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Study says that people work faster when constantly interrupted but in effect produces less and poor results.

Here you are in your office, you are in thinking mode… devising a plan or a strategy. It is for an extremely important assignment your boss just gave you the other day. Suddenly, the phone rings and you feel you are obliged to answer. [read more...]

If you are a Filipino or you have been in the Philippines, I’m sure you know what “Filipino Time” means. Its like DST (daylight saving time) but only backwards. Seriously, its about the extra 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours —being late that is very common and acceptable in the country.

The Filipinos abroad are exempted from this phenomenon. [read more...]

No, I’m not talking about those websites where they will ask you to click a few ads just to stare at it for a few minutes. (Isn’t that what happens?)

I’m talking about your own business. A small profitable enterprise where you can use your creativity and skills. A real business that provides a solution for a customer’s problem.

It could be a pure on-line business where you provide only information or certain solutions to clients or a combination of traditional (off-line) and web-based (on-line) business.

I’ve been in business (off-line) for 12 years but I have only started my on-line business since mid 2007. It has been a very rewarding learning experience since I started one. [Read More]

If you have the time to do all the things you need to do just by yourself, then this might not be for you. But if you have the desire or need to free up more time, you also have things in your mind that you think you shouldn’t be doing, then continue reading. [read more]

At last. The long wait is almost over. I’ve always been a Palm fan. Every time there is a new model, I try my best to find an excuse to upgrade and I would do so. (like dropping it on purpose – just kidding)

Here is the list of Palm devices I bought for the last 10 years:
Palm Pilot III
Palm V
Palm M515
Palm Tungsten T3
Palm TX
Palm Treo 600
Palm Treo 650
Palm Treo 680

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Less than 10 years ago, I just turned 20 then, I needed an additional capital to expand my business.

And so my father, who was mentoring me, decided to help me get a loan. He knew the owners of Asia United Bank, a newly opened bank at the time. He introduced me to the VP of the company and scheduled an appointment with him.

So I met with him. He asked me about my business. How it was doing? What are my marketing plans? How do I handle this and that? I was a 20 year-old young zealous entrepreneur back then and so I gave him my pitch! [Read more]

It was a few weeks ago. My family and I decided to go to Mall of Asia. It was a weekend. I was preparing myself to the reality that parking will be so hard!

As we entered the parking area, I knew I was right, parking was full. Looking around, we saw many red dots, one each on top of every parking spot. The red dots were LED lights. So you see hundreds of those lights floating around.

What is it for? [Read Here]