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You MUST take a break. It doesn’t matter if you’re a student, an employee, a freelancer or business owner, science says you should leisurely take a break if you want to increase your productivity and improve your health which will ultimately bring you more success in your work. Stop working during lunch breaks, stop thinking about your work during these times. Abandon the need to constantly check your emails. Just take your time, leisurely, having your break. You may think you are being productive, yet sorry to burst your bubble, the fact is that the opposite is true. When you keep working during your break-time you are candidly exercising the liberty to clutter your mind. It is scientifically proven that taking a break from work will help you be more productive and allow you more room for creativity resulting in better performance. Aside from that, it’s also good for your health or at least prevent you from worsening your conditions. Dear you, studies show that your mind...

Forgive the low quality of my photos here, I took it using my cellular phone. This was year 2007, when we call it cellular phone, not smartphone, mobile, cellphone or phone. I was using a Sony Ericson W700 with just 2MP camera, I hope that explains it. And I guess this is a legit throwback post. Just recently, I found out that the place is now more commonly called Crystal beach, mainly because of the popular beach resort located here which specifically has the name Crystal Beach Resort. And this same resort was where we stayed during our visit, but it's somewhat far from what it looked like before. It looks so serene and remote a decade ago; now it's still beautiful, but modernized. I'm not sure what's the best, but I think I'll still pick how it looked and felt ten years ago. By then, we just knew it by the name La Paz beach. So the story goes this way... There was no plan. My sister and I together with some friends embarked on a road-trip without a...

My active pursuit of honing my skills recently made me stumble upon a marketing and branding solutions book by Matt Haig. And I realized that this is something worth sharing here on the blog because it may prove helpful to anyone who wants to strengthen their skill or broaden their knowledge in marketing and advertising. It was a refreshing book to read, it's never dull and also full of practical insights. Also, what I like most about this book was the honest scrutiny of the failures of famous brand names. It dives deeper into the why, how, and what made these brands succeed or fail. Thus, it's a good reference book on succeeding in the marketing and advertising world and it's indeed viable to read and heed. There are so many takeaways from this book that I'd like to write all about it here. But I feel that I'd be robbing you of the thrill in indulging this insightful book once you decided to read it. I'd like to present the gist of the book instead, ...

It isn't just a trend, freelancing is actually here to stay. As technology keeps on progressing, business processes become sophisticated, and work advances in a more efficient manner. The idea more or less started with the SME community and start-ups looking for a way to lessen costs without sacrificing productivity and quality. Presently, a multitude of big corporations have outsourced jobs to remote freelancers and there has been a steady increase in numbers. Respectable magazines and blogs like TIME, Forbes, and Huffington Post already published several articles about the rise of the freelancing industry. Business analysts predicted that freelancing will replace the traditional employment setup. The prevalence in the U.S. alone, as they house a million-plus successful freelancers, makes it encouraging for others to model. Countries around the globe, including the Philippines, now have a pool of thousand-plus registered online freelancers. The Philippines is also rising ...