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Success is the Best Revenge

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By: Lourenz Jay Loregas General Santos City, Philippines “You won’t make it,” “don't even bother trying that,” “you’ll just end up shifting course,” or “that will never happen.” Are these words familiar to you? These words of doubtfulness that often leads to not pursuing your goal? I’m guessing yes. You probably heard these from people who don’t know you personally, from your friends, or sometimes even from your family. How did you feel when you heard these? There are a lot of times in life where you want to do things but end up losing motivation or being discouraged because of other people’s thoughts about your capabilities. They often doubt the skills that you have based on assumptions that don’t really have anything to do with the things that you can do, but, does this really matter? No, it does not. If you are one of the many people who listens to what other people say because you think that they are right, then you better change that mindset. You won’t get anywhere if you’ll j

More Than Just a Meme: Funeral Coffin Dancing in Ghana

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   By: Keith Joshua Magbanua Ayag South Cotabato, Philippines Despite the adversities that may come, always look over the positive side!            This hits the thought on Ghana's new way of sympathizing over the demised. With festive beats and synchronized movements— funeral dancing is the best thing they do.      Wearing black and white suits, plus the sunglasses and white spotless gloves; Ghanaian pallbearers dance in groove as the coffins are lifted upon their shoulders.  Meeting the New Culture: More than a Meme Itself      As this sort of oddity is quite new to some— funeral dancing became trending and now spreading across social media platforms.     Twitter. Facebook. Telegram. Whatever social media you're going to use— funeral dancing depicting black men dancing with coffin on their shoulders became a firing internet sensation, specifically used for memes.       Palbearers of 'Nana Otafrija Pallbearing and Waiting Services' were the ones who made a fresher way

The Most Powerful Tool You Need to Take Advantage of

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  By: Jose Renzo Bersales General Santos City, Philippines Some problems are not meant for everyone, this stops us from moving forward. Most people will find a solution for that because that’s how it works. The more we experience such kind of problems, the more we learn and understand its nature, making it easy for us to say “I overcame the last problem, I’ll do it again for this one”. This is not a special trait for humans - this is how we should think.   But have you ever taken advantage of a problem so smart that it solves everything?    Our mind is the most simple yet most complex tool that most of us don’t know how to use for our advantage. The more we understand things, the more complicated the world becomes and how it works, that’s the advantage!    You don’t understand? Maybe you should train your mind first!    Mindset. It will shape you. It will transform you. It will give you an advantage.   Invest in it. Age is just a number, never say never.