This post covers self mastery. Self mastery/improvement must come first before you can improve performance and outputs. You cant be a businessman or an entrepreneur or be rich unless you improve your self. To attempt to change the world without self improvment is insanity
Dont have a reactive drift. When there is no direction, everything becomes a crisis and every thing in your brain in using brain power. The moment you write it down, the brain stops reacting. And you become more focussed and discplined.
Too much productivity system, apps, confuses you and stops you from being more productive.
Write it down and focus on 3-5 things you will do every day...
The Toyotas elders sold the machines for weaving to a foreign company. An automatic machine. That stops when there is thread breakage. The amount earned was worth a fortune. But Sakiichi gave his son not the money but the idea the philosophy behind a weaving company. And that made Toyota the most reliable car.. Principle philosophy is more stable than money
One project seem to be going south. I worked so hard to turn this over to a protege. But he could not produce result the full dp despite giving him all the support. At a meeting I discovered that we are not in agreement with business, leadership and management principles.
Now I had to meet with the principal and agree negotiate with the exit.... Am disappointed and saddened.
Now I know better. Better hands on with big deals. The underlings cant be trusted yet.
An individual I have been guiding motivating ran into problems (where to get his funding - his supporters did not make true their commitments) and looked exhausted and helpless But this post reminded of the great wealth that comes to him and what he has is rare opportunity. But examining his resources, he has lots:
1. His receivables from a contract has not been forthcoming because he accepted the wrong
computation of his billing,
2. He has retention for collection;
3. Then found out that one of the partners has receivables still 10 years old, and we can discount future receivables.
There a lots of reels/shorts on soc media about how Chinese treat in laws, employees, and abusive supervisors who mistreat their staff: collect bribes for being employed, asks them to submi proposals and then take credit. Then about parents: driving away parents due to wifes insistence, or favoring other children
Of course, they could be part of the silen warfare by the Chinese PLA vs the west to project that they are kind and good.
But whose side are you on?
I am on the side of right, fairness, and also kindness.
It is a common story that just when the old man or woman is to die, the heirs quarrel as to who gets the lion share of the inheritance. Quarrels arise. If there is no quarrel, the heirs surely have taken up the MBA on how to squander and dissipate the wealth that took so hard for the parents to gather and grow.
So there was story of father who gave his eldest son one cow; the other one, a hundred cows plus a dairy. Of course the eldest was aghast on his one cow gift from his father. So the father said you will see that I gave you a better inheritance ie how to build wealth. Thus the eldest milked the cows, sold the milk ot neighbors saved the money, then bought more cows. Eventually he bought more cows and eventually had a dairy. The younger one of course simply enjoyed the wealth and eventually lost his money.
So would you prefer the inheritance of experience and knowledge how to build wealth?
This post did two people decision blunders... I overestimated. While overestimating promotes positive vibes and promote growth, such reality when they bite can halt growth and result in disaster.
1. One concerned a top position to head a business unit. He lacked leadership and was unable to act on other concerns like negotiation, finance, documentation and on time management. He did not act fast and was unable to ascertain the urgent and important
2. One was candidate for financial controller. She was lazy did not act fast, was not reliable and was unable to understand the chores of a financial controller although she represented herself to be one.
One has to ask difficult question from the candidate and ascertain in the interview whether she /he understands you and the task at hand...
This post noted elsewhere that when invited to a social gathering, especially where you want to establish business ties, it pays to bring a gift, or something to share for that occasion: wine, fresh fruits, pancit, fried chicken in a barrel. Its a no no to just come with bare hands and feet.
I remember we had a midwife agent before and she always brought something for the kids whenever she visited the house - candies, biscuits what not.
Its taught in business school. This establishes bond, a connection which the other party may not forget. It gives you an image of leadership, generosity, and high stature
They say that when you do not have money you have problem with scarcity. If you have plenty even more problems...
One of the reasons whey I aspired to be an entrepreneur was to lift our family out of poverty... specifically so as not to let my brods and sis suffer poverty as I did while growing up. My father was a laborer, My mother was a washer woman and jacks of all trade.
