8-Steps towards CHANGE!!

"When you want to grow and prosper… You need to change. When you feel you are not happy anymore, you need to change."

These are the common advice that we can hear when a situation or a difficult situation or an unpleasant situation happens to a certain person. There was one situation when one of my co-employee went to my office and asks for an advice. She asks me about what she needs to do because she is not happy anymore with one of her endeavor. According to her, she love what she is doing but then she could now feel the pressure surrounding her and that she is currently battling between quitting or going on. I know what she feels and I can really relate unto her agony right now. I have been into that situation also, when I am happy with what I am doing but then the people surrounding me, the competition is right there trying to squeeze you up. When I was in that situation at the end I quit.

Manager versus Leader

This is my reflection on the context manager vs. leader….. The topic I think that was shared by Mr. Dustin Ramirez was a very interesting topic since it had consumed a lot of time last meeting for some debates regarding contradicting ideas. Though some of the conversations and topics were non-sensical it still had given so much life during the last week’s discussion.

In the first glance on the title of this article we can say that there is no significant difference between a manager and a leader. But if we try to focus ourselves and really consider the attributes of a manager and a leader there is really a significant difference between the two. 

Can we all become manager?

By heart, we all deserve to become a manager if we just want to. We can have a subordinate and somebody to obey all our rules and regulations and commands if we just want to. How? Show to your superior that you deserve to become a manager that you have all the skills and potential and knowledge to be placed in that certain position.  Meaning, being a manager is by appointment. You can’t become a manager not unless somebody appointed you to become a manager. And, as a manager you are as well a subordinate. A manager follows what is being told. Follow also different guidelines. In an organization, say an institution, every program has its own managers… the Deans and Program Heads can be classified as managers… Why I say so? Because these are some of their tasks:

• ·         formulate rules and regulations for the program
• ·         their actions and decisions are being guided or limited to the minimum requirement imposed by the authority e.g CHED
• ·         they avoid taking so much risks
• ·         they are afraid to violate any rules in the organization

Virtual Private Networking-Seminar

When: December 9, 2011 (4pm -6pm)

Where: University of the Immaculate Conception

Speaker: Engr. Warren Badong a Certified Cisco Network Associate

The seminar was very informative thanks to our very knowledgeable speaker that day. Had a lot of learnings I just hope sir Warren will help me with my proposed research regarding the VPN protocols… hehe… aside from the very fruitful day we had a yummy snacks after. These are some of the glimpse of what happen:

Linux Ubuntu: Invading the market

Good News!

Last night after my last class in USEP (Networking Technologies 2), that was about 10pm… I went to a 24 hour Convenience store to buy some goods for my younger siblings… When I was about to pay the goods I was amazed seeing that the operating system they are using is Linux Ubuntu. Well, Congrats! Convenience Store of R. Castillo St. Agdao Davao City.

Source: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/wp-content/uploads/ubuntu804.jpg