May 2010 Election : The Story of the Corrupt Philippine Senator

We're just days away from the May 2010 Election here in the Philippines. Sharing you a story I got from Edel's Blog about how we should choose our future leaders.

Enjoy reading.

While walking down the street one day a Corrupt Philippine Senator was tragically hit by a car and died.

His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.

"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," says the Senator.

"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from the higher ups. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity."

"Really?, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the Senator.

"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.

The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.

Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the Filipino people.

They played a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and the finest champagne.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who is having a good time dancing and telling jokes.

They are all having such a good time that before the Senator realizes it, it is time to go.

Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises...

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens in heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him, "Now it's time to visit heaven."

So, 24 hours passed with the Senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.

"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity."

The Senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell."

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.

Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulders.

"I don't understand," stammers the Senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"

The devil smiles at him and says,

"Yesterday we were campaigning ...Today, you voted."

PS. For the profile of May 2010 Election candidates for Presidency, check out the Votebook compilation.

PS1. Historically every after Election here in the Philippines the stock prices are going up. I would suggest that you can start investing NOW in stock market to have that strong headstart for your investments in the future. But before you do that be sure to equip yourself with enough financial intelligence. I suggest you meet my financial mentors who taught me a lot about my finances especially how money works. Email me at ask@elvinperia.com for more details.

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GMA Special (Votebook) : 2010 Presidential Elections

I salute GMA 7 for providing us a scoop on every candidate for our 2010 Presidential Elections through their 2010 Election Special Coverage: Votebook. This is worth sharing so that we know more about the 2010 presidential candidates particularly their Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth.

Noynoy Aquino




Joseph Ejercito Estrada




Richard Gordon




Jamby Madrigal




Nicanor Perlas




JC Delos Reyes



Gilbert Teodoro




Eddie Villanueva




Manny Villar




Please vote wisely this coming May 2010 National and Local Elections.

eLviN

PS. Historically every after Election here in the Philippines the stock prices are going up. I would suggest that you can start investing NOW in stock market to have that strong headstart for your investments in the future. But before you do that be sure to equip yourself with enough financial intelligence. I suggest you meet my financial mentors who taught me a lot about my finances especially how money works. Email me at ask@elvinperia.com for more details.

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My first Virtual Assistant (VA) Experience

My first official VA job requires me to answer emails for various events. At first it was strolling in the park. Then after the promotion that they did, I started receiving more than 70 emails per day. Take note, this requires me to answer them all at once. This could be done easily but since I have so many things to do (day job, gimmick, attend financial seminars etc) this is damn hard.

Also, having this number of emails in one day requires me to stay up late. And based on my experience it is not right for us to sacrifice our sleep just to get things done. I learned that human beings have our own sets of limitations. One of those limitations is time (I created a post related to this please feel free to check it out : Duplication).We can only work at the maximum of 16 hours a day to have good enough sleep. We need those 8 hours of sleep to have a healthy body and a refreshed mind. (Additional note : Drinking of energy drinks or overdosing of caffeine is not a permanent solution for this. Take note, NOT THE PERMANENT SOLUTION because I know that there are very hardworking people out there who drinks a lot of energy drinks or coffee just to stay awake. This is very, very unhealthy).

By being a virtual assistant and an employee at the same time allows me to learn an important trait. This trait is called discipline. Balancing my time is really, really a challenge for me. But by becoming a VA, I learned how to balance my time at the same time I learned how to discipline myself. Again, it’s hard but it’s worth it.

***BONUS***

Five things I have to change to be a VA 

1. Less time with television, social media sites and computer games (Btw, I still have time to blog www.elvinperia.com)
2. Reduce OT hours from the office
3. Proper time management
4. I open my VA's gmail account instead of my own account (i used different internet browsers to have two accounts at the same time)
5. Instead of reading I listened to books.

Five benefits to me of being a VA

1. I learned how to balance my time (or should I say maximize)
2. I learned how to discipline myself
3. More sources of income (though active)
4. Enables me to learn new skills
5. Enables me to expand my network

Five bad things about being a VA

1. I’m still an employee
2. VA work is an active not passive source of income
3. Improper time management equals lack of sleep
4. Unscheduled brownouts, unscheduled activities and lack of internet connection can ruin the day especially if you have tons of emails to answer
5. Waking up early in the morning to maximize time is hard (really, really hard)

eLviN

PS. The purpose of finding another source of income for me is to achieve my financial freedom. I want to make sure that I invest the right amount so that in 18 years time I can have my money working for me. I learned this by attending Intenational Marketing Group's Wealth Academy Series which provides me ways on how to get out of the rat race. Wealth Academy offers (1) Financial Education, (2) Discipline and (3) Entrepreneurship. In case you're interested email me at ask@elvinperia.com for more details.

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Duplication : A practical way to multiply your time

God has given us the same opportunity. He has provided the same number of hours, minutes and seconds each day for us to maximize. We can’t buy extra hours to do the things we love (even the rich can't do that).

That’s it. All we have is 60 seconds in a minute. 60 minutes in an hour. 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. 52 weeks per year. Nothing more, nothing less.

