na-gets -- nuggets of "aha's"

test post via email

2007-05-04T16:05:00.001+08:00

this is a test post via email

Think

2005-09-29T10:50:00.000+08:00

We don't need to think more, we need to think DIFFERENTLY!

- email signature of Ms. P.S., Intel

First and Second things

2005-08-31T13:37:00.000+08:00

Do first things first, and second things not at all.

- Peter Drucker

Attention and Action

2005-08-25T12:04:00.000+08:00

If my people understand me, I'll get their attention. If my people trust me, I'll get their action.

- Cavett Roberts

Just walketh

2005-08-23T11:37:00.001+08:00

He who thinketh he leadeth and hath no one follmwing him is only taking a walk.

- quoted by John Maxwell

Where do you want to go?

2005-08-23T11:37:00.000+08:00

If you don't know where you're going, any road will lead you there.

- the Cat, to Alice in Wonderland who was at crossroads

Efficiency and Effectiveness

2005-08-23T11:36:00.000+08:00

Efficiency is the foundation for survival.
Effectiveness is the foundation of success.

- John Maxwell

Not good enough

2005-08-23T11:35:00.001+08:00

All true leaders have learned to say No to the good in order to say Yes to the best.

- John Maxwell
Developing the Leader Within You

Take this job and love it

2005-08-23T11:35:00.000+08:00

Find something you like to do so much that you would do it for nothing.

Then learn to do it so well that people would be happy to pay you for it.

- John Maxwell

Prioritize

2005-08-23T11:34:00.001+08:00

Decide what to do and do it;
Decide what not to do and don't do it.

- quoted by John Maxwell

Success or ...

2005-08-23T11:34:00.000+08:00

Success without a succesor is failure.

- John Maxwell

Dirt

2005-08-16T18:26:00.000+08:00

Dirt thrown is ground lost.

- Quoted by Isagani A. Cruz
Phil Daily Inquirer

Act Normal

2005-08-16T18:25:00.001+08:00

Acting is better than normal. You get to act like you're normal.

- Actor to Witch in Bewitched

We make

2005-08-16T18:25:00.000+08:00

We make a living by what we get;
We make a life by what we give.

- Duane Hulse

Knowing, teaching, learning

2005-08-16T18:24:00.001+08:00

No matter how much you know, you'll never know anything.

That's the beauty in teaching, you never stop learning.

- Martha Stewart

Of things lost

2005-08-16T18:24:00.000+08:00

Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.

- Seen on a T-shirt

Future

2005-08-12T01:21:00.000+08:00

The future is ours to make.

- Que se ra se ra
- Singapore

Just try

2005-08-12T01:20:00.001+08:00

Feel free to try to seduce me.

- seen on a handbag
Bugis St., Singapore

Past, Present, Future

2005-08-12T01:20:00.000+08:00

The past is a present to the future.

- Chijmes Historical Tour

Under, Over

2005-08-06T07:32:00.001+08:00

Underpromise. Overdeliver.

- Tom Peters

Dying and Listening

2005-08-06T07:32:00.000+08:00

When people think you're dying, people really start to listen to you instead of wait for their turn to talk.

- Norton
Fight club

Journeys

2005-08-05T09:01:00.000+08:00

Destinations are nothing without the journeys

- A blind man at a window seat of a plane, "looking" into the beautiful sunrise
(African airlines advertisement)

Words of Wisdom from Batjay

2005-07-27T15:32:00.000+08:00

From http://kwentongtambay.nicanordavid.com/

"On the other hand, you have different fingers"

"Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow"

"Always try to be modest, and be proud of it"

"How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?"

"Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now"

"When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane"

"Light travels faster than sound. That is why some people appear
bright until you hear them speak"

Brilliant! I bet, Pigrolac ang gatas ni BatJay nung biik pa lang
siya... ;-) - ka edong

Bitter sweet

2005-07-24T20:00:00.000+08:00

Without the bitter, the sweet ain't sweet.

- from Vanilla Sky

Laway at Pawis

2005-07-20T09:57:00.000+08:00

Nagpapatalsik ka lang ng laway habang ang iba ay nagpapatulo ng pawis.

- sabi ng langgam sa tipaklong
Bob Ong's Alamat ng Gubat

Paggawa

2005-07-20T09:56:00.000+08:00

Mas mabuting mabigo sa paggawa ng isang bagay kesa magtagumpay sa paggawa ng wala.

- Sabi ni Tong Tipaklong kay Ulang na gumagawa ng wala

Bob Ong's Alamat ng Gubat

Death and love

2005-07-18T10:23:00.000+08:00

Death does not end love.

