You Can Do This!

The more talents and skills you bring to the table, the greater your chances for success. Flexibility, versatility, and adaptability are key, as are several revenue and passion streams, says award-winning chef and veteran restaurateur Chef Gene Gonzalez.

The bestselling cookbook author, food writer, cooking show host, and founder of the Center for Asian Culinary Studies once gave up a career in corporate banking at age 23 to open the now legendary Café Ysabel. Whether or not you’re an aspiring chef or foodie, you’ll walk away from his kitchen (from where he recorded this) with some satisfying food for thought.

The more talents and skills you bring to the table, the greater your chances for success. Flexibility, versatility, and adaptability are key, as are several revenue and passion streams, says award-winning chef and veteran restaurateur Chef Gene Gonzalez.

The bestselling cookbook author, food writer, cooking show host, and founder of the Center for Asian Culinary Studies once gave up a career in corporate banking at age 23 to open the now legendary Café Ysabel. Whether or not you’re an aspiring chef or foodie, you’ll walk away from his kitchen (from where he recorded this) with some satisfying food for thought.

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Becoming a photographer not just saved his family from poverty, it also saved his life, says Marc Nicdao, who almost missed his calling when he told his mother he wanted to be an OFW instead of going to college. However, he secretly took the U.P. College of Fine Arts Talent Determination Test, and to his surprise, placed No. 21 overall! To make ends meet, the Visual Communications major painted murals and worked as a photographer’s assistant. In just a few years, he would go on to become the top fashion and celebrity photographer in the country. 

His foray into his other love, painting, took a while because he was fraught with insecurities about his talent. But in 2019, a photograph he turned into a mixed media masterpiece fetched P1.8 million pesos at a prestigious exhibit. A solo exhibit followed in March 2022, where all 11 paintings he created to grieve through heartbreaking loss sold out on opening day, and another one at the Monnaie de Paris in October 2022. “If you really want something, nothing can stop you and should come between you and what you want,’ he says. Follow his inspiring journey and learn about how his love, passion, and dedication to his art has brought him success despite all his insecurities and the obstacles he has had to overcome. 

Once you’ve bought the dream, you need to work really hard despite all obstacles, advises 90s supermodel-turned-super-makeup-artist Lala Flores. “If you don’t fight for your dream, who will? There will always be someone more determined than you. It’s really a race to the top,” she says about what it took for her to get there, but clarifies: “I just do my best every day with passion and determination” without pinning her hopes on the results, “and then the next day, repeat!” 

Lala shares her stories and secrets about makeup, modeling, motherhood, and making it big in whatever field you pursue. Don’t miss the highlight where she reveals her reactions to people’s “Anong nangyari sa iyo?” comments and society’s Weight Expectations in the modeling afterlife. 

Once you’ve bought the dream, you need to work really hard despite all obstacles, advises 90s supermodel-turned-super-makeup-artist Lala Flores. “If you don’t fight for your dream, who will? There will always be someone more determined than you. It’s really a race to the top,” she says about what it took for her to get there, but clarifies: “I just do my best every day with passion and determination” without pinning her hopes on the results, “and then the next day, repeat!” 

Lala shares her stories and secrets about makeup, modeling, motherhood, and making it big in whatever field you pursue. Don’t miss the highlight where she reveals her reactions to people’s “Anong nangyari sa iyo?” comments and society’s Weight Expectations in the modeling afterlife. 

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