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WOWSA!

I'm supposed to be blogging like everyday. There's been a lot of happenings but I'm still stuck in the rut. Basically, it's back to square one. Had my training last week for a call center job. I guess I'm too good that I found it horribly boring. The time takes forever to move when you are on a graveyard shift and there's nothing to do. We're just talking about everything that we could talk about. The training was too relax and I wasn't too challenged with the test. So, yeah, I made some flimsy excuse that we don't have a helper, blah, blah, blah, and I'll be back shortly when things settle. But really, to the job-hunting front and beyond!!!

What's nice about call center is they pay good money. Unfortunately, it's not something you'd like to stick around with. Judging from the many hiring of BPO companies, you can safely conclude that the turnover of employee is fast. Hats off to those who stayed and grind 'til the wee hours of the morning. I just have a newfound respect for you, guys!

Zika Virus.

It's all over the place now. I think three of us already got it. Half sister, Wifey and me. The symptoms of  fever, rash, joint pain and red eyes are definitely evident. I was swimming yesterday and I couldn't figure out why my shoulder joints are in pain. I mean, I haven't worked out for months now so there's no reason for it. When afternoon came and I tried standing up from my seat, boy, my knees, feet, back, wrist and fingers were feeling the pain too! My Gaaad!!

I wanted to lie there and just sleep it off but nah, there's a lot to do. I was gonna drive for Uber today but the fever and the joint pain made it impossible. What's worse, I had an interview scheduled also today but only felt better in the afternoon. Good thing, the company was kind enough to let me have the exam and interview tomorrow.

Yeah, we enrolled the other car to Uber. When I feel better and have more time, I will be your chauffeur de maitre if you wish to. Going to December and Christmas season, it should be good driving around picking-up and dropping riders. Then, I will have more materials to post here. Sounds like a plan!

Hopefully, tomorrow will be a better day.

The rain had been incessant today and so are the mosquitoes so you careful. The news says there's been 130% plus spike of Dengue cases and you wouldn't wanna be a part of the statistics.

I hope to be back tomorrow for some good news.

Stay healthy.

Politically Correct

I hate 'em!! I hate 'em!! I hate 'em!!

That's what's been running through my mind when I saw my pals having the time of their lives over at Facebook. Then, when it was my birthday, I didn't get a greeting from my close associates. I figured, since I'm jobless now, I'm not gonna be "IN" in their circle. Must be, eh?

I felt so enraged I can't wait to get out of the hole I got myself into and give them the finger when I'm back into the groove again.

Then, this week, gathered all my strength (yeah, that's what it took.. lol!) to haul my ass back into the pool and went swimming. It was tough having been gone for more than a week but I soldered on. I have to remember my goal: to get out of the rat hole, pronto!

One lap.. two laps.. next thing I knew, it was a lot! Yeah, that's exactly what I need. To get the endorphins flowing out of my body streams again. Ya know, that happy drug you get from an intense workout.

One day at a time, I go speak to myself. Three days in a row and made my trip to the pool. Got my condition up again. Made some bold career moves. Composed a resume and an application letter. Signed up to Upwork and hoped to get approved to some freelance work. Then earlier, me and wifey went to that call center I told you about. I know it's the easy way but it's the same money and work with the rest of them call centers and I didn't have to go through the tedious interviews, exams and training. I know I can do it because I tested myself with the local call centers like those in the credit card and telecommunication BPO's, and well, I can go tow-to-tow with 'em all. hah!

So, Monday I'll start training at get this, 12AM! Wait, that's the first hour of Tuesday, actually. Well, I really wanted to try what's in there for me since many years ago when my pal, Dexter, used to work on the same industry. he's always talking about his experience and it really perks me up every single time. Told him if only I could do it part time, that is, if I had the time. He went on to become a recruiter and actually rose from the ranks. It's one of the ways I intend to extrovert myself. There's a lot of folks there when we came to visit. Looks like a happy place to really brush up and better my English. I'm excited!

Then, this afternoon, went to check my email if my application to get a freelance job at Upwork was somehow approved. And, IT DID! Awesome day, eh? So now I'm wondering what to do first. I just realize there's a lot of home-based work at Upwork but I also like to go out and socialize with the other species. We'll see how things would turn out in the future. I just need to do something other than promoting my wife's business because it's making me dumb when I don't get my brain stimulated.

One thing I learned from all of these good things happening right now is to not be a hater. DON'T BE A HATER, man. It's the vibes.. they come back and haunt ya.. After a day or two of watching my pals having a good time, I remember what I've heard from the guru's I've been listening to. Appreciate the joys and accomplishments of other people. You attract what you put out. Law of attraction, repulsion and vibration, baby. So I started liking their pictures and all. Also, those grim news about the political bickering of our leaders, I try to avoid them especially the killings and all that bad news.

