Walk or Wait?

Last Wednesday, I was 2 blocks away form my destination when I was caught in a traffic jam. That time, I have two options: (1) get off the jeep and walk or (2) wait for the jeep to stop at my destination then get off.
 
Here are the risks of the first option
  1. I’ll sweat by walking two blocks
  2. I don’t know if I’ll arrive at my destination faster as compared to waiting for the jeep to go
Here are the risks of the second option
  1. I’ll be waiting inside the jeep while doing nothing
  2. I don’t know if I’ll arrive at my destination faster as compared to walking
Either way, I’ll reach my destination. But which option is faster? First or second? We’ll never know the right option unless we choose or until we get there.

If you were in that situation what will you do? Walk or wait?

Same goes in our lives. We’ll never know the future unless we try. We’ll never know the better option unless we choose. But one thing is for sure. Regret of doing nothing is much painful as compared to pain experienced when trying an option.

So which option did I choose?

I walked.

That time, it’s the right thing to do.

So, if you’re stuck and you have options to choose from, choose. You’ll never know which option will bring failure or success but at the end, trust me, you know better. 

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Apple's Biggest Announcement : Apple Launches the iPad

Here's the latest news from Steve Jobs' update a couple of minutes ago.

Steve Jobs started the update by talking about the current sales and numbers. He talked about the number of Apple stores, number of iPod sold, etc. He said that Apple's focus are on the three product lines for mobile (laptop, iPods, iPhones).

He then asks, is there a room between smartphone and laptop? Something that handles email, Photos, Videos, Music, Games, eBooks?

Jobs pulled out the iPad. About the size of an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper. Very thin.




iPad has the following specifications:
  • 9.7 inch display
  • Touch screen
  • 1.5 pounds, 0.5 inches thick
  • 1 ghz apple A4 chip, 16 to 64 GB flash storage
  • WiFi 802.11n
  • Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR
  • Speaker, Microphone, 30-pin connector
  • Accelerometer, Compass
  • 10 Hours of active battery life, 1 month of battery life on stand by
  • Earth-friendly!

Jobs said the iPad will also be better for reading books, playing games and watching video than either a laptop or a smart phone. The iPad comes with software including a calendar, maps, a video player and iPod software for playing music. All seem to have been slightly redesigned to take advantage of the iPad's bigger screen.

iPad Price:

  • 16 GB - $499
  • 16 GB with 3G - $629
  • 32 GB - $599
  • 32 GB with 3G - $729
  • 64 GB - $699
  • 64 GB with 3G - $829

So what do you think? The battle between Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPad begins...



    Apple's Biggest Announcement : Apple Tablet PC

    There's going to be a big announcement this week. Apple will be launching their new product the Apple Tablet iPad. Steve Jobs will be making his announcement 2:00AM Thursday Manila time.

    Here are some expectations about the Apple Tablet iPad.
    • A 10- to 11-inch tablet
    • somewhat resembling the iPhone hardware
    • running a substantially expanded version of the iPhone OS
    • probably called iSlate or iPad
    • with a new, non-QWERTY interface
    • possibly available in two versions, LCD and OLED
    • with Wi-Fi and 3G data connections. 
    So what do you think? This is a good device right? I think they will be competing against Amazon's Kindle. But anyway, there's a lot more Apple news coming out by that time so be ready.

    But there's something more, do you know Seth Godin? I followed his blog and he also made a big leap with the current technology. Before Steve Jobs will announce Apple's new product iSlate, Seth Godin already licensed Vook the rights to Unleashing the Ideavirus so they can convert it into a multimedia app. It should be finished before the tablet ships, so Seth's team intends to be ready when they are.

    Call that bold and massive action.

    I suggest you to do the same... Take a bold and massive action today!






    Law of Attraction in Action

    Story 1 : Whatever I want comes to me

    I asked for some friends’ advice regarding the next book I should read. I posted it on my facebook account and noticed that most of my friends are willing to help my dilemma. For sure they suggested a lot of good books to read (I thank God for having them as my facebook buddies) but my mind tells me that I should read something more interesting aside from reading novels. I guess I graduated from that kind of stuffs. As far as I can remember the last novel I’ve read is Coehlo’s The Alchemist (got this book from Chanot as a birthday gift, again thank you). I guess, that’s quite a while.

