LEADERS PERSPECTIVE II

“The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.”

Roberto C. Goizueta

CEO, Coca-Cola comp

1981-1997

He coined 'Coke Is It!'

Roberto Goizueta was born in Havana on November 18, 1931, to a prominent family in Cuba's sugar industry, and studied at a private academy in Connecticut. There, he polished his limited English by watching the same movies over and over. He earned a degree in chemical engineering at Yale University, then returned home in 1953 to join the family enterprise. But a year later, he entered the soda business by answering a classified advertisement in a Havana newspaper.

Working his way up from technical operations, Goizueta was named a vice chairman in 1979, president in 1980 and and chairman of the board and chief executive officer on March 1, 1981. The new CEO immersed himself in the company's accounting and economics. With a new, punchy advertising slogan, "Coke Is It!" he successfully increased domestic sales while continuing to plumb new international markets.

During his tenure at Coke, Goizueta turned around what some business analysts once called an old, conservative company by emphasizing global sales and making moves never seen by the company before. His motto: return on investment and stock price. "The curse of all curses is the revenue line," he once said, referring to the need to be profitable.

And fortunate for him and Coke investors, Goizueta's company was just that. Since becoming CEO in 1981, he created more wealth for shareholders than any other CEO in history, largely due to his global marketing skills. Total return on Coke stock was more than 7,100 percent during his tenure, according to analysts. He owned nearly 16 million Coke shares worth roughly $1 billion, making him America's first corporate manager to achieve billionaire status through owning stock in a company he didn't help found or take public, business analysts said.

A lifelong heavy smoker, Goizueta was diagnosed with lung cancer in the summer of 1997 and died on October 18, at the age of sixty-five. He was buried in Arlington Memorial Park in Atlanta. Since his death, Coca-Cola has maintained its worldwide presence but has not come close to reaching the financial heights it enjoyed during the years of Goizueta's leadership.

LEADERS PERSPECTIVE I

“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”

Jeffrey Bezo

Founder & CEO, Amazon

Jeffrey Bezos has always been interested in anything that can be revolutionized by computers. Intrigued by the amazing growth in use of the Internet, Bezos created a business model that leveraged the Internet's unique ability to deliver huge amounts of information rapidly and efficiently.

At D. E. Shaw, a firm specializing in the application of computer science to the stock market, Bezos was hired as much for his overall talent as for any particular assignment. He rose quickly at Shaw, becoming a senior Vice President, and looked forward to a bright career in finance, when he made a discovery that changed his life, and the course of business history.

The Internet was originally created by the Defense Department to keep its computer networks connected during an emergency, such as natural catastrophe or enemy attack. Over the years, it was adopted by government and academic researchers to exchange data and messages. In 1994, there was still no Internet commerce to speak of. Jeffrey Bezos observed that Internet usage was increasing by 2300 percent a year. He saw an opportunity for a new sphere of commerce, and immediately began considering the possibilities. Bezos's employers weren't prepared to proceed with such a venture, and Bezos knew the only way to seize the opportunity was to go into business for himself. It would mean sacrificing a secure position in New York, but he decided to make the leap.

Bezos reviewed the top 20 mail order businesses, and asked himself which could be conducted more efficiently over the Internet than by traditional means. Books were the commodity for which no comprehensive mail order catalogue existed, because any such catalogue would be too big to mail; perfect for the Internet, which could share a vast database with a virtually limitless number of people.

From the beginning, Bezos sought to increase market share as quickly as possible, at the expense of profits. When he disclosed his intention to go from being "Earth's biggest bookstore" to "Earth's biggest anything store," skeptics thought Amazon was growing too big too fast, but a few analysts called it "one of the smartest strategies in business history."

Through each round of expansion, Jeff Bezos continually emphasized the "Six Core Values: customer obsession, ownership, bias for action, frugality, high hiring bar and innovation." "Our vision," he said, "is the world's most customer-centric company. The place where people come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online." Amazon moved into music CDs, videos, toys, electronics and more. When the Internet's stock market bubble burst, Amazon re-structured, and while other dot.com start-ups evaporated, Amazon was posting profits.

