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The Importance of Today

today is the most important day in our life. 
 
 Today is the first day of the rest of your life. After a less than productive, exhausted, unfocused, day yesterday, that left me feeling a bit in the blah, I went to sleep visualizing
 what I wanted in life that I didn’t do anything to accomplish yesterday
 or this week so far. I was inspired to write this today because when I 
woke up, due to my positive visualizations
 and reflection, my first thought this morning, was: “Today is the first
 day of the rest of MY life”. I popped out of bed and was motivated 
again.

Now why is this thought so powerful and motivating?

Well, here is the reasoning behind it. Every day, we go about doing 
our usual thing & our usual routine. We operate almost in a robot 
state of mind and reality. We think about our problems, what we have to 
do, when will we be able do it, and sometimes it leads us to stop 
thinking about things we could do to benefit our future. We just do what
 we need to get by for the day. We wake up in our reality, knowing where
 we are in life, and what we want, but forget to stop, internalize our 
“real wants for the future”, & prioritize doing things that day to 
get ahead. We often just do whatever we “have” to do just to get by… due
 to fear, insecurity, laziness, or procrastination. Then suddenly we 
find ourselves feeling unmotivated, down, and in a blah state of non 
movement which is hard to get out of. So here are some reminders to get 
you back on track and motivate you like I did to myself this morning!

1.) YOU are totally in CONTROL of YOUR WORDS today. (YOU CHOOSE to SAY THEM)

a.) The way you speak to others today, words you choose to use, and 
tone of your voice, will influence others thoughts, perception, and 
reaction towards you. Their reaction will bounce onto you & either 
make you feel negative, or fuel you with positive thoughts and feelings.
 How you make people feel about themselves is important. It benefits you
 & can cause conflict or keep it away. It can also energize you when
 a happy person projects the gratitude of how you made them feel onto 
you. You control this! Huge secret. Use it. <img alt=";)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://kamukamo.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" />

2.) YOU are totally in CONTROL of YOUR THOUGHTS and FOCUS today. (YOU CHOOSE to THINK THEM)

a.)What will you focus on today in the scheme of life to make positive changes?

b.)What will you focus on today that helps you MOVE FORWARD in life towards a goal?

c.)What will you choose to purposefully NOT focus on and push aside because it’s wasting your time? 
3.) YOU are totally IN CHARGE of YOUR ACTIONS today. (YOU CHOOSE to DO THEM & when you WILL)

a.)What are you going to do to fix a problem, mend a relationship, 
fix yourself, or advance yourself towards a goal you want to accomplish?

b.)When are you going to do it? Today is a good day to start. Right now. Take the first step.

WHAT we do & WHEN we will do it ( are the important factors here! )

If you think about it, it’s rather exciting! I can control everything
 in my day from what I say, to what I do, to actually influence others 
positively (which benefits me), and to be one step more accomplished 
tomorrow! So can you. We have that power. What you decide to focus on 
and do today will affect your tomorrow either negatively OR positively. 
If you focus on building and accomplishing positive actions today, 
instead of just staying paralyzed in a rut, or walking in a circle of 
daily life “I have to do’s” only, YOU WILL not only have a new positive 
built tomorrow, you will be motivated to keep building through your 
accomplishment. It feels good to get something positive done and built 
for the future. We instinctively want to build on it more as it gets 
bigger. And remember: nothing that happened in the past, or yesterday, 
dictates what will happen in your future and where your life will end 
up. Unless you let it.

So Take charge of it. Who cares that yesterday wasn’t that great and 
nothing got done. I didn’t! Lol. Oh well! WE can make up for it and move
 ahead today! I’m more motivated today to do! TODAY is the rest of my 
NEW improved exciting fast forward pace life! That’s what I’m thinking! <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://kamukamo.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" />

TAKE charge of your thoughts, focus, and actions right now. Think of 
& DO something positive to move you foward today for tomorrow… so 
you can build on it. Now! Stop focusing on what you didn’t do, the rut 
your in, what you need to do. YOU CAN at least get started on something 
for the future and do one small thing to get started. Build small things
 on one another and then get on a roll with out realizing it. But you 
have to decide you are going to do it, and start. Not tommorrow. Today. 
You are in control. Not me or the person next to you. What you do today 
affects tommorrow. If you do nothing, then tommorrow your back where you
 were at today. Get it? I know you can. <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://kamukamo.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" /> xo

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Successful Story of Manny V Pangilinan

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The Gift we will receive now is the inspiring life story of  of the highest paid Philippine Chief Executive Officer Manny Pangilinan, the CEO of the most profitable company and the largest company by market value – Philippine Long Distance and Telephone Company or PLDT, the Philippine’s pioneer in telecommunications.

