to fade away.
Like my bicycle and teddy bear will rust and wilt away.
But every time I close my eyes and count to ten,
these memories I had from the past will soon shine again.
They will shine like the stars in the dark blue sky.
Like pearls from the ocean and the deep blue sea.
These memories I had when I was a child,
will remain forever and ever in my heart.
People are important in building an organization. They are the foundation of success. We can say that the numbers tells how big it is. Putting people first is one of the key in building up the organization. As a builder we must check if our people can able to participate or not to make sure that the organization will be at its best. The organization is poor when the people are not good.
There are many reasons why we have to put people first.
People give loyalty when they are getting good benefits in return. They will also perform a good job in giving back favors. It’s a win-win situation in both parties.
How can we check people if they are getting the enough benefits?
By asking them we can find the answers. Performing a survey questions and knowing their needs is a big hint to check if they are getting enough.
I share my story as “Micro Amigo Probiotics Corp” part owner. We are promoting health products containing beneficial microbes. It is good for the digestive tract to balance bad and good bacteria in our body.
Being a part owner, everyone expect to get anything in return after hard works. The budget is not enough to compensate us but we make sure that the distributors who are selling the products get what they have to get. From over 10 part-owners the number drop to 3 and that includes Me, Ivy Gatapia, and Corina Lopez. In the owners point of view the distributors are the people who need to put first in priority and make sure to get their benefits, but in the others point of view, we the owners are the people who are running the business must be compensated to maintain our daily needs. Since we’re not getting what we are expecting to get, we look for new opportunities and others leave their responsibility. Becoming a part owner of Micro Amigo Probiotics is charge to my experience. I learn many lessons from my partner and friends. We never last for 3 years and that business ventures is where I’ve learned why we should put people first. If the owners or the management get satisfied for what they get, I might think that we’re still together until now.
When you think of putting people first, don’t forget to include yourself. You are just sharing good things to others. What happens when in times that you’re not enough? We don’t want to make it hard giving to others.
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Having enough rest is very important to health. You need to rest when you get tired. We have to be conscious in our activities. Enjoying things you do will give you more energy but don’t neglect to make a good rest.
I had experienced to work over 48 hours only with only an hour of power nap. I have to finish my work on due time and I need to work very efficient. Sometimes I beat the deadline and ask for extension if I cannot make it. I don’t want to give more time to my work because it is not a good practice, what I mean is I have to finished it as soon as possible in very efficient manner so you can take your rest early.
Abusing body out of rest is very bad healthy habit. Rest must be into your time management. Don’t worry about having a work deadline because you can plan it without affecting your rest. If you know your schedule very well, you can have a time rest or finished your work on or before deadline.
Where do I rest?
I look for a comfortable place to rest where my body is fit to relax. Find a place with pleasant surroundings. Noise can destruct your resting too. I find time to rest on vacation at least once a month. I don’t recommend expensive vacation when the budget is out.
Rest Tips
Schedule time to rest. – If you don’t have rest schedule, someday you will pay for it when you get sick. It is better get rest in tiring condition and get relieve than confine on the clinic or hospital for treatment. It is very important to take your rest on time.
Get at least 4 – 8 hours of rest. – Like a machine it needs maintenance, time to operate and time to check its conditions. Machines need rest to maintain its functions. Our body should take enough rest to maintain good conditions.
Eat the right food. – The food we eat contributes to give more energy while we rest. Don’t eat too much if you were going to sleep. I recommend fruits that easy to digest.
Avoid too much rest. – Our body needs activity. Our body needs to be in actions to maintain its ability.
Learn to meditate. – Meditation can improve you rest. It is one of the best kind of relaxation.
The morning is wiser than the evening. – Russian Proverb
Having an open mind will make you listen and understand more. Shutting off your mouth while others talking is showing respect. This is not an ordinary skills, it can help you find more wisdom from the one who is talking. Listening skills is a gift. It’s a way to feed your intellectual and spiritual health.
