Jack Ma Quote Collection And Lessons (Shared to the DLSU Students)

1. Learn the mistake the others are making to know what to do when the mistakes happen to you.
(not how you avoid a mistake but how you face it)

2.  Do not find the best people, find the right people. 
There are no best people.  The best people is in your own company.

3. Change yourself and do not believe that you are always right.

4. It is important for small business to dream big. The big businesses should take small steps.  They should also seek to change, even slowly, in order to be more relevant to people’s needs.

5.  There should be a group of people with crazy dream, not just 1 person with crazy dream.  If it is a group dream, it will go farther.

 

6.  If your customer like it, your team like it, then it is a good idea.

7.  If you complain, be sure to have solution.  If you don't have solution, don't complain. 

Don't complaint to others.  Just complain to yourself.  Check your own problem.

8.  Be simple, stay foolish and no matter just continue.

9.   Where there is complaint, there is opportunity.

10.  In prioritizing, pick up things that you are passion about, things you love to do, things you can sustain.  Because the things you love, the things you are good at, it will last long.

11.  Whether study or work, you have learn.  You have to put all the knowledge into practice. 

12.  Traditional education is not matching the realties of the economy and the environment.




13.  Don't invite your best friends to form a company with you.  Don't.  I see many tragedies.

There are cases where they succeed.  But, the most fails make friends with them once they're in the company treat them. 

14.  Friendship is based on trust.  Your team trust you.  When they are in trouble spend time with them.   Business is friendship building.  Friendship is about trust building.  No friend, no business.
No trust, no friendship.

15.

When you are 20-30 years old, find a good boss, a good boss is better than a good company.  A good boss would discipline you, train you, develop you.

When you are 30-40 years old, do something for yourself.

When you are 40-50, do something you are good at.

When you are 50-60, focus on helping young people.

When you are 60-80, spend time with your grand children.

 

16. You will never make big mistakes, where you don’t have money.

 

17. No matter how smart you are, if you don’t know how to work with people, your dreams will just be dreams.  

 

18. You have to change all the time. We don't care about if people say we are crazy. We care about, is this really different?  Keep innovating. 

 

19. I believe it is not the technology that changes the world, but the dream behind that technology. 

 

20.  Young people who want to do lots of things is better than young people who has lots of things to do.

 

21. Don't be discouraged when people don't help you.

22. Sometimes MBAs can make you stupid.

Lessons on Market Trend

1. Data Technology > Internet Technology

• I think he is referring to how we can use of tons of data gathered to our advantages opposed to inventing an information system

     2. 80% Online

     3. Consumer to Producer (C2P)

     4. Important to:
         a. have a mentor
         b. be money reaching
         c. be market reaching
         d. be technology reaching

     5. The importance of sales should be understood in all the processes.

Lessons on Yourself

    1. Be Unique

   2. EQ > LQ > IQ

5 Tips for Buying Crane Parts

Safety should be one of your biggest concerns on construction sites. In addition to following protocols and making checklists about machine operation, this also means buying the right equipment in the first place. Here are just five tips for ensuring that you only purchase the best when you're in the market for cranes or crane parts.

1. Know Your Needs

Overhead bridge cranes are different than sidelifter cranes. Before you do any shopping at all, make sure you have a firm understanding of what you actually need on your construction site. Consider things like size, features, range of motion and weight capacity.

2. Look at Brand Names

Which brands are known within the industry for their strength and durability? Which are infamous for being overpriced or full of defects? Do your homework to figure out which logos are the ones that inspire trust in their buyers.

3. Know Your Price Range

Price ranges are better than budgets because they encompass both starting and ending prices. For example, you might tell yourself, "Anything under X dollars is likely to be a cheap, flimsy product, but anything over XX dollars will send me into the red." These are the kinds of things to think about as you draft a budget.

4. Read The Company's Reviews

What do previous customers have to say about them? Were they satisfied with their purchases? Were there hidden fees during the checkout process? Would they come back and buy from the company again?

5. Ask About a Warranty

"Never buy anything without a warranty" is good advice in general, but it's especially true for crane parts. You don't want to spend your entire budget twofold just because you have to pay shipping charges to return a defective item. Before you swipe your credit card, read the fine print on returns, exchanges and other compensation.

Whether you're repairing a bridge or building a skyscraper, these are just a few things to keep in mind as you search for crane parts. Remember, safety is of the utmost importance. Don't be afraid to take your time and only buy something that feels right.

