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.

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...]

Giving out some blog reviews for valentines

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Hi ya all !!! I'll be giving out some free blog reviews for valentines. I will only be doing 3. So the first three bloggers who could place their comments in this post indicating their intentions to join this promo will get a free short review of their blogs with links included. I’ll be featuring one blog every week until the end of February. The only requirement is that you include me in the blogroll in the homepage of your blog or website. Offer expires on February 14, 2008 (Philippine time)) So what ya all waitin’ for ? … [Read more...]

Free ebook give away for the month of February 2008

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Since February is considered by most as the "love month" the free giveaway for the month of February 2008 is an ebook entitled “Happiness and Marriage.” The following are the guidelines in order that you can receive the free ebook. 1.) You have to give three (3) “sensible” comments on any posts in this blog. 2.) Aside from the above comments, you have to give a separate comment on this post indicating that you want to receive the free ebook. 3.) Offer expires on February 29, 2008 (Philippine time) 4.) Comments made before the date and time of this post is not included. 5.) The ebook will be sent via email. Please provide a valid email address. (Note: The views on dating presented in the free ebook belongs only to the author. The author of this blog may or may not support his views) … [Read more...]

Applying Blue Ocean Strategy in the Philippines Bar exam review

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Blue Ocean Strategy is a corporate strategy that aims to tap unclaimed markets making competition irrelevant. The strategy is embodied in the book entitled “Blue Ocean Strategy” by Professors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne and Published by Harvard Business School Press. The authors claim that the Blue Ocean Strategy is a result of several years of study of strategic moves by over 30 industries in a span of 100 years. In the book, “Blue Ocean” refers to an untapped market, a market wherein there is only little or no competition at all enabling anyone to claim the market for his own since it is not yet too crowded. In contrast, “Red Ocean” refers to a market where competition is very high. The market is considered as very crowded already since almost everybody is producing the same type of service and the same kind of goods. The Blue Ocean strategy is simply to innovate something; something that makes people gives a higher value for a certain product or service. Since doing this … [Read more...]

Want to get wealthy ? Think like the bank

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Once upon a time an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) started working abroad. At the age of 29 he had already saved a total of P 100,000.00 (Philippine peso) Since the only investment vehicle he knew about was putting his money at the bank he went to the bank and deposited his P 100,000.00. The bank manager gladly accepted the money and even recommended that he put it at a time deposit account so that it would yield a higher interest rate at 4 % per annum. So he placed his money in the time deposit account and waited until he reached the age of 65. At the age of 65 he went back to the bank and asked to withdraw the P 100,000.00 in his time deposit account. Lo and behold his P100,000.00 already became P 400,000.00 because of the interest. So he withdrew his money from the bank and lived happily ever after. Is this a “live happily ever after” story or not? Do you consider this OFW as somebody who has “wisely” handled his money? Is he really earning the maximum potential for his … [Read more...]