Listening is similar to reading.
You can’t understand what you read if you don’t know what all is about or it doesn’t make sense and the same thing with listening. You can’t understand what you heard if you don’t know what it is or you don’t have idea. Talk less and listen more is an advice to develop your skills how to absorb information. It gives respect to the person who talking.
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Listening is Freedom. Be glad that you can hear and no one can stop you not to hear.
The effective ways to listen:
Be interested on the topic
Read the mouth of the speakers
Look at the face of the speakers, you might get the expression or feel something especially when you look into the eyes
You can ask to pardon word if you don’t hear it clear.
Don’t make the volume too loud or soft.
Nod your head if you understand this affirmation or a segment can easily remember when you recall.
I want to share the good site where you can find more detail how to talk less and listen more effectively. You can download the eBook copy of “The guide for better listening.” TalklessListenMore.com gives other resources to enhance your listening.
You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. ~James 1:19
In this blog I wanted to cover my inspirational book “If I really wanted to make a difference I would…” I use to read this book when I started doing Multi Level Marketing business ( Forever Living Products Philippines International ) and now I love to read it again and share what I’ve learned from my experience related to the content of the book.
This book contains simple thoughts that can create big impact in our life. Most of the content or topic here are the things we usually do and sometimes were not aware of the result; we just feel like doing it.
You can read how to become a better person and make good relationship with others. This book is about making a difference or knowing that there are more things you can have or become.
Here are the list of wisdom and inspirations from the book.
If I really wanted to make a difference I would… – is published in the Philippines by Lighthouse Inspirational Books & Gifts, Inc. and it’s available to your favorite local Bookstore- National Bookstore, Powerbooks and Philippine Christian Bookstore.
This activity is good to develop trust in your partners. From the word itself it means that you must gain confident and put trust to your partners when you fall. It is done by standing at the edge and to fall down with strait body posture to the ground. Your partners or participant will catch you safely at your back.
This is very easy if you know that there are people who will be at your back to catch you. But in other case, some instructor will put a blind fold where the key person cannot able to see if there are someone who will catch when the instructor ask to fall.
The objective of this activity is learning how to trust your instructor or mentor on whatever they ask you to do. Have a clue that your instructor will never ask you to do unsafe thing.
Believing can develop trust. It is hard to trust if you don’t believe. Believing is the easiest way to learn. That is why trust fall is often included in team development training.
What can I say about “take your lunch?” We literally take a lunch to keep our body healthy but “Don’t Worry, Make Money” means how will you take your lunch. Will you spend much time and money or find a way to take your lunch wisely.
This topic gives example of minimizing your expenses not just in having lunch but in any aspect of spending money. The book said that if you can save $5 in every meal because of bringing prepared lunch from home will give you $100 savings in 20 days.
Take note, this can be applied in other way. Instead of riding a taxi cab, walk if it’s just 5 or 10 minutes walk away. Its an opportunity to get an exercise if you still have much time before your appointment. This is good habit that a extra ordinary people do. It can make a difference in the long terms.
I remember when my mother use to prepare me a lunch pack every morning, it’s not because she’s saving money in the future but honestly we don’t really have much. I feel thankful for it was the time I started to develop good habit delaying gratifications.
Who would believe that bringing your lunch to work could be such a profitable thing to do?
Shaving underarms is not wise to make it beautiful. It can lead your skin wounded. We may not notice the skin layer get damage by the blades frictions against the skin causing the skin to irritate, bruises, bumps or cut.
What should we do instead of shaving our underarms? Pull up the hair?
Pulling hair is more dangerous because it will open the pores of your skin allowing chemical substance “Deodorant” enters the body. The best advised is shaving your underarms properly. Add cream or moisturizer, it will make shaving efficiently. It is beneficial if your moisturizer contain ingredients link, Vitamin C, ceramide or glycerine, mallow extract, linoleic acid.
