Most Inspirational Quotes

1. We have a strategic plan. Its called Doing things.

2. You'll have a whole eternity to think inside the box.

3. The future belongs to the few of us still willing to get our hands dirty.

4. You are what you think most of the time. -Earl Nightaigale

5. The better you are at communicating, negotiating, and handling your fear of rejection, the easier life     gets. -Robert Kiyosaki

6. If you want to be rich, don't allow yourself the luxury of excuses. -Robert Kiyosaki

7. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. -Steve Jobs

8. Someone asked the Dalai Lama what surprises him most. This was his response: "Man, because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrificis money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present;the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies having never really lived."

9. What would you do if you weren't afraid?

10. When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understant life. -John Lennon

11. If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer will always be no. If you don't step forward, you are always in the same place.

12. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark Twain

13. If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

14. In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away. - Shing Xiong

15. Money is not the goal. Money has no value. The value comes from the dreams money helps achieve. - Robert Kiyosaki

16. The work you do while you PROCRASTINATE is probably the work youo should be doing for the rest of your life.

17. One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it Now. -Paulo Coelho

18. The good news- for you- is that most people in life quit.So, staying in the game is half the battle and puts you light years ahead of others. -Robert Kiyosaki

19. What do Successful do in the morning? They don't check their email. Seriously. Stop Checking email, too. -David Karp

20.There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting. -Buddha

21. When I was yound, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. - George Bernard Shaw

22. The most dangerouus risk of all - The risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.

23. The perfect time to start something never arrives.

24. An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. -Edwin Land

25. A year from now you will wish you had started today.\

26. Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the cloud and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it.

27. So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard. - Caterina Fake

28. When was the last time you did something for the first time?

29. Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown eart, with the grasses waving above one's head and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace. -Oscar Wilde

30. Dreams don't work unless you do.

31. Fear is a prison.

32. When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe then you will be successful. - Eric Thomas

33. Everythings comes too late for those who only wait. -Elbert Hubbard

34. The longer you wait for the future the shorter it will be.

35. Look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself, what do I want to do everyday for the rest of my life..Do that. - Gary Vaynerchuk

36. When you want something you've never had, you have to do something you've never done.

37. If you want happiness for an hour -take a nap. If you want happiness for a day - go fishing. If you want happiness for a month - get married. If you want happiness for a year - inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime - help someone else.

38. As a well spent-day brings happy sleep. So a life well spent brings happy death.

39. What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

40.  I've been thinking a lot lately about taking chances and how its really just about overcoming your fears, because the truth is, everytime you take a big risk in your life, no matter how it ends up, you're always glad you took it.

41. You think 60,000 thoughts a day. Don't waste 59,999 of them on negative limited thinking.

42. Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

43. Stop overthinking everything.

44. In the end we only regret the chances we didn't take.

45. The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it. -Jordan Belfort

46. One of the most important keys to success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do. Even when you don't feel like doing it.

47. Laugh as much as you breath and love as much as you live.

48. The only person who is truly holding you back is you. No more excuses, it's time to change. It's time to live life at a new level.

49. Your dream job does not exist. You must create it.

50. If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.

51. The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts therefore guard accordingly. - Marcus Aurelius

52. Once you realize that you have identified a passion, invest in yourself. Figure out what you need to know, what kind of experience and expertise you need to develop to do the things that you feel in your heart you will enjoy and that will sustain you both mentally and economically. -Martha Stewart

53. I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on earth.. then I ask myself the same question.

54. Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary.

55. You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over. - Richard Branson

56. My dad encouraged us to fail growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure  is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail. - Sara Blakely

57. You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.

58. We are what we repeatedly do, Excellence therefore is not an act but a Habit. - Aristotle

59. The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.

60. There is no certainty. There is only adventure.

61. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

62. Every artist was once an amateur.

63. When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don't take it personally. It says nothing about you but a lot about them.

