Work
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When the waiting felt like a punishment
When I was preparing for an academic admission application, there were many things I needed to prepare and provide. While some only required hours to fulfill, others needed days. And if I hadn’t anticipated surprises, I might have missed the deadline altogether because some items took about four months to finish, specifically the ones that Read more
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A frightening degree of corruption
Something shifted in me when I came of age. Probably because my interest in current affairs has grown, the blatant corruption in the Philippines now troubles me beyond belief in a way it never did before. Watching the Katakot-takot na Kurakot (Alarming Corruption) documentary series made greed and human evil all too real to me because they are my experienced Read more
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Why trust works
The best leadership lesson I’ve learned? It starts with trust. When you trust that your team can deliver their responsibilities, they will learn to trust themselves to do what they can, and even more by demonstrating accountability and initiative. They’ll surprise you. They’ll surprise themselves. Micromanagement only stifles creativity because it calls for a rigid Read more
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My life in pieces
I started my year standing by the shore, with my weight shifting beneath me as the water dug deep between my soles while my toes curled onto the sand. Like the shifting sand beneath my feet, everything in my life felt unstable, uncertain. It was a slow work of making sense. While in the mess, Read more
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Five years ago, I started this blog
Five years ago, I told the voices in my head, the naysayers, that shipping the work precedes building an audience. I was able to blog daily for two years and have tried to stick to it (but failed) in the years that followed. I could list all my reasons (or excuses) but I would rather Read more
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