I feel dismayed watching the feeds on my FB. Thus, I barely open it. My wife's is so much better. She's on a roll and her friends will maxed out to 5k before the year ends. It's quite a harvest and she can use that network to her advantage in her business. That's the idea, really.

Anyway, now's a good time to celebrate.

Loves and kisses.....



[photo: happy people: a2ua.com; help: slidellmemorial.org; call center laughing bethere2day.com; don't be a hater:howislept.com]

Neuro Linguistic Programming

Big word, eh? Neuro Linguistic Programming. Just trying to be nerdy while catching your attention. Also, the picture below. Hoped it works.

As I was sifting through the e-books I've collected through the years, I came across this business skills thing for dummies. And one of the most essential ingredient to running a successful business is.. drum roll please -- rapport.

I guess that's the part where I've had quite a success in my dealings with difficult people. You know, no matter how good you think you are but if people aren't receptive, nothing gets done. The irony of it all is I can have rapport with everyone else (save for a few) but not my wife. We often have clashes of opinions and she's quite adamant when she talks on how to go about things. However, when things go south, she asks for my help. I told you this was gonna happen, I often tell her.

I had all these e-books and I'm rushing to read and pick the essentials of what's gonna be next for me. There's a job that's just waiting for me to go but it's gonna be in a call center. I could use the experience and well, it's also a good place to brush up my engrish.. hehe

Wifey's cousin happens to co-own the company so my one foot's already at the door. I would probably be useful to them with my vast experience in the *cough*cough* corporate world. Then there's a lot of hiring in some jobs website and I must admit, it definitely scares the crap out of me!

Eighteen years of not having to apply for another job takes its tool on ya, I guess. That's especially true when you're not at the prime of your life but that's one of those self limiting beliefs I am trying to shake-off and overcome.

To increase the probability of getting hired is to send out an overwhelming number of applications. Heck, I can drive for Uber because I just got my NBI clearance and there's a car to drive at. What I really, really need right now is to focus. I'm like a shotgun firing at some goal and the bullet just splinters away. I needed to be a sniper rifle so I'm shooting at something and hitting it directly.

Ultimately, my goal is to start my own business and be an entrepreneur. There's a boatload of information and education to be had but it's been a month since I abruptly resigned and I'm still grasping for what's my biggest next thing. I need to make some quick bucks not because I want it but just to feel better that I'm earning again. I've given most of my savings to Wifey so she can grow it. Been helping her grow her business further. There's no need to experiment because hers is already up and running it just needs more pushing so it can grow some more.

I'll give myself one more month to sort my issues out and then it's a do or die situation already. LOL!

Memo to self: After this party we are going to later, it's time to turn up the heat and get something done. Already!

And NO, no more Facebooking! Only when it's about business because it is such a waste of time to watch people giving their best shot in some awesome places here and abroad. Yeah, I feel execrated!

Happy Sunday and it's time paaaarrttttyyyyyy!!!!


[photo: best-wallpaper.net]

The Closure

Just went back swimming this morning... and, the prognosis is baaadddd. Really bad. Strokes look bad. Endurance is bad. Conditioning is bad. I mean, really, really bad. I think it's time to rename this blog to.. wait for it - bad vibes and chained to bad memories... LOL!

I dunno how I can get my mojo back again. Don't you ever have that feeling when you are so in control like ironclad control of how you run the show only to find that you are slipping slowly.. day by the day and you try in earnest to get a grip again of the whole situation? Been on this challenge a lot of times and I hope to get out again on this fox hole like I did before. I can do it!

Frankly, I'm quite stuck in a rut for days now. Well, my wife's business is doing fine, thanks to the good Lord above. I put some moolah in the mix so she can grow it by having it loaned through her network. Wifey is the exact opposite of me. She is outgoing, friendly and everything that sums up of what extrovert is. So yeah, I'm stuck because I'm merely a supporting cast now. I'm not the one running the show like I always used to. But maybe I'm looking at things the wrong way. Woosa... woosa.. woosa... (watch: Anger Management).

Anyway, helping her in the backgrounds is where my expertise are best utilized. But I don't intend to stay in the backgrounds because it's at the front row, that's where success is found. I am grateful that I was able to help her grow her clientele. We also have a little van rental with my two pals and boy, booking is picking up lately with the intense advertising I'm running on Facebook. I haven't even tried the other social networking sites since FB is obviously the more popular here in the country.

But I'll get to them Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, etc. etc... hopefully not before I get a job because it gets boring staring at the screen most of the time.

