Project: Whatsit Wednesday

Whatsit Wednesday is all about saying one sincere and honest compliment to two persons close to me ... for one whole year. This project will conclude on the 3rd Wednesday of August, 2010.

So for tomorrow, Wednesday, August 19, 2009:

1. On Romel: He is very smart! Why? I am amazed at the degree with which he knows almost everything, like its sooooo common sense to him, but not to me! Examples would be on topics such as management, business principles, psychology, even war strategies (from the book by Sun Tzu, the Art of War). Me? I have to do extensive research and read books and articles about it, and read them three or four times just so that I can sincerely say I have a firm grasp on what it means ...

And so we usually talk and discuss things, sometimes over lunch or dinner, at times before going to bed every single day. I usually start the conversation, tell him about my learnings during the day, share about some new amazing discoveries I've had (those AHA moments referred to by Oprah)while reading a book I just bought, or heard in the radio or in the news . Then we exchange thoughts on the subject matter, and then to my amazement, I always discover he knows about it already! Of course not perfectly to the letter, but mostly he knows the principles by heart.

He is THAT smart!

2. My daughter Myco: What can I say? She's smart too, just like her Dad! I read in her blog once how she defined herself based on her college degree. She jokingly described herself as a "jack of all trades, master of none"; about how her bachelors degree equipped her with a little something here and a little something there ... a little accountancy, a pinch of management, a dash of information management, a tiny bit of systems design, etc., etc,. I thought that was it, a negative description of herself and her skills. However, she continued by saying that that definition actually makes her "versatile", which is a positive thing. She's now getting her MIT, and i guess it would be safe to say she's smart enough to know what she wants and smart enough to know how to make it happen ... and more importantly, smart enough to have started working towards achieving them! If that's not smart, then what could it be?

See you again next Whatsit Wednesday guys!