- Jennifer Love Hewitt
If Only

Confrontation

2005-07-18T10:21:00.000+08:00

The best way to win a confrontation is without fighting.

- Karahan
Urban Streetfighting

Attachment and fear

2005-07-18T10:20:00.000+08:00

Freedom from attachment means freedom from fear.

- Arahan

See who

2005-07-15T16:17:00.002+08:00

Sometimes you need to see who you're not
To see who you are

- a character in Joan of Arcadia

Move on

2005-07-15T16:17:00.001+08:00

When there's nothing you can learn where you are, you've got to move on.

- John Kotter

If your job has become easy, someone else will do it for less.

- Thomas Stewart
Intellectual Capital

I will survive

2005-07-15T16:17:00.000+08:00

If God brings you to it,
He will bring you through it.

- a forwarded e-mail

Patience

2005-07-11T13:55:00.000+08:00

If you are not patient, don't eat hot tofu.

- A Chinese proverb
quoted by Lu Yao

Shoot

2005-07-06T18:27:00.000+08:00

Dito i-shoot
para cute!

- a painted sign above the "funnel" in an MMDA urinal

Talk

2005-07-06T10:50:00.001+08:00

He keeps on talking,
but is he saying anything?

- from the Cat in the Hat movie

Do do do

2005-07-06T10:50:00.000+08:00

I'm feeling like the government:
Given more to do
with less time to do it.

- Ramon Isberto
on his speaking assignment (Bottom of the Pyramid)
at the Corporate Social Responsibility Expo

Stand...

2005-07-04T17:51:00.000+08:00

Stand for something or stand for nothing

Title of presentation
Robinhood Foundation
at the Corporate Social Responsibility Expo
<a href="http://www.lcf.org.ph">www.lcf.org.ph</a>

Love your country...

2005-07-04T10:06:00.000+08:00

Love your country, leave it!

- 5-word acceptance speech
Lonely Planet
Webby Awards

Stealing

2005-06-27T18:12:00.000+08:00

Don't steal!
The government hates competition.

- Seen on a car sticker

Attitude

2005-06-27T14:36:00.000+08:00

Work like you don't need the money,
love like you've never been hurt,
and dance like you do when nobody's watching.

From a forwarded e-mail

Words from Steve Jobs

2005-06-23T16:41:00.000+08:00

Life's dots connect

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.

Love your work

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.

Cease the day!

"If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right."
"If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?"
And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change
something.

Death

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die
to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever
escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the
single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the
old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too
long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.

Live your life

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Follow...

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.

"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."

From the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005 at Stanford University

Do and Define

2005-06-22T19:09:00.002+08:00

It is not who you are underneath.
Its what you do that defines you.

- The District Attorney to Batman
Katie Holmes and that Tom Cruise look-alike

Fear not

2005-06-22T19:09:00.001+08:00

Mentor: What do you seek?
Bruce Wayne: To use fear against those who take advantage of people who are fearful.

- Batman Begins

We fall

2005-06-22T19:09:00.000+08:00

Why do we fall? To learn how to pick ourselves up.

- Mr. Wayne to son Bruce Wayne
Batman Begins

Spaghetti

2005-06-19T19:41:00.000+08:00

Malala na talaga ang mga suot ng babae ngayon!
Nuon, naka-spaghetti strap sila!
Ngayon, bihon na!

- A priest
on skimpy wardrobe of women today

Living on the edge

2005-06-19T14:06:00.001+08:00

If you are not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space! Risk it!

- Dolly Carvajal

Blooming

2005-06-19T14:06:00.000+08:00

My little boy has now become a woman!

- Dolly Carvajal
on her gay son

Express

2005-06-14T16:30:00.000+08:00

Aim to express, not to impress.

- Ernie O. Cecilia
on public speaking

Happy Endings

2005-06-10T21:49:00.000+08:00

I don't believe in happy endings. Happy endings are just stories that haven't finished yet.

- Mrs Smith to Mr. Smith
(Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt)

Vision

2005-06-10T21:45:00.000+08:00

It takes insight to see things the way they are, but it takes vision to see things the way they can be.

- Jenina Anos
Centex Salutatorian 2005

Stupid

2005-06-07T18:44:00.000+08:00

Printed on a South Park shirt:

There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.

no pain ....

2005-06-03T11:05:00.000+08:00

If it doesn't hurt writing it
It isn't worth writing it

- quoted loosely from Justine Camacho (?) from a website I could no longer find.

Heights

2005-06-03T11:02:00.000+08:00

Without depth, there is no height...

Wilson Ng

Pasalubong

2005-06-02T17:22:00.000+08:00

'Pag ang habilin ay salita
Ang pasalubong ay balita

- Ma'am Antoinette Bolanos
matapos hingian ng pasalubong .... ;-)

Detached

2005-05-25T14:33:00.000+08:00

Detach yourself from what can be taken away from you.

