Business Matters - Talking to the Old Self - Continuous Self Improvement

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Business Bit -  Talking to the Old Self -  Continuous Self Improvement

1.   What is your greatest responsibility as a worker/organization man?

     Many answers will be given, but your greatest responsibility is self improvement.  It cant

     be implementing orders, transmittal of orders, or just leading people.  It has to start from

     within.  Leadership and management are nothing more than exhibition of self implement

     results.   Even in marketing.   People buy if you improve yourself.

2.  When you improve yourself, you improve people and environment around you.

3.  You have to better than before, than yesterday. 

    Plants, animals children grow.   Have you stopped growing

4.  Self improvement is an important philosophical and theological mandate.

      God commanded us in Genesis to be in charge of his creation.  To be the Good Shephard

       But you cant do that unless you have scaled up your skills and knowledge.

       We self improve for the greater glory of God.  Ad Majorem Dei Gloria

5.  What are the areas of SI:

     1.  Physical  -  through exercise

     2.  Mental -    through learning and reading

     3.  Emotional -   dealing with hardships and challenges and being strentthened by

           the experience.

Talking to your old self.   

       You can only do this if there is a continuous self improvement

        If there is continuous self improvement, there is less or no need for meetings, trainings

etc.  Things will run smoothly because the head and the staff are improving selves

Business Matters - GRATITUDE FOR OUR BLESSINGS

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SUBJECT:   BUSINESS BITS - GRATITUDE FOR OUR BLESSINGS

There could be no happiness unless there is a gratitude .  There is a TV religious program that promotes gratitude.

1.  What is gratitude?

      It is acceptance.  It the acknowledgement of the blessings you received and being conttented.

      Pasasalamat.   SA MGA BAGAY NA NASA IYO:   HINDI PAGNANASA SA MGA BAGAY NA WALA SA IYO.

2   How it is shown?

  

    1.  By thanking Lord in our prayers;

    2.  By being happy and content with the blessings

    3.  For good things and bad;  by learning from the bad things we experienced.  

    4.  By offering our blessings, and pains, the past and the future

    5.  Jesus in the Last Supper, knowing that there would be somebody who will sell him out to the Jews did not mention this and instead ".broke the bread, ... gave thanks and

          said "Do this in memory of me..." He did not mention about Judas and Peter about to disown Him

3.  How it is not shown?

   1.  By being unhappy with our lot;  by desiring things we do not have;  by being covetous and envious

    2.  By questioning and even angry with God.  

3.   What to do

    1.  If you thank the Lord, you will no longer covet more things  nor question Him or even make Him an ATM God

    2.  Work hard to be a blessing to others.  You ate today because you are to feed others.

    3.  Be a blessing to others;  or make yourself through which the blessing will flow;

    4.  PAY FORWARD. Thank Lord for your life and the things the blessings you have enjoyed. and pay this forward.   

        That is the best way to show gratitude for your blessings.

Business Matters - WHEN IT RAINS OPEN AN UMBRELLA

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SUBJECT:    Business Bit -  WHEN IT RAINS OPEN AN UMBRELLA

This is a call to action, WTDN, proactivity and reactivity

1.   What this means?

       When there is a problem, you solve it, You do not watch problems happen, You act on this.  You offer solutions

       When there is a fire you put his out,;   when the boat is sinking you bail out the water that floods the hole.  

       When there is a flood or typhoon, you go to safe places

       When you bring a problem to your boss, have options on how to solve the problem.  For all you know he has about a dozen other problems to solve

        Your offering solution means that:   1.  You are maturing as a worker, you know your job.  2.  You can be trusted   3.  You have increased your value

        as a worker.   Buck passing, blaming others would not increase your stock

2.   When there is a problem offer a solution

      Entrepreneurs make money by offering solution to problems of people.  Thus during the pandemic, many people saw opportunities on 1.  money transfer

     2.  pasabuy, 3 home food delivery  4.  on line shopping,  5. face shield and face masks    6.  tests  6,  plantitas

      Those who did not:   are probably starving, or businesses have closed.  

      The world does not wait on those who procrastinate, or do not act.

      ACT.  Action starts with action

Business Matters - Learning and Leadership

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Subject: Leadership and Learning

These were taken up during TOES at 3f

1.  Definition of terms

    Leadership is getting ahead of others;   It is taking a point of view and taking a forceful action.  Here courage and determination is needed

2.  Learning

    1.   Learning occurs when there is

        1.  Sunnao   -  openness to new ideas and change

        2.  Listening

    2.   What you teach yourself -  not what the book says, or what the trainor says.  

            No learning occurs when your mind is closed;

            The purpose of education is replace a closed mind with an open one.  

    3.  Learning occurs during a communication process:

               S                   ---->   R   could be two fold:    1.  Action     2.  Learning

    4.  There has to be a metric in learning process;  hence we give grades.   And we measure this via grades or achievement test, because we value

          learning,    We measure what we treasure""

   3.  Learning rewards and punishment

        Rewards are given to those who learn, and negative reinforcements to those who do not

        As in Pavlovian conditioning experiments, behaviors are interconnected with signals, and associations reenforced via rewards -  like food.  Training dogs,

        pigeons, and dolphins and shows occur because of rewards that reenforce desired behavior

        The rewards in training in corporate setting are:    compliments, promotions, and higher salary

4.  Learning and leadership

      There are certain types of leaders who need superior knowledge to advance:    philosophers, theologians, priests, academicians; sages.  

       Even political leaders need knowledge:   political savvy, knowledge of politicas, power and authority, laws in order to succeed;   warrior leaders

       need superior knowledge of combat, wars and strategy

5.   ACTION POTENTIAL PROGRAM

      1.  As what business leaders and entrepreneur, READ ONE BOOK A DAY;   as what our HR requires, read one book a month;

           A book a month keeps ignorance and poverty away.  Invest in your body and mind.   Eat good food and read good books related to your career

    2.  Engage in lifelong learning.  Your daily life is your classroom learn from it.  That is why we have university of life and lifelong learning programs/degree

         Your learning does not stop at the university.  It has just begun.  That is why they call this commencement rites (the graduation in the university)

    3.   Learn equally from experiences, especially the bad.  They are right, God gives you problems to make you stronger and skillful and navigating life

           They help you mature faster.   Stop blaming God for your problems.  Many problems are created by fellow human beings including yourself.   

   4.  Have a journal where you list down your learning.  This is one of the greatest legacy of high school days.  To maintain a journal or notebook where 

         you list down your learning.  You cant depend on your memory to remember all these things.   

    5.  Practice your memory.  Read read.  Your mind deteriorates from non use.  Hence elderly develops dementia and /or Alzheimers disease