However, as the family accumulated wealth (through my efforts) the tides turned. After I distributed the wealth among the siblings after all my parents died, the 4 other sibilings conspired to remove me from th organization. Over the last 3 decades, I was invited to join board meetings, and worse, they removed me from GIS and lately they have been changing corps reorganizing maybe to remove my 20% share surreptitiously....
Yesterday, they reopned the mall which this post started. Was not invited. Erasing my achievements from history. This is historical revisionism at its best... Talk about gratitude. God bless them all. More power to them....
Very motivating. Evokes spirit (that we are divine that the Lord is in us) that we are capable of great things and even miracles (God made us in in his image and likeness)
. You words are your wand. You command money. "Infinite spirit come to me and fill me with abundance." I release every word about block I have in my. life.
Money is symbol of infinite abundance. Endless supply.
Affirmation does not happen because there is a block, and it cancels every positive you have. Cancel the negative within you. Change your story.
Money has spirit.
Denying( the block) and affirming abundance....
I now release every thought of lack. Every belief in limitation. Every word I have ever spoken against my own abundance. They are dissolved they are gone. I am free
Infinite spirit open the way for my immediate and endless supply. Let all that is mine by divine right now reach me in great avalanche in abundance.
I give thanks for my immediate and endless supply. Not someday Now. Not limited. Endless.
You cant be reactive, you must plan ahead and anticipate ahead. Some say that to know the future, you cant wait for it, YOU MUST CREATE IT.
Its like chess game. As beginner, you select one move which you think will beat the opponent; a pro will think of 3 to 5 moves the other party will make to beat you. Thus you need chessboard type of thinking. You should get paid for the 2nd third 3rd order thinking. Predict what the counter move of your boss, and other internal and external factors.
Anticipate. Be proactive. Reaction will not get you far
The idea is to reverse engineer the whole process - the goal setting, of what you want to be.
In most companies, to follow this rule, you have to create the final press release for the launch. You have to establish with microscopic clarity 1. how to remove the pain, 2. how the product willl be outstanding.
The amateurs will not be able to do this:
1. This involves two things:
1. The planning part
2 The reality of execution.
Business reality will tear down your plan: competitors, the regulators, your own board that changes its mind....
Think long term.. Go scenario mapping. What if.....
It would seem so that is why men franntically study hard, put up businesses, run for govt offices - to be wealthy, wealthier than others, grandiously wealthier than others. It would seem to be the only definition that men have for success - to make and accumulate more money.
However that seems to be a dangerous purpose, and serves as a reason why the statement that money is the root of all evil is relevant. Hence corruption, crimes become a byproduct of that sense of mission to accumulate wealth
This post suggests as others have been saying that our real purpose is to advance humanity. To make a better world, To make a dent in the universe.
We exist for others. We must discover our gift, cultivate it sharpen it and use this for the benefit of others. That is why Buffett, the wife of Bezos, the founder of Duty Free, Bill Gates do nothing except to give away their wealth. Harrison Ford bought a USD 30 million, hospital for the benefit of the poor people
Our politicians our country leaders here think it is their mission to plunder and steal trillions of taxes. They should go to jail...
I gave an understudy the title of chief, and made him incorporate for the pupose of wealth accumulation. Howver one of the core staff, a founder also found himself without shares and was complaining that he could be left out with no share in the founding of the firm, while he was doing all the hard pioneering work. He long have asked him to clarify this and said he would not fool anyone.
But when time passes by, everything said is forgotten and when everything passes, agreements in the past are forgotten and memories dim.
I was witness to a family drama where a son said a car dealership was bequeathed to him by the mama. But in the end the elder brother showed the articles of incorporation which did not show anything of that sor..
Can people be trusted to keep their word, and or that the incident all ready told me everything about the understudy?
There was a story of a village who experienced drought. Their only source of water to drink, the village well dried up. And one of the villagers William experienced the drying up while fetching water for his old mother. People were desperate and left the village for places where there could be sufficient water.
Desperate William went up to mountain to reflect. He met George. And he discussed the problem with George. Well George said there is a spring up the mountain. But William said it is so far away and up the mountains. About 20 km away. Up in the mountains But George said you are looking for a solution to the village plight.
And so William discussed the plan with his fellow villagers. No one listened no one cooperated. William was not disheartened. He surveyed the best route for a canal between the spring and his village. He drew the plan and made sure the elevation was right so that water would freely flow from the spring to the village.