Three Tips for Lighting Up Your Patio

Lighting up your outdoor patio is essential if you're looking forward to entertaining guests outside, but it can be a challenge to know which lights to purchase. While weatherproof lights are definitely an obvious must, you'll also want to look into what other differences exist between these fixtures.'

Setup and Power
One of the biggest things that you'll want to look into when comparing lights that can be used for your patio is how they're installed. Some lights run on solar power, allowing you to simply open the packaging and place them wherever you like in your yard. If the lights need to be plugged in, you'll need to get creative with the cords so that they're hidden and in a safe position.

Styles Available
Keeping in mind the other furnishing and decorations on your patio is a good idea in order to keep the patio looking great. A lot of people make the mistake of purchasing lights that are a bad fit in comparison to the rest of the details in their patio. For example, you should stick with tropical lighting if you already have this theme present.

Amount of Light
While some lights are meant to be staked on the ground and produce only a small amount of light, others are meant to be much more bright. Comparing your options will help you find the best fit.
After you make a decision regarding which lights are best for your patio, go ahead and order today your favorite fixtures.

Getting the Most from Your Alarm System

Installing a home alarm system is a prudent move for many reasons. Doing so can reduce home insurance rates and protect one's valuables, for starters. Regrettably, most homeowners fail to tap into the full potential of their systems. If you have an alarm system, you owe it to yourself to get the most from your hardware with the following tips.

Fine-Tune Sensor Behavior
The default system configuration of a top-shelf alarm setup should work well for most homeowners. However, it's rarely optimal. During the first month or so, you should test-drive the system and adjust sensor sensitivity as well as placement to avoid false positives. Pay close attention to what triggers a mobile app alert and what doesn't.

Personalize Home Access
A modern alarm system can do so much more than simply alerting homeowners to unauthorized entrances. Start off by giving each resident their own unique access code. Typically, it's also possible to set up no-show alerts that are sent to a mobile phone in case someone who's supposed to come home never arrives.

Use a Third-Party Monitor
Relying on an alarm installer to monitor your system isn't the best option. Contracting with a business that specializes in alarm monitoring is a better way to administer a home security system. When seconds matter, having the most experienced and knowledgeable security experts available notify the authorities for you can prevent a potentially disastrous outcome.

Have a Backup Plan in Place
An alarm system won't do you much good if there's a blackout in your neighborhood and you don't have emergency power waiting in the wings. At a minimum, your alarm network should be equipped with a 24-hour battery array that can keep everything operational while electricity from the grid is unavailable.

Regularly Test Your Connections
Nowadays, many home security systems rely on numerous wireless components to provide responsive protection. Despite their convenience, Wi-Fi systems can be spotty if you run into interference from microwaves and concrete walls. Take 10 minutes every month to ensure that each part of your alarm system can communicate clearly and consistently with central command.

Going the Extra Mile
If you go to the trouble of setting up an alarm infrastructure, you might as well squeeze as much functionality out of it as possible. The tips covered here in brief are a decent start. Fully familiarize yourself with your security hardware and software to make the most of your system.

7 Simple Tips In Finding Happiness

This is for my friend who seems depressed.  He sleeps for more than 12 hours a day.  He always feels sad and tired.  He feels that he is hopeless or worthless and in relation to this he wants to die.  He has a difficulty in concentration.  He is very irritable.   He has unexplained headaches everyday and often on other parts of his body like his leg too.  He has a loss of appetite.  I've been watching him like this for five years.  Too bad that he and his family is in denial.  I do understand that its easy to blame others or make excuses.  But, I hope my friend reads this.


1. Be Satisfied and Thankful For The Little Things Life Has To Offer

The little things can be anything.  It can be a person , place or an object.  Remember, although they can be measured differently like based on a price tag,  you can always have your own way of giving them value.  Being rich or poor has nothing to do with this.  Always be glad for every knew experience or the things you learn.  Through this, there will never be a boring moment in your life.  


Whenever I treat my friend out for a dinner or bring him to a cool new place.  He will often shrug and tell me its nothing special.  He always tells me with a disappointed face that he couldn't eaten something more delicious if he wanted to or go somewhere better if he wanted to.  I have never seen him happy or excited about anything.  When I ask him what he thinks about something, he'd be forced to say that it's "okay".  He feels that by inviting him, I should be the one to be thankful for his attendance.  


