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Today, I heared one of my mentors said, "I want good Filipinos to be wealthy." Then she added, the reason God entrusted you those blessings is because He knows you will take care of them. While thinking about my mentor’s dream, I realized it is my dream too.  The reason I started this blog, Rich [...]

In about an hour, the hands of the clock will tick and another year will come to pass.  The year 2012 is filled with great memories that will forever be etched in my heart.  It’s the year that overhauled my personal and professional life. The Greatest Miracle and Life Being a New Dad On the [...]

Do you ever ask yourself “is this all there is to life?” Have you ever dreamed of getting out of all the mediocrity in life to pursue your own bliss and start a new adventure? If you answered yes, welcome to the club!  I was in a similar stage more than year ago…and what I [...]

I can still remember as if it was just yesterday.  After trying to have a baby for almost 4 years and patiently going back and forth to our doctor’s appointments, I can still remember how anxious we were, hoping and waiting for the good news on our goal to have a baby. I can still [...]

Today, we will temporarily take a break from our ongoing Baby Steps to Financial Riches Series to give way to a guest article ‘Work Smart’ by one of my friends Sha Nacino.  Read on and enjoy! Work Smart By Sha Nacino We always hear the phrase “work hard.” Yes, working hard is very important. However, [...]

My mentor Simon Chan once said, “as an employee, you are overpaid in the beginning but underpaid for the rest of your life… as an ENTREPRENEUR, you are underpaid in the beginning but overpaid for the rest of your life”. Now I realize how true this statement is, having spent almost a decade of my [...]

More than 2 years ago, I was a very busy IT consultant of a mutinational company.  I was stressed out for sure.  In my 9 years working as an IT professional, not a day would go by that I would not ask myself “is this all there is to life?”.  There were many times I [...]