When a Deal Falls Apart

Advertisements Last Monday, I signed a one-year lease contract for a small unit my husband owns. I have been showing the unit off a few times, and finally, I was able to lease it out with cash upfront. Of course, I was exhilarated. “I finally closed the deal,” I excitedly called my husband. The amount wasn’t […]

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Three Bad Lucks

Advertisements This week, we experienced three unfortunate events: At the beginning of the week, two of our staff went AWOL (Absence without Leave). Both were earning a good sum of money. However, one demanded she be transferred to a store of her choice. The other went drinking and cavorting with her friends and didn’t report […]

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What’s the Difference Between a Aspiring Entrepreneur and the Boring Employee?

Advertisements A lot of people want to be in business to get rich. They feel that to be an employee, you’d be stuck working for someone else for peanuts for the rest of their lives. I actually disagree. For one, many corporate dudes work for extremely high salaries — high enough to support a demanding […]

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Why You Have to Love Yourself

Advertisements There’s a saying that before everyone else can love you, you have to love yourself FIRST. That’s the problem with sayings, you never fully understand them when you hear them at first. It’s like someone telling you some feel good bullsh*t and you just nod your head and you go on your day. I […]

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Leadership Lesson: Your Business Loses Money if You Don’t Double Check

Advertisements My husband loves cars. He loves his people. And he loves talking to his customers. However, he HATES looking at bank statements, ledgers and statement of accounts. Whenever he gets one, he gives it one look and tosses it away to accounting who handles paying it for him. However, this habit has turned into […]

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Why I got into Business

Advertisements A high school student came the other day and asked me about my experience as a businesswoman. His comments made me reflect on the decisions that I’ve made and why I actually got into business. My parents were both businessman. My father was an engineer who never practiced while my mom was a calculus […]

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The Danger of Discontentment

Advertisements Our best sales staff decided to end her employment this April 2018. She was earning around php18,000-22,000 per month, an achievement especially since she was not a college graduate and has no special skills. She is only 26 years old. We had an applicant applying for area supervisor. She has been employed in a […]

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