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#SchoolBusPH: Fun Learning for the Working Professional

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Mobile Learning for the On-the-Go Professional School Bus PH is a non-traditional recreational education provider, the first of its kind in the Philippines and in the world — in more ways than one. First (and intriguingly enough), the classes are held inside a moving bus roaming around the metro. And second, there’s nothing about it that mirrors traditional education. Let us enumerate the ways:

Everett Bogue - The Minimalist Workday: 50 Strategies for Working Less

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So your sitting at your desk and your daydreaming about ways to opt-out of your job for a better life. You want to stop the endless hours of work for low pay. You know you already have one of the worst boss around, and you already feel hostage by the corporate system. Try as you might, you can't seem to wring your head enough to come up with ways to escape your hell hole. What do you do? A Free E-book written by Everett Bogue may have the answers you are looking for. There are insights here worth reading and for the right price. If it doesn't suit you, well...it's still free. I have read the book myself and, I must say, he has made a lot of good points. I even agree with him in saying that much of our time is wasted, sitting at a desk, doing stupid work that doesn’t matter. In fact, he takes things so boldly as to quit his day job, to live with less than 100 things, and to reduce his work load to 2 hours a day for his own profitable business. I know, it is kinda...

Richard St. John - 8 Secrets of Success on TED.com

Much like my favorite "gurus" Stephen Covey and Robert Kiyosaki, we are given the common qualities found in successful people. In a 3 minute talk, motivational speaker and talk-show star Richard St. John summarizes his take on the secrets of success as described in his book The 8 Traits Successful People Have in Common . He presents a condensed version for TEDsters with a chock-full of wit and a frolicking sense of humour, especially the part where he jokes about why mothers are invented and persisting through crap.