Manny V Pangilinan narrated his own rags to riches story during the Ateneo graduation in 2006. 
 
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Opening</h2>
This day of academic ceremony must be a day of touching, personal 
memories. It is also a day to pause, and give honor and praise to your 
parents and to the good Lord for the grace to be at this place, at this 
time. While all of us may be seated, we’re actually standing on their 
shoulders, proud and thankful. Your years in college were a journey of 
discovery and preparation, a discovery of yourself and the gifts 
bestowed upon you. You’re now about to commence a new journey, of 
becoming an adult, of finding your place in society, of starting a 
future. Today, I’d like to share with you my own journey, as I traveled 
from being a student, to being a professional manager and an OFW, and 
now, an entrepreneur and corporate activist. 
 
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First part of the journey: A Student</h2>
The first part of my journey begins with my family. My lolo 
(grandfather) started as a public school teacher in Pampanga and Tarlac,
 rising through the ranks to become superintendent of public schools 
and, eventually, secretary of education. My dad began his career as a 
messenger at Philippine National Bank, and retired as president of 
Traders Royal Bank, one of the larger banks in the ’80s. During my 
elementary years, I had ten centavos to buy a bottle of Coke, five 
centavos for crackers, another ten centavos to take the bus home from 
San Beda in Mendiola, which I made sure I wouldn’t lose, otherwise I 
would have walked home. In college, my weekly allowance at the Ateneo 
was P10, and that included my jeepney fares. I have a lot of classmates 
who have cars and others even have their own drivers. They were lucky. 
Someday, I said to myself, I will reach all those. My scholarships in 
both San Beda and Ateneo were only my lucky charms.

In late 1965, as my own graduation was approaching, I had come home 
from the Ateneo one Saturday afternoon, and spoke with my dad about 
taking an MBA in the States. I was met with silence, which meant there 
wasn’t enough money for an education abroad, that if I really wanted it,
 I had find a way myself. Fortunately, Procter & Gamble was offering
 a rare scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. 
It was a national competition. I entered-and won. For three generations 
of my family, life meant coping with challenges despite modest means, 
relying on God-given talent, hard work and a passionate determination to
 succeed. 
 
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Second part of the journey: A professional manager</h2>
Let me now turn to the second part of this journey. After two years 
in Philadelphia, I returned home, hopeful about landing a managerial 
position in a large company. I struck out at first bat. My benefactor, 
Procter & Gamble, turned down my application. So I ended up taking 
the first job I was offered, as executive assistant to the president at 
Phinma for P1,000 a month. Without any job experience, we can’t be 
choosers, right? Grab the first decent job that comes your way, immerse 
yourself in work, and soon, you’ll find the right job, or it will find 
you.

After six years with Phinma, I decided to work abroad. There were the
 usual reasons: the glamor of being an expat in Hong Kong, the stifling 
staleness of my local career but, more importantly, I needed to find 
myself, to prove that I can stand on my own and succeed. The warmth of 
family ties, the comfort of an extended family system so embedded in our
 society were indeed beguiling, but I wanted to assert my independence.

I was recruited by Bancom International, a Philippine investment bank
 based in Hong Kong. It was a stimulating experience. I learned the 
dynamics of international finance from my Chinese colleagues, not from 
the Filipino executives. Thereafter, I was seconded to a joint venture 
investment bank with American Express.
 I had expected to be appointed CEO of that new bank, but wasn’t. While 
disappointed and even depressed, I soldiered on and, sure enough, this 
venture failed inside of two years. A huge dilemma confronted a young 
man of 30 years: return to Manila or stay with AMEX?
 I decided to remain a soldier of fortune in Hong Kong. Why? Because 
after this setback, I wanted to prove something to myself. I felt I had 
to prove to AMEX the Filipino can. Indeed, after four years with AMEX, I
 received a phone call from my boss in London. He said, “You’ve outgrown
 Hong Kong and are now ready for London, and to fast track your career.”
 After reflection, I politely said, no. I’ve proven the point to myself 
and to AMEX, and that had been enough. Besides, I felt Asia is my home — and so it shall be. 
 
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Third part: An entrepreneur and corporate activist</h2>
The third, and final part, starts with First Pacific. Whilst working 
in the region, I met some clients – foremost being Anthoni Salim – who 
were willing to support my idea of a regional banking and trading 
business. With their help, I founded First Pacific in Hong Kong in 1981.
 I started out with only six people, on 50 square meters of office 
space, and little capital. Now, the companies that constitute First 
Pacific have sales of $5 billion, with more than 60,000 employees across
 the region. But I won’t tell you about our successes at First Pacific. 
Instead, I’ll describe our failures – some of which indeed became total 
failures, but some of which we turned around and made a success. 
 
