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AFPSLAI Dividend Schedule 2024

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Want to know the AFPSLAI Capital Contribution Account (CCA) dividend release schedule for 2024? You can check it out here! By the way, I had a much better experience on this year’s withdrawal attempt thanks to the AFPSLAI ATM Card. Instead of the usual four or five hour wait time from the numbered queue, I was done in less than 10 minutes. While I still needed to commute to the branch, AFPSLAI did announce that they will someday connect it to Bancnet which will let us withdraw from almost any ATM in the Philippines. If you want to get your own card, you can read our guide on how to get an AFPSLAI ATM card on this link.

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How to Get an AFPSLAI ATM Card

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Did you know that AFPSLAI now has an ATM card? If you want one too, then here’s a short guide on how to get your own!

If you’ve saved and invested your money in AFPSLAI (the Armed Forces and Police Savings and Loans Association, Inc.), then you probably already know about their passbooks and how withdrawals and most of their other transactions are over the counter. Because a lot of things are done manually, transactions are usually slower than most banks.

Last April 11, 2023, AFPSLAI finally launched their ATM card which will let you withdraw money from your accounts using their local automated teller machines (ATMs). Compared to the passbook, that system makes withdrawals and balance inquiries so much faster and more convenient. What’s even better is that they plan to link their system to Bancnet which will allow you to use your AFPSLAI ATM card on just about any ATM in the Philippines.

If the AFPSLAI branch that you go to can print those cards and if they also have an ATM in the building, then why not get one for yourself? It will make withdrawals so much easier. If you want to get your AFPSLAI ATM card (which is also your AFPSLAI ID), then here’s what you need to know.

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Change How People Treat You: The Galatea and Pygmalion Effect

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Most of us know that people act and react differently depending on how we treat them, but few of us actually understand that how we think about others will ALSO subconsciously affect how they treat us. While manipulation with flattery and gifts (bribes) can sometimes work, that kind of fakery can backfire as people can sense it. If we want to improve how other people treat us, then here’s a valuable psychology lesson that we have to learn.

Once upon a time, in ancient Greece…

…on the island of Cyprus, there lived its king named Pygmalion, who was an extremely talented sculptor. One day, he decided to sculpt an ivory statue of a woman representing his ideal of womanhood. Upon completing his masterpiece, the statue that King Pygmalion made was so beautiful that he himself fell in love with it. He cared for it daily, as if it was a real woman.

(Just a sample statue.)

One day, on the festival of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, King Pygmalion secretly made a wish—to have a wife, just like his ivory girl. As he went home, he kissed his statue and felt that its lips were warm. As he kissed it again, the statue was now soft like human flesh. The Goddess Aphrodite had given it life, and it had become his perfect woman. They soon got married and started a family. That woman later became known as Galatea.

Modern psychologists have used this legend as an inspiration for naming two psychological concepts on self-fulfilling prophecies: The Pygmalion Effect, and the Galatea Effect. Here’s how they’re defined according to Oxford:

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What is the Subconscious Mind? – A Quick Explainer

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Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

— Carl Jung

Everything we do and everything that we are, our successes and failures, happiness and despair, all come from how we use our mind. While we can control most of our thoughts, it’s the part which we cannot directly control which has the biggest impact in our lives. It’s called the subconscious, and it’s so important that Carl Jung, one of the most famous psychologists in the world, calls it the basis of our destiny. While we cannot directly control it, we can, however, influence and improve it in order to improve our quality of life.

Why did I write this article? While most people in the Western world know about the subconscious, not a lot of people in the Philippines where I am from understand it. In fact, they think mental and psychological disorders like depression and anxiety are just people being overdramatic (“kaartehan”), and that patients just need to pray to get “cured”. It’s not. They’re as real as high blood pressure and diabetes, but they’re illnesses affecting the neurochemicals in the brain. Just like how prayers cannot instantly lower cholesterol levels or regrow chopped off limbs, they’re not direct cures for psychological issues like depression, anxiety, autism, and others like them.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s start the lesson!

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How to Gain Confidence: 3 Principles You Can Learn Right Now

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Having confidence in yourself opens new possibilities, gives you the courage to take opportunities as they appear, and increases your chances of succeeding at what you want to do. Unfortunately, as we make mistakes and fail at certain things (hey, none of us are perfect) and as other people shame and discourage us, we learn to fear failure, doubt our own abilities, and become constantly discouraged.

How do we gain more confidence? How do we gain the kind of courage that will let us become more successful in life? Here are three ways you can do just that.

First, a MAJOR disclaimer: 
Confidence is NOT recklessness. True confidence is backed by knowledge and expertise and is a key to getting good results. Recklessness, on the other hand, comes from a place of ignorance and will usually lead to humiliation and disaster. In real world terms, confidence is the expert who has trained for decades to become a master and avoids trouble (but wins tournaments). Recklessness is the punk who acts tough, harasses people, and then gets his ass kicked sent to the hospital.

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