On the other hand, I'd be happy over a scoop of cheap ice cream or even just a box of chocolates.  I could be happy just by hearing my favorite song on the radio and the like.   I'm also always eager to learn and try out knew things.   That way I could am happy everyday because there will always be something wonderful in a day. 


2. Be Optimistic

It is undeniable that there will always be something bad to happen in our lives.  But, there will always be something good corresponding to it.  Its like the common expression of the "Is the glass half empty or half full?"  My friend always saw the glass half empty.  In fact, he is always searching for the wrong or bad things that he misses out on all the good things.  Even if there is no problem at all, he finds one and makes it a big deal.  Our minds are very powerful.  We have the power to turn the outcome of our life with our mindset.  If you are not convinced then I suggest that you test it out like I did on my personal experiences.


3. Learn to Let Go

This is the counterpart of being optimistic.  You should always learn to let go.  A lot of people are afraid of optimism because it can result to disappointments and annoyance.  Well, why would you let those things irritate you or make you waste your time and energy?  Sometime, we even let them anger or let us hate them.  You already know that it will do no good so when bad things happen learn all you can from it and then throw it out and forget it ever happened.  Some people like my friend find it difficult to let go.  He even reasons his pride as an excuse.  We should learn to forgive and forget.  Some ask "How can I forgive when it hurts so much?"  Truth is, it hurts more when you hold it in and don't let go.  


4. Share the Blessing and Build Relationships

If you have learned to value other, share your blessings with them and feel the happiness twice by making them and yourself happy.  The more people you help and share with, the more it will increase your self-worth.  A simple way of sharing happiness with others is simply smile or greet them and notice how many of them will respond positively.  It's better to be fooled than be fooled.  So try to trust others and show sincerity.  Through this, you can build relationships with others and they can help you whenever you are in need.  No matter how alone you may seem, I'm sure you have your family to start with.


My friend never understood this.  He was always expecting something in return in every action he did.  He could never understand and feel the joy of simply giving.  It is because he never learned to recognized the value of others around him.  


5. Navigate Your Life, Keep Yourself Busy and Be Productive

Always do something with your valuable and limited time.  Make a goal for yourself and feel the happiness it will bring once you achieved it.  A lot of people look at work as negative when it is actually something good.  It is by setting our goals and reaching it that we find meaning in our lives and we learn to value ourselves.  Moreover, by being idle, you are letting your body depreciate.  It also allows a lot of negativity to flow into your mind.  Being productive means trying our best and getting read or blames and excuses.  It's so easy to escape from responsibilities or our mistakes by blaming others or making excuses that we never learn from it.


6. Have Faith

Remember to keep the faith.  Always pray to thank and ask for guidance whenever you are lost or confused.  We are not perfect and we will always need divine intervention.  


7. Reflect and Meditate

Always take time to appreciate and recollect your life experiences.  Sometime, you can find similarities and differences in each occurrence.  Take note of them and acknowledge your actions and mistakes and learn from them.


Perhaps, you have more tips on finding happiness? 

My Impression on the new Google Plus (+) [pics] FREE invites

Previously Google has released its Google Friend Connect, Google Reader, Google Cloud Connect, Google Buzz and Google Wave.  Now, it just launched something bigger, its social media network called Google +.  It is currently on field trial and by invites only.  It's available for both android and mobile too.

      So what to look forward in Google +?

• Design 
• Clean and neat but maybe too clean?
• The toolbar on top is pretty handy
• The search bar is pretty cool search through Google profiles, Web pages and Images
• User-Interface
• I find it difficult to adapt.  I even had to find out how to invite friends.
• Features:
• Stream -similar to Facebook status/comment
• Limited - According to the description: "If you initiated a post in the stream, clicking Limited at the top of that post will show you the profile pictures of everyone you shared with. Only the person who started the post can see this information. If you chose to share with your extended circles in addition to other people, clicking Limited will only show that you shared with your extended circles--specific people won't be identified."
• Edit Post - you can edit post and it will displayed  (edited x:xx PM)

•  Photos -sorted accordingly for easy viewing:
• Photos from your circles
• Photos from your phone
• Photos of you
• Your album - my blogger photos showed up here

•  Profile
• Posts
• About
• Google Maps integrated in places lived
• Photos
• Tagging
• See Photo details - flips your photo so you can see the photo details
• Video's
• +1 - Your +1's appear here. +1 the things around the web you like, agree with, or want to recommend to others (similar to Facebook's Like)

•  Circles - you can create groups called "Circles" and Drag-and-Drop your friends inside it.  Through this we can control and limit our privacy.

