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Val Baguios III is a 30 year-old IT Service Desk shift supervisor working in IOM (International Organization for Migration). One of his passions is discovering and sharing the vast wisdom that can be taken from the Bible and applying it on how we do work daily in the corporate world. His desire is for the readers of BrokenMindset.org to discover and learn things along with him.

Post Election 2013 Thoughts

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I am writing this 2 days after the 2013 elections with 5 out of the 12 senators that I voted for currently at the magic 12. It’s not that bad if you come to think of it. However there is one specific candidate that most believed to be a nuisance and an attempt to a [...]

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Heart Surgery: Do We Really Mean What We Say

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Of course most of us have been in a situation where we say something accidentally because of a sudden rush of emotions, and after a few moments regret what you said. Those are seldom impulsive occurences. Not unless you have very strong impulsive emotions everyday, that is not what I am going to write about. [...]

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Three Excuses Not To Forgive

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A friend asked me a few of days ago, if he should continue to forgive someone whom, he feels, is continuously offending him deliberately. He felt as though this person is abusing his patience. He said he wanted an answer that came from the bible. I gave an answer, but please allow me to gather [...]

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When Your Inner Voice Disqualifies You

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I think I am seeing a pattern of how the devil works discouragements. Maybe. I wanted to write this post to attempt to reveal the enemy’s secret. I have always looked down on myself. I have been a person who can always find something to compare myself to with another person to belittle myself. I [...]

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Your Career: Your One Man Show

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“I want to be independent!” says my friend. “I want to achieve my career goals because I have worked hard for it and not because somebody placed me in position because we are friends.” I admire those words. In this age of shortcuts, you seldom see people willing to work hard and earn their way [...]

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A Call To Arms For Our Country

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I just finished watching the movie Argo by Ben Affleck. It’s a film about the escape of 6 diplomats held hostage in Iran during the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis. It won several accolades including best picture in the 85th Academy Awards. I highly recommend for you to watch it. The frantic suspense of this historical [...]

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Demons On Good Friday

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I was inviting a friend the other day for an out of town trip this coming Good Friday- we will be going to a mountain resort where we could just have time to reflect and thank God for His goodness. My friend was willing and excited but he was not allowed by his father to [...]

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#YOLO

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Was curious with a meme/hashtag running around… Ended up Googling it and found out that it meant You Only Live Once. Urban dictionary humors: Abbreviation for: you only live once The dumbass’s excuse for something stupid that they did Also one of the most annoying abbreviations ever…. – Urban Dictionary entry on YOLO Interesting, how [...]

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Of Kindness and Being Good

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I have seen quite some argument on the internet lately and some people kept on reiterating that “Christians did not invent morals”. Pointing out that kindness does not equate to being a Christian all the time. I agree. Let me share with you my humble opinions on this argument. For me, the statement that says “Christians are [...]

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Excellence Is A Verb

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A verb done over and over…around 10,000 Hours… That might be a very vague approximation, but somehow, author Maloclm Gladwell in his famous book, Outliers… repeatedly mentions the “10,000-Hour Rule”, claiming that the key to success in any field is, to a large extent, a matter of practicing a specific task for a total of [...]

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