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WITHOUT BORDERS1/8/2024 There's Engineer Without Borders, Doctors Without Borders, Educators Without Borders and a hundred more permutations of the same sense. My business has always been global, hence the logo: GLOBAL OUTLOOK, LOCAL IMPACT. If some people are irked with this ambition, I think they have a small thinking. Small thinking is usually scared thinking. They project their own insecurities on you. So because they can't fathom the idea, you shouldn't do/attempt it. Life is short. There is really no joy in hiding your true potential, waiting for blessings or approval for others to proceed to exalt you on your rightful place. Get the drift. Nobody cares and everyone is busy minding their own problem. Pursue your own global ambition with the feet planted on the ground. I have coached 25 leaders from around the world while I live in a rural area with just an Internet connection and a lot of heart to give. I worked in 15 countries and trained thousands of people as early as 2000s. Of course I have what it takes, but that's not point. With technology and focus, it's not difficult but it's not easy either. Go follow your dreams.
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MISTAKEN NOTIONS11/14/2023 As a new instructor in a university way back circa 2000s, I was mistaken to be a student trying to attend a faculty orientation training program. When I told the nun I am an instructor, her eyeballs grew big. As a consultant in a room of community service providers, they think I was there trying to get their monies out of their budget into my pockets. People have stereotypes of consultants. I told them, " I'm just here to help." As a Filipino immigrant, I was always perceived to be a caregiver or a nurse by way of just knowing my ethnicity, they could guess my employment or occupational interest somehow. I usually told them otherwise. As a minority writer and author of a commercial book, my publisher was perceived to be more partial and welcoming of unheard and non-mainstreamed voices in the sector. What's wrong with that? As a job applicant before, I was told that they are looking for a senior professional who had previously taken executive-level positions. I had to do a short litany of what I had accomplished at a younger age. Age is not a defining factor of competence. As a diaspora in Canada, some people assume that I have married my husband to get permanent residency and citizenship. My husband is quick to correct that notion. As an instructor, I was told that my stories tend to convince them that I am an expert in the course. Yes, I'm really the expert. That's why they've better listen up. As a social enterprise, I was told that I'm very entrepreneurial. I had to be. I'm running a business not a charity. Even charities must be entrepreneurial to survive. Mistaken notions perpetuate when you don't enlighten them in that moment. Surely, we all have the fair share of these on a regular basis. What matters is what we say and do when we catch them. You may only have one chance. Do it well.
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CLOSING SOON10/23/2023 There was a furniture store in a city next to our town that had a sign, "FINAL SALE-CLOSING SOON" for years. They never closed and and until they did, it wasn't their final sale. And when they eventually closed down and a new furniture shop moved in, the people can't believe that they were gone. What you say you will do matters most. It matters to your customers, to the public at large, and to anyone who cares to know. If you tell them that you're closing, or hiring, firing, downsizing or doing a strategic planning, please take the time to do it well and within the time you committed. Or else, it's just going to be fake news. |