1 Day Left - The Great 7 Lessons

Today is the last day of my challenge..waaahh!!

But before I officially call to an end the 90 Day Challenge, aside from all the powerful life changing lessons and money making strategies I posted on this blog, let me share to you the Great 7 Lessons I have learned and experienced in this 90 day challenge.

1. HAVE POWERFUL GOALS

Who would have thought I would get to join this challenge and was actually able to change my life in 90 days? None! The string of events that happened before and during the challenge up to this very date still amazes me. But I wouldn't have done it without this goal - earn 1 million in 90 days.

I am a living example how powerful goals can lead a wonderfully lived life. I challenged myself to get a million in 90 days and this very goal changed my values, beliefs, and everything that it made me truly wealthy.

2. YOU ATTRACT SUCCESS

Looking back on the past 90 days, I will state one true conviction - I LET THE UNIVERSE MAKE IT HAPPEN. It was I who opened up myself to all the opportunities, all the diamonds, that lie around me and the rest was up to God's Hand - the Universe. The people that comes in time that I need them, the trials that challenged me in time I need to learn a new lesson,  and the opportunities that come that connects the past opportunities is all unexplainable. How did I do it? I let the believed that the universe will give it to me.

3. IT'S ALL ABOUT YOUR LOVES

Each of us is specifically designed to do and bring in something into the world. That's what we have to really figure out - and work on it hard. We need to know what are our true loves! And simply stated our loves is something WE WOULD DIE FOR! This is your very last day on earth and there's nothing else you would do but that!

So where does money come in the picture? We need it to do our loves - at a more remarkable scale. As discovered in the challenge, my loves is to motivate and inspire people. Yup, I can do that, maybe 1 or 2 a day, but I cant reach out the other millions more. That's where money comes in.

4. CREATE A NAME FOR YOURSELF

After figuring out my loves, now I am creating a name for myself.

Remember, its not a monument, nor a building named after me, but its a something that will last and live in the hearts of people - my name. Partially, you will need this to increase your wealth but also you will need one to increase your true wealth - relationships with people. It should come a time that when someone tells your name they would automatically associate you with something significant and lasting.

5. TRUE SUCCESS IS HOLISTIC

A true millionaire succeeds in all aspects of his life: health, career, relationships, and spirituality. Fortunately, this challenge taught me this very important lesson. I have greatly improved my becoming more fit, became more efficient on my jobssssss, improved my relationship with family and dabby and of course my relationship with God.

6. GIVE YOUR WEALTH  ALL AWAY

Because after a few months you can come up with the same amount you have given up. It's not the money that matters, it's what you are that matters. 

Besides, you don't need material things at life's end, right? Oh I just realized that I do really need more wealth because I have so little to give away! hehehe

and the top lesson is....

7. IN THE END, STILL ITS' THE RELATIONSHIP THAT MATTERS

Let me tell you how I spent my last day of the challenge.

We had a little gathering here at our home, of course, with my mentor Kuya, and Jan his son, and Tita Glo his wife. It was one good fellowship.

Actually, we prepared for 10 people, but only them showed up! But to my surprise, what I have given reached out to more people than I expected. Aside from us here at home, two of my father's workers were given, a very supportive couple friend of my parents were given, and even the birthing home where my sister is on duty were also given.

We also had a wonderful short chat with my parents on some concerns at home. But what amazed me in the middle of our talk was how close and open we have been compared to before. I realized that all those times I have created a wall around me by creating very high expectations from them that hindered me from seeing them as they truly are. Never have we become this much closer.

Plus, I ended it with a romantic date with Dabby. With all the validations of the facts in the book Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus. The book helps so BIG TIME!

You know what? Starting this blog, as I would post in social bookmarking sites like Digg, Stumbleupon, etc. I would put this blog under the label "business". But I have noticed that in the next half of the all the posts, I started to put it under "People".

Amazing. 

Ladies and Gentlemen, its all about people...about relationships.