We can’t bring back the wasted time of our yesterdays just to have more time today. It does not work that way.

But the good news is there’s a powerful law of nature that can work for us. This law is called the Law of Duplication.

Duplication is all around us. We will not be able to live on this planet without our Mom and Dad. Everything will be extinct (or should I say nothing will exist today) if duplication does not exist.
That’s how nature works.

In order for us to have more time doing things we want to do, we need to maximize the Law of Duplication to its full potential. We need to duplicate ourselves. Duplication can be done by creating a team and/or using technology.

Creating a Team. I work in a manufacturing industry. We produce million units per year. I can’t imagine how many units can be produced if there’s only one person in the shop floor doing all the things from material warehousing to finished ingredient processing to packaging and shipping. If you’re that person, that would be very tiring right? That would be very, very toxic. That would require you to work more than 24 hours per day.

Use of Technology. Can you imagine if there’s no CDs, MP3s, etc? Your favorite singers will hate that PLAY button. Why? Because every time you hit that play button, these singers will come to you and sing your favorite songs. Hmmm… that would be fun if you’re the person to be entertained! But what if you are the singer? You’ll hate it right? Lastly, I could not imagine if two households hit the play button at the same time. If that happens, you’ll lose one fan right away.

That’s why we need to have a team and technology to duplicate ourselves to complete a certain task at a certain time. This would enable us to do other things that matters to us. This way, our time is duplicated as well.

If you find this article useful please share it with your friends or leave your comments below. :D


eLviN

PS. This topic is one part of Bo Sanchez’ Prosper Series. We’ve been learning a lot from his wisdom and right now we’re duplicating him to spread the word of wisdom to everybody else. In case you want to read his articles online please visit www.bosanchez.ph or be a member of Truly Rich Club to gain spiritual abundance and financial wealth at the same time. Sign up now to receive 11 incredible blessings absolutely free ($251.50 value).

PS1. For those who are near Metro Manila, you might want to keep your Wednesday nights booked with the International Marketing Group's WEALTH ACADEMY Series where you can learn how to get yourself out of the rat race. WEALTH ACADEMY offers these (1) Financial Education, (2) Discipline and (3) Entrepreneurship. Limited seats only! Email me at ask@elvinperia.com for more details. 

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Wealth Beliefs

I watched Bo Sanchez' Seminar on Video entitled Create your Wealth Beliefs. I got this CD from Truly Rich Club. I really admire Bo Sanchez' generosity. He's giving away a lot of free stuffs to his Truly Rich Club members.


Anyway, here's what I got from this talk. These are the wealth beliefs that changed Bo's life. He suggested that we use this wealth beliefs as a guide to create our own.

• I’m God’s beloved and it is His great happiness to bless me.
• God’s river of blessings is flowing to me every single moment of my life.
• Everything I need comes to me.
• I am blessed with great relationships and friendships.
• I’m always meeting wonderful people that bless me and make me grow.
• I’m anointed by God to serve and bless the world.
• I inspire millions of people.
• I’m a brilliant entrepreneur.
• I’m a fantastic communicator.
• Money is flowing to me in great abundance.
• I can earn any amount of money I choose.
• I’m a blessing magnet.
• I’m guided by God every moment.

By the way, it would be helpful if we say our wealth beliefs three times a day until it becomes automatic


Hope this help you achieve your dreams.

eLviN

PS. Learn the details of how you can become financially free in 10 to 20 years at the Wealth Academy. "Money Management Strategies" is open on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7pm and on Saturdays at 2pm. Meet financial mentors that will help you to increase your financial literacy as well as how you could become a better person in all ways possible. For more details simply email me at ask@elvinperia.com.

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Managing Spare Time : Virtual Assistant + Serving GOD + Financial Education

I had a tremendous week.

My spare time is well spent. I can’t believe that I actually did those stuffs.

Anyway, let me share what happened to me this week.

I started my week with a bang. Just came from a blessed Easter Sunday. Edel and I celebrated the Easter Sunday attending the Grand Feast at SMX Convention Center in SM Mall of Asia. I’m so blessed to have almost all of my mentors in one place. I talked to our financial mentor Dr. Dada Rosanes of International Marketing Group with her kids. I discussed virtual assistant stuffs with my Internet Marketing mentor Jomar Hilario while waiting patiently for the food queuing area. I listened to Bo Sanchez’ awesome preach, the first part of the Overcome Series. There are various published articles online that discusses the things that happened during the Grand Easter Feast. 

Feel free to check them out.

Edel’s Choose to be Wealthy Article

Bo Sanchez’ blog post : Be a Sponge and Absorb God's Blessings

Later that afternoon, Edel and I had a great full body massage at Rafraf together with Marvin located in Halang Calamba Laguna. After that Marvin, Edel and I discussed our future plans regarding our business. We’re on the path in making this a reality. Soon you’ll find out. In case you’re interested to join feel free to email me at projects@elvinperia.com.

This fuels me to start my week right. I’m so fired up!

I went to the office. I had mountains of things to do to start my week. I need to prepare the Post Campaign Analysis for Malaysia, prepare the March Month End Excess Inventory Report, submit the daily inventory report and the weekly service reports, give an orientation about the service and inventory reporting plus other stuff and attend a lot of meetings.

