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Strange day

Today was a strange day as somehow I couldn’t get going. And looking back I still did quite a lot of important things, but even now I feel like standing still, or having stood still, as I didn’t write my posts yet and it is later than usual, or at least later than I wanted it to be for this.

Maybe even more strange is that today, when on my way to the city in a Jeepney, for the first time in a very long time I really felt happy, really happy. And I don’t exactly know why, except that I am more ‘in flow’ lately and that some song was being played that struck me emotionally and made me even cry (from happiness).

And earlier I couldn’t get going and was just waiting to hitch a ride with my partner, as I wanted to meet someone who was only available today, and then for quite some days anymore. And looking back I should have stopped earlier, gone to the city earlier, as it seems that is what the Universe seemed to want to tell me, that this meeting was important. And somehow it was, as we talked a lot about my big project, or actually projects, and I think we made quite some progress.

And yes, the more I think about it, dream about it, it seems that I don’t have to do alone what I have in mind. It seems somehow things are going more automatic, more automatic than before, so I just don’t have to do everything, I don’t have to push and pull anymore to get things done, just listen to my feeling, to my instinct.

So somehow what Napoleon Hill and Abraham Hicks have been writing about (and the last one is still writing about) it is true that there is something like Infinite Intelligence or God that makes everything happen.

So we don’t have to do it alone. It has all already been arranged. We just need to listen, listen to that inner voice.

Dreams of the poor

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Today we were driving through a very poor neighborhood. You could call it slums. And while driving there I was wondering what people in those neighborhoods are dreaming of, what people in those neighborhoods want to achieve in life. And I have thought about that more often lately, as e.g. I have been trying to help a fourteen year old boy from a poor family dream bigger. And I am not sure if I arrived, as in the end he cheated on me, so I didn’t trust him anymore. And I told him that. And then he didn’t come back. So maybe I have given him something, something for a better life, maybe not. Time will tell.

And no, I’m not so much upset about those things anymore. As it is his life, it is life, and I just tried to do my best and it is up to him what to do with it. And yes, I know a person like me, a grown up, a foreigner, might make quite some impression. And as I know what other people can do to children, like the influence parents have over how a child developed, I have been very careful what I told him, what I tried to teach him. And yes, I was a bit disappointed he didn’t come back. But that is maybe partly because of the culture. As I didn’t have any clue how to deal with the trust issue. But somehow I was hoping we could repair it, continue with finding some more success for him than his family has, than I had until now.

But yes, today I was confronted with the fact again that I have no clue what people in those poor neighborhoods dream about, what they consider success, what would inspire them for, well, do better?

And I still don’t speak the language here, which is kind of a handicap in a situation like that, if you want to know more about the lives of those people and trying to help them find a better life. As Philippine people may be happier than average, still, living and/or being born in a neighborhood like that I guess is not really an advantage.

Customer service Globe Philippines

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For quite some time I have been communicating with Globe about some web pages that are cut off somewhere in the middle when using our Tattoo@home connection. And with ‘quite some time’ I mean something like half a year or so, which I think is quite long for an outstanding support request for a company like Globe.

And I didn’t really want to write about it, but today I got another request through Twitter for:

Account owner’s name.
Account number.
Birth date.
Mother’s maiden name.
Complete billing address.

And those details I provided a long time ago on a similar request through e-mail, even though some things don’t really make sense to me as it is a company account, and I don’t see how my mother’s maiden name is related to that company and I also don’t know if they mean the birth date of our company or my own birth date. But also then, I don’t see what my birth date has to do with the company account that is experiencing the issue of cut off web pages.

So apparently Globe has problems with their customer support, as it seems the support staff can’t find the records of the issue I reported, even though I provided the different ticket numbers related to my concern.

Anyhow, I guess the whole thing has to do with the malware insertion they do, so I guess nobody wants to touch it, not even the account manager I know personally.

But yes, recently I am using anything, positive or negative experiences, to my own benefit. So Globe, be careful, as I think in the end you won’t make it with this kind of customer support.

Convert defeat into success

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Last Saturday I did not write my posts and I kind of felt guilty about it. And it was even worse, as I kind of planned to catch up yesterday, Sunday, but in the end I also didn’t do it. And it feels like a severe breach in my daily writing habit and I am not sure what to do next, as I just don’t feel like writing anymore.

And the strange thing is that I actually achieved quite some successes. And I wanted to write about it. But I didn’t.

So somehow I have slowly programmed myself for success, but somehow it also affects things, like writing here. So how will I convert this defeat of failure of not writing last Saturday into success? Like what can I learn from it?

And the strange thing is that one or two times before I skipped a day, but somehow this time it feels more severe, it feels like giving up writing here, writing every day. But I made a promise to myself to write here about my road to success, about how I went from my deepest down to my highest up. And I am not up yet, but somehow something changed. As people are starting to listen to me, are starting to support me, no matter how crazy my ideas are. But somehow my subconscious does not seem to accept that I can be successful, can have success.

So maybe that is what I am learning right now, that it is important to keep my promise and that I should keep writing, also now I am starting to become successful. And yes, one of the most important things towards success seems to be persistence, nothing more, nothing less. So maybe people will even start to read this, even though until now I don’t think many people are reading or have read my posts.

And yes, I should go back to the beginning, to why I started this site, this blog. And evaluate where I am standing right now compared to that time. And even though recently I have been complaining a bit again I guess, I may be amazed about how far I have gotten, and maybe how little I still have to go.

Strange, quiet

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I feel a bit strange, as it is very quiet. Not so much to do related to my business and for my large projects I need to be a bit patient, even though I should(?!), or better could, work on that. So I hope it is the quiet before the storm, before I can be part of the world again, travel and have meetings and add value and such, like when I was an employee, when I was working.

And I miss that a bit, but it seems my destiny is elsewhere, my destiny seems to be ‘to be different’ or being visionary or something.

So well, let’s wait and see.