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]