Anyway, these tasks are the things I need to accomplish within the week. Sounds like an easy task but most of these reports require half to one day to finish.  Imagine that. 

This is the exciting part. Every after I finished my day job, I look forward to finishing my assignments as a virtual assistant. Having two jobs at the same time requires proper time management (which I'm currently learning). My tasks as a virtual assistant are just simple. It only requires me to answer emails, to save the inquiries in a template in Microsoft Excel and provide a daily update regarding the status of the project to my client. In fact, this week, as far as I know, I answered on an average, 50 emails in less than 1 hour. Cool right?

Also, this week, I re-started my passion. I joined Laguna Feast’s Music Ministry. In fact, I just got home from the band practice. Of course, I played the guitar. I learned 4 new songs. I met new people (people who are very passionate in serving God’s people thru their talents). Just in case you want to be part of Laguna Feast you may email them at LagunaFeast@gmail.com.

One more thing, of course, I attended Wealth Academy’s Series 10 entitled Distinctions in the mind of Poor, Middle class and Rich discussed by Wealth Academy’s proponent and CEO Noel Arandilla. On my next post I will be sharing the things I learned from this series.

Until my next post.

Ooops. Before I forgot. I'm posting this article using my email. I'm using a Blogger feature called Mail2Blogger. Mail2Blogger allows you to create blog posts using your email.

eLviN

PS. Rex Mendoza will be discussing the Entrepreneur’s Mindset this April 14 at the IMG Makati office. This talk is exclusively for IMG members. In case you want to attend seminars like this, please contact me at ask@elvinperia.com.

PS1. Do you want to serve? Laguna Feast will be conducting a Basic Communication Skills Training on April 11 and April 18. This will be for those who wants to be part of the Feast’s Servants.

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Top Reasons to Win and Planning on Good Friday

Good Friday. Yesterday is really a Good Friday.

I had a great day.I had a super-duper-awesome-cool-great-Good-Friday. Edel and I had a great chit chat discussing our future. We are happy that we projected our expenses for the years to come. And I am proud that we shared it to Marvin, our soon-to-be business partner.

It’s a bit of a challenge because as of the moment we are on the process of increasing our monthly income to meet or exceed our ideal expenses. The good news is if our rough estimations are correct and the expected variables fall exactly where we base our computations, we will be retiring at the age of 43. That will be 18 years from now.

I’m excited to declare it. I am retiring on my 43rd birthday! On that day, I see myself living on investments. This will become possible because my investments are continuously growing on an average of 20% per annum. This is enough to sustain our expenses for the years to come. On that day, I’m the happiest person sharing my life fulltime with my family. Mark that day, March 1, 2028 is my freedom day!

As I am writing this, I’m having goose bumps.

How will that come to reality? Here are my Top Reasons to Win.

1. I believe that I am a family man. I am an excellent provider for my family. I love seeing my family have their needs satisfied. I am committed in sharing my quality time with my loved ones.

2. I believe that life should be enjoyed. We only have one life and one life to live. I am committed to live my life to the fullest by going to beautiful places all over the world to experience God’s awesome creation.

3. I believe that I am a great communicator. The things I knew that I can greatly help others are worth sharing. In line with this, I am committed to share to everyone the things that helped me grow through my blogs, my books, my talks, and my actions.

4. I believe that in every aspect of my life I deserve to have mentors that are always there to bring out the best in me. I am committed in attracting these powerful mentors that can help me grow my relationship to GOD, my finances, my relationships, my businesses, and everything else.

5. I believe that it is just right to return all the good things, praise and glory to our Creator. In line with this, I am committed to serve HIM with everything I have. This includes my music skills, my financial wisdom, my computer skills, and everything I have.

Before I end this article, I want to share with you that most of us have plans in our office. We plan to meet our deadlines for our projects. We plan to adhere to our production schedules. We plan to meet our boss’ expectations. We plan for our summer getaways and many other things you can think of. Most of us miss out this one important thing. These planning activities are meant for us to plan bigger things which are our life, our future.

Sadly, most of us don’t realize it. Most of us never thought of this idea. But it is never too late unless you start planning for your future now.

Until my next post!

eLviN

PS1. There will be a Grand Feast in SMX Convention center on Easter Sunday April 4, 2010 8AM to 12PM. Admission is free.There will be an Easter Mass, powerful worship and the preaching of the Word. Bo Sanchez will be preaching about OVERCOME! - How to turn your stumbling blocks into stepping stones. This is a great way to celebrate your Easter Sunday.

PS2.Bo Sanchez released a new ebook about investing entitled "My Maid Invests in the Stock Market". This ebook is exclusively distributed to his Truly Rich Club Members. If you wish to read his book I suggest that you visit Truly Rich Club now (who knows this could change your life). Again here's the link to Truly Rich Club by Bo Sanchez.

PS3. For those who are near Metro Manila, you might want to keep your Wednesday nights booked with the International Marketing Group's WEALTH ACADEMY Series where you can learn how to get yourself out of the rat race for free. Email me at projects@elvinperia.com for more details

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