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.

Lovest thou me more than these?

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Such similar words could be uttered by lovers in this month of hearts. But such words were not uttered by one lover to another, rather these words were uttered by our Lord Jesus Christ as recorded in John chapter 21 verses 15 to 17. The story is quite a familiar one among Christians, but I believe we cannot fully grasp the full meaning of the chapter if we do not closely investigate the meanings of the words that Jesus used. The story goes like this as Jesus and Peter were having dinner, Jesus asked Peter if he loved him to which Peter replied “Yes” and then Jesus told him to “feed my lambs.” Afterwards Jesus again asked Peter the same question to which he replied in the affirmative and then Jesus told him again to “Feed my sheep.” Jesus asked Peter again the third time the same question. However the verse says that “Peter was grieved” and instead of replying in the affirmative, he simply told him “Lord thou knowest.” To which Jesus replied, “Feed my sheep.” Most people … [Read more...]

Love . . . it’s all Greek to me

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As the world celebrates valentines day today, love no doubt fills the air. It is but fitting that we talk about this word love in the days to come. Let is therefore explore the meaning and the depth of the word itself and in order to fully understand it we have to go to the source of love which is God himself as expressed in his Word. The New Testament was written in the Greek language. Unlike English wherein we only have one word for love the Greeks have 5 different words for love. In the English language the context of the sentence conveys what we mean. However in New Testament Greek or “koine Greek” the word itself conveys the full meaning. To illustrate, in English when we say we love our dog, we love our country, we love our parents and we love our wife, we obviously do not refer to the same kind of love. But in Koine greek different words for the word love is used for different purposes. I do not claim to be a Koine greek scholar or an expert in languages. But the semantics of … [Read more...]

Be inspired with this story . . .

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People always look up to other people for inspiration. One of the stories that inspired me to begin blogging and to explore internet marketing much further is that of Ashley Qualls, a 17 year old girl who built a million dollar company in the internet. Be inspired by her story in this short youtube clip. You can also read about Ashley Qualls in a previous post. I wonder what she will do with all her money at that young age. Go figure :-) … [Read more...]

How to invest in the Philippine Stock Market – Part 4a

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Stock Market Conventions and Terms If you have read my previous post you must have already known why companies trade in the stock market and why you should invest in the stock market. In order to successfully trade in the stock market you must first understand the language that is being used in trading. There are several terms that might still sound foreign to you. Take note the definition of the terms that will be discussed here will not be very technical. This is not meant to be a comprehensive, “encyclopedic” dictionary or list of technical and detailed stock market terms and conventions. If you wish to have a deeper technical meaning to stock market concepts, then try searching for other sources. The concepts explained here is intended for the ordinary layman. 1.) UNDESTANDING SHARES OF STOCK – First of all we need to understand what a stock is. A stock is in a sense “a piece of ownership of a company.” To fully understand this, I will have to give a “crash course” in … [Read more...]

How to put ads in between your blog post in Word press

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As I do my usual blog hopping, I try to emulate the good things that other bloggers do to improve their blog. I noticed that in some blogs, ads were strategically placed within the post in small square boxes. Logically if the ads were placed within the post itself people are most likely to click on the ad especially if it is relevant and related to the post that they are reading. This helps the blogger learn additional income especially when they are displaying adsense ads. I wanted to achieve this effect but I did not know how. I did not want to “hack” my way into my word press theme since I am no word press expert and I don’t want to get into the hassle of “crashing” my wordpress theme. So I decided that a plugin is the best solution to this problem. I was sure that there is already somebody out there who has developed a solution to this problem. Ask and it shall be given, seek and ye shall find, yep, I found out the right plugin to achieve what I was looking for. Let the … [Read more...]