Breakthrough with Boris Joaquin

In this journey called life, do you know where you are going? Most people think they do, but they are going in circles. A recent study among the young Filipino reveals that 7 out of 10 Filipinos do not have a dream. Let us tell you why and teach you how to find your WHY. 

This Project Purpose part 1 episode features 4 segments of less than 3 minutes each. (1) Introduction to project purpose; (2) discover how God may have designed you in pursuing your purpose; (3) draft your life map, a series of words or symbols that represent important things, events or achievements in your life. This helps you in reflecting on your past experiences and give you a picture who you are today or who you can be; and (4) know your Purpose Point. It is that sweet spot that overlaps with your passion. These are what you love to do, what are you good at and what would pay you, provide for you or simply put, your profession. Hopefully this is something that impacts the world.

LinkedIn is your professional calling card or digital CV. There has never been a more powerful business networking tool than LinkedIn. Everything that fuels the ascent of your personal brand lives and breathes on the network. It’s the online center for meeting people, sharing content, and creating and building business relationships.

If you’re a LinkedIn presence, but not active on the network, the following facts may give you the nudge you need:

Even if you enjoy other social media more, I want you to understand LinkedIn must be a part of your media mix. To help you make the most of LinkedIn, I’m going to walk you through best practices for developing your personal brand with the many opportunities the network offers.

In the conversation, Boris Joaquin interviews Virginia Bautista, a Personal Brand Strategist and LinkedIn Marketing Consultant. She helps individuals and organizations achieve their career and business goals through personal branding and LinkedIn marketing. Here learn how you can maximize LinkedIn to build your personal brand!

I always enjoy my conversations with this guy. So this episode "On Building Habits" basically just captured one of those convos and I am certain that you will learn something new today. 

Dae Lee specializes in company culture design. He focuses on building shared cultures by using unorthodox tools and methods for organizations to reach and sustain their peak potential. Daehas the goal of making each member of an organization understand why they’re there, what they need to do, and make them choose to stay because they want to and not because they have to.

Dae human-centered approach emanates from deep-seated empathy and disciplined structure from his product design background, further cemented through a profound understanding of the human psyche through intensive practice of military psychology under the United Nations Armistice Commission.

Currently, Dae is a certified Lego® Serious Play® facilitator and is currently a PhD candidate in organization development, while facilitating lectures and workshops to university students and companies internationally.

Boris Joaquin's first media interview for the year  happened during the first day of the year as well. 702 DZAS of the Far East Broadcasting Corporation (FEBC) featured Boris in their New Year's Special entitled "Bagong Araw".  The entire interview was done in Tagalog but Boris was answering in both Tagalog and English.  Enjoy listening to his advice on how to face 2021 with foresight and flexibility. 

2020 needs a rest. Reset life in 2021. But how can we cultivate attitudes and practices to stay focused and yet be flexible?

With a redefined future, it became clear that we and our business need a re-vision and a reset, not only due to the pandemic, but also because sociological and technological disruptions demand it.

To paraphrase the bumper sticker, “stuff happen”. We cannot avoid the stuff of life, but we can change the way we respond to it. We all know people and friends who have become burned out or are rusting. On the other hand, we also know visionary leaders who remain on purpose, self-reliant, resourceful. Thriving, not just surviving.

Here are five powerful ways to re-vision and reset your 2021.

Save the Children Philippines' eSave Natin ang Pasko is an online fundraising campaign that encourages everyone to unite in saving the Christmas spirit through a series of joyous and meaningful activities to provide joy and hope to children. These include 22 million learners, who have been experiencing major challenges such as the lack of access to learning materials and internet connection, as they struggle to learn from home.

Interviewing Ria Atayde, the newest Save the Children Philippines Ambassador. She is an actress known for her roles in ABS-CBN’s noontime drama show Ningning and Primetime Bida shows My Dear Heart and Halik. Ria belongs to a family of celebrities which includes Sylvia Sanchez (mother), Arjo Atayde (brother). Ria has been helping promote Save the Children’s campaigns since 2016. In addition, she went on a field visit before to our program areas in Navotas to learn more about the ‘first 1000 days’ and our nutrition programs.

We have been featuring breakthrough moments in the life and leadership of trailblazing individuals here and around the globe but for this episode, we are featuring Ysobel Joaquin, Boris' daughter, an aspiring songwriter, singer and artist to talk about her latest single "Christmas Again." Writing the song captured a breakthrough moment in Ysobel heart. 

"Christmas Again" is a song that embraces the realities of our current situation. With close to none festivities or cheer this Christmas, how can we say that it's Christmas again? Ysobel explores the idea of joy that does not depend on circumstance, and instead looks to the goodness of the gift that was given to us 2000 years ago: Jesus Christ.