Facebook can lead students to the wrong path, much like the impersonators we've all seen before. Leading them to the wrong path isn't just the parents' fault as it is for the school and teachers, too. I honestly believe the teacher, that greatest public figure of young people who adore their moms, dads and (secretly, usually) their teachers, should begin to learn and equip themselves with the benefits, advantages and power of social media as an academic tool. The question more begs on why teachers and schools aren't extending their public roles and responsibilities to social media where their students today live and breath every day. There's an impulsive way of entering social media for educational and business means, and there's a more proper way of doing so. The challenge is to decide to enter and how to do so.

I spent 7 years in the Direct Sales industry after 7 years in I.T., which was then called EDP and subsequently MIS. Through the years of understanding dealer networks, sales management, salesmanship, customer relations, distribution and such, I came across many acronyms that led to incorporating these business principles in my life. One of these is B.M.W. – known as Birthdays, Marriages and Wakes.

The BCBP is a body of Christian men and women whose upbringing, education, training and current life situation have placed them in the midst of the marketplace. Theirs, therefore, is a special calling that motivates them to apply their talents and resources on the ordinary as well as out of the ordinary events and situations in their workplace.

From the time you get a whiff of business cases and scenarios in college up to when your mid-life crisis starts and beyond, chances are you either dreamed of starting a new business (yours or someone else’s), attempted to put it on complex financial projections but failed, or have done so a few times yet it never sprung to life. Don’t be misled by my statement because I’ve done all three many times in my 25 years of working. Only one succeeded ’til today.

I’ve always heard many versions of sayings that simply tell, “personal stuffs don’t mix well at the workplace.” In my 25+ years of working for a paycheck, I’ve never seen this happen. Your personal side always mixes in the things you do at work. Even at play, your personal self always appears.