Let me share with you a couple of stories about how Pinoys
turn failure to success:
A high school graduate started a retail store of office
supplies and books so that she can send her siblings to school. She started the
business back in the late 1930’s. During World War II, the Japanese raided her
store and destroyed most of her products for sale. During the Marcos era, she
was limited to sell only a few items. Then a storm came and ruined all her
supplies. A fire destroyed their small building and left them with almost
nothing. She just kept on rebuilding and rebuilding until she was able to make
it. She is Socorro Ramos, owner of National Bookstore.
He had no proper education having dropped out of high school
because of poverty. His father left them when he was in sixth grade. He has
five siblings, and he was the fourth. At the age of 14, he started boxing so
that he could help put food on the table. In 1995, he started his professional
boxing career. He won and he lost many fights. He went to politics, he lost and
then he ran again, this time winning the congressional seat. Now, eight world
boxing championship titles after he is considered to be one of the best in the
world. He is Manny Pacquiao.
She started competing in singing contests when she was seven
years old. Growing up without a father, she helped her mom by supporting the
family through her singing. According to her, she may have joined more than a
hundred amateur singing contests before she actually got her own album.
Sometimes she wins the contest, sometimes she doesn’t. She landed a few
television shows without much stability. Then, she got invited by a South
Korean television show who posted her videos on Youtube. There she was
discovered by Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah, and the rest, they say is history. She
is Charice.
So how do Pinoys turn failure to success? By not quitting
and by doing whatever it takes.
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