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OFWs should be treated like a gem
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - January 22, 2003 - 12:00am
Passing through Queen’s Road in Hong Kong last Sunday, I was again reminded how overseas employment for Filipinos has become a major industry that is not receiving the urgent and needed attention it deserv...
Why we can’t seem to plan long term
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - January 8, 2003 - 12:00am
The greatest privilege of childhood is to be able to start a game over from the beginning when things do not go well. "Time out! Start over, please!"I will never forget the first time I realized that adult...
NOT A CORNY STORY
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - August 28, 2002 - 12:00am
Waiting for our baggage from Vancouver, Roman Azanza remarked that he thought the balikbayan box is one of the greatest Filipino inventions. How true! As a compulsive accumulator of things when I travel, the balikbayan...
Filipino pride & Independence Day
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - June 12, 2002 - 12:00am
What makes Independence Day uplifting for me is the chance to revel in an intense feeling and sense of pride to be a Filipino. This pride swells whenever I pass the Cultural Center on my way to work these days and...
If we want return on investment, we must invest in children
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - May 1, 2002 - 12:00am
A friend of mine was very excited to have been one of the businessmen invited by the government of Shenzhen, China, to run a school for the city. Notwithstanding its great wealth and prosperity, Shenzhen is turning...
Greening should be everybody’s business
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - April 10, 2002 - 12:00am
As we approach Earth Day, I contemplate with sadness how little regard we have for our environment. We have denuded our forests, abused our oceans and rivers, and poisoned the air we breathe. We have created several...
Finding financial freedom in 2002
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - January 2, 2002 - 12:00am
Thank God someone organized time into 12 months with a definitive ending and beginning giving us a chance to start anew each year! This fleeting moment between the past and the future is our opportunity to trash...
Why the Philippines is a ‘least stressful’ environment
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - December 5, 2001 - 12:00am
In Hong Kong over the long weekend, I took the pleasant one-hour ferry ride to Shekou, an idyllic seaport that is reminiscent of Hong Kong of long ago. The serenity of the trip over calm waters and under a full moon...
Politics of protest
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - October 17, 2001 - 12:00am
Back in New York, it is impossible to go about life without remembering the great tragedy. The American flag flies proudly everywhere and it looks like business as usual. The brave attempts to look positive and upbeat...
Little changes, big effects
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - October 10, 2001 - 12:00am
I was intrigued by the title of a book called The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference, ( Little, Brown and Company, 2000). This fascinating book by Malcolm Gladwell, who is a writer for New Yorker...
Lessons from Mom
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - October 3, 2001 - 12:00am
There is nothing more exciting and relaxing for me than to end each hectic week at the office drawing with my mother, Anita Magsaysay Ho every Saturday. You can imagine the fulfillment I derive from this experience...
The Virtue of Big
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - September 12, 2001 - 12:00am
I have for a long time believed in the wisdom of "small is beautiful," perhaps because of my own small size. However, I have been feeling lately that business and economics may be making it impossible...
The difference between needing & wanting
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - September 5, 2001 - 12:00am
The great Eastern philosophies speak about attaining the perfect state of contentment when we live our lives without wanting or needing anything. This is sometimes interpreted as cold, unfeeling or passive. But imagine...
A cluster of star industries
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - August 8, 2001 - 12:00am
BEIJING, China –There is excitement in the air here in Beijing. It is not because of the bright lights on the grand avenues, the signs everywhere announcing the 2008 Olympics, or the crowds and street music...
Filipino service — the best in the world!
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - August 1, 2001 - 12:00am
I get a great kick listening to Jessica Zafra, the writer and television host, talk about Filipino global dominance. She says we underestimate the power and influence of Filipino nannies and caregivers over their...
The virtue of frugality
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - July 25, 2001 - 12:00am
As I grow older and hopefully wiser, I have noticed that most successful people I meet are frugal. I do not know why I had accepted the notion that most people who reach pinnacles of wealth or power live extravagantly....
Let’s plan for a quality of life we all deserve
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - July 13, 2001 - 12:00am
I was very fortunate to have been offered a seat on a helicopter to avoid the Sunday rush back to Manila from Batangas this weekend. The early afternoon sun cast a spotlight on the landscape below which exaggerated...
Honoring everything we do
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - June 27, 2001 - 12:00am
My father always loved Japan so much that we lived in Tokyo for many years. As a matter of fact, my vacations from college, important times in one’s life, were...
So what’s on your mind?
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - June 19, 2001 - 12:00am
"One’s own thought is one’s world. What a person thinks is what he becomes –...
Instant versus delayed gratification
by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - June 6, 2001 - 12:00am
Not being an economist, I often ponder how globalization will guarantee an improvement in the wealth potential of countries like the Philippines. I see it in simplistic terms. Our pre-WTO, regulated economy attracted...
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