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1. San Carlos
2. Greenhills (Calamba)
3 Oton (Iloilo)
Saturday, December 20, 2025
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JOB OPENINGS - now hiring
JOB OPENINGS - now hiring
Saturday, December 13, 2025
Join our team, one of the top 5 in the industry....apply now!!!
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We are HIRING.
We are growing nation wide company focused on providing top notch customer service to our customers. We have upgraded our entry level positions by as much as P4,000+ per month. Our officers position salaries are as competitive with other industries.
We belong to the top 5 in the industries
Come and join our team. Plenty of opportunities for financial and career advance.
Entry level:
1. Customer service specialists needed/required at Calamba, Oton, Calapan and San Carlos City (8)
2. Accounting staff at San Carlos City, San Fernando City, Calamba, Calapan and Oton (5)
3. Drivers (transportation specialist) at Calamba, Morong, San Fernando, San Carlos, City
4. Gardeners maintenance staff San Fernando (2) San Carlos City (2) Calamba (2)
5. Lending staff - 3 staffers.
Officers
Malasiqui - 1, Calapan -1, Calamba - 1
Lending operations - 1
Main office - 3 (Asst Gm, HR, Gen Accounting)
Funeral service - 3 funeral directors
Minimum qualifications
Educ attainment - For GT and TS high school, for officie staff, college graduate with major
related to job, eg. Accounting - Accounting Major, CSS - marketing
Experience - preferred but nor required; for officer, a minimum of 3 years in supervisory position
Passionate, high level of integrity, excellent oral and written communications, computer literate
Hurry apply now. Prepare for: stoppage of BPO because of US law to bring home call center, the forthcoming Japan and US reset (economic woes) We are glad PHL will be exempt for these forthcoming economic reset.
Send cv to letter of intent to: jorge@holygardens.ph
Contact number +63908 928 7888
Monday, December 8, 2025
Controlling the key value adding activity in the business otherwise you will be squeezed by your suppliers/providers- Netflix acquires WB,
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When we I was a panelist in entrepreneur class for AdeMu undergrad, I asked a precentor as who will be the cook/chef in the unique resto they were to establish. She said it was going to be their yaya. And this post objected how come you will enter into a business you do not have control of - your yaya does.
So if you do not know or control your business (maybe other stockholders or partners or key personnel will better not or exit the business.
It happened to Netflix early in the business when they were squeezed by the content providers. Rents or rights to film being streamed regularly were increased by providers at exorbitant rates. And they were bleeding. Thats when CEO decided to buy in a movie production and streamed this for most of the episodes. And they became blockbuster. Ever since Netflix went into its own production to control its cost.
And now they did the ultimate buying into one of the biggest content providers. Together they will go together in a business they call story telling.
For us, we must control:
1. JV projects
3. Marketing
For your business, what are the key activities and resources which you must have full control of? Otherwise you will be caught in a squeeze play
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Money is not wealth, production of something of value is - how Spain lost its empire despite gold and silver horde
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This example is about Spain which discovered hordes of silver, and silver flowing into their country contributing to 400% inflation. Money flowed from Spain to say France where goods were cheaper. Spaniards became populated by Hidalgos, who had plenty of money but did not work. They had plenty of silver coming from Peru and Mexico This wrong belief led to the demise of Spanish empire.
Many think and even in our family that money in the bank is wealth. It is just a medium of exchange to produce more goods and services. Not an end in itself
Monday, November 24, 2025
Jack Ma's experience with rejection; how it made him a billionaire.
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Rejection brings out the best in us. It is a lesson
THE BUSINESS LESSON
THE NERDY TAKEAWAY
*THE “REJECTED ROOM PRINCIPLE”
How Jack Ma Turned a Humiliating Moment Into a Billion-Dollar Mindset**
Before Jack Ma became one of the richest entrepreneurs in the world,
he experienced something that would have crushed most people.
He applied for job after job.
Rejected.
He tried to join the police force.
Rejected.
He applied to KFC when it opened in his city.
Twenty-three people interviewed.
Twenty-four applied.
Twenty-three were accepted.
Jack Ma was the only one rejected.
But the moment that shaped him most happened inside a tiny classroom.
Jack Ma applied to Harvard ten times.
All ten times they rejected him.
By the tenth letter, the admissions office didn’t even send a long explanation.
They simply wrote:
“You are not suitable.”
Most people would have quit.
Jack Ma did the opposite.
He printed every rejection letter, pinned them on his wall, and said:
“These are reminders to build a world where people like me do not get left behind.”
That mindset became the foundation of Alibaba.
Years later, when investors laughed at his idea for an online Chinese marketplace, he remembered the classroom that pushed him out…
and decided to build a digital room big enough for everyone.