In 1989, we were negotiating to acquire Hanimax, maker of middle to 
low-end cameras based in Sydney, Australia. I took the overnight flight 
to Sydney from Hong Kong, confident that when I arrived the following 
morning, a letter from an international bank approving our financing 
would await me. But lo and behold, it was a letter of disapproval. So 
there I was in Sydney, committed to purchase Hanimax, but without enough
 money to complete it. Providentially, there was a competing bidder who 
sought to take us out of the race by offering a sum of money. That 
practice is called “greenmail.” Our gambit won $7 million that day when 
we had no cards to play. But there’s a sequel to this. Buoyed by 
confidence – perhaps overconfidence, even hubris – we were off to the 
races again, and decided quickly to buy another company. This was Tech 
Pacific, Australia’s largest distributor of computer products.
 It was indeed a large company with sales in excess of a billion 
dollars! Well, it was a disaster. It took us three years, and enormous 
pain and effort, to turn its fortunes around. I fell sick from stress 
and anxiety and, on several occasions, contemplated resigning. But we 
stood to our tackle and, after those three years, Tech Pacific is now 
Asia’s largest distributor of computer products.

In 1998, I came home, after 22 years abroad – after what father 
(Roque) Ferriols often calls “the days of wasted youth.” When we 
invested in PLDT seven years ago, we faced the massive task of repair 
and renewal. Critics told us that we couldn’t change the culture of 
monopoly, that misdemeanors in PLDT couldn’t be eradicated, that our 
fixed line business had no future. But we made the tough and unpopular 
decisions at PLDT. Like reducing the number of employees from 14,000 to 
9,000. Like changing dubious practices and encouraging honesty and 
transparency. Like converting the mindset of bureaucrats to that of 
innovators and entrepreneurs. Decisions about people are always 
difficult for us because First Pacific is an Asian company with Asian 
values. But head count reduction was critical for PLDT to survive.

Now that PLDT has recovered, and is now the most profitable company 
in the country, my confidence in the Filipino’s ability to succeed has 
been absolutely affirmed. In fact, despite the downsizing I mentioned 
earlier, we now have more people under our wings – about 19,000 – simply
 because PLDT is now a different company. And to most of you who might 
be familiar with Piltel or Talk N’ Text – it was a company in extremis. 
I’ve had to tell creditor banks that Piltel could not pay its debts – 
the first time I’ve done that in my life. My officemates told me to 
close Piltel. I didn’t agree. I believed that the cellular frequency it 
owns, as well as its brand, are potentially valuable, as they have 
become today. Also, I did not want to imperil the financial health of 
local banks to which Piltel owed much.

After five years of rehab, Piltel’s return to profitability has been 
close to supernatural. It is now the country’s most profitable company –
 after PLDT and Smart. Finally, some of you have raised with me the 
question – is business bad? Let me respond by saying, business is not 
all bad. It is people – some people at least – that may make business 
bad. No business can prosper in the long term without the right values. 
The best performing companies are those that manage their businesses 
which meet ethical standards. Transparency, accountability, integrity, 
discipline – all these good governance principles – must permeate every 
policy, every process, of the company, as they do at First Pacific and 
PLDT. 
 
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Closing:</h2>
Thefore I close, I’d like to make a personal request. I’d like to ask
 each of you a favor. Give me bragging rights. Do something great. 
Sometime in the future, I want to hear some incredible thing you’ve 
done. And I’d like to brag that I spoke at your graduation. In return, I
 offer you a few more pieces of advice. Keep it real. Stay true to 
what’s best in yourself, to the best of your experience here at the 
Ateneo. Trust your instincts. Believe in yourself. Engage in sports, 
you’ll need it as you age. Make art, or at least, value it. Be brave. Be
 bold. Find something that moves you or pisses you off, but do something
 about it. You have a voice, speak up. 
Take a stand for what’s right. Make a change. You may not always be 
popular, but you’ll be part of something larger and greater than 
yourself. Besides, making history is cool, isn’t it? But I also want to 
offer a warning: you will meet people who’ll entice you to compromise 
your principles. They’ll try to seduce you and distract you with money, 
power, security and perhaps, most dangerously, a sense of belonging. 
Don’t let them; it’s not worth it. 
You can have genuine values and still get that job. You can have a conscience and still make money.

Let me send you off with one final thought. I was born poor, 
but poor was not born in me. And it shouldn’t be born in you either. You
 can make it. Whatever you may wish to do with your future, you can make
 it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes always. Suffering breeds 
character. Character breeds faith. In the end, faith will not 
disappoint. You must not disappoint. 
 
