Ever heard of the ‘mirror test’?

John Maxwell, a world-famous speaker and author on leadership once said “being a leader is more than just wanting to lead.

My association with Filipino inventors dates back many years ago.

Today, there is a growing concern for environmental protection and conservation.

Nowadays, many people are talking about medical tourism. Not just talking about medical tourism though.

In export, it is not enough to know about one’s particular export product/s.

We are a resilient people.

While we can no longer do without cell phones in today’s lifestyle, we should limit our use of cell phones to minimize our exposure to radiation and reduce the potential side effects and consequences on our health.

Sometime ago, I read a short article titled “Hearing Isn’t Listening.”

In our culture, advertisements regularly bombard us with all kinds of promotions for ready-packed processed food – especially fast food.

Go natural… go herbal… go organic.

Correspondence diplomacy is an area in export business that is not given importance by many of our exporters.

The 2009 Green Book Festival is an annual competition honoring books that contribute to greater understanding, respect and positive action on the changing worldwide environment.

All of us know that water is good for the body. But not many know what happens to the body if it does not receive its daily need of water.

Since April 4, 2009, when my article under this column came out titled Moringa (Malunggay) Philippines – I have been receiving numerous requests to write more about moringa.

It is bad enough to be ordered deported when you know about the hearing.

Since I was young, I have been exposed to the so-called “fountain of youth” mystery.

So often has it been said that the world has a tale of two economies – the big-company economy and the entrepreneurial economy.

As a public service, I have written no less than 9 articles in the past few months about cell phones and our health.

“Coconut oil is the healthiest oil on earth.” - Dr. Bruce Fife

“People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be – not what you nag them to be.”

Nowadays, many people are talking about prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs that do not need doctors’ prescriptions, and drug interactions.

Is eating eggs unhealthy? This is a topic that has continuously been debated from a health standpoint.

Not many know that the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) is conducting free livelihood training programs.

A local trade fair featured a lounge chair that has no screws or nails. The chair is eco-friendly, biodegradable, and knocked-down; it uses corrugated board as a back support instead of traditional wood, and is contoured like the body of a dinosaur.

Today, numerous government and/or private, local and international groups, organizations, councils, commissions, and institutions are working to maximize the health, nutritional, economic, environmental, therapeutic and medicinal benefits of the moringa (malunggay) plant.

Everywhere – inside houses, inside buildings (like in grocery stores, in drugstores, in doctors’ clinics, and in hospitals ),  in moving vehicles ( like  cars and buses), and even in elevators we see  people of various ages and sex using their cell phones for talking and messaging.

Everywhere – inside houses, inside buildings (like in grocery stores, in drugstores, in doctors’ clinics, and in hospitals ), in moving vehicles ( like cars and buses), and even in elevators we see people of various ages and sex using their cell phones for talking and messaging. Even a nanny (called yaya in Tagalog) while carrying or holding an infant or a young child in her arms is using a cell phone to talk to someone or to send a text message. One time while in a building I was observing a nanny talking over her cell phone with someone while carrying a 3-month old baby for fifteen (15) straight minutes without interruption. We also see everyday young children below the age of fourteen (14) years talking or sending text messages.

To many of us, we associate the word Reynolds with ballpoint pen. Many of us are of the impression that Reynolds is the inventor of the ballpoint pen. This is not the case, though. There were persons other than Reynolds who invented the ballpoint pen. Way back in 1888, somebody already thought of the idea although the idea never went into the production stage. Later, the 1930’s, a Czech invented a different kind of ballpoint pen and in fact manufactured the product. Again, in the early 1940’s, a Hungarian journalist invented another version of the ballpoint pen.

How can we prevent our heads from getting swollen due to pride and arrogance? How can we disassociate ourselves from the so-called "greatness" syndrome? How can we control our obsession to be always number one and be happy to play second fiddle? How can we make ourselves believe that the "mighty pedestal" built on conceit and egotism can crumble anytime? Here’s how one great president did it. The late US President Theodore Roosevelt usually took a walk at night with a friend and explored the vastness of the darkened universe. President Roosevelt would then break the silence of the night and say: "Now, I think we are small enough. Let’s call it a night."

In many countries today, the handshake takes precedence over any other greeting. Handshake is being widely used around the world, not only as a form of greeting but on other occasions as well – like in expressing gratitude, in extending congratulations, as a parting gesture, as a sign of good sportsmanship and even in concluding an agreement. The handshake is initiated when two hands touch immediately. A handshake is made using bare hands and not while wearing gloves. In traditional American etiquette, good behavior requires a man to remove his right glove to shake hands with a lady. However, ushers at a wedding keep their gloves on.