Yoda to Anakin Skywalker
(Rephrased this quotation is)

Power

2005-05-24T08:44:00.000+08:00

Power is the possibility of imposing one's will upon the behavior of other persons.

- Max Weber

Inggit

2005-05-19T09:21:00.000+08:00

Big sign behind a jeep:

Pare! Hwag kang ma-inggit
utang lang 'to!

Meaning

2005-05-16T20:17:00.000+08:00

I always wanted to know the meaning... my meaning...

And without meaning to, I found it in this little internet cafe in Surigao.

Edwin:
Rich or blessed friend
Ead = rich, blessed, prosperous
wyn = win = friend

Reference:
Find the meaning of your name:
The meaning and origin of 2400 Filipino Personal Names
by Lucas El Greco

Pee

2005-05-16T17:22:00.000+08:00

Never pee facing the wind.

- Edwin

Revenge

2005-05-09T10:50:00.000+08:00

Revenge is the weakest form of grief.

- "The Interpreter" (Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn)

Sleep

2005-05-09T10:45:00.000+08:00

Insomniac woman: What do you do when you can’t sleep?
Insomniac man: I stay awake.

- The Interpreter (Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn)

Problems?

2005-05-05T14:34:00.000+08:00

The problems today were the solutions of yesterday.

- from a systems thinking class

You cannot solve the problem with the same level of thinking that got you into the problem

- Albert Einstein

Quoted by Hien, his message to the AIM new-comer of dorm Rm. 202

Acceptance of Teachings

2005-05-04T11:18:00.000+08:00

Buddha’s observations regarding the acceptance of teachings....

Rely on the message, not on the personality of the teacher.
Rely on the meaning, not just the words.
Rely on the real meaning, not just the provisional meaning.
Rely on your wisdom and insight, not just on your ordinary, judgmental mind.

Quoted by Jim Paredes (Writing on Air)

Remembrance

2005-04-28T10:22:00.000+08:00

I asked Hien if he brought his camera to a lunch date with Bembette, Chinky, Eloy and Rith.
Hien replied:

We don't need a camera...
We take a picture with our eyes, our hearts and our minds. Then we'll remember...

- Hien

Read: Tech gets in the way.

Believe

2005-04-28T10:21:00.000+08:00

Don't believe in what I say
Believe in what I do.

- Hien

Extraordinary

2005-04-28T10:20:00.000+08:00

Do ordinary things extraordinarily.

- Motto of St. Mutien College

Look in the Eye

2005-04-28T10:19:00.000+08:00

When you look people in the eye, they won't care what you are wearing.

- Gigolo to self-conscious woman
Wedding Date

SUPR Power

2005-04-28T10:17:00.000+08:00

The power to not use all your power.

- RJ Atencio
SUPR

Highs and Lows of Sabong (Cockfighting)

2005-04-28T10:16:00.000+08:00

There were times when my father would come home from sabong (cockfighting) and declare: "Bili tayo kotse! (Let's buy a car!)"
But there were times when he would come home and say: "Ibenta ang kotse! (Sell the car!)
All in all, we lost more than we won.

- Pyke Diaz
Stories of sabong

30's and above

2005-04-22T05:30:00.000+08:00

Who among you are 30 years old and above?
Welcome to life.

- Prof. Manikan

Victory

2005-03-31T16:29:00.000+08:00

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment.
Full effort is full victory.

- Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer of Abraham

2005-03-31T16:26:00.000+08:00

Lord, bless me that I may be a blessing.

Negotiating Principle

2005-03-31T07:33:00.000+08:00

There is always competition for what you have whether it is money, ideas or products. Negotiators must never forget they have options.

- Successful Negotiation
by Robert B. Maddux

Best Motivator

2005-03-30T13:29:00.000+08:00

Fear of failure

Men are soft

2005-03-30T13:27:00.000+08:00

After sharing a story about an emotional moment ...

All hard men are soft.

- Dennis Eclarin
Our professor was quick to add ...

They soften somehow.

Principles of warfare

2005-03-30T13:24:00.001+08:00

Encircle the enemy.
Find their weakspots.
Ram their weakspots
and you will succeed.

- Dennis Eclarin

Employment Criteria

2005-03-30T13:24:00.000+08:00

Poor, young and hungry

- Dennis Eclarin
When asked about his criteria for selecting field staff.

It's not really about education but about character.

8 Words of Leadership

2005-03-30T13:21:00.001+08:00

Set the example.
Take care of your men.

