Night before the Fast

I am going to fast, the Islam Way.

I will wake up at 4am in the morning, have breakfast and last the day until 6pm without any food and water. I will do this for 15 days.

Ive always been fascinated with Islam's fasting. Catholic's fasting is just sticks and stones compared to theirs. Fasting is not just about food intake. Its all about emotional control. I am not allowed to have negative feelings toward anything or anyone. I cannot feel lust, greed, or anything of that matter. Let the hunger remind me. ^.^

Goodnight! :)

Carrots and Sticks

Pixar on Leadership and Motivation




Have you given deserving people their carrots?

Twitter Experiment

After listening to Gary Vaynerchuk on Duct Tape Marketing and Get-It-Done-Guy's Podcast on Twitter, im now going to try an experiment.

Just a brief background, both of these guys have one thing in common. They get their ideas spread, and their ideas are their passion. Much like Seth Godin and marketing. Gary is a wine fanatic, and GIDG is an effeciency advocate.

Anyway, the thing that struck me most was when Gary asked.. "what is your passion"? What is my passion? After allowing it to sink in my subconscious for a few days, ive realized that my passion is Leadership.

I dont know if I can pull it off though. The world is still used to leaders with age. Im 23. Lets see...

Fasting Month

Fasting Month has just started yesterday for the Muslim Community. Just a brief background on the subject matter, the muslims fast once a year, for more or less 30 Days. They are not allowed to eat, drink, or take any substances into their body while the sun is up. By practice, a friend of mine doesnt eat from 4am to 6pm approximately.

No, I am not a muslim. However, Id like to express my sincerest admiration for their practices. For about a month, they test themseleves to the limit. Waking up before 4am to take their morning meal and to say their morning prayer. They go about their daily work with a promise that they will not host any negative feeling inside them. That they will let the hunger remind them of their proper place in Life. They will pray at least 4 times more and it reapeats all over again, for 30 days. Trully fascinating.. and inspiring.

Although I was raised in the Catholic's teachings, Ive always admired other religions such as Buddhism and Islam. It saddens me how in our country, the Muslims are stereotyped because of all the war happening in the southern parts. Fact of the matter is, I find muslims to be more peace loving than catholics. Well, it might be assuming of me to blame it on the religion. For all i know, it could be just the culture. But im no historian, i have no PhD in culture or anything even close to that. What i have are just little slices of experience and a handfull of observations. I would have to say...

Changing Web Address

Changing blogs is quite different with changing your home address. Changing home address is very, very tough. You gotta pack your stuff, carry heavy things, rent a truck, hire some help.. ugh. Then you gotta let your friends know, your business contacts, bills, etc...

Changing home web address, aint really that difficult. I dont really need to explain about this.

Anyway, Im changing my web address. Off to wordpress for my work related blabber. My blogger account will now focus on my personal life. Believe it or not, im still new to this blogging thing and Im doing my best to make it a regular one. Good luck to me (oh, and you if ever you are in a similar predicament).