 
 
 
 
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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES from DR. Wayne Dyer

Inspire your day by the Inspiring Quotes from Dr Wayne Dyer  
 
 
 
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Wayne W. Dyer</h1>
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Author profile</h3>
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May 10, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan, The United States</h3>
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Wayne
 Walter Dyer is a popular American self-help advocate, author and 
lecturer. His 1976 book Your Erroneous Zones has sold over 30 million 
copies and is one of the best-selling books of all time. It is said to 
have “[brought] humanistic ideas to the masses”.</h3>

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Although many people associate Dr Dyer teachings with metaphysics and New Thought, this self help author has wisdom that touches many areas of life. A lot of these inspirational quotes by Wayne Dyer are from some of his famous quotable books such as Manifest Your Destiny

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Dr Wayne Dyer Inspirational Quotes</h3>

1. “All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find 
with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not 
change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when 
you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or 
frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about 
something by blaming him, but you won’t succeed in changing whatever it 
is about you that is making you unhappy. ”

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2. “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.”

3. “Begin with the end in mind. Start with the end outcome and work backwards to make your dream possible.”

4. “What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you.”

5. “Remember, purpose is about giving…All you can do with your life is to give it away in the service of others.”

6. “You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being — not because 
anybody says so, not because you’re successful, not because you make a 
lot of money — but because you decide to believe it and for no other 
reason.”

7.”Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think.”

8. “A non-doer is very often a critic-that is, someone who sits back 
and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically about how the doers 
are doing. It’s easy to be a critic, but being a doer requires effort, 
risk, and change.”

9. “You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being, not because 
anybody says so, not because you’re successful, not because you make a 
lot of money, but because you decide to believe it and for no other 
reason.”

10. “Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.”

11. “There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.”

12.”Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.”

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Letting go

letting go is healing 
 
 
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 Let me start this by sharing a story.

There once a man who went walking along a cliff-edge. He strayed from the path, lost his footing,
 and fell over the edge. As he fell towards the deep blue sea, he 
grabbed at a branch of thorns. Hanging there, daring not to let go, the 
man began to shout
“Is there anybody there?”

“Yes”, came the reply

“Who is it?”  Asked the man

“God”

“Help me, God”, prayed the man

“Let go and   leap”, said God

The man thought for a moment, and then he shouted

“Is there anybody else there?”

This may sound funny, but the funnier part is that the story is not 
just a fictional story. This happens in real life. This is a true to 
life story. This is very common among us, and maybe, this is also your 
story.

Just like the man in the story, there were times that we suffer from 
too much pain and yet we keep on holding on to the source of the pain. 
The longer we hold on, the longer the pain is. Although we realize d 
this fact, why are there so many people still afraid to let go? The 
answer is, because of fear. It is because we are afraid to the bad 
things that may happen to us afterwards. We forget to trust God, to 
trust the future.

So remember this quote

When God leads you to the edge of the cliff, trust Him 
fully and let go. Only 1 of 2 things will happen, either He’ll catch you
 when you fall, or He’ll teach you how to fly!

The man in the story wants it both ways- he wants to cling to pain and be free! You cannot do both. 
 
All too often we refuse to let go of our fears until we can see love,
 but we cannot see love until we are first willing to let go of our 
fears. Similarly, we will not give up our defence until we are safe; but
 we cannot be safe until we are first willing to let go our defences. 
Again, we cling to our painful until we are sure of a bright future; but there will be no bright future
 until we surrender our past. We are so reluctant to give up our 
suffering before we are happy again; but happiness cannot happen until 
we let go of our suffering.

It is once you are willing to let go of your illusions that truth can
 unfold; It is only once you are willing to let go of your pain that joy
 can take hold. It is only once are willing to let go of your grievances
 that peace will reign; It is only once you are willing to let go of 
your limitations that you will be free again. Healing is letting go.  - happiness now

Before ending this, Let me share you some lines from  <a href="http://jerecro721.wordpress.com/">http://jerecro721.wordpress.com/</a>

True Love always requires us to let go and to trust God.

I am not saying that we dreamers should not dream. But, what I am 
saying is that sometimes we hold on too much to a dream that is already 
broken and destroyed beyond repair. What I am saying is sometimes we sit
 around the ashes thinking that one day these ashes will change into 
something beautiful. Yes, I believe that God can bring beauty from the 
ashes, but it always requires us to get up from the dark place of life, 
to let go, and to trust in Him completely to guide our paths. We must 
get up and allow God to give us new dreams.

Letting go

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