All he had as a tool was an old rusty shovel of his deceased father. He started digging No one bothered him nor joined him His hands bled from peeled palm on his first day and his mother nursed his blooded hands He kept on digging. He dug and dug. Days passed. Weeks and months.
Until one day it rained heavily (good for their dried well) and destroyed portion of his digging. Thus the defects of his digging were exposed. He strengthened the walls of the portion that collapsed. Widened some portion, dug some areas deeper.
And then he continued to dig. Weeks, months, months Until one day he reached the portion of the mountain that was near the spring. But an immovable large boulder separated his canal and spring. His shovel seemed puny compared to the boulder. He struck the boulder again and again. But his effort seemed to be worthless. He struck the rock again and again and again until finally a trickle, a flow and then a deluge. And the water cascaded down to his canal....
And then the flow stopped. A portion had collapsed soil and rock blocking the flow. He had to remove the blockage. But his strength and energy seemed to have left him. He nevertheless struggled to remove the block until early morning And then the flow continued until it reached his village.
At last he solved the water problem Only then did people appreciate his effort. But he did it alone. People dont join you until the results are visible.
They are advice from Vishna. He is author of several books
What he learned and his advice
1. Tolerate pain.
E.g. Elon Musk applied at Netflix but was not invited for interview. The best way to do this was
to create his own company. But the journey from there to Spacex was just like eating glass
its painful...
2. Know why. Its the greater motivator (others say have assets and system but this is more permanent than systems or assets and easier to do)
Business is not about making money. The business of business maybe to push forward the
frontier of humanity. As with Navea Jain. His vision is to extend the life of humans, not to
get sick
Big vision gets big people, Great people come with great ideas. You do not need more money.
3. Stay in the vision zone
Its not about PHP or profit
According to Richard Branson, its all about getting people aligned with your vision, and once
clear make them do this...
He served burgers to 50 interns in his house. To get them hooked with his vision and work towards that
4. Bring an upside to the downside (from Paul McKenna) Paying more for an apartment? You can host parties that bring in investors and customer, and save on hotel
Ricihard Branson got stranded in Carribean. on the way to UK. He thought of getting a chartered
flight and invited others to join and split the bill. That gave him an idea of setting up Virgin Islands airline. So he leased an old 747 from Boeing which they initially refused. Later on they agreed. Pay the lease 30 days after. In the meantime he earned revenues from the flight...
I saw a number of jobs that are available all senior in nature for me. SVP, COO, Managing Directors. However this post dare not join for being a senior citizen (75 all ready) and I have busineses that I love that I cant leave. This post should be the one recruiting.
This post is glad that we have non stop self improvement actions
Sometimes the greatest motivation for a man is his sense of achievement, ie that he developed his gift for the good of humanity. However it was not the case for me... Although this post tried very hard to develop himself for the good of his family and the community the sense of achievement was stolen from him. The narrative that persisted when the family assets were divided that the same was an inheritance was from the parents (true because what the documents say)and this was concretized in the tombstone. However the rest of the heirs did not see (as they were still in school then) the every contract, every agreement every plan, every vision, strategy originated from this post. The father did not like business or signing agreement as he was a govt employee; the mother could not have not done this because of limited knowledge.
The father died early, the mother feted her barkada and brod and sis to casino resto, hotels, travel abroad, as anyone who would have enough money knows when he she has some money...
There is no gratitude from those who are benefitted from this largesse coming out of my thoughts and sweat. The narrative was that which I supported then was that the mother was the genius and the entrepreneur.
May the Lord bless them all
The march to progress continued even when the father died, and even when the mother died iin 2008
Some old rich say (and even late mother) say do not talk about inheritance (or give out inheritance while alive) It will be source of quarrels and even crimes.
If you announce inheritance, the family members simply wait for the principals to die, and no longer work nor study. This post committed mistakes: gave out the inheritance and announced the race for the successor..