64. The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. -Marcus Aurelius

65. Success is SUM of small efforts, repeatedly day in and day out. -R Collier

66. If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we'd be happy with more?

67. Collect moments, not things.

68. Happiness is the highest level of success.

69. Laughter is an instant vacation.

70. The older I get, the less I care about what people think of me. Therefore the older I get, the more I enjoy life.

71. Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now,take what's left, and live it properly. -Marcus Aurelius

72. Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives that we are dying. The we might live life to the limit, every minute of everyday. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it Now!

73.  Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so might as well enjoy the process! Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: Find the cause of your problem and elimintate it. Don't try to be perfect, don't treat life so seriously that you lose the power of spontaneity, the pleasure that comes from being silly and being a kid.

74. We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.  -Anais Nin

75. I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened. - Mark Twain

76. If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone. - John C Maxwell

77. All things are difficult before they are easy. -Thomas Fuller

78. If you can change your mind, you can change your life. - William James

79. Burn the bridges. Cut off all paths of retreat. Leave no other  choice open than winning. Make sure you have no other option but to  run forward. Now tell me how can you lose? Life is beautiful
-Balagei Nagarajan

80. Success means different things for different people. First, define  what success means to you, then make little steps everyday to  achieve that. Overnight success only happens in movies. -Albert Sagwe

81. The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second best time is today. Decide and live your dreams. - Gary Smyth

82. Scars tell where you’ve been, not where you’re going. @cody_spence

83. It’s never too late. You can look back and say ” I could of/should  of done that by now” or you can look back and say ” wow, i’m almost  there, time flies!  - Nicole


84. Sometimes life goes so ridiculously fast that we lose track of the important things in life. That’s when you need to stop for a split second and look around you. It will remind you of how wonderful  life actually is. - Sheng-Shun Lin, 24

85. Don’t let your nerves get the better of you, confidently accept any challenge, don’t show your insecurities and you’ll be amazed at the outcome.- Jashan Patel

86. My father Otho W. Brown Jr. Would often tell me… “Never make a decision when your tired or upset”. He was referencing life and business decisions. - William Brown

87. When you realise that the obstacles are mostly in your mind – you will start to really excel in whatever you choose to do. - @TheMikePitt


 

And of course, my all time favorite by 86 years old Nadine Stair

88. If I had my life to live all over again. I'd dance to make more mistakes next time. I'd relax. I'd limber up. I'd be sillier than I've been this trip. I would take more trips, I could climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would, perhaps, have more actual troubles but fewer Imaginary ones. You see, I'm one of those people who was sensible and sane, hour after hour, day after day.

Oh, I've had my moments. If I had it to do over again, I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else - just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot-water bottle, a raincoat, and a parachute. If I could do it again. I would travel lighter than I have.

If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the sprint and stay that way in jail. I would go more dances, I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies. - Nadine Stair

Bucket List

Exhilirating Adventure

1. Road Tripping / Motorbike Speed Of Over 100KPH

Riding in group has some form of pressure, as you get or need to adjust to your fellows; in this case, I was with seasoned drivers, hence, I've got no choice but keep up with them; there were four of us, I was in the 3rd in the formation.

For this long clean road, we had the opportunity to max out our throttle;  and believe me riding at over 100kph is very thrilling, cortisol level increased yet so liberating. Wow! I can't believe I was in this speed. The beautiful sound of engine, the strong drift of wind, the full throttle, the panoramic view, and of course the crazy speed. I felt invincible. This is definitely the adrenaline rush longed by extreme sports enthusiasts. The reward overpowers the risks, yet you need not to forget your composure, or else bad things happen.



At Brgy. Baganihan, Marilog District




Stopover at Coffee Shop near Seagull Mountain Resort




My Riskiest Ride @ 100kph and unfamiliar curves with Red, Fred and Jed.



Other Long Distance Rides:  





The first long distance ride from Bajada to Arakan with Sir Juni.

 

Going to Maxima Aqua Fun with Mark and Janice



Next Road Trip: To GenSan



To Kuya: Di na jud ko muusab, Kausa nalang! Yet to be accomplished



2. Zipline at Brgy. Olympug ( Zipline at D' Leonor)

Breath taking views from above, and with adrenaline rushing along this 460m ride; it was such a hilarious amazing ride. We conquered this D'Leonor Zipline at last. Such a thrill.

