"Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender, it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment." ~Stephen Covey
"Businesses can do better than rip off consumers." ~Michael Alunan
“Calm down—there is always a way out. And keep yourself balanced. Business is a competition, and competition is fun. Business is not like a battlefield—you die or I win. Business, even if you die, I may not win.” ~Jack Ma on Tai Chi philosophy in business
“Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbor is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.” ~Paulo Coelho
"Economics needs simplicity. So does democracy." ~Joffre Balce
“Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.” ~Henry Ward Beecher
"Governments and public works cannot run on the basis of operational profits. It requires economic rents -- the common wealth -- manifested in land values." ~Joffre Balce
"Growth is not necessarily development. Development is not necessarily growth. Just like weight does not necessarily reflect health nor is health necessarily reflected in weight. …Economic growth in itself is not evil but prioritising it above all else is." ~Joffre Balce
"He who will not economize will have to agonize." ~Confucius
"If you think the economy is more important than the environment, try holding your breath while counting your money." ~Guy McPherson
"Improvement of one's economic position is helped more by cool persistence than by hot enthusiasm." ~William Feather
"In the battle to control the economy between the government and the oligarchs the poor is the collateral damage." ~Napoleon Torres
"Investment in travel is an investment in yourself." ~Matthew Karsten
"It is in the moment of decisions that your destiny is shaped." ~Anthony Tony Robbins
“Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not to have been right.” ~Donald Bullock on Decisions
"Neoliberalism was not conceived as a self-serving racket, but it rapidly became one. Economic growth has been markedly slower in the neoliberal era (since 1980 in Britain and the US) than it was in the preceding decades; but not for the very rich. Inequality in the distribution of both income and wealth, after 60 years of decline, rose rapidly in this era, due to the smashing of trade unions, tax reductions, rising rents, privatization and deregulation." ~George Monbiot (Via Elson Ogario)
“The economy is, in fact, doing well. It’s having some of its best years yet, with growth close to 7%, and likely to even exceed that. Manufacturing is recovering, while exports are doing well (the much-maligned weakening of the peso is helping this).” ~Peter Wallace (2018) on Philippine Economy
“The PH economy has been helped by a number of pro-growth policies under the Duterte administration. Like a stable macroeconomic environment, tax reforms, market liberalization, and brisk infrastructure spending.” ~excerpt from The Philippines Is Ready To Rise Again (Forbes)
"The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows." ~Aristotle Onassis
"We used to think of there being a trade-off: we could achieve more equality, but only at the expense of overall economic performance. It is now clear that, given the extremes of inequality being reached in many rich countries and the manner in which they have been generated, greater equality and improved economic performance are complements." ~Joseph Stiglitz , Economist
"Your best marketing strategy is selling yourself, make yourself known as someone who can deliver the good and awesome stuffs. When people see that, they'll be looking for what else you have, they'll go after you and not the other way around." ~Malcolme Clarke on business
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"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." ~Benjamin Franklin
"Hostage capitalism" in action. Next time neolibs say jobs are more important than the environment before they plunder your natural resources, remember this. They want you in a position where you have no choice." ~Joffre Balce, March 23, 2018
"Nonexistence is a place of income; flee it not. This existence of more and less is a place of expenditure." ~Rumi
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