So my family is in turmoil right now. So follow the advice:
1. Be secretive dont announce your wealth
2. Dont announce inheritance
Alot of groups make a lot of money talking about family intramurals solutions
Sciene and HR practices tell us it should be based on merit and performance. However in practice it is based on relationship. For most part I think our decisions on promotions, decisions preferences are based on human relations. Thus among govts of nation, Singapore would tend to base decisions and actions based on merits and results (Meritocracy) Govt of countrie like PHL would rely more on relationships: hire more relatives, favor relatives and friends as suppliers. In some cases they term it sipsip In a family owned organization, this system prevails Thus conflicts and quarrels arise. Sometimes it is not the corporate goal that counts but self interest, authority, turfs, mini empires. It is sometimes deragatory.
Both have theri upsides and downsides
Merit means stricter hiring standards, justice in evaluation However we are not clear and authority and power structure could be shaky.
There is dishnesty, tayo2 in relationship despite trust. Abuse comes in.
WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE AS SYSTEM: MERITOCRACY OR RELATIONSHIP
This post thought that I learned a lot of things. But watching this video made me realize that really one of the most wondrous object of inquiry is the human being - it defies being captured in abstraction or theory. Though in this case the officers were clearly defeated, they were defiant and what persisted is their pride, tradition, and identity. During the flag ceremony they gave a Hitler salute. Patton thought this to be highly disrespectful They were vanquished and in effect they being in their HQ, they were in US territory
Therefore as a means to leverage and force the issue, Patton gave them a punishment. He lined them and up gave them a choice: remove their uniforms by themselves or the MPs will do it for them. And will be exposed to the cold and elements. Being in uniform gives a person dignity
You cant just talk and presumed that being vanquished in battle means that you have vanquished the spirit of man
They also found out that getting the enemies in concentration camp did not destroy the comman structure even of those outside the camps. The Allies found out later on. And of course the US intelligence has countermeasures
Patton gave the same threat to a nurse who refused to treat a Negro officer in a hospital because they were indoctrinated that only white people are superior race and dont deserve the care of white nurse. Patton, as shocking as theatrics it could be, threatened her to remove her uniform and clean latrines in the hospital.
That is why it is important to build culture and tradition in your group:
1. Uniform
2. Id
3. Rewards, ribbons, commendation
Then it becomes matic and more difficult to remove, deculture
What did the late Gen Patton do to his colonels and officers whom he caught stealing the foods and rations for his troops and selling the same for profit?
He made sure evidences were gathered, asked JAGO to file charges against them. They were stripped of their ranks and spent time in jail.... Do we accept that in wartime, there is really a black market (for thieves?) Do we allow that taxpayers money be stolen just like that?
Will he be reincarnated and render justice to all of us Filipinos who suffered from the super THIEVES
What will you do if you catch one of your staff who is engaged in petty thievery? Or worse super thievery?
One thing I can conclude, Theory x though how much you try to be good to your people
Your competitive advantage cant be longer due from more and better talents because AI has made skills and knowledge available to everyone. A recent post that I read said that there are 3 important competitive advantage and they come from personal improvement:
1. Integrity - doing what you say, and saying what you do, are you honest, ? Can you be trusted
2. Character - are you just like one of hte popular guyrs who has 5 ladies with so many panganay
na ank and who tips 6 numbers for a one night stand, are you like a goon.
Do you have vices, are you hard working, do you wake up early are you determined
and persistent
3. Insight and/or vision - the ability to see things in scenarios or events where all see nothing. The
ability to integrate all separate elements into one workable deal
This post notices that in many deals, they still look for me maybe because of the 3.
I have seen seome students in serependeity walk see businesses in crowded cbds, or see glorious big businesses in tracts of cogon grass.
For instance you see municipalities now having difficulties with solid waste and at the same time soaring electricity prices
This post has seen posts by a relative and former staff, criticizing and ridiculing some famous or high ranking govt officials. As of now, they can freely do this as this is a free country. And perhaps those high ranking officials will ignore their rantings now and dismiss their nega posts about them
How they talk the personalities down is something I can not stomach.
I rather improve myself than devote time on things I can not change. What a waste of time and talent
But what if they are listed down and they take a revenge.
This is one of the advice of Dale Carnegie not to condemn, criticize, or complain.
What comes, comes around and comes around hard. Karma is real. For every action there is an equal opposite reaction. Someone should remind or tell them
In my readings and discussion with JP last Sunday, we should be clear at the start on why you need to make money. Without money, you have nothing to help the world become a better world.
