God surprised me through Kerygma Family and Amazon.com

Yesterday, I was blessed. In fact, I'm super blessed not just yesterday but everyday. It's true that the abundance of universe is everywhere. I'm blessed to have this kind of abundance. I can affirm that everything I need comes to me. Wow. I can’t imagine that my opening phrases for this post are my wealth beliefs. I just can’t contain the feeling.

Okay. What made me say that I’m super blessed?

I received something unexpected yesterday. I got my ordered books from Amazon.com. I was surprised that Amazon delivered one week ahead of schedule! With this, I give Amazon.com's service two thumbs up! By the way, here are the books I’ve ordered from Amazon.com.

1. Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath authors of the best-selling book Made to Stick. 
2. Linchpin by Seth Godin author of thousands of great articles (check out his blog at www.sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog) and books such as Tribes, Purple Cow, The Dip, and my ever favorite Permission Marketing
3. Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. 

 

Soon I’ll be releasing my reviews for these awesome books. So stay tuned.

But wait there's more, I also received a copy of May and June issues of Kerygma Magazine. Hats off to Kerygma Family for constantly giving me my copy every month.

I’m blessed to have known these authors who have a lot of profound ideas they’re willing to share. I’m blessed to have mentors who introduced me to these authors. Cool right?

Until my next post.

eLviN

PS. If you haven't notice, I added my list of highly recommended books! I suggest you to take time to check them out. Believe me, it changed the way I think. It helped me to have that learn-it-all attitude. It urged me to find mentors that are constantly helping me in achieving my goals. In case you're looking for mentors, email me at ask@elvinperia.com I can provide you a list of mentors that can help you with your financial and spiritual life.

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Failure of May 2010 Philippines Election

May 10, 2010 is fast approaching. Rumors say that there will be a military takeover after the May 2010 Elections. Why? Because there’s a widespread doubt in the election results in part of its failed automation, the military will be forced to take over to prevent chaos in the streets. When this thing happened, the Generals will take over the Philippines and the whole archipelago will be under the military rule once again. Think Marcos regime (okay I was not born when that thing happened).

If there will be a failure of election a lot of foreign investors will withdraw from their Philippines investment. Philippines Peso will hit its lowest point. A lot of businesses will be closed. The whole Philippines industry will collapse. The Philippines stock market will crash. It will experience the greatest dip after the 2008 financial crisis.

Okay, this is just a rumor. We’re not sure if there will be a failure of election or the election will go smoothly and a new President is elected. That’s uncertainty. We’re not sure what will happen next. But one thing is for sure, our country will overcome whatever challenges Philippines may face.

Our country already went through a lot of dips. There are a lot of rebellions, a lot of political rallies, EDSA 1, EDSA 2 etc. But what happened, we’re still here. We survived those demonstrations. We survived those famines. Our country is still alive and still kicking. So I’m sure that whatever challenges our country may face we can overcome it.

Just like in our lives. How many challenges have you encountered over your lifetime? One? Two? Three? For sure you’ve lost your count already. What did you do to resolve those challenges? What have you learned from those challenges? I know for sure you already overcame the challenges five years ago. I know for sure you already have recovered from those dips.

Before I conclude this post, let me share you a line shared by Jon Escoto last week on Laguna Feast. He said that Life is not what happen to you but rather what you do to the things that happened to you.

If we can change ourselves and choose to work for the improvement our country I believe we can have a great country. A great country deserves a great leader.

eLviN 

PS. Hope you've done your researches about the candidates (both local and national) already. In case you haven't, I suggest you to watch Votebook (you may search Votebook 2010 in Google) a special program of GMA 7 about the 2010 Presidentiables. Vote wisely.  

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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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