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Comment on A Weekend of Essay Writing, and Going Out! by Omar

Omar — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:47:29 +0000

奥山さん！
お久しぶりにこのコメントを読みました。十三ラーメンの気に入ったラーメンは豚角煮ラーメンだったんですね。美味しくて美味しくて何回も食べましたね。今度日本に行く時も食べに行きたいんですね。

Comment on It’s your turn to be that “someone” who makes a difference by Omar

Omar — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:37:27 +0000

Thank you, Jason. I agree with your suggestion, so I made the change in the article. Let’s continue to move forward.

Comment on It’s your turn to be that “someone” who makes a difference by Jason Fonceca

Jason Fonceca — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:30:29 +0000

Short, simple, and smart.

I think the question in your article could be bolded, because it’s very powerful:

“What is the very next step I need to take to get one step closer to my goal?”

Rock on and ryze up!

Comment on Building Wealth Lessons from the Richest Man in Babylon – Part 2 by Joe

Joe — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:08:18 +0000

Hi friend i love you\’re Blog! The information is great keep it up. It is useful.

Comment on Maid’s Café, Yaoi, Hanabi, & Prostitutes – Japan is lovely by B

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:44:51 +0000

Can you please tell me if still open till today 20/10/11

Comment on Tips on Unsolicited Advice by zam

zam — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:03:45 +0000

I totally disagree with the above 2 comments. Clearly the most important advice in this article is this: do not give advice. Period.

To repeat-
“To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn’t know what to do or that he can’t do it on his own.”
- John Gray

The above one sentence says it all. The main problem is when you give unsolicited advice to another person, you are implying you know better than they do, and that they are are doing something wrong.

I just had an encounter with a new tenant in my old flat who gave me unsolicited, and quite wrong advice. It is such a big turn-off to receive ignorant, misinformed advice from a person who does not even understand the situation, e.g. my business. Perhaps the quickest way to lose a potential business connection is to tell another person who to manage their affairs!

My final comment on this thread: the times we live in today are times where everybody seems to be talking–and nobody is listening. It makes sense there is more unwanted “advice” being offered. Don’t do it. You’ll get much farther keeping quiet and, like the author above says, if you must give advice be extremely careful about if the context is right, and the person will even listen. To be wrong in this is to risk losing the association altogether.

Comment on Developing Compassion – How and Why? by Golden Rule Radical (@goldenrule_rad)

Golden Rule Radical (@goldenrule_rad) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:22:15 +0000

Hi Omar
Just wanted to take a minute to say that I enjoyed your article. The short morning reflection that you suggested sounds like an excellent way to start the day and I will indeed use it.

I came across your post while writing a piece on compassion as well. You might enjoy it. http://goldenruleradical.org/articles/appropriate-compassion/

Comment on Building Wealth Lessons from the Richest Man in Babylon – Part 1 by Building Wealth Lessons from the Richest Man in Babylon – Part 2 | Omar Eduardo's Blog

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:02:08 +0000

[...] Lessons from the Richest Man in Babylon – Part 2 The first entry written here for this series, Building Wealth Lessons from the Richest Man in Babylon Part 1, dealt mostly with the most important principle of saving each month a tenth of all your earnings. [...]

Comment on CROEM Q&A by Ivette (Garcia) Holley

Ivette (Garcia) Holley — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:18:00 +0000

I attended CROEM in 1984 and graduated in May 1985. From reading above it seems little changes had taken place. You had to have completed 9th grade. We had to pass an interview, a test, and write an essay. There were 150 spots we had to compete for too. We get to go home every other weekend. The weekends we spent on campus we had to do facilities cleaning such as cleaning the residence, the cafeteria, the fountain, “La Croemita”, etc. We also used that time to work on our Science Fair projects. Parents would come to visit us on Sundays from oon to 5:00PM. Mr. Tomasini was one of the history teachers back in 1985 then promoted to Director or Principal few years after. Mr. Caro was one of the English Teasher, Mr. Sepulveda was in Science, Mrs. Sanabria in Spanish, Mr. Colberg in Math, Mr. Santos in Phy Ed. I went back in Feb 2008 for the School 40th Aniversary which was cancelled due to some kind of teacher’s strike. However, Mr. Tomasini was kind enough to open the facilities to alumni and families like me that traveled from out of country to visit and remember our times in CROEM. I loved my times in CROEM and if I had to do it it again I would have not doubt. It was an enrichment experience like no other for high school students. If you are thinking about applying to enter CROEM, don’t wait any longer. You will not regret any piece of it! Ivette (Garcia) Holley

Comment on Looking for a Mentor by Rilia

Rilia — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:47:00 +0000

I had a mentor one. A guy around 20 years older than me, divorced with a little girl and living together with his current girlfriend. I never really looked for a mentor. I met this guy by chance while studying in a Starbuck coffee shop. I was very much into art and that’s what brought us together at first. I come from a small town, so we didn’t use phones or scheduled our meetings. We would meet whenever i would go to Starbucks to study my homework. I was 16 at the time and guidance was all i needed. I am not twisted or kinky or anything like that. I met his girlfriend, his best friend, his ex-wife, his daughter…. Truth is that he taught me a lot. We talked about poetry and photography and literature. He was the perfect mentor for me. I could always discuss anything i wished with him. He would never really judge me, he rather corrected me on my false approaches in life. I learned a lot from him and he always seemed to be happy mentoring me. The thing is that no relationship is ever that simple. I guess i shouldn’t be surprised to find out that he was into me. It wasn’t appearance, i never took time to even brush my hair at that period of my life. Two years after i met him things got out of control in every way. I was too young to know and that’s the only excuse i grant myself. What i meant to say by all that is that mentorship can be quite dangerous as well. I certainly owe my mentor a lot. I know that had i stayed i would be his masterpiece by now. But at what cost really? Can you get that close to a person without everything getting complicated? Could you let a person get closer than anyone to you without crossing the line?
I would love a mentor right now. There are so many things that i still need to know, so many times that i seek guidance. But i need things to be simple in my life more than i need some guidance. Everyone talks about mentors. But none is talking about boundaries in the relation between a mentor and his student. Are there boundaries? And which are those?
(just some thoughts, i hope you find it useful)