Alibaba became one of the largest companies on earth.
Taobao became the biggest e-commerce platform in Asia.
Millions of entrepreneurs got their start on his platforms because one man refused to let rejection define him.
THE BUSINESS LESSONMost people fear rejection.
Great entrepreneurs use it as direction.
Jack Ma realized something simple:
Rejection is information.
Rejection is positioning.
Rejection is redirection.
The world saying “no” does not mean you are wrong.
It means you are building something the world does not understand yet.
This is why Jack Ma teaches his teams:
• Your value is not defined by acceptance
• Your vision is not validated by approval
• Your future cannot be decided by someone who does not see it
Alibaba did not grow because everyone believed in Jack Ma.
It grew because he believed despite everyone else.
THE NERDY TAKEAWAYThe “Rejected Room Principle” teaches this:
Rejection is not a closed door.
It is a sign pointing you toward the room you were born to build.
Jack Ma did not get invited into Harvard’s room.
So he built a digital marketplace where millions could thrive.
Sometimes the rooms that reject you are the ones you were never meant to sit in.
You were meant to build your own.
The reinterpretation of parable of talents
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One of our tasks on earth is to invest, to make the world grow One of the greatest sin is being indolent. We should work harder.
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HE “FIVE TALENTS PRINCIPLE”:
How a 2,000-Year-Old Lesson Reveals the #1 Rule of Growth in Business
In Matthew 25, Jesus told a story that might be the most important business lesson ever recorded.
A master was leaving on a long journey.
Before he left, he entrusted three of his servants with resources.
One received five talents of silver.
Another received two talents.
The last received one talent.
A talent was not a coin.
It was a lifetime’s worth of wages…a massive investment.
The master expected them to do something with it.
The servant with five talents went immediately to work.
He invested.
He traded.
He multiplied.
He turned five into ten.
The servant with two did the same.
He doubled what he had.
But the servant with one talent?
He dug a hole and buried it in the ground.
No action.
No risk.
No effort.
No return.
The unseen longer bolt problem
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Its more of the longer bolt not the missing bolt. The longer bolt not seen by many was causing problems in the axle assembly. Until Henry Ford found it.
You have to have sharp eyes and perceptive mind to see problems in business
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**THE “MISSING BOLT PRINCIPLE”:
How Henry Ford Saved Millions by Fixing the One Thing No One Saw**
In the early 1900s, Henry Ford’s factories were pumping out cars faster than any business in history.
But Ford noticed something strange:
Each defective unit cost Ford money… in repairs, delays, and scrap metal.
Engineers inspected the part dozens of times.
Machines were recalibrated.
Workers were retrained.
But the failures kept happening.
Finally, Ford walked down to the line himself.
He watched the entire process …slowly, carefully, silently.
After nearly an hour, he pointed to a tiny spot most people overlooked:
A single bolt.
It wasn’t loose.
It wasn’t broken.
It wasn’t missing.
It was just… too long.
Workers had to torque it slightly harder to fit.
Not enough to notice.
Just enough to strain the axle over thousands of repetitions.
Ford ordered a simple fix:
“Shorten the bolt.”
Within days, defects dropped dramatically.
Within weeks, the problem disappeared.
Within months, Ford saved the modern equivalent of tens of millions of dollars.
All from one bolt no one else thought to question.
In business, your biggest losses rarely come from massive mistakes.
They come from tiny inefficiencies you stopped noticing.
Ford understood something revolutionary:
Small flaws become big expenses when multiplied.
That’s why great companies obsess over:
The post it principle - inventions rarely come from a plan to invent but from accidents or aberration that solve a problem and later become a billion $ industry
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The Nerdy Takeaway:
Post it which sells in over 100 countries did not come out as a planned innovation. It came out of aberration. Failure is just a byway for another innovation
Post it was failed formulation for a glue. It stuck but not hard enough causing temporary removable sticking. and became useful for posting of notes and music notes in a musical instrument
Sometimes great invention come from a solution to a problem: "What pisses you off?"
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The “Post-It Principle”: How a Failed Glue Accidentally Stuck a Company Together
In 1968, a chemist at 3M named Spencer Silver was trying to invent a super-strong adhesive.
Instead, he made the opposite… a weak, pressure-sensitive glue that barely stuck to anything.
It was useless.
Or so everyone thought.
For years, he tried convincing other departments to use it. Nobody cared.
“Who wants a glue that doesn’t stick?” they laughed.
Then one day, another 3M employee named Art Fry faced a totally different problem.
He sang in his church choir and kept losing his bookmarks in the hymnal… they kept slipping out.
He remembered Spencer’s “failed glue” and had an idea:
What if he used it to create reusable sticky notes that could stay in place without tearing the paper?