    Don’t get me wrong. I love reading. But novels are not my interest anymore. Recently, I’m interested in books that would help me as an individual; books written by Kiyosaki, Allen, Hansen, Godin, Losier, and Sanchez. They inspired me, A LOT.

    Anyway, two days have passed, I haven’t decided on what to read or which author to follow next.

    To my surprise, my boss returned my hard bound copy of Law of Attraction book plus one more book, a reconsidered, revised and expanded book entitled “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” by Robert Fulghum (on my next posts, I’ll be sharing some of my insights regarding this book so stay tuned).

    This incident made my day. This just affirms that the universe will give everything I want.

    Just solved the dilemma on what book to read and got my book back.

    Story 2 : The story behind the Law of Attraction Book

    When we went to Malaysia last November for some training, I’ve introduced a book to my boss. The book was written by Michael Losier entitled Law of Attraction. She was curious and asked me to tell her something about the book. I told her that this book will give you something what your mind wants, either negative or positive.

    So she tested the book’s magical power.

    Actually, she tested the book without reading it. She said that she wants her boss to be busy making some calls, be in a meeting etc. So that she won’t be disturbed and can finish her report as soon as possible.

    In an ordinary day, her boss will go at her room five times to ask for updates, reports, and other work stuffs.

    On that day, he just went once. And then the following day, the same thing happened. The boss visited her once and left the office at midday. Imagine that.

    To cut the story short, she believed that the book has magical powers. She never let go that book.

    I told her, that I’m planning to re-read the book again so that I can remind myself of that law every now and then.

    Out of desperation to get that book from her firm grip, I bought another book for her in exchange for my copy. She didn’t accept it.

    But I’m persistent. I tried and tried until we made a deal.

    The deal was, if we hit the Inventory target for the year (2009), she’ll send the hard bound copy of the book back.

    Of course you already knew what happened.

    Allow the power of Law of Attraction to do great things for you and you'll be amazed!

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    Two Stories About Relationships

    For today’s post, I’ll share two great stories that would teach us a valuable lesson in understanding what really matters in life.

    Story 1. Lemonade Store Story.

    I got this story from Seth Godin’s blog. It is about two lemonade stands run by kids.

    The first stand is run by two kids. They use Countrytime lemonade, paper cups and a bridge table. It's a decent lemonade stand, one in the long tradition of standard lemonade stands. It costs a dollar to buy a cup, which is a pretty good price, considering you get both the lemonade and the satisfaction of knowing you supported two kids.

    The other stand is different. The lemonade is free, but there's a big tip jar. When you pull up, the owner of the stand beams as only a proud eleven year old girl can beam. She takes her time and reaches into a pail filled with ice and lemons. She pulls out a lemon. Slices it. Then she squeezes it with a clever little hand juicer.

    The whole time that's she's squeezing, she's also talking to you, sharing her insights (and yes, her joy) about the power of lemonade to change your day. It's a beautiful day and she's in no real hurry. Lemonade doesn't hurry, she says. It gets made the right way or not at all. Then she urges you to take a bit less sugar, because it tastes better that way.

    While you're talking, a dozen people who might have become customers drive on by because it appears to take too long. You don't mind, though, because you're engaged, almost entranced. A few people pull over and wait in line behind you.

    Finally, once she's done, you put $5 in the jar, because your free lemonade was worth at least twice that. Well, maybe the lemonade itself was worth $3, but you'd happily pay again for the transaction. It touched you. In fact, it changed you.

    Which entrepreneur do you think has a brighter future?

    Nice story huh?

    Okay. I’ll share some more.

    Story 2. Dreams Discussion.

    Last night, Edel and I had a serious meeting. We’ve been discussing our dreams, our plans, our strategies etc. Basically, the things that we want to happen in the future.

    The discussion went well when I shared my dreams with her. She listened patiently. She nodded. She agreed. She wrote everything down in a paper with the dates next to my dreams. She wrote everything I’ve said like house and lot, house renovation, parents’ retirement, wedding, gadgets, and the list goes on.

    Then, minutes later, I’m done. It’s now Edel’s turn to say her dreams.

