As a graduating student, we are all newborn child to the real world. We are wanderers, newbies, amateur to the real face of the world, the reality. They say that the real world starts after graduating college. Where struggle is real and pressure is on! But before entering the real world, do mind to visit a playground. Why? Be mindful of these concepts, this may help you in building your career: 1. THE MONKEY BAR (AIM, STRIVE, SUSTAIN, LET GO) AIM Set your Goals, dream big. STRIVE Do everything to achieve your goals. SUSTAIN Hold on, something big is waiting for you. LET GO Learn when to let go of the things that are uncontrollable, at the same time, know when do you need to. 2. THE SEE-SAW (BALANCE) Balance Your Time. Time management plays a big role in your career. How you managed your time, how you use distribute it, how you use it along with your other tasks and how you accomplish your works. Maximize every second, because in the real world, every second counts. Balance Your Effort. What you give is what you receive. Be sure to give the fair effort needed in every task and work given to you. You should not give less, as well as much. Just give the exact amount you think will suffice the accomplishment of such load. Balance Your Lifestyle. Your Cost of Living must be Equal to your Salary. If one destroys the equilibrium, financial problems shall start to appear. 3. THE SLIDE (THRILL) Be Cautious while making Steps and Decisions “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” - Newton’s Third Law of Motion Like judges’ decision in a competition, the results of the verdict are irrevocable. The Newton’s Third law simply suggests responsibility to every action, thus
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Your Greatest Enemy is Yourself
Your Greatest Enemy is Yourself

"Do it. Just do it. Don't let your dreams be dreams. Yesterday you said tomorrow so just do it. Make your dreams come true. Just do it. Some people dream of success while you're gonna wake up and work hard at it. Nothing is impossible. You should get to the point where anyone else would quit and you're not going to stop there. No, what are
SPECIAL KEY
SPECIAL KEY
Do you wish that after graduating college, your life is as simple as: stress-free, no pressures, no tensions and no exhausting times? Or let’s just simply say NO WORRIES AT ALL! But if that will happen, do you think life will still be exciting and thrilling for you to continue? If you are the type of student who is still uncertain on what career to pursue, if you’re not sure why you did took your course and if you think your goals are impossible to achieve then these reminders from professionals might help you set your mind. 1. DREAM. Dream is defined by dictionaries as a series of thoughts, images or emotions occurring during sleep. If you are going to apply it in your life, it is done without closing your eyes; instead it is done while your eyes are wide open because it is the time when you face reality. You are aiming for something you really want for it is your passion. Your expectation is that your dream will come true at the right time and at the right place. Definitely, you will strive hard to make it possible, so meaning to say the key is in you. 2. BELIEVE To see is to believe. It is accepting and embracing reality and facing the fact. Therefore, acknowledge your dream successful or not. If we are going to compare it with a text messaging option, once we texted someone or once we dreamt, it might send or your dream will come true OR it will lead to failure. If it reached the recipient, precisely you will be able to fulfill your dream. There’s also a tendency that it will impend due to the loss of your load, or in reality, this will be the time that you’ll encounter hindrances in reaching your goals. Worse, you might even fail to fulfill it. This is now the time the word ‘believe’ enters your vocabulary. Linger for a time until you find a solution and of course wait till the right time comes. Remember that the one who always try are the one who are triumphant in their own little way. After failure, do something to fix the damage and you will learn from it. When you are ready for your second try, from your previous learnings, absolutely you will. 3. SURVIVE! If there will come a time that giving up is your only choice, that dream is not yours. Instead, make the ambition to be your inspiration to find another goal. Leaning is never final and failure is never fatal. If you are strong with this and weak with that it doesn’t mean that your strengths are limited. Bear in mind that many doors will be opened for you. Your will and determination are the keys for your own success. Be patient enough to wait for that special key that best suits you and will surely give you joy and contentment in your mind, heart and soul.
CAREER ADVICE FOR GRADUATING COLLEGE STUDENTS
CAREER ADVICE FOR GRADUATING COLLEGE STUDENTS
Senior year in college is the time when you ask yourself these questions: What am I going to do after I graduate? Which career path will I take? Am I ready for the real world? Well, just continue reading and you’ll know the answers to these questions. Nicolai V. Reyes, a PR professional and the vice president of
THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT BEING 'PROBINSYANO'
THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT BEING 'PROBINSYANO'
From time immemorial to the present, competition doesn't seem to be an alien concept in a world where people strive and thrive to survive. Of all the things that help us survive—needs, fears, interests and a sense of calling—fear is probably the most negative. Fear shrouds the best of potential and deters the unfoldment of one's greatest asset. I am penning this article for the people I share the same sentiments with. I am going to talk about one of the greatest fears of a communication student from a provincial university. Also, allow me to use my point of view, I deem this the best way to connect with the reader and express my thoughts better as the writer. I honestly don't know where the negative concept of probinsyano originated and how it evolved to an abhorring idea. A friend, in his 40s, once told me that probinsyanos were looked down by Manileños when he was young studying in Manila. It was perhaps in the past that probinsyanos were ridiculed and belittled for being one. Maybe because of the stereotype that people in the provinces are barbaric and less educated than those who are in Manila, the capital of the Philippines and the nation's center of education, business, etc. As a college student, I personally have uncertainties, just like everybody else has, that bother me on my imminent graduation. "Where to go next?" I'm in a battlefield against the best armed soldiers trained by the biggest and brightest universities in Manila. It is with great intimidation that I imagine the setting. Though I'm definitely fine working here in Pampanga, still, my dream companies are in Manila. And who doesn't want to work for ABS-CBN, GMA, CNN Philippines, Philippine Star, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Summit Media and the like? What I mentioned are the 'rock stars' of my field. My chance, come on. Recently, I attended a seminar on communication students' possible jobs aside from the mainstream ones very well known by many. I found the seminar necessary for discouraged communication students who are enrolled in a provincial university like me. The speakers, in their respective fields, gladly shared their insights regarding the opportunities in public relations and digital media. Remarkably, one of the speakers, Nico Reyes, a public relations professional working in Makati, said there's something about a probinsyano that makes him outstanding. I raised my eyebrow and thought otherwise because I'm a probinsyano, and there's no way I can think of an edge. I can't help but compare myself to my friends who are studying at UP, Ateneo, UST, and La Salle. Their schools are best-seen in their curriculum vitae or resume. Recognizable and reputable all-Over the country. Meanwhile, the speaker said, "Probinsyanos value their values and have a sense of community". After a brief, cursory understanding of what he meant, I left with these ideas: 1. People living and working in Manila, perhaps, are now so diversed culturally that they sometimes lack the idea of 'bayanihan' or what the speaker phrased as 'sense of community'. This is when a probinsyano exercises his values rooted from the province. The traditional Juan. 2. I thought of probinsyanos' insecurities as good weaknesses, which respond to the call of humility as a professional. A healthy fear of knowing you're a probinsyano can be protective; certain insecurities can stimulate us to great effort. Thereby remembering Matthew 10:26. 3. Unlike most graduates from big schools, probinsyanos don't really much cling to complacency. They are hungry to learn more
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