Your Wealthy Mind

What will you learn this year?

January 9, 2020 by Ray L. Leave a Comment

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It’s very easy to settle into a routine and do the same thing day after day, week after week, year after year. Unfortunately though, if you don’t actively try to change for the better, you’ll scramble to adapt when your world inevitably changes.

Just think about how years of unhealthy habits lead to health problems, and to be able to live normally you’ll be forced to change your diet, exercise, or take medications. Remember, we get older and weaker, prices get higher, and newer industries and technologies replace the old. That’s just how the world works.

Well if we’re going to change things anyway, why not have fun with it and learn new hobbies and stuff for the new year? After all, there’s a saying that if we’re not growing, we’re dying, and one way to keep ourselves mentally fit and young at heart is to try new things.

If you ask me for my plans this year, here are some new things I want to try:

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5 Tips for Writing Business Letters and Emails

December 23, 2019 by Ray L. Leave a Comment

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There may be a time you’ll need to contact another company or corporation, ask for help from a high-ranking government official, or even just talk to a client. Since I’ve previously had customer and client support duties and some recent land issues we’ve had to deal with, I’ve had a great deal of experience in writing to clients as well as high-ranking government officials.

I’ve also read several books about marketing and copywriting, and the tips inside definitely helped me get good responses.

Here’s a condensed list of tips that you should learn when you want to be more effective at writing business letters and emails.

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The Five Laws of Money: A Few Simple Tips to Increase Your Wealth

November 23, 2019 by Ray L. Leave a Comment

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George S. Clason’s The Richest Man in Babylon is one of the most popular money and personal finance books out there, and I’d definitely recommend it to you. Fortunately, people consider it to be public domain so it should be easy to find some digital copies online for free.

In my opinion, one of the best things about the book is that although it’s about a complicated topic like money management, it uses simple stories to teach several valuable lessons about wealth. One very important chapter is about the “five laws of gold”. Those five tips about money are what we’ll talk about here, so keep reading to learn more!

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R.A. 9049 Medal of Valor Benefits

November 9, 2019 by Ray L. 1 Comment

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Before we talk about the Medal of Valor benefits under R.A. 9049, let me share with you a little story that happened last April of 1996…

One fateful night near Barangay Sinepetan, a huge group of over 400 heavily armed Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels marched towards the town of Carmen in North Cotabato. Due to the overwhelming number of hostile forces, some AFP officers in the area have been told to stand down.

One Scout Ranger officer, however, decided to ignore that order to save the town of Carmen. That night, in what’s widely considered one of the most dangerous missions ever done by an elite unit in the AFP, Capt. Robert Edward Lucero took an elite team of 14 Scout Rangers and they went on to attack the rebels directly.

For 9 hours, the small team held the line to protect the town of Carmen without receiving any backup or support. As they ran out of bullets and grenades, Capt. Lucero noticed the enemy 50 Cal. machine gun and the mortars that caused the most casualties to his team. In an all-or-nothing gamble, he stealthily crawled through the battlefield alone using the cover of darkness to his advantage. Through his act of courage, he was able to kill the rebel machine gunner, and take control of the machine gun from within enemy lines. By killing over 29 enemy rebels and their commander named Mangyan, he was able to turn the tide of battle, thus forcing most of the rebels to flee.

While firing at the remaining rebels, tending to his wounded comrades and maneuvering them to safer positions, Capt. Lucero, unfortunately, was shot in the head by an enemy sniper and was killed in battle.

He paid the ultimate sacrifice in service of the country.

That… was the story of my father, Capt. Robert Edward M. Lucero. “The Hero of Carmen, Cotabato”, he is one of the rare few who have been awarded the Medal of Valor, the highest combat award in the Philippine military.

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Five Things Leaders Need to Remember

October 25, 2019 by Ray L. 1 Comment

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Being self-employed, there’s not a lot of opportunities for me to lead groups, so it was a nice surprise when I was chosen to lead a certain hiking organization’s training climb. I made a lot of terrible mistakes and I consider my work on that climb a near complete failure. I’m just thankful the experience taught me a lot of lessons.

Still, that’s a story for another time. For now, here are a few things leaders need to remember.

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