by Calon Baltazar, CFE Media Affairs Officer
The power of pencil and paper always amazes me.
Not only does it bring to life my crazy imaginary world and my fondly characters during Monday morning meetings, but it also immortalizes my desires and concretizes my thoughts, dreams and ideas.
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After the Money Matters for Women Event at SM Southmall Las Piñas last Saturday May 30, I went straight to my friend’s house nearby. It was a pad full of IS (international school) teachers and one of them was the 2007 LET (Licensure Examination for Teachers) topnotcher, Cloefe. She told me how Sir Colayco was such a great influence on her family. She shared how their finances are currently “in the budget”.
As our conversation deepened, I discovered how she was able to ace the LET. She said, “You know Calon, months before I took the LET, I took a pencil and a paper and wrote down my target grade for the exam. I wrote a large 91% and placed it in the wall of my studying area.” True enough without any help froma review center, she had managed to top the exams with a 92% grade. One of the highest in recent years of the LET.
Meeting her led me to realize how powerful having a goal written down on paper can be. Having an idea is not enough. You have to write it down and put it in a place where you can see it always. In that way you are constantly reminded of your goal. Whatever it maybe-a desire, goal or target, the end has to be visible. Even Oprah would agree that in setting up goals, writing it down on paper helps you achieve it.
Cloefe ask me how she can be more control of her finances and eventually be rich. I told her that she just had to do what she did months before her LET. So I took out my HB pencil and a Mecury Drug receipt, gave it to her and she started writing her financial goal.
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