There are some important lessons from Mr Christopher Lao, the guy whose car floated when he bravely drove through a flooded street in Quezon City. The guy who was featured in You Tube, and hot trending topic in twittter is teaching us many businessmen and entrepreneurs some great lessons. His experience/story struck deep into our mindset, that is why it is wildly popular.
But his fortitude and love of adventure is typically entrepreneurial: You will not know unless you try! Only a product launch will determine whether your product is a blockbuster or not. (But his mistake is making a wrong assumption: "akala ko" ) You will not know that the flood is deeper than you thought unless you wade your poor car through it. When it stalls and floats....
the link to the blogs: http://cubaoboy.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/christopher-lao-video-bobong-sinugod-ang-kotse-sa-baha/
l. When it rains open an umbrella. Or better still when it rains, be aware that streets will be flooded. So be prepared. Know what to do in a crisis; laging handa!?
2. Use an equipment that is appropriate for the job. When it is raining, do not bring a sedan. Bring a 4x4!
3. Environmental Assessment/Scanning is important. Know where you are wading. Do not be blind to the warning signs along the way. If it is raining or dark clouds, rains and floods could not be far away.
4. If the car manufacturers are enterprising, they should build amphibian cars for sale.MM especially QC shoud be a good market! They should sell very well.
5. Mind the street people/tirik boys. They will help you when your car stalls in a flooded street (take care of your people in your business)
6. Be responsible and accountable. The guy blamed everybody, including the one who took the ideo for not warning him. That is what ails many Filipinos mindset - to blame everybody for their fate except themselves. When it rains, they even blame the government or even Pagasa. For all our miscues, we have a whipping dog. GMA used to be sacrificial lamb/alibi. Now the pambansang alibi should be PNoy. The pambansang model ng mindset shows it all.
7. Be smart. Be prepared to face the camera or be featured in the You Tube. Take note, he is a cum laude from a prime state university and a Law student.
8. You do not have to think that guys with Latin honors are street smart. Or we should doubt how will they fare in real life?.
9. You now know when most of your leaders/policy makers are lawyers. You now understand why US is in such a bad shape because it is lucrative place for lawyers (joke joke for friends kong lawyers) And so with the Philippines. Joke, joke, joke.
l0. You now know that being a student/graduate of leading schools of does not guarantee you to be smart. Personal mastery matters. (It is the same as number 9 but I do not want to offend school officials and alumni) Or that if our leaders come from these schools, we willl be led to the Promised Land (we will drown in flood waters. They have to be told)
Hindi si Manny Pacquiao ang pambansang model; Lao is. That is why he generated so much buzz. We see our fate/ourselves in him. Truly.
But this incident should make MMDA or QC LGU government to work harder: (Or that we have to change our own mindsets...)
l. Put up more warning signs like "When it rains, it likely to have floods" (Like what they did to coffee cups - "coffee may be hot"(di ba?)
2. Deploy people to put up road blocks and tanod to warn people like our pambansang model not to proceed through a flooded street. Arrest them and handcuff them if they proceed or better fire warning shots in the air. Hahaha
3. Deploy more tirik boys.
4. Stop blame game especially vs the government.Do something.
NB. This is written as tongue in cheek piece. For fun.
NB. With due respect to the schools alluded to, our lawyer friends, the Latin honors recipient in schools and soon- to -be Atty- Lao. Advanced apologies. Some of the comments are uncalled for.
Every generation needs a revolution - an ENTREPRENEURIAL REVOLUTION.
But his fortitude and love of adventure is typically entrepreneurial: You will not know unless you try! Only a product launch will determine whether your product is a blockbuster or not. (But his mistake is making a wrong assumption: "akala ko" ) You will not know that the flood is deeper than you thought unless you wade your poor car through it. When it stalls and floats....
the link to the blogs: http://cubaoboy.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/christopher-lao-video-bobong-sinugod-ang-kotse-sa-baha/
l. When it rains open an umbrella. Or better still when it rains, be aware that streets will be flooded. So be prepared. Know what to do in a crisis; laging handa!?
2. Use an equipment that is appropriate for the job. When it is raining, do not bring a sedan. Bring a 4x4!
3. Environmental Assessment/Scanning is important. Know where you are wading. Do not be blind to the warning signs along the way. If it is raining or dark clouds, rains and floods could not be far away.
4. If the car manufacturers are enterprising, they should build amphibian cars for sale.MM especially QC shoud be a good market! They should sell very well.
5. Mind the street people/tirik boys. They will help you when your car stalls in a flooded street (take care of your people in your business)
6. Be responsible and accountable. The guy blamed everybody, including the one who took the ideo for not warning him. That is what ails many Filipinos mindset - to blame everybody for their fate except themselves. When it rains, they even blame the government or even Pagasa. For all our miscues, we have a whipping dog. GMA used to be sacrificial lamb/alibi. Now the pambansang alibi should be PNoy. The pambansang model ng mindset shows it all.
7. Be smart. Be prepared to face the camera or be featured in the You Tube. Take note, he is a cum laude from a prime state university and a Law student.
8. You do not have to think that guys with Latin honors are street smart. Or we should doubt how will they fare in real life?.
9. You now know when most of your leaders/policy makers are lawyers. You now understand why US is in such a bad shape because it is lucrative place for lawyers (joke joke for friends kong lawyers) And so with the Philippines. Joke, joke, joke.
l0. You now know that being a student/graduate of leading schools of does not guarantee you to be smart. Personal mastery matters. (It is the same as number 9 but I do not want to offend school officials and alumni) Or that if our leaders come from these schools, we willl be led to the Promised Land (we will drown in flood waters. They have to be told)
Hindi si Manny Pacquiao ang pambansang model; Lao is. That is why he generated so much buzz. We see our fate/ourselves in him. Truly.
But this incident should make MMDA or QC LGU government to work harder: (Or that we have to change our own mindsets...)
l. Put up more warning signs like "When it rains, it likely to have floods" (Like what they did to coffee cups - "coffee may be hot"(di ba?)
2. Deploy people to put up road blocks and tanod to warn people like our pambansang model not to proceed through a flooded street. Arrest them and handcuff them if they proceed or better fire warning shots in the air. Hahaha
3. Deploy more tirik boys.
4. Stop blame game especially vs the government.Do something.
NB. This is written as tongue in cheek piece. For fun.
NB. With due respect to the schools alluded to, our lawyer friends, the Latin honors recipient in schools and soon- to -be Atty- Lao. Advanced apologies. Some of the comments are uncalled for.
Every generation needs a revolution - an ENTREPRENEURIAL REVOLUTION.
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