The first prototypes were small yellow squares… simple, cheap, and oddly satisfying to peel and place.
3M called them Post-it Notes.
They became one of the most successful office products in history… used in more than 100 countries, generating billions in sales.
The Marketing Lesson:
That’s why:The biggest breakthroughs rarely come from invention.
They come from reinterpretation.
Spencer didn’t create something new… he saw something wrong in a new way.
That’s the power of repurposing mistakes.
• Netflix didn’t invent movies… they reimagined distribution.
• Uber didn’t invent taxis… they reimagined access.
• Airbnb didn’t invent travel …they reimagined trust.
Innovation isn’t about starting over.
It’s about seeing overlooked value in what already exists.
The Nerdy Takeaway:Failure isn’t the end of the story…it’s the raw material for your next breakthrough.
The “Post-It Principle” proves that sometimes your worst idea just needs the right problem to make it brilliant.
So the next time something doesn’t work…
Don’t throw it away.
People buy when they see something better in themselves - not the product alone
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If your product or your sales talk make people see a better version of themselves, they will buy your product. Its about being you. Its inherent in every person to see a better version of themselves, and take pride. Your sales talk, your product must work that way. Not benefits, price or promo alone
Will this post make you feel like you are a better entrepreneur/businessman? Lamang ka sa iba?
Fitness brands sell confidence, not muscle. Business coaches sell freedom, not funnels. Speakers sell identity, not information.
The Nerdy Truth:
Nerdy Takeaway:
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The Mirror Room Effect: Why We Buy What Reflects Us
In the 1950s, a department store in Chicago ran an accidental experiment.
They installed a new set of fitting rooms…but one of them had a huge problem.
The mirror was slightly warped.
It wasn’t a funhouse mirror…it didn’t distort you into a cartoon.
It was just barely tilted enough to make shoppers look a little taller, a little slimmer, and a little more confident.
The results?
Sales in that section went up 18%.
Same clothes. Same prices.
Just… a different reflection.
The Hidden Psychology:
Humans don’t buy products.
We buy versions of ourselves.
That tiny mirror shift created what psychologists call the Reflected Self Effect …when people see a more idealized version of who they could be, they behave in ways that match it.
That’s why gym mirrors have perfect lighting.
Why luxury stores smell like success.
And why social media filters sell billions in beauty products.
It’s not vanity.
It’s vision.
Here’s the marketing lesson:
If your brand helps people see themselves as better, they’ll buy their way into that vision.
Fitness brands sell confidence, not muscle. Business coaches sell freedom, not funnels. Speakers sell identity, not information.The mirror is metaphorical …your ads, stories, and design all reflect your audience back to themselves.
Show them who they could be… and they’ll move toward it.
The Nerdy Truth:Marketing isn’t manipulation …it’s amplification.
You’re not creating desire.
You’re revealing it.
The store didn’t trick anyone.
It just helped people see themselves winning.
So next time you craft a post, funnel, or offer …don’t ask,
“How can I sell this?”
Ask,
“What version of them am I reflecting?”
Because in the end…
People don’t buy products.
They buy permission to believe in a better reflection.
Nerdy Takeaway:When you change the mirror, you change the market.
The empty stage (vs having mystery) post by Paul Getter
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You can have more sales by doing any of the following: plant visits, behind the scenes shot, explaining process of making your product. Being mysterious is not necessarily better. Being visible is the reverse of being mysterious.
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The “Empty Stage Principle”: How One Forgotten Rehearsal Changed the Way Broadway Sells Out
In the 1950s, a young theater producer named Hal Prince was struggling to fill seats.
He had everything:
A beautiful stage.
A talented cast.
A show with rave reviews.
But night after night, the theater was half-empty.
One afternoon, before rehearsal, Hal walked in early.
The stage was dark.
The seats were empty.
And in the silence, he noticed something strange …it felt dead.
Even he didn’t want to be there.
So instead of waiting for the audience to come, he started rehearsing with the doors open.
He invited the janitors. The ticket clerks. People walking by on the street.
Soon, the faint sound of music drifted into the neighborhood.
By opening the doors… literally… the theater became alive again.
Within weeks, tickets sold out.
That’s how Hal Prince went from an unknown producer… to one of Broadway’s most legendary names.
People don’t buy into what’s hidden.
They buy into what’s happening.
Hal didn’t change the show.
He changed the energy around it.
That’s why:
• Apple reveals products before they launch.
• Influencers show “behind the curtain” moments.
• Great brands don’t just announce…they invite participation.
When people can see momentum, they want to join it.
The spotlight doesn’t create attention …activity does.
If your business, event, or content feels quiet, ask yourself:
“Am I waiting for the audience… or showing them the show?”
The “Empty Stage Principle” reminds us:
Because a quiet stage never sells out.
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