Empowerment

For almost two years, I subscribed to Hugh MacLeod's GapingVoid mailing list. Everyday, I am receiving emails from him. Today, I got this email and this explains why every people living on the 21st century should write their thoughts down. Every struggles, every hardships, and every painful events that happened should be written down. Of course, success stories should be written too. 

Who knows, perhaps there will be one person who will be empowered with the stories that you have shared. Who knows, his life might change because of that piece of literature published online or offline. We'll never know. 

I can talk about this topic all day long but I guess that's for my future post. For now, enjoy Hugh McLeod's post.

“Empowerment” doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Empowerment is part of a story... your story. You feel empowered depending on the context. 

I believe that every person needs to know, at least once before they die, that their life- with all its mess and suffering- was worth it, somehow. 

And how do they know that? by telling stories. By telling THEIR story... 

And making it great. 

When someone is using your product, don't ask what stories are they telling about you; ask what stories they're telling about themselves, and how you product fits into it. You'll get a far more interesting answer.

Until my next post,

Elvin Peria

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The Donkey Story : Shake It Off and Step Up

I was doing a project for my wife when I stumbled upon Bo Sanchez' Easter Sunday article. He shared a story of a donkey.

One day, a donkey fell in an old well. 

The donkey’s owner looked down and realized the old well was too deep to pull out his donkey. It was hopeless to rescue his beloved animal. 

It was heartbreaking, but he knew there was only one thing to do—to bury his donkey. 

And his neighbors came to shovel dirt in the well. 

When the dirt fell on his back, the donkey became hysterical. How dare they bury him alive! But in a flash, a bright idea struck him. The next time dirt fell on his back, he said to himself—“All I have to do is shake it off and step up”—and that’s what he did. And it worked!

Every time dirt fell on his back, he’d say, “Shake it off and step up… Shake it off and step up…   Shake it off and step up…” 

The dirt that was meant to bury him was the same dirt that saved him. 

In life, we experience failures. We experience falling into a deep well.

We failed in our board exams for the second time. We failed in our businesses. We failed in our love life. We  failed in handling our finances. We failed in our work. We failed in almost all aspect of our lives.

The good thing is that our failure does not mean the end of everything. The fact that we survived the fall means that there's still hope. There's still something that we can do. We have a choice. We can choose to do nothing and be trapped in the well until we die or we can just shake it off (accepting our failures) and step up (use our failures to move on to the next level) just like what the donkey did in the story. The choice is ours.

The next time you fail, remember this donkey story. 

Until my next post,

Elvin

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Overcome! The Grand Easter Feast

I got an email from Bo Sanchez and Laguna Feast today that there will be a Grand Feast in SMX Convention center on Easter Sunday April 4, 2010 8AM to 12PM. Admission is free.

There will also 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.

Are you excited? Mark your calendars now! Don't miss this wonderful event.

PS. 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.

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 for free.

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