    I got the pen and the paper. It’s my turn to write down her dreams.
    Then, she spoke with much eagerness and conviction that she wanted to have freedom. Her dream is to have freedom to have time with her close friends. She has this dream of visiting them on a weekly basis.

    I said, “Is that your dream?”

    She answered yes.

    Actually, I didn’t expect to hear this from her. I’m expecting something more tangible (just like my dreams). That’s why I kept on arguing. I tried my best to squeeze out some juices from her brain to come up with a tangible dream just like I presented.

    To cut the long story short, we had a debate. It’s a debate between my pride and her dreams. In the end she won. She won the debate.

    How?

    She explained that her dream is to establish a strong relationship with her friends, with her colleagues, with her loved ones.

    Edel has this dream of loving from the start. She has this dream of nurturing friendship. She has this dream of building a strong relationship.

    Yes. I got this dream of providing material stuffs to the person I love but it does not specify that I’m giving them love.

    I failed to dream to love others which Edel reminded me of doing. I just dream of providing them what they want or I guess what I think they want.

    But if I provide them what I think they want? Would that make me happy? Would that make them happy? Perhaps yes. Perhaps no. Why? Because I just provide them superficial things. I dream of providing them temporary happiness.

    Edel's dreams are long lasting. Edel's dreams will give her sacred happiness. (Click here if you want to know sacred happiness?) It will not be taken away from her.

    This idea hit me hard. Really, really hard. I almost cry in front of her. But hey, I know it is okay. She loves me. Even if I think that way.

    After our discussion, I gave her the tightest hug I can ever give. I gave her my apologies for acting so rude and lastly I thanked her for helping me realize that one important thing.

    Friend, build a long lasting and a strong relationship. This will give you not superficial happiness but a sacred one.

    Invest time with your loved ones.


    The Story of a Fly Named Marty

    Recently, I love creating stories. If you haven’t read my previous post, I suggest you read it if you want to achieve your dreams.

    On this post, I’ll be sharing with you another story. I got this story from Dr. Jaime Lorenzo, a Marketing Director of IMG during his talk entitled Financial Wakeup Call (Series 1 of IMG’s Wealth Academy). Actually, Dr. Jaime said, he got this story from Sir Noel Arandilla (a CEO of IMG).

    The story revolves around a fly named Marty (not his real name). By the way, I'm a great fan of Back to the Future Series that's why I named my fly character as Marty.

    *** Disclaimer! There were no insects harmed during the creation of this article. ***

    Marty is an adventurous fly who loves to fly a lot. He loves to go to places where no fly ever dared to go before.

    One day, he saw a small opening on a glass window. He was so curious he landed on the window sill and saw a huge room in front of him. Due to his excitement, he flew inside. The whole room is surrounded by glass windows. Every glass window provides great scenery of the garden outside. It was an overwhelming sight for a fly. He was amazed. So he flew around to get a better view of the beautiful garden outside.

    Minutes later, he got tired and decided to leave the room and go out to explore the garden outside. So he flew towards the garden but he hit the glass window.

    Then he flew towards the garden again, he hit the glass window for the second time.

    Third attempt, bumped into the glass window again.

    He keeps on flying towards the garden but all this time he always bumps into the glass window. Marty was so frustrated to get out. He bumped on the glass window so hard and he fell to the ground. He knocked himself unconscious.

    Lessons learned with Marty the Fly.

    If you want to get out of something, do something you never tried doing before.

    We fail because most of the time we keep on doing the same thing all over again. Yes, we have worked so hard to get the things we wanted (just like Marty) but we all know that this is not enough. Aside from hard work, we need to have the right strategy.

    How to have the right strategy?

    1. Learn from previous mistakes. It is okay to commit mistakes. In fact we can learn a lot of things from our mistakes. There was a saying that goes like this. In order to have the right decisions we need to have experiences and to get an experience is through wrong decisions.
    2. Be knowledgeable. If only Marty knew that there’s a glass window in front of him, he will never fly towards that direction.
    3. Get a mentor. Many people say that having a mentor is expensive. Most of the time, I agree but did they know that ignorance is a lot more expensive?



    Epilogue of the Story

    Minutes have passed Marty woke up. He realized that he’s doing the same thing all over again. So he paused and looked around. He observed every window and looked for a pattern with his amazing vision. He then saw an open window. He flew towards that open window and he got out of the glass room.


