Children born with heart defects are known to have congenital heart disease or CHD. CHDs that affect children include heart valve disorders or narrowing of the aortic valve, hypoplastic heart syndrome where the left side of the heart is underdeveloped, and disorders involving holes in the heart, typically in the walls between the chambers and between major blood… Read More »
“Oh Wind. If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”, Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the major English Romantic poets, echoes everyone’s hopes as winter comes to a much-awaited end in his famous line. It certainly resonates with many of us as the month of March comes around. Shelley was considered radical in his poetry as well as… Read More »
TITLE: Being Charismatic Greatly Benefits Your Job Search We all know someone who walks into a room and instantly turns heads. There is an immediate attraction to them without any apparent effort on their part. Their company makes you feel good. They seem cool, confident, collected, self-assured and comfortable in their own skin. They may not be attractive,… Read More »
Mare at pare, ate at kuya, kaibigan: Ilang mahimbing na tulog pa at lilipas na ang buwan ng Forever, ng sinumpaang walang hanggang pagmamahalan at pagsasamahan. Remember mo pa ba this timeless death defying line? “O, Pag-ibig na makapangyarihan, kapag ika’y pumasok sa puso ninuman, hahamakin ang lahat masunod ka lamang.” Love will always be what it was… Read More »
TITLE: Employers Buy Into You Based on Emotion “Emotions have no place in business unless you do business with them.” — Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss author. You may have heard the saying, “People buy on emotion and rationalize with logic.” This consumerism adage is also true for how employers hire. Hence, there is an unspoken hiring truism you need… Read More »
Did you know that Turkey and Syria had been a part of the Levant Quartet? In early December 2010, officials from four countries – Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan – signed an agreement to form the Levant Quartet. It aimed to develop closer economic and cultural integration among the countries and envisioned as the “EU of the Middle… Read More »
Valentine’s Day should have been a rallying point for love and peace in the world –that is what many of us hope. Admittedly, Va-Day, in the commercial world, refers, more often than not, to personal love or relationships. But within the global, geopolitical context, I sincerely wish that the spirit of Va-Day had a more inclusive tenor to… Read More »
Many studies suggest that drinking 4 to 6 cups of coffee is good for your health and well-being. The potential benefits from drinking coffee are varied and likely came from the vitamins and minerals within the coffee beans. Because coffee contains soluble fiber and prebiotic properties, coffee drinkers tended to have more microbiomes in their gut, which improves… Read More »
“Unfair,” said a grinning Mr. Turtle, as he insisted that the run between him and the hare be done in the lake. Not that 2023 is Mr. Water Rabbit’s Chinese Lunar Year and things are kind of expected to go his way with fluids, the hare cordially replied: “As you wish, Mr. Turtle. Go swim as fast as… Read More »
Asking for Feedback is Pointless. Instead, Ask for Advice. If a candidate I did not hire wants to make me uncomfortable, they only need to ask for feedback. (I will revisit this.) Self-proclaiming job search experts and career coaches commonly advise asking for feedback when you do not get the job you have interviewed for. The thinking—as if… Read More »