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[H] Managing Oneself (Harvard Business Review Classics) by Peter Ferdinand Drucker

Summary 1. What are my strengths? 2. How do I perform? 1. Am I a reader or a listener? 2. How do I learn? 3. Do I work well with people, or am I a loner? 4. And if you do work well with people, you then must ask, in

Decade in Review: 2010-2019

2010 I am a junior in the University of the Philippines. I am fighting to maintain my magna cum laude standing. Someone tags me in this photo. I realize that, holy shit, I am fat. Holy shit. I am fat.2011 My uncle treats me and my sister to a

Q&A to: Filipino’s Guide to Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) for Direct Hires

I am grateful to Nicole Kalagayan’s Filipino’s Guide to Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) for Direct Hires [https://medium.com/@nicole.kalagayan/filipinos-guide-to-overseas-employment-certificate-oec-for-direct-hires-62f70d110202] , as well as Ayra’s guide [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ay34z4Q_3jiL91wDXgr76ZWp8trTOnt1BEAW2FdzTCE/edit?fbclid=IwAR2SOmsIj5exTCRVrUmltdKJSA11lMoD-lWbFt9pBnoEvb-JeQlxjPgIbpg] . I am also grateful to Lee’s [https://www.

No one is coming to save us

> No one is coming to save you. Nathaniel Branden, Six Pillars of Self-Esteem Don’t get me wrong — I didn’t sit around waiting for someone to save me. But when I was ten, I thought a person goes from grade school to high school to university to first

Book: Gateless by Sebastian Marshall and Kai Zau

Co-authored by my hero and mentor, Sebastian Marshall [http://chiaracokieng.com/marshall/]. A guidebook for the modern career. Provides a useful framework of “the Four Currencies” you need to manage to create your own path in this new world – Capacity, Network, Signal, Assets. If you’re a person who’s

Job Hunting Directives from Knock 'em Dead

This is the book that taught me that - like everything else - job searching is a skill. It can be learned and honed. Job searching is a personal sales campaign. 1. The goal is to get into as many conversations as quickly and as often as possible with the

Product Quality is Downstream of Operations

I’m in the process of acquiring an Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) from the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA). One of the requirements is that the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) verify my work contract. I’ve been thinking about these government agencies. I wonder what their operating metrics are.

How I’m evaluating if I can use Bear Notes as my “Second Brain” again

Why I am moving from Notion [https://www.notion.so] to Bear [https://bear.app/]: 1. Speed. To search, write, and edit. Similar to Evernote, the abundance of Notion’s features just cannot compensate for its slowness. 2. Related to speed and performance, multitasking. Specifically, to take notes while on

@DeutschChiara

I’m trying a new and fun way to practice and learn German. 1-I created a new Twitter account @DeutschChiara [https://twitter.com/DeutschChiara] exclusively for tweeting in German. Google Translate not allowed. > Mein Zap arbeitet! Ich bin glücklich! — Chiara Lernt Deutsch 🙇🏻‍♀️ (@DeutschChiara) October 16, 2019 [https://twitter.com/

Tip: Keep a "Smile File"

Anytime someone tells you something that makes you smile – a compliment, that you made an impact on them, or just any touching messages, save it to your Smile File. Whenever you feel down, doubtful of yourself, when the imposter syndrome monster visits, review your Smile File. Remind yourself of why