We'd love to repeat this experience soon, at the 5th Mountain Adventure Resort (1st GenSan Zipline) a fast and furious ride of 80kph. Hmm.. Intriguing.



Me and Cynthia my sister in law

 

3. WallClimb

I was a euphoric moment. I can't believe I did it (this is normal reaction from someone with fear on heights). This climb was around 30 ft, something that challenges our wrist and forearm flexors.

For someone who would like to try it, my advice:
a) Don't look down:
b) Don't Over-analyze and Just Start





30ft Wall Climb - succeeded on second attempt



4. Beach Cliff Dive/ Diving Board

I killed any hesitation, and JUMP! (approx 10ft air depth + 5 ft underwater depth). Awesome!

We need to cover our nose to avoid water-air pressure.



Cortisol inducing Jump

 


With DLPC-LSS friends



5. Road Trip to Malungon from Davao

6. Scuba Diving

7. Wakeboarding at Davao

8. Paragliding at Saranggani

9. Parasailing at Samal

10. Longboarding at Davao-GenSan

11. White Water Rafting @ Davao river

12. Do 1 round of boxing match

13. The Plunge Extreme Free Fall at Danao Adventure Park Bohol

14. Ride Edge Coaster, Skywalk, Tower Zip at Crown Regency Hotel

15. Sandboarding at Ilocos

16. Toastmasters Speech Contest District Level

17. Surfing at Siargao

18. Roller Coaster at Laguna

19. Mountain Climb @ Mt. Matutum, MTt. Pulag, Mt. Apo

Financial Freedom

19. Over 30 rental properties at Davao and GenSan

As of 2013, I have 1-quadruplex and 1-single family dwelling under my care. The two properties keep producing cash flows. I'll add one this coming 2014.

20. Franchise markadate with GF

No girlfriend at the moment, so this can be deferred.

21. Cyberya with Brother

Needs to Save religiously.

22. Got a Financial Mentor

Gonna send letter of Intent to DCCCII or I'll ask for referrals from Banks (those inquiring for foreclosed properties).

23. Participate Startup Weekend Davao

I say, those were the most creative days I had thus far. How?
Visit this site: http://davao.startupweekend.org/



The most exciting event I've ever attended.



Meeting like-minded people was like some meeting old friends.





These people are all passionate and crazy about technopreneurship.

 

Zachary Cohn - Startup Weekend Co-Founder




I'd had conversation with Zach( StarStucked!)



Co-attendees: I've met the best IT geeks, technical whizzes,best speakers, successful treps - in short the most creative crowd.

Mentors: Well, the mentors are all World-Class. I was amazed, they are not purely business guys but highly technical too; they have overwhelming wisdom in the industry. You've got idea - the mentors give you Pros and Cons of that! You show them your Business Plan - mentors points why it will not work.

Plus they gave Important Tips you cannot search on the internet; Practical experience worth a thousand times than theory in this industry. It's like talking to Mark Zuckerberg in person.

Among the mentors are:

