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Life Lessons

Crazy Runs: Bucket List or Bakit List?

Watch the first 2 minutes of the Youtube video where I first encountered this quote... https://youtu.be/9tsIYhnRw7k?si=X5t4Pdrv35OVplCN One Wild and Precious Life. Watch On Youtube I am Crazy. In my own way. But I am not alone. And I am not yet finished. I have just one wild and precious life and I will not waste it inside my comfort zone. I am an ULTRA marathoner ie. a crazy, slow, runner who somehow finds enjoyment in running 50km and above. I am one of 991 active Filipino ultramarathoners as per an international ultramarathon register. On

42  Running Tips From a Couch Potato to Marathoner to Fun Runner

First 11 Life Lessons from Marathons In October 2016, the life lessons I learned from running my first marathon were more transformative than what I learned from my 13 years of college and post graduate studies. Below is an initial list of what I learned when I ran my first marathon in 2016, 103 days after getting off my couch, purchasing my first running shoe in 35 years. I was then 51 years old, newly retired from my corporate world, experiencing what some would label as a mid-life crisis, suddenly inspired by

Sabado Nights or Saturday Night Fever

Saturdays, or any day, is what you make it. With a team of passionate learners working together, the possibilities are endless. https://youtu.be/YhJGi2-Ej10 A video within the video: An awesome Olympic gold video featured at around the 2:30 mark was created by Dr. Mary Claire Vega-Soliman and Dr. Tanya Tysman for what what should have been just a simple photo requirement of the class. Their video is actually 10x better and can be seen here... Faster, Higher, Stronger -Together! https://bongdeungria.com/faster-higher-stronger-together/

Inspiring Digital Success – How an Atenista Sold P 1 million On-Line in 3 Days

During difficult and uncertain times, we search for real-life stories which can inspire us to persist and be resilient. This is one of them. VR Caballero, President of SCT Corporation and Owner of Vorashe Asian Dining Restaurant, shares his secrets (and challenges) to on-line selling and entrepreneurship to the v85 Digital Marketing class of the Ateneo Graduate School of Business. Here is the original Lazada university feature on VR and SCT Sky Cloud Trading. https://youtu.be/DP8RqKDVSS8 Here is the full video of VR Caballero's talk including the very productive Question

Life Is Like A Camera

One of the things that a year long covid season has taught everyone is that life is fleeting and not guaranteed. During the darkest times during the pandemic, a seeming bright light were memories of years past, when unfortunately we took many things for granted. A major change was the shift to on-line MBA classes using Canvass. A class picture is now made using printscreen of a zoom room. Everything looks boring and ordinary. Unless you are part of a Hypermarketing class. Here is v82, MBA Standard class: March to May 2021.

Sino Ba si Sinovac? Understanding the vaccine in my arm

First, I have been vaccinated with Sinovac last April 8 I followed medical opinion that the best vaccine is the vaccine in your arm. Biased? Perhaps. Sure? No such thing as 100%. But what is the science about Sinovac? I am no expert but I have consolidated information that may prove useful to you and your loved ones. So here they are... I intentionally left the url link in the photos so you can assess the reliability of the source: I wont even attempt to translate them in my

Marketing Case Studies UPM Using Popular Movies

There's Nothing Like Real Life to teach you lessons that you wont forget. But, what's larger than life? In some ways, movies are able to focus and enlarge tidbits of real life and make them really, really big with emotion, relevance and impact. This is why some movies are useful references for marketing case discussions. Another way to put all these in context are these words from a local poet, Rolando Tinio: " ... ang takbo ng buhay, na dati ng alam..." Watch this youtube video, and see your life, past, present

We’ve Only Just Begun! Your Brand Journey Started Here!

We’ve Only Just Begun, or so the song says… (suggest you click the video while you read this post, or as you are answering the assignment) https://youtu.be/uaqoQr-aCtQ Just like Neo in the movie Matrix, you should have realized that the world is not as simple as we thought it was. Watch this... https://youtu.be/zE7PKRjrid4 Unfortunately no one can be told what the matrix is. You have to experience it. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. There is no turning back. You take the blue pill and the story