So you see, you can take all the wealth I have away, keep me with my relationships, and I'll create that wealth double than what you can take away. But take my relationships and leave my wealth with me, I'll die the short today.

P.S. 
You might want to ask how much I have earned.

Our Business Incubators calling card.

Here it is! More than a million worth of opportunities waiting for me.

32 Days Left - The BIG Question

My brain hanged-up right after having a talk with one of my supervisors of my floor. Right after talking to him my plans for the coming week, and sharing my insights of a great leader - I'm just powered up right after finishing the book The Way of the Shepherd - he ended up asking me these questions I wasn't prepared.

"Are you affiliated with any church groups? What can you say about the church?"

Actually it took me some time to answer it. And I am even shocked of my answer.

"Well, no. I don't belong to any religious group or whatsoever. There are just things I don't feel comfortable with the church. One very good example is how they program the minds of the people towards money - how evil it is. And also they create and show to the people that it is "hard" to become spiritually blessed. Like, you have to do all these - procedures and rituals - to be close to God. Well, maybe these has all something to do with the people running it."

He answered, "We are really different, I may not go to mass anymore but I don't say bad things about the church."

That's when my brained hanged.

I asked myself, "Did I really do that? Have my outlook towards the church changed that differently? Did I say it correctly? Maybe I have been reading these line of books I haven't feed my mind with spiritual inputs. I agree that those statements are too vague and general. How can a "preacher" do something like that? "

I don't know. I'm still stuck up to this very moment. There is war going on in my head.

"What is God's role in my dream?"

44 Days Left - Not Just Any Ordinary Business

Few nights ago, lying in bed sparked one great idea, and i texted it to my partner Dro. It went our something like this...

"Dro, why not sell all our shirts for a cause? Ain't that cool? Like, we are already doing something good, why not do it God's way?"

And so we did!

The thought sprang from someone who commented on Facebook and asked if the X-sem shirst we are selling are for a cause. We told him this...

"Good afternoon, bro! Thru dis we aim to relive the moments we once had at Don Bosco. And eventually, continue to live in Don Bosco's way. Helping out in any way we can, together with all the exsems of don bosco. Last May, we had a litlle project of giving school supplies to the children of Maghaway, Talisay City. There was only a handful of us then. But with this, we can have a bigger network and thus, handing a bigger chunk of help or support. :) "

Actually, we are planning in one project where we could put in a chunk from the X-sem shirts profits. We would be supporting DBYC (Don Bosco Youth Center) in their continued projects in Maghaway - a little village located going to the mountains behind our seminary. We promised them a simple blackboard that they could use in their catechism.

Dro and me are really looking forward for this. We have made the arrangements and done canvassing a good deal for the blackboard.

And so, this would be our direction: sell t-shirts with a cause. We really want to institutionalize this and make it our own brand. We both are so captivated of the idea of, if you are already doing something why not do it for something greater, something more meaningful!? Right? Don't just stick to the norm, be different, be unique, be cool!!

Currently, we are both brainstorming what would be our best company name, share us if you have any ideas! We'd surely appreciate that, and if it gets approved, you'll get a free shirt! Game?

45 Days More - Diamonds In My Backyard

Just weeks ago, I found a big diamond in my backyard! And right now we are harvesting it.
And I wont tell you about it!

Just kidding!

I’m talking about my second business: selling shirts we sell online through Facebook. Let me tell you a little story behind it.

As all millionaires are, you can never be one unless you have a team. And so I teamed up with my classmate back in high school and my friend for over 12 years now, Leandro. (The biggest guy in the center of the picture..hehehe) Good thing is, we have the same mindset with regards to wealth and finance. So working out with him was no problem, and he became my official co-millionaire.

One Saturday evening two weeks ago, we juggled up all possible ideas where we could strike one powerful business plan. Tell you, it was not easy. We covered everything from internet to real estate and we still hadn’t hit jack pot. We have been squeezing our creative juices for 2 hours already and there was nothing. Tired we just talked about our experiences in the seminary. Yup, you heard it right! I was a seminarian of Don Bosco for 6 years, 6 wonderful years.