• Friends
• Family
• Acquaintances
• Following
• Sparks - be updated regarding contents of your interest (Like an automatic Google Reader filtered by interest)
• Hangouts - Virtual Voice and Video Chat Room (Requires Google Voice and Video Chat Plugin)

• You're webcam and mic will automatically be activated 
• You can select the friends to invite for your hang out
• Clicking the green "Hang Out" button transport you to the hang out page
• Once you go into Hangout:
• You're stream will show "your name is hanging out" below it is a button that says "Join this Hangout"
• You can chat with friends
• You can watch You Tube videos
• Notification - updates you on who invited you and who commented something related to your post or comment.  I find this too complicated and confusing.  It extends into mini windows on the upper right of the screen until you get lost where you are.  It would be better if it just directs you where the updates are instead of opening a new one through that small window.  
• Post Functions: 
• Mute this post -hide
• Report Abuse - same with Facebook's
• Block this person - same with Facebook's
• Chat - similar to Facebook's Chat
• Suggestions - same as Facebook's Suggestions

Overall, I'd say its pretty neat start.  But could use an improvement on the user-interface or they could provide more instructions, description and guides.  It's success also depends on the how well it will integrated with other mediums like Web Pages, Twitter and more because its greatest competitor Facebook has already surpassed that.   It would also be cool if it would have notifications from other Google apps like Google mail and Blogger.  I hope they will also offer apps like games,groups,docs,events, poll, discussion, notes and more?  It pretty bare right now so we'll just have to wait and see what they can offer next.

How about you?  What do you think?

UPDATE: Google + is now open for sign ups

Sagada Cave Connections (Day 4 Part 2)

We went to the Sagada Tourist Center to register us all.  (NOTE: There were no waivers or other safety measures aside from this) Each registrant is charged a registration fee of 10 php.  We also hired 8 tour guides because there were 19 of us who will be going through the Sagada Cave Connections.  Each tour guide has a service fee of 400 php.  Since there were too many tour guides we had to hire a van for them.  To our surprise, the cave was only a little further downhill from our location.  

              

Our guides told us to leave the rest of our belongings like towels etc. since they will only be extra weights to carry.  So we only brought water-proof bags, cameras and bottled waters.  It was 9:30 a.m. as we walked through the partially cemented trekking tracks going down to the cave site.  Our guide said it was cemented for the convenience of Senior Citizens (like my aunts and uncles) who want to enter the cave.

Entrance / exit of Sumaguing Cave

At this point I was expecting that we would be entering a simple and plain cave like what I see in batman movies.  Then when we reached the cave, we saw coffins and a warning sign not to go in beyond 5 p.m.  My companions ahead were already far down.  I was surprised that we had to go down the cave through the big rocks.  But I went along.  I was too curious to see what was inside the cave to be intimidated by some rock.  I went down one cautious step at a time.  When I'm uncertain if I can balance well, I would sit and crawl down on my back.  Its better to be safe and slow than to fall down and hit some rocks and injure myself.  The cave rocks were amazingly smooth though.

Guide instructing me where I should step

Soon, everything became dark and obstacles became harder and harder.  I had no idea of what lies ahead.  I just followed my companions and the listened to the guides.  Our guides carried their lamps to help us see which way to go.  They would instruct us where to go, what position to carry out and where to step.  Sometimes, I feel like my feet could not reach the rock where I'm suppose to step.  The guide told me I should trust him and push it even if I feel nothing and so I did.  I kept on stretching my legs more and more and somehow I managed to reach the point where my foot should touch.  I really had no idea that entering the cave would be like this.  I expected a walk through the park and just viewing rock formations.  I was misled by all the photos in the restaurants of the cave having people relaxing and smiling happily.

There were some parts wherein we had to enter a small crack in the rocks.  We had to listen to our guide so that we won't fall since we couldn't see where we are stepping. We kept on going downwards but we didn't notice it because we were too busy trying to accomplish one task at a time.  Soon we could see our companions already ahead and far below us.  We wondered how they were able to go down so far and so fast.  Then our guides instructed us to follow them and we did and then we ended up being where our companions were.  The guide told us to look up and we were surprise to see that just a few minutes before we were way up and now we have gone down quickly.

