WE TEACH. WE BUILD. YOU LEAD.
Wisdom in Gardening
How simple gardening taught me a valuable lesson about the necessity of ‘letting go’ in life – Seminarian Joryll Pales, Tagum City, Davao Del Norte, Philippines. St. Irenaeus famously wrote, “The glory of God is a man fully alive.” However, there will always be moments in life when we realize that we are not fully […]
Sophia’s Language Autobiography
This is my daughter Sophia’s Essay. Moving from one country to another throughout my life has been interesting, to say the least. These past few weeks, learning and reading about how language and worldview are correlated has made me think if I actually look at the world differently than my friends who have lived in […]
Parenting: A Neophyte Leadership Story
As a new parent I was often told, “Parenthood doesn’t come with a manual!” Truly, all of us who gave life to a newborn, have gone through a newbie stage. There is really no fixed and fast rule that even our own parents can handover to us in a platter. Up until now I cannot […]
Be a Lifelong Learner
My life took a lot of wrong turns and I was lost for about three years. I went out of employment and have been doing various part-time jobs to survive. I loved my job in the travel industry for almost twenty years. I loved going to places and making people enjoy the world. And with […]
Can We Really Work From Home?
Do you miss clocking out at exactly 5:01 PM? How about working overtime to solve a problem or finish a project? Do you miss the morning rush and the slow-moving traffic in the evening? How about waking up so early and going home very late five or six times a week? Do you still look […]
I Might Be Wrong
Remember the time during a long heated argument with your Dad, he suddenly said, “I might be wrong.” How did you feel? How about the time when you were presenting your position paper to your most hard-to-please professor, and he replied “I got your point, I might be wrong.” With more and more people looking […]
Too Proud Men
One time, I saw two of my staff in the middle of the hallway kicking a box towards each other while talking loudly in their native language. I took few more steps to confirm that they were indeed fighting over something. And because the box is getting dilapidated I decided to intervene. I ask them, […]
Recollect. Recharge. Restart.
I quit my job at a coffee shop after almost 10 years of serving great cups and sharing good cheers! I must admit I was not prepared! But I always believed that if things were meant for me, it will surely be easy. True enough, filing for a retirement benefit was easy, but giving meaning […]