And we hit, jackpot! We will be selling t-shirts for ex-seminarians! The big diamond lying in our past! We just got the simplest yet most promising business plan ever! So we spent the next 30 minutes planning and exploring all possibilities with energy and enthusiasm.

We wont be having any problem with the market because we already have one strong one. We are a member of the Facebook group Ex Sems of DB with 300 plus members, so the market is just a click away.

Start-up? Just plain creativity and the internet. We conceptualize a design of a letter X similar to that of WWF to come up with something attractive yet with attitude. However, we added our seminary’s motto,” Ecce Ego Mitte Me”, which means, “Here I am Send Me.” This was made to have a sense of identity to our buyers thus making them have a need to get one.

We also came up with a brilliant marketing plan. The first 10 to comment on Facebook gets a big discount. And tell you, it was just so effective! It would have been better if we would have a pre-launch program like announcing to the group that there is something huge coming. However, we posted it just a day before. No worries, next time we’ll do that.

An additional strategy too was given by Kuya Tony, sell only a limited number of shirts. We decided to print only 99pcs. Why? This would create a sense of urgency to the buyers if we say that it is a limited edition! Thanks Kuya!

And so last June 11, at 8:30 in the evening we launched the X sems shirt! And just before midnight we already had the top 10! Simply great for the starters. We even had 2 from Luzon already!

Orders have a cut-off on Tuesday and they will be released on Saturdays where we would be meeting in a place to distribute the shirts to our buyers.

We would be releasing it 2 days from now, and I am just so excited..


I really can’t believe that all this is just in my past, behind me. My diamond is just in my backyard! And with this, we already have a lot of great ideas coming after this. 

By the way, you might want to know where who’d manufacture our clothes. Again, part of our past, in our backyard. The father of our classmate in the seminary, who also was one Ex sem!

76 then 75 days to 1 Million - Opening the Third-Eye for Business

Oh I miss a post again yesterday, so today I only have 75 days more to make my 1 million.

Last Saturday, that was 77 days more, I met with my mentor, lets call him "Kuya" and his son the internet-wiz Jan as part of our weekly follow-up. Again it was another super learning session but there are some remarkable insights I would like to share.

STRIKE! Always strike every time a business idea or opportunity comes to your mind.

Honestly, undergoing these challenge I am slowly opening my Third-Eye for Business. It's similar to the third eye because as you open that creativity and awareness to the surroundings almost everywhere you can see a business opportunity. My crazy idea of the Lost and Found Center originated from an announcer in the radio talking about a wallet he found in the streets. My other idea was of the Positive Switch Band - an ordinary rubber band that has the power to change people's lives.

What Kuya told me was to strike, so every time there is an opportunity work on it directly! Don't waste a moment. If you meet someone and you'll see that that person is opportunity, strike! Ask a cellphone number, tell your intentions! Chances are, you might not be able to have a transaction with him right away, however, in the future you'll have one with him!

That is why his other lesson is...

Super Multiple Streams of Income

Not just 3, or 4, or 5, but aim high! 10 or 20 or 50 or even 100s! Don't limit yourself! In the latest topic of the book I'm into right now, Secrets of a Millionaire's Mind, rich people think BIG! As in really BIG! We shouldn't stick with the few numbers! If I am comfortable with 15k a month, then I'll always get 15k a month. But if I open myself to, say, 100k a month, then the Universe will help me get that 100k a month. Match this up with striking every opportunity, you'll get endless number of income streams.

Business Ideas Updates:

-I'm airing out to everyone I know that I'm looking for a house to buy and make a deal
-My high school friends were telling me they'd have a little donation in helping out children in Maghaway, a small village up in the mountains near our high school campus. They are planning to give school supplies for the coming opening this June. I was thinking of marketing in the Positive Switch Band and give half to the charity, watchuthink? One good way of tithing, giving back to God what He has given me.