- Dennis Eclarin

The Challenge of Mentoring

2005-03-30T13:21:00.000+08:00

It is easier to teach than to mentor.

- Dennis Eclarin
At a presentation about Home Town

Continuous Innovation

2005-03-30T13:20:00.000+08:00

Create change before change changes you.

- Dennis Eclarin

Guerilla Strategy

2005-03-30T13:18:00.000+08:00

Always outnumbered
Never outfought

- Capt. Eclarin's strategy for his microfinance organization
Not the "Gorilla strategy"

Risk

2005-03-30T13:17:00.000+08:00

If you are risk averse, it's not a nice attitude.
Be a risk taker!
Do something nobody has ever done before.
And you will find joy.

- Capt. Dennis Eclarin

Crisis? Problems?

2005-03-30T13:15:00.000+08:00

There are no problems nor crises in this world.
Just challenges and opportunities.

- Capt. Eclarin
When asked about his biggest crisis with Home Town, his microfinance organization

Step Back

2005-03-30T13:12:00.000+08:00

Don't rub your nose too closely or too long on your work.
Your nose might get erased!

- Prof. Confesor
On stepping back from our thesis

Don't flash if you won't use

2005-03-30T13:09:00.000+08:00

Don't waste your time on something you cannot finish.

Batangeños never flash their balisongs. They don't flash it to threaten. They take out their weapon only if they will use it to kill.

- Capt. Lim
On Choosing Battles

Letting Go

2005-03-30T13:07:00.000+08:00

How to choose without getting trapped...

Make the most of every experience.
Don't obsess over right and wrong decisions.
Stop defending your self-image.
Go beyond risks.
Make no decision when in doubt.
See the possibilities in whatever happens.
Find the stream of joy.

- Deepak Chopra
The Book of Secrets

Beyond Tasks

2005-03-30T13:06:00.000+08:00

We need to stop describing tasks and instead facilitate processes.

- Margaret Wheatley
Quantum Organizations

Satisfaction

2005-03-22T23:04:00.000+08:00

Satisfaction is the end of progress.
Satisfaction does not lead to growth.

- Kalyan
Quoting his teacher

If you're not hungry, you won't look for food.
If you're not thirsty, you won't look for water.
(Some might look for scotch!)

- Capt. Lim

Education is...

2005-03-22T08:41:00.000+08:00

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

- Aristotle
quoted by Jim Stockdale

Coalition

2005-03-22T08:03:00.000+08:00

There are no permanent friends.
No permanent enemies.
Just permanent interests.

- Prof Cofesor
dynamics of a coalition

Discussion of Gandhi

2005-03-22T08:02:00.000+08:00

There's nothing wrong with trial and error.

He who fights and runs away gets to fight another day.

Men are separated from the boys by Ideas.
Anybody can follow orders. But only a few can create ideas.

- Captain Lim
Sources and Uses of Power

Mediation

2005-03-20T12:47:00.000+08:00

It takes two to tango,
but it takes only one to stop the dance.

We learn more when instead of accepting 50% of the responsibility for conflicts, we accept 100%.

Conflict is a set of lessons waiting to be learned.

Every conflict creates an unparalleled opportunity to wake up.

- "Mediation"
A presentation by Prof Belle Abaya
Strategic Negotiations

Kleptocrats

2005-03-20T11:20:00.001+08:00

Kleptocrats - bureaucrats or politicians who's hands are currency-magnetic.

Shoes

2005-03-20T11:20:00.000+08:00

If a shoe looks perfect, it doesn't fit.

- On shoes making a woman more beautiful by accentuating her feet

On Gambling

2005-03-20T11:19:00.000+08:00

The less you have, the bigger the difference a win can make.

- from a video in SMARTS (Self-mastery, the Arts and Spirituality)

Overqualifying and Overselling

2005-03-20T04:26:00.000+08:00

Conceit is thinking we are good and others bad.
Confidence is knowing we are good, but we can be better.
There is no such thing as too good or too qualified, or learning too much.
Spend time to overqualify and then sell, rather than oversell an
average skill or product.

Wilson Ng
bizdrivenlife.net

Human

2005-03-18T16:57:00.000+08:00

More than a Human Being is a Human Doing.

- Poster in National Bookstore

Relationship Cornerstone

2005-03-17T12:20:00.000+08:00

The cornerstone of every good relationship: Lust and Convenience.
Love? It's a myth, a lie!

- Rahul Singh

Growth

2005-03-15T00:41:00.000+08:00

If you will not try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, then you will never grow.

- Letecia N. Damole
On knowledge Management in BARBD

Work in Peace

2005-03-14T21:29:00.000+08:00

If I cannot live in peace, I cannot work in peace.

- Prof Leyco