Dear Sir:

Thank you very much for a very productive conversation we had yesterday. I look forward to work with you on many projects in the future. I have “grand” plans for the Philippines. God willing, I hope you can help me in making a difference in the lives of our people.

I am interested in your future plans. You impressed me as an achiever, a dreamer, and truly entrepreneurial. You must have done more than what I have done. And I am privileged that you thought of communicating with me. Please tell me more of what you dream about, those dreams which give you energy to wake up every morning and when you resign at night make you look forward to the next day. I may be of small help, but whatever little help that I can give, you will get it full.

When two souls come together to accomplish small tasks, they produce great results. Everything starts with aligned intentions. Let me start with mine.

I like to serve my God with my best. He has given me talents to speak, to touch, and move people. I intend to make use of these talents. Every day, in every way, I will increase my value a hundred fold. People may not see it, but more important than what people see is what God sees in me. For you and me, we simply have to see ourselves with the eyes of God so that we become what we truly are. We are unique. We are valuable. We are masterpieces created in God’s own image. We are God’s caretakers. We are the Light of the world, the Salt of the earth. We may not do everything, but we are given the power to do everything with anything that we can do.

So, I will speak in churches, in school rooms, in the board rooms, everywhere I have an audience of one and ten thousand. Having known what I know, having survived my life struggles and thrived, having seen the potentials of people, I cannot help but speak.

So, I will touch and move people. We all need someone to show us how important we are. We can show people how important they are. And we can help them move up and grow up. Either we pull them up, or push them up. Filipinos are fed up with people pulling them down. I have realized that it is easier to pull them up. Filipinos are tired of people blocking their way. I have realized that it is faster to move when you are not blocking anyone. You move faster when you push them up.

But only those who want to move can be moved. I know that so I persist. Eventually, people will get tired of just being rooted in one place. So, yes like Socrates, I disturb their mind. Yes, like Paul, I tell them to change their way of thinking. Yes, like Cory Aquino, I show them that they are worth living for. Yes, like Zig Ziglar I sell. I sell hope. I sell dreams. I sell their greatness to them.

There are so many things we can do together. If your dream is to be a dynamic speaker, I say that you are your best teacher. I can tell you what I think, and show you what I do, but only you can teach yourself how to speak well. Don’t believe those public speaking books that say you can learn their way. You will always interpret a book based on your experiences and readiness. You read them, but it is you who will mold yourself. Thank those public speaking teachers for sharing with you their theories, but seek those speakers who when they speak people listen and lives are changed. You listen to them and observe them from an hour, and you may learn more from these inspirational speakers more techniques and principles than attending one year public speaking classes, or attending Toastmasters for ten months or even ten years. I have learned many beautiful things from Toastmasters. One of them is that if you like to know the secrets of the best speakers, stop listening to the midgets who shamelessly promote themselves as public speaking teachers. Yes, I can share with you one thing or two, but you are your best teacher.

I do consulting here in Manila. I design and facilitate training programs for companies. We can do the same in Cebu. We may offer the following programs to them.

Team Building. Most people think team building is all about games and recreation. Most people think that team building is a yearly event. I disagree. Team building is about helping the team overachieve its objectives; it is about producing the best results. Team building is a daily thing. This is why I have designed team building programs to address unique team problems. Every team building workshop is reflecting, thinking over, planning on what can be done in the work place. It does not  “build” the team in one day. These seminar and workshops make them hunger for the need to build the team daily in the workplace. Which organization do you believe need our help? Help them contact us.

Leadership. I have conducted leadership workshops and retreats for schools, churches, and private business. We can teach them coaching and mentoring skills, managing skills, developing personal leadership, and organizational leadership. I have learned so much from my personal experiences, from various leadership authors like Tom Peters and Jim Collins. I have also led strategic planning programs for churches using Appreciative Inquiry. Can you identify good markets for leadership workshops there in Cebu?

Communication. We can offer Cebuanos speaking and presentation workshops. The good thing about these workshops is that they are experiential. People learn best by doing. We will share to them the best principles that we know, but we accept the fact that we are not their teachers. They are their best teachers. We will help them recognize their strengths and sell to them their potentials. You will be amazed to see how some workshop participants change their attitude about speaking, and regain confidence within few hours. I said that they will regain confidence because I don’t believe that there is a person with low self-esteem when she was still a baby. The same is true with my Business Writing seminars. Frankly, I don’t teach them to write flawless letters. I help them make letters that create business.

I can provide you a list of the training programs that we can provide. You can become an expert to any of these programs by putting your heart into them, by understanding that you are not making them to make more money but to help your clients get rid of their problems and produce their desired results. Attached to this letter is my resume. This resume is not yet updated, but I believe you will see the big picture. I will send you an updated one this month. I am too busy thinking and speaking and touching and moving people that I lack the time marketing my seminars. I don’t worry though. God has caused people to call me.  Someone will even read this post and may think of people who need our help. I am sure that he or she will do something today. I have on average two callerswho  every day inquire about my teambuilding, communication, and leadership seminars. And He caused people like you to contact me so you can help me market my seminars. God gives us blessings every day. My clients are God’s blessings to me. You are God’s blessing to me.

To your greater success,

Jef Menguin
Cebuano

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