Today, Jeff Bezos lives north of Seattle and is increasingly concerned with philanthropic activities. "Giving away money takes as much attention as building a successful company," he has said.

Have a good month to all!

GALL BLADDER STONE REMOVAL - The Natural Way

GALL BLADDER STONE REMOVAL - The Natural Way
by Dr Lai Chiu-Nan

It has worked for many. If it works for you please pass on the good news.
Chiu Nan is not charging for it, so we should make it free for everyone.
Your reward is when someone, through your word of mouth, benefits from the regime.

Gallstones may not be everyone's concern. But they should be because we all have them. Moreover, gallstones may lead to cancer.

"Cancer is never the first illness," Chiu Nan points out. "Usually, there
are a lot of other problems leading to cancer. In my research in China, I
came across some materials, which say that people with cancer usually have stones.

We all have gallstones. It's a matter of big or small, many or few. One of
the symptoms of gallstones is a feeling of bloatedness after a Heavy meal. You feel like you can't digest the food. If it gets more serious, you feel pain in the liver area." So if you think you have gallstones, Chiu Nan offers the following method to remove them naturally. The treatment is also good for those with weak liver, because the liver and gallbladder are closely linked.

Regimen:

*For the first five days, take four glasses of apple juice every day. Or
eat four or five apples, whichever you prefer. Apple juice softens the
gallstones. During the five days, eat normally.

*On the sixth day, take no dinner. At 6 pm, take a teaspoon of Epsom salt
(magnesium sulphate) with a glass of warm water.

* At 8 pm, repeat the same. Magnesium sulphate opens the gallbladder ducts.

* At 10 pm, take half-cup olive oil (or sesame oil) with half cup fresh
lemon juice. Mix it well and drink it. The oil lubricates the stones to ease
their passage.

The next morning, you will find green stones in your stools. "Usually they
float," Chiu Nan notes. "You might want to count them. I have had people who pass 40, 50 or up to 100 stones. That s a lot..! "Even if you don't have any symptoms of gallstones, you still might have some. It's always good to give your gall bladder a clean up now and then .

Note: You can purchase the Epsom Salt at the Wellness Institute or call
722-2354 or any local chemical stores near you like Allysons Chemicals

Or any other company that do carry food chemicals. [Recommended period: Do it once a year]


I've checked Alyson's Chemical, (located at 1425 G. Araneta Ave. QC Tel.
712-2266). They sell it at P15/kilo. Compared to Wellness I believe they
sell @ P10/tbsp., which is quite expensive.

My officemate tried this method after I post this info at our bulletin
board, very thankful that she found the natural method --- she was about to undergo a laparascopic procedure, but she postponed it when she experience relief by doing the above method.

harvey apple juice - sm dept - p50

Learn To Wait

We are expecting a promotion or a blessing but it did not happen suddenly we are frustrated as if our back is against the world. We don’t have the patience to wait. We want it now. You feel that everyone is passing you by. As if there is no more challenge to life, everything is routinely. Suddenly you wake up as if you are hungry for something. You kneel down and pray. Asking GOD what have you done wrong? You don’t get any response. As if GOD is not listening. All you did was to move on and continue having the faith. You divulge yourself into working much harder, doubling your effort, doing the extra mile and keeping the faith. You’re not expecting any recognition or promotion. You just keep on perfecting your skills and knowledge. Suddenly one day, you’re not expecting anything. A friend of yours suddenly says, I saw your name on the list of those who got promoted. You close your eyes and thank GOD!

Not ours to know the reason why

Unanswered is our prayer,

But ours to wait for God’s own time

To lift the cross we bear. —Anon.

When we bend our knees to pray, God bends His ear to listen.

