Happy Feet: A Band that Follows
Posted by Mike Lopez in Blog on February 17, 2011
Welcome to the third of our six-part series on Happy Feet: Penguin Business Lessons. In this chapter, we’re going to identify the band of people that always follow you wherever you go. They’re your friends, fiercely loyal to you and they’ll follow you wherever you go.
In the movie Happy Feet, Mumble meets a group of five small penguins that call themselves the “Amigos”. They treated Mumble as their friend and will follow him wherever he will go, well almost.
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Happy Feet: There is Always a Believer
Posted by Mike Lopez in Blog on February 16, 2011
Welcome to the second of a six-part series on Happy Feet: Penguin Business Lessons. In this article, we will talk about that one person who always believes in you no matter what you go through.
Mumble is the ugly duckling of his kind. He doesn’t know how to sing and all he’s good at is tapping his feet and dancing – something that his community considers as different. Some even think he’s an abomination. But someone believes in him so much he doesn’t care what other penguins say.
Happy Feet: The Wave and the Surfers
Posted by Mike Lopez in Blog on February 15, 2011
This is the first of six parts of our Happy Feet: Penguin Business Lessons series. I assume that you have already watched the movie by this time. If not, I highly recommend that you do so. Go rent or buy a copy of the DVD, it’s great.
Now, let’s talk about the wave and the surfers. The wave is the world and the surfers are the people in it. The wave rushes to the shore everyday and the surfers ride it. This is the way of the world and we’ve all been used to it. We ride the wave and let the wave take us wherever it wants to take us and it’s fun.
Happy Feet: Penguin Business Lessons
Posted by Mike Lopez in Blog on February 14, 2011
Have you ever watched the movie Happy Feet? I know I did and I watched it a bunch of times over the years. Still it never fails to encourage me to pursue my dreams not just for my family and myself but also for my community.
Learning to Let Go
Posted by Mike Lopez in Blog on February 11, 2011
I just recently learned that letting go is not only for the heartbroken. It’s also for businessmen! If you want to expand your business to the point where you can just enjoy life and not have to worry about everything then you need to learn how to let go.
I am a small business owner myself and if you’re like me then I think you’d agree that we tend to handle everything by ourselves. After all it’s been said that if you want something done right, then do it yourself. That is true but it doesn’t mean it’s the best way to handle your business.
How to Professionally Handle Rejection
Posted by Mike Lopez in Blog on February 10, 2011
Have you ever been rejected? You probably have, otherwise you won’t be reading this, am I right? I myself have been rejected countless of times and I came to learn how to handle it over time.
Manage Your MySQL Database Fast with Adminer
Posted by Mike Lopez in Blog on February 9, 2011
Database management is an integral part of a programmer’s life. Different programmers use different database solutions and management tools. In my case, I use MySQL. Then I use phpMyAdmin Adminer to manage my MySQL databases.
Just heard of Adminer from Erwin, one of our developers in WishList Products last Saturday. It’s been around for quite some time already, it’s just that I haven’t heard about it before. I took a quick look at it and I became a convert. Read the rest of this entry »
Breaking the Rules Can be Good
Posted by Mike Lopez in Blog on February 8, 2011
Breaking the rules is bad… or is it?
Here’s another blog post inspired by driving. You never know what kind of ideas come up when I’m stuck in heavy traffic. So, I pulled out my cellphone and turned on the voice recorder to save the idea of that particular moment. A few sentences spoken to the cellphone resulted to this blog post.
Easy $25 Winners
Posted by Mike Lopez in Blog on February 8, 2011
Last Wednesday, 3 people won $25 each for posting their comments on this post. The post’s single purpose is to let you my dear readers tell me what you want me to do with this blog because I do believe that a blog should have two-way communication between the blogger and his audience.
As a reward, I chose 3 comments which I feel are the best in the sense that they tickled my imagination.
The Fast Lane Myth
Posted by Mike Lopez in Blog on February 7, 2011
It’s been said that the fastest way to your destination is the the so-called Fast Lane. This term has been used a lot in business and there’s truth in it. No, it’s not a myth at all but it’s not entirely correct either. The so-called fast lane is not always the fast lane and I know this by experience.
The idea for this blog post came up while I was driving to Makati City, Philippines to meet Tracy and the other WishList Member developers. Tracy’s brother JJ Childers told me that Philippine drivers are a lot like New York drivers – whizzing from one lane to the other trying to find the best lane to go through. I’m not sure how it goes in other countries but here in the Philippines, the standard “Fast Lane” is the innermost lane and the “Slow Lane” is the outermost lane.
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