🎙 Episode 20: Know Your Value with Simon Peter Domingo (Online Filipino Freelancers)

Hindi mo tataasan ang rate mo…
kung hindi mo tinataasan ang tingin mo sa sarili mo.

Yan yung core ng episode na ‘to.

We talked about identity.
From Simon… to Paolo.

Kasi minsan, hindi skill ang kulang.
Clarity.

Hindi mo pa alam kung sino ka sa laro.
Hindi mo pa alam kung anong value mo.

And hangga’t hindi malinaw yun,
kahit anong opportunity dumaan…
hindi mo rin mahahawakan.

Sa freelancing, ganun talaga.

You start small.
You build experience.
You learn how to communicate what you can do.

Pero darating yung point na kailangan mong mag-shift.

Hindi ka na beginner.
Hindi ka na pang entry-level.

Kailangan mong sabihin sa sarili mo:

“Eto na yung value ko.”

At pag naniwala ka na dun,
dun pa lang magbabago yung galaw mo.

Mas maayos ka magsalita.
Mas malinaw ka mag-present.
Mas firm ka sa presyo mo.

We also talked about this:

Same effort.
Magkaibang environment.
Magkaibang bayad.

Kaya importante kung saan mo dinadala yung oras mo.

Kung gusto mong tumaas yung kita mo,
hindi lang sipag ang kailangan.

Skill.
Communication.
Positioning.

Yan yung magtataas sayo.

And the truth is, nandyan na lahat.

May tools.
May community.
May mentors.
May access ka.

Ang kulang lang talaga:

Desisyon na mag-level up.

So kung nandito ka ngayon,
tanungin mo sarili mo:

Alam mo ba talaga yung value mo?

Kasi once malinaw na yan…

Iba na yung laro.

🎧 Listen to Episode 20 of Self Talk.

May mga tao na akala mo… hindi na babangon.

Pero sila pa yung biglang lalayo ang mararating.

This episode is personal for me.

Because I’ve seen the version of her na hirap huminga sa sarili niyang isip.

Yung tipong kahit nasa masayang lugar ka… hindi ka mapakali.

Hindi mo kontrolado yung thoughts mo.

And that’s scary.

Pero eto yung hindi naiintindihan ng karamihan…

Hindi nawawala yung thoughts.

Ikaw yung nagbabago kung paano mo sila haharapin.

In this episode, I had the chance to guest one of my current coaching clients Ms. Dee Samonte to talk about what it really takes to take control of your mind:

Not motivation.

Not inspiration.

But training.

Training your breathing.

Training your focus.

Training your reactions.

Training your identity.

Because at the end of the day,

kung hindi mo kayang i-handle yung sarili mong isip…

kahit anong opportunity dumating, hindi mo rin mahahawakan.

What I’m proud of here is simple:

Hindi lang siya nakinig.

Kumilos siya.

And that’s the difference.

Maraming tao nakikinig.

Konti lang yung gumagalaw.

We also talked about:

paano i-reframe yung sarili mong thoughts

paano mag pattern interrupt kapag lumulubog ka na

bakit importante ang movement at katawan sa mindset

paano gamitin ang anchors para bumalik sa tamang state

at paano mag-grow kahit paulit-ulit kang natatalo

And one thing stood out:

The more she failed, the better she became.

Ganun talaga.

Hindi ka lalakas sa comfort.

Hindi ka magle-level up sa safe na space.

You go through it.

You feel it.

You deal with it.

Then you rise from it.

So kung nahihirapan ka ngayon…

Let me tell you this straight:

Hindi ka mamamatay diyan.

Pero may version ka na kailangan mamatay

para lumabas yung mas malakas na ikaw.

And when that version comes out…

Ibang laro na yun.

🎧 Listen to Episode 19 of Self Talk.

Not everyone gets the chance to sit down with their parents and ask the questions that actually matter.

Sa episode na ito ng Self Talk, nakausap ko ang tatay ko.

No scripts.
No prepared questions.
Just a real conversation.

Pinag-usapan namin ang discipline, friendship, loyalty, parenting, health, aging, and the beliefs that shape a life.

Growing up, hindi ko naman iniisip kung saan nanggaling yung mga paniniwala ko.
Kung bakit ganito ako mag-isip.
Kung bakit ganito ako mag-decide.

But looking back now, ang daming bagay na na-imprint pala sakin just by watching my parents.

Yung leadership.
Yung stubbornness.
Yung sense of responsibility.

There’s a quote that says, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”
And habang tumatagal, mas naiintindihan ko kung bakit.

This episode is not about techniques.
Hindi ito tungkol sa NLP.
Hindi ito tungkol sa mindset strategies.

This is about where those things started.

Kung may natutunan ako sa usapan na ito, it's this:

While you still have the chance, talk to your parents.
Ask questions.
Listen to their stories.

Kasi darating ang panahon na gugustuhin mo marinig ulit yung mga sagot na yun.

And you won’t be able to ask anymore.

🎙 Self Talk Episode 18 – My Dad

Watch the full episode here.

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