I always look forward to attending
Sun Life’s sessions. It never fail to excites me if I get a chance to be part
of it but when I realized that Jonathan Yabut will be the main speaker for the
Live Brighter session this May the excitement turns into extreme anticipation.
I admit I am a big fan of The
Apprentice more so when the Asian edition came out and I watched Jonathan Yabut
worked his magic into each challenge and his character really wowed the big
boss Tony Fernandes.
Held at the cozy events and workspace
A-Space in Makati City, the Live Brighter Session last May 24 was a very
intimate and successful event. Invited bloggers (including me), upcoming Sun Life
advisors and young working people were part of the audience. The session was
very interactive, with live acoustic performance, good food and when Jonathan
Yabut finally hits the spot everyone stopped what they’re doing and center all
attention to him.
Who is Jonathan Yabut?
Jonathan Yabut is the very first The
Apprentice Asia grand winner. Apprentice is a popular TV reality search series on
AXN wherein the objective is to find the best man that will be the next CEO of
a big company.
Jonathan Yabut hailed from the
province of Aklan and a graduate of UP. He served as Chief of Staff for Air Asia
after winning Apprentice Asia a show hosted by Malaysian business tycoon Tony
Fernandes. He now owns his own consultancy business, wrote his own book and a
sought after motivational speaker.
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| Photo-Op with Jonathan Yabut |
The Wisdom of Jonathan Yabut at the Live Brighter Session
Let’s define success- “Success is when preparation meets opportunity”. Jonathan
quoted this phrase from Seneca. He explained that there are 2 things- predictable
and unpredictable things. We all know what are the things that we can predict
but the most important one is the unpredictable things. We should all be
prepared to anything that will come our way.
Most
unpredictable things come in negative forms and these are necessary ‘evil’ that
we should prepare for. Why? Because with unpredictability lies an opportunity
to turn the situation around and make use of it in a positive way.
Opportunities
come in many forms and no one is born prepared for every one of it. Most
valuable opportunity comes once in a lifetime and if we are not prepared we’ll
miss a great turning point in our life.
Who needs time management?- From what I’ve learned from the Live Brighter session
with Jonathan Yabut the emphasis should not be about time but about the tasks
you need to finish in a day.
You
see, regardless of how long or many hours you work each day if you arent’t able
to prioritize things then in the end you barely accomplish anything.
Hierarchy
of things is the key- make a daily to-do-list and use all you logical reasoning
to FILTER OUT the most important
things to do that will equate optimum productivity.
Who eats lettuce? Trash your lettuce and be
free! Lettuce, we all have it- as
Jonathan Yabut describes this unwanted lettuce (just like the lettuces on Delta
Airlines that they ditched from the food they serve and saved millions)this
could be something or a person the weighs our down. LET GO of things that
hinder your happiness and success. Plain and simple- LET
GO and be free to soar high!
The
Sun Life Live Brighter with Jonathan Yabut has taught me a lot and for sure the
other attendees got so much valuable insights too.
Thanks
to Sun Life Philippines for their Live Brighter sessions for their financial literacy
advocacy. Looking forward to my next session.
Catch
JONATHAN YABUT in the upcoming Live Brighter sessions in Davao and Cebu. Be
sure to like and follow Sun Life on Facebook and Sun Life Philippines
website for more details
and to secure your future.
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