Dr. George S. Chua
Quo vadis LTO?
April 24, 2024 11:18 pm
Quo vadis is a Latin phrase meaning “Where are you going?”. It is perhaps appropriate that we ask this question about our LTO (Land Transportation Office). I love many things about the LTO such as the 10-year driver’s license, but has been issuing paper licenses for over a year now due to the lack of the normal plastic cards. While there may have been legitimate reasons for this such as legal issues, the motoring public is the one suffering. We all know that these issues can take many years to resolve such as the COA audit in 2023 that the LTO has yet to deliver 1,797,000 pairs of license plates to their owners, with a total value of P808.7 million, some dating back to 2015.
Psyche of success
March 11, 2024 2:38 pm
Over the years I have had the privilege and pleasure of meeting and making friends with people who have had some degree of success, a moderate degree of success and those who have been wildly successful. I am not talking about people who inherited their wealth and stopped there, I am referring to people who made something out of nothing and those who were given something to start with and found a way to make it grow exponentially.
You need a degree
February 21, 2024 10:16 am
Whenever I interview people for a job in the company, I always have their CV in front of me and the first thing I look at is the degree of the applicant. Previous job titles and experience can easily be embellished and I have encountered those who actually lie about what they did and even their titles. However, fabricating your degree and what school you came from is much more difficult since it is easier to verify these credentials and there are telltale signs of being an alumni of a certain school.
Measuring management performance
November 16, 2023 6:31 am
Efficiency is the ability to do the most at the least cost and fastest time. Just to clarify, many people get confused by the difference between efficiency and effectiveness. You can be effective in doing something but not efficient but you can never be efficient in something if you are not effective. Simply put, the ability to do something very quickly and cheaply can only be considered efficient if the end goal or product is achieved to the desired specifications.
Legacy
October 12, 2023 7:55 am
When we are all nothing but dust and a memory, the only thing we leave behind is our legacy, primarily to our children. In a way, we continue to live through our descendants and achieve some sort of immortality passing on our genes and heritage to them. While many people think of legacy as the inheritance of physical properties and assets, it is much more than that. It is the total of your life experiences, education, values and beliefs and most importantly, the reputation you provide and leave behind for your children.