"Just like that, would you be interested in getting featured alongside thought leaders like Gary Vee, Elon Musk, Jay-Z, Oprah Winfrey and others."


I got this in my inbox a few days ago.


Sorry, I don't need this vanity press.


I make my own press, I write my own articles and stories, and I am a speaker/author in my own channel.


I don't need Gary Vee, Elon Musk, Jay-Z, Oprah Winfrey.


I am a celebrity in my own right.


My mom is my number 1 fan and another 10 people. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣


Make your own vehicle to being seen, heard, and trusted. 


Life is better when you're in full control.


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​My daughter's classmates said, "Filipinos are weirder."

One playmate said, "Filipinos live in mud hats."

One girl told her, "Your nose looks like a potato."

I'd say, "Just laugh, laugh out loud because sure, it's funny."

If you get an unsolicited remarks or comments at work, or any social event/environment, from a rather well-meaning but misinformed individual.

This is what you should do.

1. Ignore.

2. Ignore.

3. Ignore.

4. Ignore.

5. Maybe laugh or smile and go about your ways. That's the polite demeanor.

6. Pretend you didn't hear it. Move away from the cocktail table/water cooler. Scroll your phone and check your email. Look at the painting/ambience/lights/the makeup smudge on someone's face.

But you get it, right?

​7. Ignore. 
​

 


Dear Baby Boomer,

​Can you mentor me?  

Based on recent reports, we will be experiencing the biggest generational wealth transfer ever imagined possible to the tune of $68 trillion from the baby boomers to the next generations in few decades.

What are we waiting for? The money's got to move, right? 

But beyond the financial inheritance, the knowledge transfer that should take place before the baby boomers are not capable of doing that anymore from their sick beds and care facilities is more than the value of a trillion dollars for sure. 

My grandmother is 95 years old. When she transferred from her independent living to the senior care facility, we inherited a few items such as her cookware, the sewing machine, and some furnitures, but that's about it. And also her electric mixer (see sample image above). 

We haven't had everything more important downloaded yet: almost a centenarian, she had a treasure trove of stories from a deep well we can draw from, a stack of recipes that will never be resurrected in cooking unless we get it fast, and other life-altering advice which she can also dispense having lived almost a hundred years! 

We can't wait for the baby boomers to transfer their wealth of experience, wisdom, and knowledge. 

Their mentorship and guidance as to how to live well for ourselves and our children that honor their sacrifices and courage.

To tell them that we are inspired, looking at what they've accomplished with little in life and plenty in optimism and fortitude.

To them that we'll be challenged by what they're passing on for our generation to solve and restore.

We can't wait to let them know that we are here for them too. 

Our parents, our aunts and uncles, our leaders in churches, non-profits, governments, service clubs, sports councils, schools and universities, teachers, professors, plumbers, technicians, and a whole host of baby-boomers from all industries, we know they're ready to be rehired. 

And for the greater task of being a mentor, coach, guide, truth-teller, sage, voice in the wilderness. 

What are you waiting for? Get the wealth from the know-how of the people who lived at least half of the century. You will be a million-dollar wealthy for sure. 

Approach a baby boomer today and ask to be mentored. 

Don't give up until they say yes. Deliver food in their house, scrub their balcony, carry their purses, and feed their cows or cats when they're not around.

​Until they say: YES.