Digital Outlier | Orly Ballesteros

Professionalism|Professional Professional is a word given to a person that is licensed in a particular controlled and regulated industry. But beyond this, professional or professionalism carries gravity in terms of acting honorably and with integrity. Thus if a professional forgets about this then his acquired skills and expertise thus not matter. For in the end what make a professional are not the skills...

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No matter how many expensive cars you have.  No matter how fat your wallet is. When the world is angry with you and shake their head in disgust, then you have a very big problem. Even if the world is so materialistic and glorifies the famous there is still this thin boundary that must never be crossed. Floyd Mayweather Jr. just crossed that...

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SMART Gilas | Philippine Basketball We wallop today the United Arab Emirates despite losing two important players due to technicalities. For sure, we will be at the thick of things in this FIBA ASIA qualifying match for London Olympics. For sure, many Filipino Basketball aficionados will be praying (including me) that the door of heaven opens and we catch the blessings so that...

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An online whistleblower in Wikileaks revealed the following reasons why our Tourism Industry is hobbling to keep up with our Asian neighbors. They are: Incompetent officials The changes in the leadership right now in the department and the upcoming tourism congress hopefully address this concern. It is not competence but the political will that is lacking in order to leapfrog our tourism industry....

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MRT Fare Hike | LRT Fare Hike Yes to Fare Hike if Funds will Be Used Properly The announcement that the fares of MRT and LRT will increase as high as P60.00, a 300% increase to its original P15.00 elicited a lot of negative reactions. I respect and understand the reactions however I agree with the reasoning that the MRT and LRTs are...

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Our new Secretary of Tourism Ramon Jimenez. knows how to communicate and communicate well. Earlier, he said that selling the country is as easy as selling Chickenjoy. Besides being a good sound byte he hit it right on the head of the nail. Indeed, the Philippines is easy to sell because it is beautiful. And I believe no Filipino will argue against it,...

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Work Week | Productivity | Many Holidays Are We Going To Sleep The Week Away? Last night the news made my eyes bulge and scratch my head. This is because I can’t believe somebody will propose that we have a four days work week. Four days work week. There are 5 reasons why I do not subscribe to this proposal: Lack of Available...

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Philippine Courses You Should Not Enroll | Philippine Students Must Not Enroll in this Courses The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) issued a reminder to students not to enroll on the following courses as this will give them a very small chance of landing a job. The following courses are: Education Nursing Business Administration Information Technology Hotel and Restaurant Management There...

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Building Blocks for a Successful Business | Ram Charan I find this video very insightful. Ram Charan author of numerous best sellers is the main feature of this video and he discusses 5 Building Blocks in Running A Successful Business. The building blocks are:  Cash Cash is king. In business this principle is very much true we have to have cash and know...

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