We must leave the unknowable to the all-knowing One. He is listening and working things out His way. —Dave Branon

Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings. —Psalm 17:8

CLICK

Me and my wife had just finished watching the movie Click by Adam Sandler. I keep on wandering what if life passes with me not knowing what had happened. The movie has a moral lesson that family comes first; no matter how busy you are you must have a time for your family. The past few weeks have been very busy that sometimes I go home very tired and go to sleep. It’s good to have a remote control where you can fast forward your life you can control others but everything will passes by that you don’t remember what had happened. The movie is very touching especially when he fast forwards his life to see what had happened to his promotion, when he went home his family has changed. I saw my wife wiping her eyes. I remember our OFW (overseas Filipino workers) they would go abroad for years and come back home not knowing what had happened, it’s so sad that they have to sacrifice their time for the family so that they could earn money. No wonder there are lots of broken families. So get your remote control and click play to watch it.

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Another movie worth watching is Nanny McPhee, the movie talks about children of today who are very hard headed. You should watch it with your children. Children nowadays are very intelligent that they forget that they are still children and needs to listen to their parents.

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Try checking the yahoo answers, its good that they came with this kind of idea. You can find it on the yahoo page below the search bar. If you have lots of question and you want answers of different people you can go there and post a question. The answers will be emailed to you. Try it!!

ITALY WON THE WORLD CUP

ITALY WON THE WORLD CUP

After all the hype in football, the Italian won the most popular sports game in the world. It’s very popular because all most every nation plays it. The favorites lost; like Brazil, France and Germany. Even my favorite country which is Korea did not even enter the round of 16. Zinedine Zidane was given a red card on the finals and has been removed from the game but his efforts earned him the adidas Golden Ball. I remember my high school principal his name is Fr. Miguel which is an Italian, was very jolly and he was a fan of football. He likes Batangas coffee, which is called Barako. From underdogs to become the Champions, that’s Italy. It will be another four years before we see this kind of game again. It will be held in South Africa in 2010. Kick some balls.

PACMAN WON

Manny Pacquiao won against Oscar Larios by unanimous decision on the 12^th round but he floored chololo twice. He is now getting ready for the third match with Erik Morales at Las Vegas on November 18^th can’t wait for that fight. Go for it Pacman were behind you.

WORLD CUP FEVER

People are getting wild and fancied on the team that they are routing for, if you don’t know what it is then you are not updated. It’s actually the Olympics of football, it is held every four years and there is elimination before your country qualifies for the world cup. Football was not a popular sport in my country but I became a lover of this game when I studied at Don Bosco (Tarlac) and became a player in our intramural games, our school games are actually one school year so you get to play your chosen sports the whole year round.

Brazil is very difficult to beat in football with the entire professional player that they have like Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, of course we have the European countries including the host which is Germany which is also one of the favorites. I like South Korea but right now they were eliminated by Sweden, they were underdogs but they actually qualified in the semi-final when it was held in their country last 2002. It was LEE Woon-Jae their goalkeeper and AHN Jhung whan are my favorite players their not as good as David Beckham of England but you can see their fighting heart. LEE Woon-Jae said after the fight, the game is over let’s start training for the next world cup in 2010 which will be held in South Africa.

The round of 16 is being played. I’m routing for Brazil now that Korea has been eliminated. It’s going to be an explosive game if Germany and Brazil will fight for the final. So go ahead and watch it. Kick that soccer ball.

REPETITION

Weeks had past without anything to write or share with you here at our blogspot. My mind is too occupied with so many things. I keep on thinking of a lot of things, that’s sometimes as if I do not exist in this world. I feel so depressed with what’s happening with my life. As if my life and every aspects of it just keep on repeating and repeating.

But everything changed when I read this article by Ala Paredes which I want to share with you.

Just click the link and you will be enlightened with what she has written about “REPETITION”.

http://ala-ism.pansitan.net/

ANOTHER CHANCE

I was reading my email and found this beautiful poem. Here it is:

ANOTHER CHANCE

How often we wish for another chance
to make a fresh beginning.
A chance to blot out our mistakes
And change failure into winning.

It does not take a new day
To make a brand new start,
It only takes a deep desire
To try with all our heart.

