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Hi Friends,

I haven’t been able to upload new blog posts lately because I’m racing to finish my latest book, 8 Secrets of the Truly Rich. If you have ever built a house, you’ll know that the most time consuming (and most expensive) part is the finishing phase. Well, writing a book is the same. I see so many things to improve, I keep on editing endlessly. Anyway, in the next few weeks, I’ll be letting you read a few parts of my new book. Here’s the first installment… The Cover and the Preface. (Next Week: The Foreword.)

Is Your Child Being Bullied In School?

Is Your Child Being Bullied In School?

I was shocked by an article I read in NEWSWEEK (Jan 15 issue) on school bullies. In Japan, 7 kids committed suicide during a 2-month period late last year. All because they were being bullied.

I guess the article hit me hard because I was bullied as a kid too.

On the part of the bullies, it’s a sad story as well. I googled some websites and discovered these statistics: bullies are more likely to drop out of school, and more likely to smoke, drink, vandalize, and fight. And in America, 60% of all high school bullies will already have a criminal conviction by the age of 24.

Why was I bullied? I was smaller, thinner, quieter, less athletic, and less bright than my other classmates—a perfect target for the bullies. They harassed me everyday, called me names, laughed at me, pushed me around, kicked my bag, “confiscated” my stuff for their use, and forced me to do errands for them—like buy food for them at the ground floor canteen when our classroom was on the fourth floor. Daily.

How Grateful, Positive, and Affirming Are You?

How Grateful, Positive, and Affirming Are You?

I need to be more grateful. And positive. And affirming.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. Some people will actually say, `But Bo, you’re one of the most positive people I know.`

Yes, I know I’m positive. I sometimes drive my wife nuts because in the midst of a huge crisis, I’m Mr. Cool. As she cries and experiences a panic attack, I put my arm around her and say, “Everything will work out. You’ll see.” Which drives her up the wall even more.

But I’m not all that positive.

Are You A Real Man?

The crisis of the world today is a crisis for real manhood.

My eldest boy Bene is turning 7 this month and he’s thrilled. One reason: I’m making him a special manhood “Ritual of Passage” for his 7th birthday. I told him it’s the first of a three-part series: The first at age 7, the second at age 14, and the third at age 21. I copied this pattern from the knighthood culture, where a boy becomes a “Page” at age 7, a “Squire” at age 14, and a “Knight” at age 21—and since my son loved reading about knights, he’s giddy with excitement. I’ve learned that ancient and medieval cultures always had great manhood “Rituals of Passage”. The Jews have the Bar Mitzvah. Australian Aboriginal Tribes had circumcision. African Tribes sent their boys into the wilderness—alone.

About Bo

About Bo Sanchez

Bo Sanchez is the author of 9 bestselling books and publisher of seven magazines. Bo also has a weekly TV show on ABC 5, Tuesdays, 10:30pm; a daily Radio program on Radio Veritas from Monday to Saturday, 5am, and Sunday, 8am; and a daily internet TV show called www.preacherinbluejeans.com.

Bo is also an international speaker, travelling extensively around the world. So far, he has spoken in 14 countries, including 38 cities in North America. (Click FAQ for more information on how to invite him to speak.)

He founded many organizations, such as Anawim, a special home for the abandoned elderly and the poorest of the poor, and Shepherd’s Voice, a media group that publishes the widest read inspirational literature in the country. He also founded the Light of Jesus Community and the Light of Jesus Counselling Center. (For your counselling needs, click here.)

Bo was also awarded one of The Outstanding Young Men or TOYM for 2006.

Privately, Bo is also a micro-entrepreneur. He engages in small business and real estate not only for his family’s needs and for his various projects, but also from his firm belief that one of the most important solutions to his country’s economic problems is to raise up more micro-entrepreneurs among his countrymen. He frequently teaches and writes about financial literacy, believing that our poverty is hugely a product of people’s low financial I.Q. on subjects such as debt-management, saving, investing, and business. Click here to attend a FREE Financial Health Check-up by Bo’s Team of Financial Coaches. Or click here to attend Bo’s How To Be Truly Rich Seminar and the Truly Rich Financial Coaching Program.

A firm believer in working with others, he has partnered with Gawad Kalinga and other groups that work for the poor.

Recently, he’s formed the KerygmaFamily—a borderless, international, non-physical community. All over the world, people are signing up as members of this virtual community—where they receive a mountain of great stuff for their spiritual and personal growth. (Click here for details.)

In another endeavor he’s very passionate about, Bo started the Catholic Filipino Academy to help parents who want to teach their children at home. (Click here and read why Bo believes in homeschooling.)

But above all these, Bo believes that his first call is to be a loving husband to his wife Marowe and a devoted father to his sons Benedict and Francis. They live in Manila, Philippines.

If you want to contact him, click here.

Steve Ray`s Open Letter To Filipinos

Steve Ray is a friend. Several times now, we've invited this brilliant American Catholic Apologist to speak here in the Philippines. His inspiring articles on the Filipinos have been circulating for some years now, but a KFAM member requested that I post it here, and I guess there might be some people who haven't read it yet--so here goes... For more information on who Steve Ray is, you can go to his great website at www.catholic-convert.com

Do you want to preach? Here are 8 Suggestions From An `Old` Preacher

Hi, Preachers. And Would-Be Preachers.
I’m also a Preacher. Been one for 25 years now.
But many times, I’m also your audience.

Many times, I'm also the ordinary Mr. Guy-At-The-Pew because I too listen to Lay Preachers and Priests give their talks. So I see you, the Preacher, the way 90% of the world sees you: A figure in front some seventy feet away, three-fourths of your body covered by an old pulpit.
Competing against your talk is the humidity of the Philippines, the noisy kids around me, plus the lovely girl in front of me wearing a spaghetti strap blouse that exposes her exquisite neck and flawless shoulders.
And as if all these aren’t enough, I’m very distracted by my problems at my job and my family that keep replaying in my mind like the refrain of a hit song on radio. I’m thinking of my big and small concerns. The debt that needs to be paid on Tuesday. The electric fan that my wife asked me to fix 6 weeks ago. The DVD that my son wants me to rent after Mass…
How can you compete?
I have 8 suggestions.
I gave this talk to a group of 90 priests—and they were immensely grateful.
Here they are…