timing is everything! you’ll have your time i bet. kaw pa! : ) mind over matter. pero it’s a good thing that you’re wondering and questioning. it’s good to jolt the complacency from time to time. goodluck! : )

Doubts = Fear.

You think I was ready when I was hired as a junior manager? You think I was ready when I was hired to be a senior manager? You think I was ready when I was given the reigns of the company?

Well, get yourself in the position and find out for yourself eh?

emcee, i’ll think about what you said about timing. i’m kinda impatient when it comes to the things that i want. once i have my eye on something, i get so excited that want it right here, right now. not in a bratty way of course cause i work my ass off for the things that i want.

usually, a question always leads to another question and then another and then another. tapos, i get all confused. pero siyempre after all that confusion, what’s important is to focus on what we want, what we really, really want.

dapat nagchichika tayo sa school!

aba linus, bigtime ka talaga! hehe.

i’m really determined to take the initiative to get to that higher position this year. i’m going to do it by hook or by crook (hehe), but i have to admit that i am scared. scared of failing. scared that when i get to that position i’m still kulang. scared na after taking the initiative, hindi ko naman pala kaya. whatdaheck! fight lang ng fight, sabi mo nga i won’t know till i get there.

Kulang is subjective. If a company is struggling and you tried your very best, meaning, you left no stone unturned, can you be faulted?

One thing I’ve noticed is that (this is taken from Mulan by the way), “a flower that blooms in the midst of adversity is most precious. ”

If you fail, you fail, but at least you bring with you precious lessons that you can store in your memory bank and retrieve when scenarios like that happen again.

Failure is a part of living and the best thing that you can do with it is turn them into strengths rather than weaknesses.

If you don’t mind, I would like to make an entry about this and try to help others as well.

it’s not just about the talent or the confidence. it’s the combination of many different factors, like timing, buy-in, influence, etc… Reading Maxwell’s 21 irrefutable laws of leadership helped me understand.

I once refused a promotion to become a senior associate when I felt I was too young at 22. They agreed and promoted me a year later. But as I look back, I was very ready then, because I carried the workload of a senior even without the position.

of course, you can make an entry about this.

even if i know that i can handle failure, i still want to avoid it as much as i can. probably because i’m not much of a gambler - sigurista kasi.

the shock of failing is just too consuming. sometimes after failing, you feel like a fighter na you want to try it again and do it right the second time. sometimes you become unsure of yourself because of a bruised ego.

lazarus, thanks for dropping by.

supposedly, age has nothing to do with. unfortunately, it seems that in hiring and promoting people age is a consideration. in your case, it’s good that they promoted you even at a young age.

dapat nga nagchichikahan tayo before class. pare-pareho tayo ng questions sa buhay. so… inakay ng bulag ang kapwa bulag mode to. haha

haha! natawa ko dun a. paminsan mas nakaka-enlighten pa nga pag sumama sa mga kapwa bulag. mag-akayan tayo.