To live a little better
And to always be forgiving
And to add a little sunshine
To the world in which we're living.

So never give up in despair
And think that you are through,
For there's always a tomorrow
And the hope of starting new.

WEDDING PICTURES OF COUSIN WILMA

I made an article regarding the wedding of my cousin Wilma Acosta there was no picture to show at that time because the digital camera that we brought does not have a battery and we are in a hurry. Here are some of the pictures :

The most beautiful flower girl, its like glowing inside.

Cousin Wilma & Elly and their bestman, maid of honor,flower girls, ringbearers.



The family Acosta entourage.



At the reception in Hotel Nikko, a picture with the bride & groom together with my gorgeous wife, my beautiful daughter and her cousin Eliza, my tender loving mother, my Uncle Lito, brother Raydon with a new haircut from Reyes Salon and the writer itself.

ART PAD FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO DRAW

A colleague of mine showed me a drawing in which he could replay what he has done at the same time send it to his friends. I showed it to my daughter and she never stops playing and making drawings on it. You could try it also.

Here it is:

http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/

10 FOOD THAT MAKE YOU LOSE WEIGHT

I was reading a magazine that I purchase at church it’s called “UNBOUND” and I have read an article which I think I should share to all of you about diet. Well if you want to order the magazine online you can visit

http://www.crossroad77.com

Here it is;

1. YOGURT – Contains CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid). CLA, simply put, is fat that fights fat and yogurt is one of the few foods that have it. It even lowers cholesterol and triglycerides.

2. GREEN TEA – Green Tea lowers LDL (bad cholesterol) and increases HDL (good cholesterol) levels in your body. The antioxidant polyphenol contained in Green Tea also help prevent certain forms of cancer. The best part is that it makes you look good by increasing calorie and fat metabolism. Green Tea extract is a vital ingredient in most of today’s thermogenic supplements or fat burners.

3. All-natural No-sugar Peanut Butter – This one has monounsaturated fat (the fat that’s actually good for you) vitamin E, and protein. It may be high in calorie but since it’s a good muscle-builder, it can efficiently fight fat.

4. EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL – If you can use this to create your meals, you’re in for some good fat since olive oil is abundant in monounsaturated fat and vitamin E. It helps burn fat, fights heart disease and lowers blood pressure.

5. WHOLE-GRAIN BREADS AND CEREALS – These are abundant in complex carbs and fiber which make you feel a lot fuller than you really are so. It controls your cravings and in turn, makes you eat less. It also keeps insulin levels low and helps keep your body from storing fat. Good sources include brown rice, whole wheat pasta, and whole wheat bread. Please don’t eat white bread unless you think that it is whole grain.

6. OATMEAL – Oatmeal is the perfect energy source in the morning because it contains a lot of complex carbs which have a sustained release effect meaning, it slowly releases the carbs into your bloodstream in order to be used as energy throughout the day. Oatmeal also contains a lot of fiber – the body’s bouncer. It helps clean our system of those pesky things like LDL cholesterol. Plus, it makes you feel fuller for a longer time in order to control your cravings throughout the day. Try downing a bowl of oatmeal every morning!

7. BEANS – Beans contains a lot of protein, fiber, iron, and virtually no fat! It helps control our craving and it also regulates our digestion. Just make sure not to eat too much unless you want to stink up your surroundings with the gastrointestinal distress associated with too much bean consumption. Also avoid the baked and fried variety of beans since these are high in sugar and fat due to the ingredients used to get them into that state.

8. WATER – Yes water! Water transports all nutrients throughout our bodies and also flushes out toxins. Sometimes, our bodies trick us into believing that we’re hungry when the reality is that we’re simply thirsty or dehydrated. Try drinking a glass of water 15 minutes before a meal and see if you can eat as much.

