Life Hacks for Polymaths

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Welcome polymaths !

Ever get the feeling that you seem to don't know what to do with your life because there are just so many things that you want to do ? I know, I've been there, so welcome to the club.

My name is Zigfred Diaz and I am a polymath. After more than 6 years of bloging about almost anything under the sun and having sort of a "blogging identity crisis." I've finally embraced who I am and decided to turn my main blog into some sort of guide for people with so much interest. Feel free to poke around.

What’s wrong with the Purpose Driven Life

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The Purpose Driven Life has not doubt left a mark on 21st Century Evangelical Christianity. In a 2005 Survey conducted by George Barna, American pastors, leaders and ministers point out that it is one of the books that have influenced their ministries greatly. Wikipedia cites that it is “arguably one of the best-selling non-fiction” because of the fact that it has been “on the New York Times Best wholesaler Seller list for advice books for one of the longest periods in history. “ To date, more than 30 million copies of the book has been sold. In a nutshell, the Purpose Driven Life takes readers to a 40-day personal spiritual journey. The general outline of the book is that it presents God's five purposes for man here on earth. I used to have a copy of the book and I have read it from cover to cover. I forgot where I placed it. Recently a friend mentioned that she wanted to give me a copy of the book, she said that they are coming out with a new edition. Later on she discovered … [Read more...]

When you should sell your mutual fund investment

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I received a  question  in one of my comments from a certain Albert Awat from Tarlac City, Philippines in my post entitled “Questions and answers on the Philippine stock exchange” The question does not directly pertain to the Philippine stock exchange but it is with regards to his mutual fund investment. The question is as follows: “ . . . good day sir, am an investor of (Names of mutual fund withheld) which are now doing well as far as navs are concerned. sir, am now thinking of selling all my shares from the said mutual funds since my investments are now negative16.38%,plus2.65% and negative23.40%, respectively from almost 24% to 29% dated March 17, 2009. please guide me to understand the market since the stocks are now soaring?further, pls help me where should i find the philippine stock exchange index (PSEi)from 2005 to present to help me understand the stock market and/or mutual fund. thank you very much and more power.” I love to answer questions from readers of this … [Read more...]

How to place a link to an ebook download in the RSS feed

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I received an email from Javier Suico a University of the Philippines – Dilliman student who is the blogger behind http://earningstudent.blogspot.com. His question is as follows: “ . . . ay may question pala ako... paano nyo po ginawa na pwede magdownload ng ebook kung mag subscribe sa feed mo po? hehehe naamazed lang ako dun.. hehehe... ganda ng ebook nyo na guerrila blogging... weeeeeeeee!” Translated in English as: “ . . . By the way I wanted to ask you how to place a link to an ebook download in the RSS feed. I was just amazed with that. Your Guerilla blogging ebook is great ! . . . “ To give you an idea, let me tell you a little bit on the context of this question. As you can observe in this blog, when you subscribe to my RSS feed via email or via a reader, at the bottom of the post you get a link wherein you can download the free ebooks I am offering including our very own “Guerilla Blogger’s strategy and tactics in making cash online” and my ebook “How to write … [Read more...]

Looking for a great remedial law reviewer ? – Check this one out!

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I’ve received an email from my mentor and good friend Prof. Manuel Riguera, that the first edition, Volume 1 – Civil Procedure of his “Primer-reviewer on Remedial law” is now available in all Central Bookstores nationwide. He told me that he was writing a reader friendly remedial law reviewer last year and now it is finally available! Professor Manuel Riguera graduated from the Ateneo de Manila School of law. Currently, he teaches Remedial law subjects at the University of Perpetual Help Dalta College of law and the Far Easter University Institute of law. A renowned bar exam reviewer and an MCLE lecturer on Remedial law, he heads the litigation department of the Riguera & Riguera law office. He is also one of the founders and currently the review director of Jurists Bar Review center. This remedial law reviewer is primarily intended for those reviewing for the bar exam. Its reader friendly Q & A format is also very helpful for those still in law school. It is also … [Read more...]

What is the best Portfolio diversification strategy

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This is the fourth blog post that I have written in response to several questions asked by an accountancy student from the University of the Philippines Visayas (Cebu Campus) regarding the Philippine stock market. As I have said before, I have responded via a blog post because the answers I am giving are quite lengthy not to mention the chance and opportunity to inform the public about value investing and investing in the Philippine stock market. The previous questions and answers to such questions are found in these posts: “Questions and answers on the Philippine stock exchange” “The best asset allocation strategy to follow.” “Determining the best rate of return for investments” Actually this is a series of questions that were raised in a comment. To appreciate and learn more from her questions, I suggest that you read the previous posts. The next set of questions is as follows ". . . Now, we’re down to the portfolio diversification and security selection . . . Which … [Read more...]