The job isn't really important. I just need to do something to un-bore myself and maybe earn some paper on the side. That would be awesome!

Speaking of job, most of my pals who knew what I did, resigning pronto, think it wasn't a good idea. They said that I should just suck it up, stick around and wait for them to terminate me so I can get paid for the many years of my service. Well, it's really easy if you're simply looking from the outside. There was no way around it. Before we became her underlings, we've already seen the many people who packed their bags because of her. Of the many people who left, I got to know this guy we'd call Mr. Brave. I thought he'd survive out of the many who left the position he filled in. I mean, I called him exactly that, Mr. Brave because he plod on and went many months longer than the previous ones.

When we had our chance to talk, the guys just opens up and says he's never felt so low and demoralized whenever he talks to this woman. After getting his ego bruised and beaten many times over, he finally called it quits. Unlike me, he went and properly turned over to the next guy his work. Well, he didn't suffered the same fate as me.

Then there's this another guy who is really good and he came from a prestigious company with vast experience on the job he was hired for. He did exactly like me. Just vanished out of thin air. And mind you, this guys was sent to Manila a number of times to attend training and important meetings and if my memory serves me right, was even a recipient to a trip abroad for some R & R.

And so it got me thinking. Why are there so many good people who left this company? This company, by the way, is running a very, very prestigious dealership brand. When we started, we only had roughly 10 people in it. Now, it's running in the hundreds (or in thousands?) of employees including the branches. Amazing, eh?

So why people left and couldn't care about the brand? There's little to no incentives for the support group. They prefer to hire new graduates because they are the most likely people to suck it up. I mean, really, who gives a flying F about the brand if your immediate supervisor gives you a dressing down most of the time?

Well, it's nice to see how awesome the brand is especially now when it's really on the verge of toppling everyone on the top. But, behind the brand is really a disgruntled dealership where the turnover of people is of record's all-time high. I have seen a lot of good people quit or let go all because some of these monglers (managers) think they are 'holier than thou' or know better than everybody else.

The only people who would stick around no matter how beaten black and blue they are, are the people who make a profit. Like primarily, sales. Insurance and the chattel mortgage guys too. Yeah, the managers, who else. I was making a profit, true, but I was giving them a stirring service in that no matter how difficult or impossible, I get things done.

Would you pay a hundred or a thousand for a car detailing? You know detailing is a difficult task and for someone to merely charge a hundred, you would certainly have doubts of the quality of work, right? So, I would compare myself to that. I might be charging a little bit more but, you know you are getting the result you are looking for.

Now they've cut cost. Good for them. However, from what I've heard from the close associates I have there, it's not looking rosy. There's a shhhh... load of problem brewing in the horizon. Well, don't say I didn't warn you!

Poetic justice is indeed a great feeling. They're the brilliant, we're nobody's so who are we that they'd listen to us?

My gripe also goes to the man who could have prevented this whole debacle. I told him about the outcome because me being on the ground and know how things work, he should have listened. But he rolled the dice, anyway. Here you go, boss. Ya got what you came for. I hope you are satisfied with all the money you saved. I hope it's cheaper than me and my loyalty.

Let me tell ya something and I'm saying this in a modest way possible. No matter who they put there, there is no one like me. I go out and establish a good relationship with the people we deal with, I put up the system that makes the processing seamless, I talk to customers about their gripes and make them understand of the situation to diffuse their agitation. If I need to go the extra mile and drive because the customer can't, I go. I do all these things because I want the company to look good. No less than this ambitious manager said that she is not satisfied with our very own brand of service.

The profit is secondary to me because I know, I work hard for it, it should come because I deserved it. I should get paid for my mad skills.

Nonetheless, they saw a 20-something-year-young-sexy-thing girl more fitting to head the little department I used to run. Awesome dude! And, they are still looking for the guy who will do the shhhh.. work I used to do. They've hired a few before but they ALL quit. LOL

That's over a month ago now.

Let me tell you something. These guys need work, alright, but once they see what's out there, they would rather plant sweet potato than work under these scheming biatches and/or deal with the guys and gals who aren't gonna be friendly, knowing how cheapskate the company is towards them.

Sorry, it's downhill from hereon now for you, pals.

I'm happy to announce this is my last post about this whole shebang of JOB thing. Time for some closure.

It's really a good day to move on... make everything exciting, feel the difference and go further.

anyone in for some FFffff CLAP???

And It goes without saying.. Today, I love myself more. I'm the best there is and the best will ever be in that position.

Case closed.




[Photos: backstroke: transblawg.eu ; car detailing: pennexxon.com]

Unreserved.