9. MCT’s (Medium Chain Triglycerides) – Naturally found in coconut oil and some other food, it is also available in supplemental form and can be purchased at your local nutrition store. Research suggests that MCT’s bypass the normal digestive process and are immediately converted into energy by the liver. Plus, it has a thermogenic (fat-burning) effect on our bodies. However, check with your physician before supplementing with MCT’s as some research show that it is not recommended for individuals with diabetes or who suffer from high cholesterol levels.

10. GREEN VEGETABLES – Vegetable like broccoli are rich in fiber and again, help fight fat and keeps us feeling fuller. Most of them are actually rich in antioxidants like Vitamins A, C and K that help fight those nasty free radicals that keep us down by attacking our cells. These food are good for you as long as you don’t fry them or smother them in sauce that only add worthless calorie to their already sound nutritional value.

SCHOOL HUNTING

The past few days have been very busy for me, work and lots of work. My daughter has just finished kinder II (Preparatory Classes) with flying colors and she is now going to another level which is primary (Grade I). Her previous school La Consolacion College is quite a big school with lots of facilities but there is something lacking or you’re looking for another thing that would make your daughter advanced with the rest of the world and that’s when we decided to go school hunting.

First school is Sacred Heart Academy which is very near SM Fairview and Robinsons, it’s near my workplace. It’s a beautiful school with a big gym and lot of trees. There are lots of rooms that are big enough for a whole class. You could actually visit their website at

http://www.shan.edu.ph

My daughter took the exam which lasted for 1 hour and then came the interview of the assistant principal which she also passed. So we were brief on the result of her exam and interview in which we were given a permit to enroll.

Days had passed and my wife told me that we should try Saint Anthony. So they went to that school and schedule her for exam. Actually it’s my dream school for my daughter when she was still at her mother’s womb but the tuition fee is very high at that time in which I’m working for a minimum salary. Her uncle Owen actually went to that school which I should say molded him to one of the brightest and intelligent student of this generation. My wife told me about the place that it’s very big and beautiful.

Second school is Saint Anthony which is also near my workplace. It’s a big school with lots of facilities which I should say worth the penny, they have a swimming pool and they have an English campaign which is very strict that would make your daughter learn to speak that language. You could visit their website at

http://schoolofsaintanthony.edu.ph

We accompanied my daughter to the school to take the exam which lasted for 4 hours starting from 8am to 12pm. This is her first exam that lasted for 4 hrs. After the exam I thought we will know the result but we need to go back on Tuesday for her interview. They did go back and she passed it, the results of her exam are all above average. She was given a permit to enroll.

It’s very inspiring to see your daughter excel in a lot of things now I understand why my parents did their best so we could study to some of the best schools, the tuition fee might be very expensive but if you would see your daughter achieve a lot of things then you should work for it. I would end with a quote from Derek Bok, President of Harvard University.

IF YOU THINK EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE, TRY IGNORANCE.

WEDDING

How do you like your wedding to be? Of course if one would imagine, you like it to be one of the most memorable and worth attending to.

My cousin Wilma and her hubby Elly was married last March 18 at Sanctuario de San Jose in Greenhills. I should say it was one of the best weddings and most organized that I’ve attended so far. My daughter was one of the flower girls and as proud parent we would like her to see in her gown. We don’t have any picture to show because we forgot to buy a battery for the digital camera (we will show it later once we got a copy). We were almost late but thank God were not. As the flower girls were marching I saw my little girl with the most beautiful hair (mahaba at shiny parang, rejoice), as if it was yesterday that my daughter was a baby and now she is one of the most beautiful girl. Let’s go back to the wedding, on the ceremonial wedding my brother Raydon was one of the groomsman (kaya nagpa-haircut sa Reyes Salon). The couple say their I do’s and now comes the picture taking, it was fun watching because the photographers are very good it’s like watching an Ad photo shot. The reception was held in Dusit Hotel Nikko one of the five star hotel in Makati. The ambience was great, it started with the parade of the couple together with their sponsors. Next are the speeches of the bestman, bridesmaid and their parents. Of course eating time comes and there are lot of foods and dessert to eat. There is a string quartet playing making it very relaxing, my stomach was full with all the rare food. There was also a media show of Elly and Wilma with all their pictures when they are still single until they are engage. Uncle Rico also rendered a song entitled “Magpakailanaman” with the string quartet playing. The last part was the dance of the father and bride in which the father will give her daughter to the groom, it’s like a movie. We were all in awe, Mama, Raydon, Ann, Deanne, Liza and me. It was very organized from the very start to the end. I kind of envy them for their wedding, so I promise my wife that on our renewal of vows we will have a wedding as beautiful and organize like theirs. Congratulations to the couple.

