During the live streamed episode of “Breakthrough with Boris Joaquin” last April 13, Wednesday, 7pm on the Facebook pages of The Philippine Star and Career Guide, you can get advice on how to build your dream while keeping your full-time job. 

Boris Joaquin talks to Agora Awardee for Excellence in Entrepreneurship and accredited GoNegosyo Mentor for his work in Mercato Centrale, RJ Ledesma. Together, they will answer the questions: How do you become an effective entrepreneur given the time constraints that come with a day job? What mindsets do you need in self-employment? 

The first episode of Season 8 falls on Holy Week and my favorite reflection on the Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ is the first words of His last hour — forgiveness. Who do you need to forgive? What is the first name that comes to mind? Unforgiveness, resentment, and bitterness find their foothold quietly, secretly, sometimes even imperceptibly, in hearts. Pride and fear, two familiar enemies, flourish, and your relationship with God suffers, along with your relationships with others. Who do you need to forgive today so that God can forgive you?

𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕣𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖, 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞, 𝕤𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝔽𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕤.            𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝟙𝟙:𝟚𝟝

During an episode of “Breakthrough with Boris Joaquin” streamed on the Facebook pages of The Philippine STAR and CareerGuide on Friday, March 25, Glenn Yu,  Seaoil Philippines Inc. (SEAOIL) president, was asked what he could suggest to the government to address a possible oil crisis. For Glenn Yu, reducing dependence on foreign oil and the legislation of policies supporting electric vehicles would be the best way to help Filipinos as the Philippines continues to deal with increasing fuel prices.

Today March 29, I turn 49. One more year and I’ll enter the golden age. This day makes me reflect about my life and everything that I have been through.

What keeps me going when the road of life seems difficult and hard? What fills my thoughts when I am are discouraged? As Christians, we have learned that those who delight in God’s word, in God’s truth, and meditate on it, will find refreshment and nourishment for the long haul.

As I turn almost half a century old, I pray that I will always endeavor to turn my thoughts toward Him and His blessings because those who look to Him find life and strength to keep going.

May God shield my thoughts from discouragement and the temptation to abandon His path and turn to worldly ways of power and control. God has called me to lead, teach and serve others, following Jesus’ example, even when it is hard.

I want to be found walking in God’s way everyday.

Former chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno urged Filipinos to speak their minds and push back against what they think is not right so that servant leaders, and not the self-serving ones, would be elected this coming May. During an interview over “Breakthrough with Boris Joaquin,” livestreamed on the Facebook pages of The Philippine STAR and Career Guide last May 9, Sereno said Filipinos should elect a “servant leader, nothing less” in the upcoming May elections, and that the public should fight against fake news and being stereotyped for preferring a particular candidate.

Listen and learn from the former top magistrate about how the Bible and the Philippine constitution define servant leadership and mandate us to choose only servant leaders. This part one of the whole episode.

The national elections are just around the corner. Proclamation rallies and sorties are happening left and right with the candidates’ political maneuvers. Looking at where our country has been requires us to be discerning.

One of the most influential leadership experts of our time is Ken Blanchard. He co-founded a movement called Lead Like Jesus, where I serve as regional representative for Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. When we first ran Lead Like Jesus in the Philippines, I honestly thought it would not work because of its spiritual underpinnings. But more and more companies are coming to realize that the nature and quality of one’s leadership is not just a matter of experience, education or people skills, but is essentially character-based, founded on such values as stewardship, responsibility, and accountability. It has almost been two decades, and we’re still running the program in the corporate world.

All those years of teaching servant leadership have challenged my standards as I think about my own personal leadership, about how to develop other organizational leaders, and about my own choices for our next set of national leaders.

In electing the next leaders of our nation, it is crucial to ask, “Are you choosing servant leaders or self-serving leaders?” In this episode, let me share with you some pointers on what a servant leader is like.

Is it possible for the hybrid work arrangement to become a standard practice even after the COVID-19 pandemic?

For Investors in People in the Philippines chairperson Janet Webster, it does, saying that many companies that were reluctant to implement it at first are now open to continuing it. This is part 1 of the interview with Janet Webster during the pilot episode of “Breakthrough With Boris Joaquin” on Wednesday, Feb. 9, livestreamed on the Facebook pages of The Philippine STAR and Career Guide.

Based on a study conducted by Investors in People in the Philippines, 91.7 percent of people surveyed believe hybrid working will benefit their respective organizations in the long term, while 8.2 percent said otherwise. Meanwhile, 37.5 percent of respondents said their productivity improved during the hybrid setup during the pandemic, and 50 percent answered that their productivity remained the same as pre-pandemic levels. The remaining 12.5 percent stated that their productivity in the hybrid work setup slowed down.

Janet said, “I think we’re on the brink of hybrid working now…So I think we’ve got an opportunity. People can see a hundred percent in the office [set-up] work, a hundred percent work-from-home work, why can’t we merge the two and make something even better?”