How to Write Career Objectives
Learn how to write career objectives that stand out. Examples, tips, and strategies from Jef Menguin, speaker and trainer on career readiness and leadership.
Think Like a Founder & Make Your Dreams Real
Every entrepreneur starts with a dream. But founders? They turn that dream into something real. They don’t wait for perfect conditions, a million-dollar budget, or someone else’s permission. They start building. They create because they’re driven by something deeper than money. Founders solve problems—real problems
Completed Staff Work: How Smart Leaders Get Things Done Without Micromanaging
These 12 stages walk you through the entire Completed Staff Work process, from defining what success looks like to presenting your work with confidence and reflecting on how you can do even better next time.
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50 Public Speaking Techniques That Work
Transform your public speaking skills with 50 proven techniques designed to help you fear less and wow your audience. Ideal for beginners and experienced speakers.
10 Presentation Skills Secrets of Persuasive Leaders
The ability to deliver a memorable presentation has never been more critical. Whether you’re addressing a boardroom, a classroom, or a virtual room full of attendees, the principles remain the same: connect with your audience, deliver your message with clarity, and leave a lasting impression.
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12 Ways to Improve Public Speaking Skills
Public speaking turned my life around. Having the courage to speak before a crowd gives people the opportunity to be heard, make their thoughts visible, and lead others.
My 3 Big Steps in Achieving Personal Development
But when you commit to moving from zero to one, you challenge the status quo. You are claiming a new reality and a new future. At that very moment, you stop being ordinary.
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Motivational Speakers: Leaders Who Move People to Action
Motivational speakers deliver hope. They show you what limitless possibilities await you. Want to become a motivational speaker? Learn the secrets today.
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Public Speaking Guide for Beginners
I will teach you easy, enjoyable, and proven ways to speak to anyone, anytime and anywhere. Public speaking is easier than most people believe.
The Values You Say vs. The Values You Live
Aisha sounded clear when she talked about herself. “I value integrity.”“I value excellence.”“I value family.” Then a normal workweek arrived and tested every word. On Monday, her boss asked for a “quick update” for a client call. Aisha wasn’t ready, but she did not want
Your Values vs Your Calendar: The Proof Audit
On Wednesday night, Paolo stood in the kitchen with his laptop open on the counter. His wife packed tomorrow’s lunch. His daughter colored at the table. The house felt calm, the kind of calm you say you want after a long day. Paolo kept answering
The Day I Beat Procrastination
It didn’t happen once. It happens every day. That’s the part people don’t say out loud. They talk about procrastination like it’s a bad season you “overcome,” like you wake up one morning cured forever. But the truth is simpler and more human: every day
Why Goal-Setting Webinars Make You Busy, Not Winning
SMART goals can look “organized” and still pull you in the wrong direction. When goals become a task list with deadlines, you get motion, not advantage. This article shows the shift from goals-as-chores to goals-as-bets—so your effort finally moves the scoreboard. On a Monday night,
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Play to Win
Turn goals into real choices—so you stop doing everything and start winning. Most people know how to set goals. They write them down. They plan. They list tasks. They promise themselves they’ll be consistent this time. Then life happens. The goals become to-do lists. The
Shiny Object Syndrome: Why the Grass Isn’t Always Greener on the Other Side
Monday morning, you promise yourself you’ll stay the course—then someone drops a link and the itch comes back. That’s shiny object syndrome: mistaking “new” for “better” because the current work feels slow, messy, and uncomfortable. If you keep switching, you never build long enough to win.
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15 Creative Ways to Promote Bayanihan
Stories you can picture. Steps you can run. Written in real paragraphs. Bayanihan doesn’t disappear because Filipinos stopped caring. It fades because we made it too big. Too formal. Too “project.” Too many meetings, too little motion. So let’s bring it back the way it
10 Essential Filipino Values that Promote the Bayanihan Spirit
How to teach this in school—and practice it at work If the Bayanihan hub is the “big story,” this article is the “inside story.” Because bayanihan doesn’t appear out of nowhere during typhoons. It grows quietly from values we practice when life is normal. And
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Modern Examples of Bayanihan
If you landed here from the Bayanihan hub, this is the “proof” section—the part where we stop talking about the idea and start seeing it in real life. Before we look at examples, let’s keep the definition simple. Bayanihan is people choosing the community over
10 Practical Steps to Do Bayanihan (Anywhere in the Philippines)
This piece is part of my series on bayanihan. The Bayanihan hub page tells you the “why.” This page is one of the “hows.” You can practice this in a condo lobby, a subdivision street, a barangay alley, a campus org, or an office team
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Iteration
The first time I ran a workshop, I wanted to look like I had it all figured out. I walked in with slides that felt like armor. I overprepared because I didn’t want to get caught off guard. I wanted to be the guy who
The “Ship It” Habit: Reliability as a Visible Practice
Build this habit when you’re tired of hearing yourself say “almost done”—and watching trust quietly drain anyway. Your team can’t plan around intention; they can only move with what’s real and usable. Make reliability visible: ship the smallest useful version early, give a clear next
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Death by a Thousand Cuts: How Time Wasters Kill Your Day
Feeling busy but finishing nothing? Learn how “death by a thousand cuts” steals your focus through small interruptions, and use a simple time management shift to protect momentum and deliver real work.
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How to Win at Work
Use this when you’re tired of “doing a lot” without feeling proud at the end of the day. Stop being busy. Start being strategic. Pick the work that moves results, protect time for it, and let your week show proof—not effort. Make your work impossible
How to Win in Life
“How to win in life” gets hard when you stay on autopilot—busy weeks, vague goals, and quiet drifting that costs you years. In this article, Jef Menguin shares a simple strategy framework you can return to when your days feel full but your direction feels unclear. Practice it and share it with your people at work so you stop guessing, choose on purpose, and build wins that actually stick.
Kapag May Tiyaga, May Nilaga
There’s a reason this line refuses to die. Not because it’s poetic. Not because it sounds nice. But because at some point in life, it becomes true in your bones. I once sat with a senior associate after work, coffee already cold. He had done
Why Your Return of Income Matters More Than You Think
Most people don’t delay filing their Return of Income because they’re careless or irresponsible. They delay because it’s uncomfortable. Sitting down to file forces you to look at numbers you’ve been avoiding, decisions you postponed, and realities you hoped would stay vague a little longer.
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The Red Flags We Keep Ignoring in Filipino Politics
On his break in a factory in Dubai, Joel checked his phone. There was a video from home. Brown water swallowing houses. People screaming names. By the time he reached his sister, it was too late. His parents and two nephews were gone—trapped inside a
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When You See the Red Flags: What an Ordinary Filipino Can Actually Do
After the flood, Joel did something he never planned to do. He stopped scrolling. For years, politics had been background noise—something loud, messy, and untouchable. But when his family died, it became personal. Not because he suddenly wanted to run for office. But because he
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Five Simple Ways Good Citizens Demand Accountability (Even Without Power or Position)
After the flood, Joel didn’t suddenly become loud. He became precise. No rants. No online wars. Just better questions. That’s how accountability usually starts—not with noise, but with citizens who refuse to stay vague. Most Filipinos think accountability is the job of journalists, courts, or
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