DISCOURAGEMENTS & DISAPPOINTMENTS

When you think of those words, what is the very first thing that comes into your mind? Failure and more failures, possibly because as uncle Webster’s dictionary says discouragements is losing of one’s confidence and disappointment is failing to fulfill the expectations, so what’s the meaning for you? A question that you yourself know it.

I’ve experience a lot of things in this world that you may say its good or bad, but this are the ones that makes me stronger and run the race of life.

The past few weeks have been kind of disappointing to me in the sense that I focus on something else that is destroying the whole of me and my family. I keep on asking the question why in the world I am experiencing this. Have I done something wrong or I didn’t push myself that hard to reach the position that I want to be. I even come to a point that I blame God for it, but that shouldn’t be. An illustration about the different planets and earth shows that our home planet earth is still big compares to Mercury, Venus and Mars, what if you put in Saturn, Jupiter and Uranus. Earth would look like a very small period, then you put in Sun definitely it’s the biggest of all, who is much bigger than the sun, GOD of course. “Don’t tell GOD how big your problems are. In fact tell your problems how big GOD is”.

What to do with disappointment

a. Don’t retaliate

b. Don’t rehearse it

c. Don’t nurse it

d. Let God reverse it.

The problem with us is that when we experience failures is that we give up soon.

• Lesson is simple: WE GIVE UP SOON

Sometimes we give up soon not knowingly that we are already near the finish line. One illustration is when Moses and the Israelites are in the dessert and are very thirsty with no water to drink, they started turning against God, and they did not see what God had done to save them. They found a place where there is water but the water is very salty, once again they started cursing GOD. They give up soon, five miles after that a beautiful place is waiting where there are lot of springs and palms where they can drink fresh water.

• The Answer: JUST KEEP GOING

When failures and disappointments would make you give up, “please don’t”, you can take a rest and reflect but don’t quit, just keep on going.

I would end with this beautiful poem.

DON'T QUIT
by Edgar A. Guest

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
when the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
when the funds are low and the debts are high,
and you want to smile but you have to sigh,
when care is pressing you down a bit - rest if you must,
but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns.
As everyone of us sometimes learns.
And many a fellow turns about when he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow - you may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than it seems to a faint and faltering man;
often the struggler has given up when he might have captured the victor's cup;
and he learned too late when the night came down,
how close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out - the silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
and when you never can tell how close you are,
it may be near when it seems afar;
so stick to the fight when you're hardest hit - it's when things seem worst,
you must not quit.

SOMETHING TO START WITH

I was watching TV last night together with my wife and we kind a watch Pipol at channel 2, it’s a program where they show different lives of people. It’s hosted by Ces Drilon, their topic was “Ang Bagong Henerasyon” and it struck me of how young people are very active in terms of work, the things they do and so on. One of them is Ala Paredes the daughter of Jim Paredes (Apo Hiking Society) she is very young and had achieved a lot but sad to say they would migrate to Australia. She said that there is a purpose for it, and needed some time to see other things aside from the Philippines. She was frustrated of what is happening to our country. Sometimes you need to go to another country to appreciate the beauty of the Philippines.

Before I sleep I gave time to reflect and look at my daughter. She is very young still at kinder 2, very intelligent (of course “mana” sa tatay) and beautiful. Hoping someday she would achieve the things that I didn’t. But there is still time to do a lot of things and one of them is this, blogging as they say, sharing my thoughts to different people. I may not be a good writer but this is something to start with.