There was a part were we had to step on our guides shoulders and he would lift us up so we could grab the rope and climb up.  It was a bit difficult for me since I was not used to lifting heavy objects.  I had to lift my own weight to be able to climb up.  Perhaps because of my survival instincts or fear of falling into the dark abyss, I was able to accomplish such task.  After encountering many rock formations, we learned that sand colored rocks are good to step on especially when wet since your feet attaches to it while white colored rocks are very slippery and dangerous especially when wet.  During our caving, we noticed that sometimes the lamps of our guides get broken and they had to repair them manually while inside the cave.  We felt lucky to have many guides so that while others where repairing their lamps, our journey still continues.


The part I feared most in the cave were hanging through the edges.  This reminded me of the movie "Cliff Hanger" except that Sylvester Stallone had a muscular body and sometime had safety ropes attached to him and we don't.  I had to choose good sturdy holes to insert my hand and foot.  I had to secure myself otherwise I will fall.  There are no paths and no other way.  When I look down, I could only see darkness.
                  

                          

Along the way, we were awed by the rock formations we encounter.  They had weird names like pregnant woman, mickey mouse, curtains and rice terraces.  There was also a very large caulli flower in the middle of the cave.  We soon reached parts were there are cold waters.  We had to dip our feet in order to cross.  We had to go fast because the the cold water makes is painful to our nerves.  We also noticed that when you wet yourself smoke comes out from you.  When you breath fog also comes out from you. It also got a lot more slippery which made it more difficult to step on the rocks and balance.
         
At around 12:30 p.m. we were near the entrance.  One of the guides asked us if we wanted to go out already or continue towards an extension.  He said with our pace, it would take us an additional hour and a half.  We all said "Let's go there" and so we did.  The guides then asked us to remove our slippers (Flip-flops) and they threw them somewhere downwards.  We didn't see our slippers until later when we were near the exit.

This part was different from what we previously encountered.  It had more beautiful rock formations and it was always wet.  There was a part where I accidentally slid of the rope and splashed into the water hard.  Luckily, it was water and we really had to cross that water.  The water was waist deep and it was really cold so some of us even shouted when they submerged.  I was less fearful during these stages because it was water but even water was dangerous.  There were deep holes in the ground that you could accidentally fall on so you need to watch your step or stay by the rock side always.

I enjoyed most parts just stepping on sandy colored rocks.  But when we were near the exit, we were given our slippers back and climb a mountain sandy colored rocks.  It reminded me of the desert except that these were hard rocks we need to climb on.  After that, we had to climb large rocks covered entirely of bat poop.  My feet being wet and muddy from the bat poop made it slip through my slippers so it was very difficult to climb up.  I found climbing up more difficult and tiring than going downwards.

Stairs from the cave exit to the road

Entrance / exit of Lumiang Cave

After climbing different kinds of rock formations 1 even looked like a staircase we finally could see the light from the outside.  But the steps still looked endless. I was losing my stamina and so couldn't take my steps properly and balance so the guides had to assist me upwards.  After reaching the cave exit.  It was around 1:20 p.m. and we were so tired when we reached the top that we had to sit alongside the road.

The guides' van was waiting outside.  We gave them  tip for their excellent service.  After a few minutes, our ride came to fetch us too.  We were all so tired and hungry so our next stop was at Masferre Inn and Restaurant. (see separate entry)

 Tips: (Wish we had known before went in)

1. Wear flip-flops that are not slippery when wet or have straps so your feet won't slip out of it when your feet is wet and muddy
2. Don't bring anything except bottle water and cameras and if you can't carry them anymore, ask your guide to.
3. Avoid stepping on white colored rocks they are very slippery like soap especially when wet.
4. Don't wiggle the rope when you climb.  Keep your feet apart for more stability and climb one step at a time.  
5. Listen to your guide.  Don't hesitate stepping on them.  It may be the only way.
6. If you're out of shape, expect your muscles to sore after.
7. Wear light clothes that easily dry (we wore board shorts and swim wears)
8. Bring zip lock bags for your gadgets and money
9. This is not an obstacle for the frail hearted 
10. To avoid muscle pains, do stretching.  Had to stretch so much to reach rock to rock... (Don't be fooled if the guides seem to be relaxing themselves)