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I have been a Certified Public Accountant in public practice for the past 27 years and have seen people come and go at P&A Grant Thornton. My 16 year-stay in our branch offices, particularly the one in Davao, gave me the opportunity to get involved with our people’s employee lifecycle from attraction to separation.

Last week, Filipino boxing legend Sen. Manny Pacquiao proved to the whole world once again that self-discipline, hard work, and perseverance could lead to success.

As parents, we always strive for balance in our lives. Many of us free up our weekends for activities we want to do outside work.

I’ve been working with data. Data set for most of my working life. Nothing is more difficult in this field than dealing with similar data coming from different sources managed over time by many different people.

“Roar” by Katy Perry was the piano piece that my then six-year-old daughter practiced for her recital. On recital day, she was begging me and her mom that we skip the recital altogether. Until now, I still feel the anguish she had that day. I still hear her cries for understanding. I still see the fear on her face. She was fearful of performing in front of people. She was afraid of failure. She was frightened of making a fool out of herself.

Dear 20-year-old self, Congratulations!

In less than a year’s time, my eldest child will turn 10. She is presumably part of the post-millennial generation called Generation Z.

As a parent and as a partner at P&A Grant Thornton, quitting is a topic that I always find slippery.