Thus if you ever want to be wealthy, you have to partake or use the money for the right purpose ie make the world a better place.
This has to come first rather than making money first and then donating what is excess Always the first fruit.
Tithing...
Scholarship
Social welfare
Building churches
Spreading the word
School room donation
We were able to do this before. We hope to do this again till our last breath
Before: (though it is wrong to announce what ever good works you are doing)
1. Sent poor but deserving students free on their college education - 30 in all
2. Established a rescure operations and patient transport - bought 2 ambulances
3. Bought firetrucks and established a volunteer fire brigade because there was no firetruck at that
time in Angono
4. Helped finish 2 churches: one nearby, and other in SJ del Monte
5. Helped and donated flood struck areas
6. Helped hospicio
7. In Taytay provided free intermetns to indigent residents of floodway
I just watched a video decrying the fact that Chinese Bombay, Japanese, Koreans, come over to the Philippines to do business, because they say there is a lot of money to be made in the Philippines. And we Filipinos leave the country to what? Work abroad as DH and as employees. It may be in the mindset. Chinese value being a business owner, the head of a lion rather than a hair of a dragon or elephant.
""Anak, mag aral ka para maging negosyante" Chinese"
"Anak mag aral ka para pagdating ng panahon, may maganda kang trabaho. Fil"
Sadly again for a time, gusto ng nanay makapag Japan mga anak na babae. (While during the Japanese occupation, parents advice their daughters to avoid Japanese because they may be assaulted)
There are two conflicting thoughts: one is to be kind and helpful - tell to the world. And this post would like to live by that paradigm. All that was given to you free shall be re given to others free . A certain religous and ethnic group likes to live by this and are truly blessed.
However there is another point of view the Machiavellian point of view that others must give respect and honor to your unique talents and leadership.
Which is better?
For the first one, I could not get any consultancy because I give the secret to all those who ask. And my distinct advantage over others do not get more noticed. Others take advantage of my generosity. Even our business partners. They pick my brains and then proceed to do it on their own. No respect. No NDA
I would like to tell of a story of a business person who got the best deal out of me/us: (and abused us)
1. Sued us constantly
2. Made it hard to give us ROW. It had been pending for 20 years +
3. Having an appointment with her takes ages and is extremely difficult
However a member of the family got critically ill and has 7 number bill at the hospital and would want me to give her aid.
Should we or not. Or the person reaps what she has sowed
Last year and lately I have encountered people who have not moved forward because their mindset were static
1. A relative approached me and was looking for livelihood. So I offered her to be an agent of a project but said it was too far away and the locals would have advantage. So let it be Now the project is 50 % sold out. We have just two remaining inventories for the large lots and 50% remaining inventory for small lots. As for the other agents who persisted they are now enjoying the fruits of their labor
2. We offered our staff a small but substantial com for selling lots (they are salaried) and reaching targets
They have not responded positively to this
3. There was this contractor whom I guided to have a business deal. I helped him close the deal. But he remained to be a guy who stood behind my pants and shadow. He need to be reminded and followed up and lacked guts. He was aftraid of pre selling and moving ahead. He is awaiting for validation and approval. At age of junior no such approval are needed.. FSA. Full speed ahead.
A thought is just an electron, a pulse a wave of energy . and then its gone. But when you write this down, and capture and write it down. It becomes a particle
From the ether to physical universe. It becomes write. When you write, the neuro transmitter fires off, the impression is in thousands of location. (when you type there are less)
Doug MacMillan was panicking and ordered to buy Jet Com, headed by Mark Lor. for $3.2 billion. Jet.com is losing money. But it was not Jetcom that was bought. It was the talent of Mark Mark starts digital platform for Walmart. (The same like NXT bought by Apple - a ploy to bring back Steve Jobs to Apple)
The sales advice was probably adopted from the lines taught at Machiavellis Prin
There are 5 tactics:
The Illusion of Choice Technique (advanced closing strategy) ✔️ How to create scarcity and urgency in sales ✔️ The power of psychological triggers in marketing ✔️ Narrative control and authority positioning ✔️ The Strategic Retreat Method (reverse psychology in selling)
1. The illusion of choice
Control the choice. Do not give the customer unlimited choice
But actually the choice has been made. By employing the good
better strategy. Good is the more expensive and then presenting the
more affordable. It is often a used word: decision becomes inevitable
2. Creating scarcity:
Fear sells. It is better to be feared rather than loved
Either by telling shortage in inventory, or time frame. When there is risk or danger, a person rush to make decision We are adopting this in Temu marketing promos beginning March 16. Limited promo items, and campaigns running 4 weeks at most.
