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 Epic 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.
Kapwa-preneurs: The Filipino Way of Building Businesses That Care
It was payday Friday. Outside the small bakery, the owner smiled as customers lined up for fresh pan de sal. Sales were good. Inside, her helpers were laughing while dividing tips. But on one corner, Aling Tess—the senior baker—was quietly reading her phone. Her house
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Think Before You Share: How Ragebait Politics Turns Our Anger Into Their Power
Imagine this. Rain falls hard for hours. You step outside and the street looks like a river. You think, “Didn’t they say they built a flood control project here?” But all you see is water rising — and no one fixing it. Next week, you
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Heidi Mendoza for Senator in 2028
When my wife and I filled out our ballots last election, we didn’t vote for the most popular name. We voted for the most trustworthy one. Her name was Heidi Mendoza. She wasn’t loud. She didn’t flood our feed with campaign ads. She didn’t dance
Risa Hontiveros Gets Things Done
Imagine being the only person in the room saying, “That’s not right”—while everyone else stays quiet. Now imagine doing that not just once, but again and again. In front of cameras. In the Senate. Against people more powerful than you. That’s what Senator Risa Hontiveros
20 Motivational Success Quotes for Business
Every person who builds a business wants to succeed. But success doesn’t happen every day. Sometimes things go wrong. Sales go down. People leave. Plans don’t work the way we hoped. On those days, we all need a reminder — a few words that wake
Personal Mastery: 10 Proven Ways to Take Control of Your Growth
Personal Mastery and Learning is all about understanding and growing oneself. It involves diving deep into your own thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors.
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Malasakit Centers: Help That Belongs to the People, Not the Politician
I still remember lining up for hours just to ask help for my sick mother — and getting ₱200 that barely mattered. That’s why the Malasakit Centers matter. They fix what was once broken. But here’s the truth: this isn’t Bong Go’s gift. It’s the people’s money, turned into mercy. And no face on a tarp can ever own that.
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Ask Tough Questions: The Courage Every Leader Needs to Grow
Most people think great leaders have all the answers. But that’s not true. The best leaders ask tough questions — to themselves and to others. They ask because they want to understand, not just to look smart. When I was young, I believed that smart
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Delulu Is the Only Solulu: How We Lost Progress to a Culture of Make-Believe
A witty yet sobering reminder of how Filipinos were fooled by false promises—and why real progress begins when we stop living in delulu.
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Servant Leadership: Leading by Helping Others Win
Discover how servant leadership turns power into purpose. Learn five daily practices to help your team grow, earn trust, and lead by serving others first.
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Transformational Leadership: Build Future Leaders Today
Learn how transformational leadership turns compliance into commitment. Discover four simple shifts that help managers inspire growth, build trust, and develop future leaders.
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Integrity in the Filipino Workplace: How Managers Build a Culture of Principled Leadership
You’ve probably seen it before. A small mistake happens at work — a missing report, a delayed task, a number changed just to make things look better. Nobody says anything. It’s easy to shrug it off. “Wala namang nakapansin.” That’s how integrity at work begins
Find Your Niche and Succeed at It
Discover how to find your niche and succeed at it through ten simple shifts you can actually use. Learn how to focus your ideas, solve real problems, test fast, and build something people love to use again and again.
A Plan Is Not a Strategy: Why Busy Plans Fail and Bold Strategies Win
Eight years ago, I sat in a small office with five of my employees. For three straight days, we worked late into the night. Whiteboards filled with ideas. Tables of numbers. Timelines mapped out to the last detail. When we finished, we stepped back and
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Bridging the Gap: How the Philippines Can Integrate School and Workplace Learning
Learn how schools, companies, and communities in the Philippines can close the school–work gap and prepare students for jobs, growth, and real life.
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Diploma ≠ Deployment: Why College Alone Won’t Secure Jobs Anymore
Discover why a diploma no longer guarantees a job in the Philippines—and how schools, companies, and families can bridge the school–work gap.
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Leadership Training for Managers: How Filipino Leaders Can Shift from Overwhelmed to Empowered
Have you ever seen a great employee get promoted to manager… only to struggle the very next week? It happens all the time. Someone who’s excellent at their job suddenly feels lost when they have to lead people. The deadlines keep coming. The team looks
How Leadership Training Can Help You Transform Your Organisation
Your organisation has a bold plan. The board approved it. The budget is set. The vision looks sharp on slides. Everyone nods in agreement. But months later, the numbers don’t move. Projects get delayed. People lose energy. The strategy that looked so strong on paper
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Can Leadership Training Really Change Behavior? Here’s What I’ve Seen in 20 Years
“Does leadership training really change people?” I’ve been asked that question more times than I can count. Sometimes it’s whispered by an HR manager worried about justifying the budget. Sometimes it’s thrown at me directly by a skeptical executive, arms crossed, waiting to be convinced.
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Why Values Are Your Compass in the Age of AI
Discover why Filipino values are the true compass in the age of AI. Learn how bayanihan, pakikipagkapwa, and resilience guide students, teachers, and communities to use technology wisely and with heart.