 Christian Besler - VP and Community Engagement Head at Kickstart Ventures

Zachary Cohn - Bootcamp Director and Hacker Relations at Startup Weekend 

Ray Rubio - CEO of CubePixels

Legacy

24. Playful times with Nieces

25. Create a family Tree

26. Parents Videos

27. Create Message to Angela, AnAn,other nieces, parents

28. Last Will and Testament

29. Continously improve this blog

30. Write a book

31. Raised my kids as entrepreneurs

32. Raised my nieces/nephews as entrepreneurs

33. Built houses for kids over 1 hectare lot/compound

Naughty and Nice

34. Get drunked

35. Go to Disco Bar

36. Go to Adult Bar and make new sets of friends

37. Fall inlove helplessly

38. Got a girlfriend

39. Get Married

Self-Growth

40. Assemble a list of favorite quotes

41. Write yourself a letter and read it 10 years later

42. Be a good employee to the job you hate

43. Install toothbraces

44. Meet MSU friends

45. Learn to Swim

46. Learn and play Chess

47. Learn and play Dota

48. Play 1 full basketball game at DLPC Sports  Feast

49. Learn to dance (KPOP maybe) // pasay audiences, eden

50. Attend HighSchool Reunion

51. Attend Elementaray Reunion

52. Cook Something for the family

53. Make a Salad

54. Learn and Create an Engineering App

55. Play badminton once a week with GF

56. Compete at DLPC Sports Feast

57. Pay a grocery of a stranger

58. Practice the wisdom of Timothy Ferriss

59. Practive the wisdoms of Bruce Lipton

60. Practice the wisdom of Tony Robbins

61. Practive the wisdom of Robert Kiyosaki

62. Practice the wisdom of Chris and Kerry Shook

Places to See

63. Visit New Society and Meet Maam Abila

64. Visit Apopong

65. Anawangin Cove, Nagasa Cove, Camara Island at Zambales

66. Bulog-dos, Mt. Tapyas, Kayangan Lake, Malcapuya, Twin Lagoon, Coron at Palawan

67. Calaguas at Camarines Norte

68. Palaui Island at Santa Ana Cagayan

69. Bohol Beach Club and Panglao Island at Bohol

70. calibo, Aklan

71. Mayon Volcano, Albay

72. Mt Pinatubo Crater at Tarlac

73. Marlboro Country,Vayang Ranch, Sabtang Island, Tukhon Hill, Valugan Boulder,

     Chamantad-Tinia Viewpoint at Batanes

74. Trips Abroad - list is yet to be consolidated

12 Powerful Statements From The Book "One Month To Live" by Kerry and Chris Shook

Nothing focuses a person's priorities in life like learning he is about to die. Many of us would suddenly realize we have spent our lives on things that were not very important. So many of us waste our lives with "when and then" thinking, believing that "when" this happens,"then" we will really start living and do something that really matters.

By embracing the fact that our time on earth is limited, we can deliberately, no longer postponing the joy and peace that come from fulfilling our destiny.

I'm convinced that rather than inhibiting us to play it safe, embracing our time on earth as a limited resource has incredible power to liberate us. Most of us, if we knew we only had one month to live, would live differently. We would be more authentic about who we are and are more deliberate about how we spent our time. But such a contrast begs the question: what keeps us from living this way now?

The temporal nature of our lives should keep our focus on what matters most.

Life isn't measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life

to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it, I say! Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are

only so many tomorrows.

Often we're tempted to play it safe and settle for far less than we were made for. I know so many people whose favorite day of the week is Someday. Countless people in every stage of life say, " Someday I'm going to go for all that life has to offer."

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just live the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

If we knew we had one month to live, I suspect most of us would experience crystal clarity about how to prioritize our time. If you want to live with no regrets, then you may need to inventory your life and see how you've been spending your time.

The 80/20 Principle: Basically 20% of what you do brings about most of the results in your life, and 80% of what you do is pretty much wasted time.

How does one become a butterfly? ... You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.

Love. Integrity. Forgiveness. Enthusiasm. Life. The passionate life, the one life we've been given to

live. It's about living with this passion, living life to the fullest and not settling. It's about living

passionately, loving completely, learning humbly, and leaving a legacy that will have eternal impact.

Why I Made This Blog?

Its not on my personality to write and express how I view this world, much more do I struggle with writing; but after reading "One Month to Live" (impulse buy - not a typical me)  by Chris and Kerry Shook, a hard lesson hit me. I need to make a legacy NOW! I need to document anything: wisdom to pass on to my nieces and to my future kids. One key question that the book offered was: What would you do if you knew you had 1 month to live? The making of this blog, therefore is giving a legacy to my nieces and nephews: Larah Angela, Anne, Julia, Aliyah, Gab, Angela and Joffrey Jr and of course to my own future kids (I'll name them Sigrid, Kim, Athena and Jerome Jr.). Legacy is something that will last beyond our lifetime (could be a material, memories or anything). Hence, this blog is all about the memories, the lessons, the love, the legacy that I will be leaving them.

Of course, one of my goal is to be centenarian myself, but let me try to assume that I had one month to live, lets see what happens.