    Until my next stories...


    PS. If you’re looking for a mentor that would help you in all areas of your life just look around. There are tons of successful people out there who are willing to help you (I can refer you to my mentors if you want, just email me at elvinperia@yahoo.com).


    Story of the Elephant Sized Lechon

    Imagine yourself in a fancy restaurant. You ordered one whole lechon. Then your order came. You were shocked and overwhelmed. It was so huge! It’s almost the size of a baby elephant. You started to wonder if you can eat all of it even if you haven’t eaten for quite some time.

    Do you think you can finish it all at once? I don’t think so.

    You need to slice chunk of it then slowly eat it piece by piece (you won’t be able to breathe if you eat it whole at once, if that happens you’ll die). I suggest you start by eating the skin part, then the belly, then goes to the head, then lastly the apple on the pig’s mouth. By the way, don’t forget to pause and celebrate for a job well done after finishing one of its parts.

    Same goes with our dreams. We need to cut them into chewable slices in order to achieve it piece by piece. We need to focus our attention on one part then once we’re done shift our attention to the other parts. In between we need to celebrate for our success for finishing one task. This will motivate us to advance and finish the next mini goal.

    But I’ll share you one secret cheat that would simplify the bite-sizing process. I got this cheat from Bo Sanchez (actually he used the word cheat just to catch our attention, so it’s not really a cheat). In order to achieve your dream as fast as you can, create your own dream team. This will definitely work with the lechon example I used in the earlier paragraph.

    Let’s end this with one of my favorite success stories.

    One man thought of an unrealistic dream. He dreamed of having 10 special ministries for the poorest of the poor. He wanted to care for abandoned elderly, visit the prisoners, house the orphans and send the street kids to schools. That dream is really unrealistic.

    But here’s what he did.

    He devoted his attention in building his first ministry. It took him 10 years to build this ministry. So he did his math. If he wants to fulfill his dream of having 10 ministries it will take him 100 years in order to finish it. So he decided to cheat. He looked for a team that has a passion for the poor. And together they are expanding their ministries. To date his unrealistic dream of having 10 ministries is no longer a dream. Why? They have now seven ministries for the poorest of the poor (Three more ministries to go). By the way, that man is no other than my spiritual mentor Bo Sanchez (be part of his wealth coaching program).

    Do you have your own elephant sized lechon dream? Learn to bite size it. Learn to focus your attention into one part then celebrate then move to another part. And lastly, to fast track this process, find/create your own dream team.

    More stories on my next posts.


    Blogger Tips : How to add google adsense to your newly created blogger blog

    Just sharing a video from my online buddy (JanMck Hilado) entitled How to Add Google Adsense To Your Newly Created Blogger Blog.

    This is a great tutorial for blog starters. Hope this helps. Enjoy!



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    Free Stuffs in the Internet

    Happy new year everyone!

    This is my first post for 2010. And I believe this is a useful information you should know.

    This post is about free stuffs available in the internet.

    Some can be found using torrents. I got tons of ebooks, audiobooks and seminars for free using torrent. By the way, I'm using isohunt-utorrent. Just use the search function of isohunt.com and them download your own copy of utorrent. Viola, you have your free stuffs. Be careful though, some torrents contain viruses that may harm your computer.

    Some can be found by just surfing the net (use google). Most of the famous authors are giving away their stuffs for free once in a while.

    Just like today, Paulo Coelho, gave three ebooks for free. Check out this link. Paulo Coelho's free ebooks. Please take note, that this is until this month only so better save your own copy.

    Three weeks ago, Seth Godin gave some cool stuffs in his blog. Check out my previous post about Seth Godin.

    Bo Sanchez' teachings can be found in the web as well. Try checking out preacherinbluejeans.com or bosanchez.ph. These sites contains teachings that will soon become best selling books. However, these are only available online. If you want to download them, be a member of Truly Rich Club. Bo Sanchez is a giver and most of the time surprises us by giving his ebooks, audio teachings, and a lot more for free.

    Of course, my girlfriend Edel is giving away her first ever ebook entitled STOP Jobhopping NOW!.

    So what are you waiting for? Get these stuffs now!
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