FOMO (fear of missing out)
3. Psychological triggers
Mask of authencity. Perceived authencity. Skill appears trustworth.
One who can give a good advice to build trust.
Appear to be one with them, but actually pushes own agenda
4. Narrative control of authority
Ask question vs defending. Stay on offense.
Appear to be the expert
5. Strategic withdrawal
Dont be desperate. Appear to be not needing tthe agent.
1. Now is not the best time
2. Maybe you need to have more research
Do you appear to be manipulative? But are you not selling everyday. ?
The MIT monk mentions his stint at MIT about firehose, (and or Hell Week) Having a situation where there are so many tasks that seem to be impossible to finish. Then you learn to delegate, collaborate, and have a system. Otherwise you will fail.
Then at Golman Sachs, their assignment in real world (and this is for the sellers) to raise P100,000 in your personal income in one month. That is tough if you are not resourceful and you are thinking 8-5 worker. I am happy that when this was assigned to the latest batch of trainees, they came through. Marketing people should be subjected to that kind of situation or given that exercise
The author became a street boy (a runaway) monk, MIT student, later a CEO of tech company (even AI)
He lists down in this video hacks that should have been learned earlier.
Some of them:
1. Differentiate between savings and investment. Or you can have both. Savings let you earn 1/4 of 1% while investment tied to S & P can get you more, Compounding plays out better.
2. Stop believing in the American dream. Limited opportunities now, less jobs, heavy taxation.
Only 4% make it through and become successful, the 96% suffer.
3 Practice practice practice in what you are good at. (There is no inherent genius. Only practice creates geniuses. Some people who are determined are good in practice. Athletes, musicians, actors practice this Even doctors. What are you good at? Do you practice constantly
4. Look at yourself as an investment portfolio. Do you spend on your education and self improvement? Are you gettting desired returns. Wilkinson said that fortune are preceded by education and intelligence
5. Move where the opportunites are:
NY, Boston, SF, Chicago. Where the talented and fortunate are. They are not in the boondooks
6. Equity and salary.
You become rich early. You behave differently when you are the owner. Salary is a trap is an addiction.
7. Humble yourself. Get a mentor
Not the coaches who are paid exorbitantly. Be coached by someone who has made it. Some will coach you free if he can get an action of your venture.
8. Have an emergency fund
1. For medical emergency
2. When you are laid off
3. Acts of God: flood, typhoon,
9. Have your own FBI. (Financial Bureau of Investigation) to find out where your money goes.
In this priority/order:
1. Emergency
2 Equity
3. Essential
4. Enjoyment
Allocate $ or PHP first in 1-3 before going to # 4
10. American dream can become the American debt. Avoid debt at all costs. Buying homes early while young can be a catastrophe.
11. Be financial literate. There are apps you get into or YT videos . There is no excuse. There are books: Psychology of Money, and the Algebra of Wealth Compounding. These are precious guides.
12 Automate personal finance. There are apps that can do this for you.
13. Go analog. Read read read books.
14. Failure as a teacher like as on the spot firing being jobless, being homeless. Be prepared and develop resilience from that. Find something positive in bad experiences to bring out the best in you. Find the strength that you have missed. It can let you see the road beyond the corner and find the best you
15. Find the krypto in you (what destroys Superman) find the antidotes and seek people who can support you and give your strrength.
16. Dont play victim
Dont hold grudges. Stay friendly even with those people who wronged you.
17. Find the right partner. Who can give you support in the worst of conditions.
18. Forgive yourself and live away from the past - Abusive parents, bad employers, misfortunes. Stay in the present find something positive and be a good person now.
19. Think of yourself as someone living for others to be their best Find out how can that happen By finding love and service. What impact can we have on others lives.
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20. Happiness = Resources/need Thus increase your resources and decrease need If your need is 0 your happiness becomes infinite
