Author: Patrick Mabilog
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What to Do When You Experience Disruption at Work
Sometimes things will get disrupted for the better and sometimes for the worse. But the point is that they will change. How will you respond?
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Is It OK That I Don’t Love My Job?
What do I do when I don’t love my job? Work was meant to be a blessing, and when we don’t view it that way, it’s easy to get burnt out with our jobs and live a life that’s deprived of meaning and excitement.
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The Good News that Broke All News
Today, breaking news continues to propagate throughout social media of one of the most significant COVID-19 case tallies since lockdowns started in the Philippines. In times like these, it’s easy to think that we’re on the road to nowhere. It’s easy to lose hope. I’m not the type of person that would ever downplay bad…
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Trust vs Gullibility: How to Trust People without Getting Mislead
Looking at the trust vs gullibility discussion, we battle with how to trust without allowing people to manipulate us. Here’s how to do that.
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How to Eliminate Tasks From Your To-Do List and Still Achieve More
Not everything on your to-do list needs to get done, or to be done by you. Blake Straton . “Focus on This” Have you ever looked at your to-do list and give out a hopeless sigh? Many people today struggle with managing piles of work load regularly but still feel like they aren’t getting anything…
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“Good Samaritan”: On Civil Discourse and Social Media Bashing
Anyone who’s seen my social channels in recent days will know that I’ve been posting a lot about civil discourse and its importance in the hyper-connected digital world we live in. Nowadays, it seems that social media has done more to divide people more than connect. There are divisions in political, religious, social, medical, and…
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Persevering through Crisis: What Separates Flimsy and Storm-proof Christians
These days have been some of the roughest ever in history. With the global pandemic came a health crisis, a global economic downturn, waves of depression, and many other tragedies of epochal proportions. The truth of the matter, my friends, is that we are not yet out of the woods. How I wish I could…
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Business Sustainability in a Crisis: A Lesson From The Prospectors
The recent COVID-19 crisis has released an economic onslaught. Consequently, businesses have been closing left and right. Doesn’t matter if you’re a mom and pop business or a multi-national corporation. Everyone is affected. And when I say everyone, I mean everyone. These unprecedented times, we start to realize just how important business development basics are.…
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Virtual Leadership: What Leaders of Virtual Teams Should Focus On
The Coronavirus has been a crisis of unparalleled negative impact. It’s destroyed communities, tanked economies and put a lot of businesses and organisations within peril’s way. But in the tragedy that is COVID-19, there have been some good things that have come out of this. One of the silver linings has been the introduction of…
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Roots and Wings by Biko Mabilog | A Mother’s Day Tribute
This Mother’s Day, I would like to share an excerpt from my mama’s old blog in hopes that it would encourage mothers all over. Most of you that know us well will know that we lost my mom, Biko Mabilog, to cancer back in 2008. But it’s amazing how her legacy rings through time even…
