Let’s learn and grow together. I am a CPA by profession, a husband, a father of three, an entrepreneur, and a business coach. But my journey didn’t stop there.
Quezon City
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Whenever I get invited to speak, I often start by joking that I was born from the jungle, people laugh, but it’s true.
How do you call a place without electricity? no faucets, no bathrooms, and in fact it takes 2hrs on foot from the nearest passable road, now you know what I mean. And by the way, even up until today, we still walk 2 hrs to get there, we still don’t have electricity, still has no access to flowing water. I don’t say this to get sympathy, I say this so you know where I came from. I say this to let you know that it is possible; with a clear vision coupled with the determination and hard work, anyone can succeed. I never saw my situation as a hindrance to success. In fact, since I was born in a very little barrio with nothing, I know that there was so much to explore, many things to gain, and a lot of things to learn. This is my story, it is far from perfect, full of failures, successes, and then more failures, the good thing is, it’s not done yet and the best part? I can cause it, of course with the grace of God.
I am the eldest of four siblings. My parents are farmers and had very little formal education. My father didn’t finish 2nd Grade while my mother was lucky enough to graduate elementary. They may have very little formal education, but they are not less educated. Early on, they have trained us to have the habit of discipline. Our life in the province was mostly farming and that’s where I learned the basic habits that later on would help me cope up with the challenges of entrepreneurship. Being a farmer means waking up early and starting the routine before the sun shows up. I still remember that at around 4am, my mom was already up and when she is awake, she wakes everyone up. We often sleepwalked ourselves out of bed, however this is where i also learn that if I wanted something, I needed to start early and that I must be willing to put in the hard work.
I started schooling at 7. Unfortunately, the civil war between the rebels and military erupted when I was on my 10th grade and all the schools were either closed or the teachers were too afraid to get back. This is also the time, when we literally watched from a distance, helicopters dropping bombs at our farms. The scene was horrible, but we were grateful to be alive, as some of our friends and relatives didn’t even make that far. My parents had the vision to keep us in school so at age 10, I had to leave them to stay with one of our relatives at the town just so I could continue my school.
