Theodore Roosevelt: The Man In The Arena
January 12, 2014 It has only been 12 days in the new year. But I have dared greatly - doing and being in things I may stumble publicly and fail like no one has ever. But I take courage that my taking risk will not be slowed down by those in the stands- loud as their laughs and boos may be. Surely, it will hurt as some of them are friends who mean well, but have never fought in the arena. I wear armor but my skin bleeds and my
UFC: Ultimate Fitness Commitment 2024
This UFC is inspired by the unprecedented success and fun of Acube Founding Partner Atty Jan Aliling's Walk The Talk Challenge. Here are the FAQs. This can be changed anytime, without prior notice, by the organizers. What is UFC? UFC officially stands for Ultimate Fitness Commitment. It can also stand for Ultimate Fasting Challenge. The 60 day period covered is 12:01 am Jan 8 to 11:59 pm Mar. 8. The official website, with links to all relevant material including the daily monitoring sheet is a padlet with this link: https://padlet.com/VCoachBong/IntermittentFasting Who can
Planning Your Races and Runs in 2024.
One of my running coaches, astonished by my almost weekly races in 2016 and 2017, asked me- Do you train to race? or Do you race to train? If you look at my medal cabinet, then you know the answer to this... The context of "race" is joining a public running event that is set on a specific venue and date, and of course- a fee. In my early days of running in 2016, I used races to train. For example, I joined a 10km race to train for a 16k; I
Hero to Hero. Story to Story. Moment to Moment
In less than 12 hours, I will begin my last Unreasonable Mental Challenge for 2023. It is the 50 km ultra from Calamba to Sta. Cruz, Laguna. This annual ultramarathon race derives its inspiration from our national hero, Jose P. Rizal, which is why it starts in his birthtown. The race ends in Sta. Cruz, Laguna sports complex, where the tallest Rizal monument is, built for the 2014 Palarong Pambansa, depicting Rizal as a sportsman. The ultra event, organized by Run Mania, has common elements from the 3 previous ultras
Now is the Perfect Time. If We are Stronger Than Our Strongest Excuse.
Is it the best time? "No, i am too busy. I have a lot on my plate. Someday! In my case, with the Transformation training with Reinvent International that I went through last October 2023, I proved it to myself. For me, I ran 70km in a Crazy 24 hour run with almost no preparation. It was Reinvented Mind over matter. During the same training,
ReINVENT YOU in 24: Transformational Leadership Training
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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
AI Hit or Miss? Beware of the Black Box that is Chat GPT
AI can hit or miss the bullseye? If you know how to use AI programs, then you are just increasing the probability (or, reducing the uncertainty) of what is basically a mathematical algorithm. If you use AI with unconscious incompetence, then beware of fake news and all that comes with it. For all the right and wrong reasons, headlines can be misleading... Not surprisingly, there are 2 very different headlines that resulted from the same research paper: The article from Fortune appeared on my FB news feed. Unfortunately, for me, it was a
Generative AI: Demistify. Stand Out. Apply. Repeat!
The buzzword and the in-thing (or must know) is Generative AI. Artificial Intelligence? Yes! Act Immediately and Intentionally! Surely! In the past week alone, I attended 3 seminars on the subject matter: a whole day face to face seminar for Educators at Asian Institute of Management (Demystifying Chat GPT: Bridging the AI Knowledge Gap for Educators) and a 30 minute webinar by Boston Consulting Group on Linked in: BCG. Competing in the Age of Generative AI. Stand Out or Stand Aside. The third webinar was on Application and Ethics of AI
Icebergs: It’s Not What It Seems
Marketing's operating definition includes: "Creating, Communicating and Delivering the Value"... This is a sincere, and necessary effort to communicate the value of the course design which is based on the latest best-practices on adult course design. The best practices didnt mention to communicate the value, and this may result to unnecessary pain or fear. Also, some students get easily bored when the admin stuff is being discussed because they want to go to the content right away. The result? Please watch this video to help see you go beyond what you