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  • Letter No. 7

    Dear reader from the future, I wonder if CubeSats (or cube satellites) are as common as mobile phones in your time. The first time I heard about CubeSats was when I took my specialization in Futures Thinking at Coursera. I am not sure if Coursera is still the same by the time you’re reading this, but I Read more

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  • What is school for?

    What is school for?

    Here’s a TEDTalk given by Seth Godin where he raised provocative questions about what school is for. In 2012, he wrote a manifesto about what school is for, entitled Stop Stealing Dreams, which you can access here. You can also download its eBook version here, and it’s free. And if you are a Filipino interested Read more

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  • Addicted to stats

    Since mobile devices are almost always with you, it became easy to check your stats from time to time. You want to be updated with how many people reacted or commented on your social media post and how many page views or site visits you received. You might have even espoused the idea that high Read more

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  • Why I read the Bible in one year (again and again and again)

    Yes, I identify myself as a Christian. My life was never the same again since I encountered the reality of the Lord Jesus Christ. And I would never get to know Him if not for all the church workers who lent their time and effort to teach me what it means to live life as Read more

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  • Keeping up with everyone

    This is a rather impossible task, even if social media tells you otherwise. Because knowing someone better takes a lot of time and even effort to actually make that time possible. Even if you insist, try to remember and count the people you mostly maintain communications with throughout the week. Narrow them down to the Read more

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  • The hireling

    You will know whether a person is just a hireling or not by how she handles her tasks. A hireling only sees the work as a transaction where she does the work she thinks the pay was worth. Just like ticking the boxes off a checklist, she makes the transaction happen without an extra. But Read more

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  • Transitions and the cry for change of leadership

    It’s not easy to hold yourself accountable for how you respond to the things that happen around you. The easier route to take is to put your focus and energy blaming the leader or someone on the pedestal. Because someone has to be accountable. And what usually follows after a transition (and most of the Read more

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