While I was out driving my motorcycle on my way to Talisay City (freakin' far place, thanks wifey!) to collect some money my spouse's is owed to, I listened to some audiobook to while away time. Boy, it was fun! I didn't got tired with the long commute. It's probably the awesome Suzuki Gixxer that I was driving, or, the audiobook was quite powerful not to be tuned to it.

Grant Cardone had some 100 ways to stay motivated and it's definitely worth the listen. I'm gonna have to mount that GoPro clone I bought some months ago in times like these long travels. I hit just 100 kilometer per hour in SRP although I wanted to squeeze the throttle some more but it's a little traffic and I run out of pavement to get my adrenaline - jack excited!

But I digress.

Extrovert. This is the subject that's touchy to me. Why?? Because I'm the exact opposite. I've read some recent studies and indeed, a lot of people are getting to the top not because they think like Einstein but because they are very sociable.

And so Cardone mentioned how he's never had a white spot on his calendar and he's all booked to the hilt and the reason of course is he's always out there showing up and meeting and greeting people. He's very active in the community, church and what-have-yous.

Thus, it's a foregone conclusion that for anyone to actually have a chance in these ever changing world to actually climb the ladder of success. not only that you need the smarts, intelligence and hard work, you need to be kissing asses, err, I mean, ya gotta be bold and network with the right people through social media as well as spend quality face time with them in the marketplace.

Being shy, prom and proper isn't going to lead you to the greener pasture. When you are driven to take yourself to the next level and achieve that ultimate goal in your life, regardless of how you are brought up and whether you are the introvert kind, you need to extrovert yourself. period. There is no way around it.

I will read this post again tomorrow because I am actually hammering this important lesson in my head and this pep talk is actually for me.

Hi-yo, Silver!!!! (read: Band of Brothers)

P.S.

I know a lot has posted it on Facebook and on other social network, but yeah, let us pray for Davao. Let us pray for everyone, for the whole country to unite and skip the bashing and the sarcasm. Election is over, we have a new president and he needs all the support he can get from everyone who wants a better Philippines. Lets not fight each other and point fingers. Let us all unite against the people who are responsible for this terrorism.

Alrighty?

[photo: suzuki gixxer - www.autosarena.com]

The Luck Factor

So I'm happy all these things I'm doing for our little business is gaining ground. In exchange, I didn't get a chance to swim this week. No exercise whatsoever. Well, important things had to be done first. And no, I'm not saying exercise is not important. Will be back in the swing of things in no time.

Like Jim Rohn said, you gotta have more skills to make yourself valuable to the market place. And since I'm getting the hang of making advertisements for our FB page/group as well as other groups we affiliate with, might as well learn how to Photoshop. There's a lot of resources online, thank you internet, Google and *bleep*, we can actually learn it without having to spend huge moolah for that specialize education.

My wife is getting busier these days with all sorts of inquiries she has to answer. We've made a few sales and recruited some in the fold. There's definitely some gray areas we have to deal with but we gotta keep firing. Otherwise, we'd cripple our operation overthinking minute matters.

It's not gonna be easy but if we keep pounding we'll get through either to the bitter, or the better end. Hope it's the latter.

Whaddyaknow?? The guy whose been my contact person in the office I transact with while I was still connected to my previous company also called it a day. He said it's been downhill with the way his work had been going on. He said he's met this lady who, if you know my story, was instrumental in my abrupt departure. She was forced into taking my place because I wasn't gonna hang around with the treatment I got from her and her gods. She was oozing with bravado... he said. She brought her swagger in there. LOL

I'd say, let her. The times and the circumstances favor their actions and attitude. It's called human wheels. We go round and round. You step on so many people to get to the top. When you come down, these people are gonna be too happy to watch your downward spiral. It's not a wild guess. It's just basic universal law. I'm not gonna second guess you what it is... but I'll bet my house you'll find it there.

Anyway, this is Good Vibes and Freedom blog, and so, even with some residue of bitterness in my heart, I have to be thankful. I didn't have all this time then to learn and think outside of the box because I was resting in my laurels and having a ball, but now I'm finally making use of my brains again and really come up with something genius. Modesty aside, there wasn't anything that they could throw at me that I couldn't handle. In fact, it was getting BORING. Hah! Because the problems are mostly recycled. Of course there are few that's new but I've had worst that were really - a killer.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. Big word, eh? Yep, but they do make a lot of sense. especially now.

Well, gotta get back to work, do some reading and learning and maybe, just maybe sneak in some much needed exercise later. I've got some dumbbells, some bands, pull-up bar and coupled with ingenuity and it'll be fun one hour of sweat.

Muchos Gracias.