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Week 15

A pitch deck can help companies and entrepreneurs attract investors by providing a detailed but brief overview of their organization. Understanding the components of a great pitch deck might assist you in getting the finance you require.

During week 15, we presented our pitch deck to the experts. It's a nice start and a great experience, especially if we decide to pursue our planned application. We effectively presented it at the presentation and were able to discuss more our application. Of course, the judges will always provide suggestions during a presentation. All of the judges' suggestions will aid us in further improving our TU-GO APPLICATION, which we will use as a foundation for building and enhancing our application so that we may have a good application that investors will invest in.

This week has been a lot of fun and informative because we've learned a lot from the judges. This is an experience that will never be forgotten because it will be useful in future events, especially if we as a team pursue this application. If we continue this application, we will be able to assist a large number of students in locating the closest tutor in their location and booking tutoring sessions. I also learned that being able to deliver the pitch deck well will persuade investors to fund our application. It is vital to thoroughly discuss and present the proposed idea so that the investor is enticed to invest in our application.

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Week 14

By creating a prototype, you can really handle a version of your proposed product and decide which features work and which ones need to be refined. This is an opportunity to collect more precise requirements and market input.

During week 14, we updated our business model canvas and applied our instructor's suggestions. We will employ the traction channels she mentioned for our startup application, including Targeting Blogs, Search Engine Marketing, and Email Marketing. These three traction channels are interconnected, which would be beneficial, especially since our application is related to education. We can effectively sell our application and reach our target customers via these three traction channels. We will be able to sell our application across many media platforms due to these traction channels.

This week, we also continued the wireframing in order to add some functionality to it. Despite our limited access to gadgets, we try to find ways to prototype and upgrade our application. To get a nice output of the startup application, wireframing takes a lot of time and work. This wireframing is necessary to give our target customers a visual representation of our application. When we show our wireframe to our customers, we may get feedback on what needs to be improved and developed. This week, I learned that wireframing is vital in a startup business since it allows you to see which parts could require some modification.

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Week 13

A traction channel is a type of marketing that aids in the acquisition of new customers. Traction channels are, in essence, client acquisition methods. Traction is vital since it's one of the most essential markers of product/market fit, or whether you're selling the correct product to the right market.During week 13, we interviewed three people, the majority of whom were our target clients. As we present our wireframing to them, we ask them what they have to say about our application. They mentioned they prefer our application because of the earning feature, which allows customers to upload their own learning resources and earn money from it. Aside from that, they advised that our app be improved because they find it difficult to browse our TU-GO APPLICATION, particularly on the dashboard. Since we are still in the development stage of our application, comments from there can assist us in improving things. We can improve it significantly and make it a more user-friendly application to better meet the needs of our target customers.

The bullseye framework was also used to develop our traction channels. Gabriel Weinberg's Bullseye Framework is one of the most effective strategies for identifying marketing channels that generate traction for your business. When your marketing approach succeeds, you'll notice traction. We chose the top three in column A, or the inner part, which are trade shows, social and display ads, and existing platforms. These three channels will undoubtedly assist us in reaching our target customers, and we will be able to sell our products and services to large clients as well. Virtual Marketing, Content Marketing, Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Business Development, Affiliate Program, and Offline Ads are the six channels in column B (possible) that we will use if the top three channels in column A fail. Column C has the channels that we have crossed out because we have chosen them.

This week taught me how to choose a traction channel for our app carefully, as it determines whether we are selling or advertising our products on the right market or platforms. As a result, as a startup company, this phase must be included because it has a significant impact on the startup business that we will develop.

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Week 12

The business model canvas is a tool that may be used to describe, visualize, evaluate, and update business models. It describes how a company produces, distributes, and captures value. It also makes it easier to see what's important and compels users to focus on critical areas. A team can utilize it to understand relationships and come to agreements. During week 12, we interviewed 5 people which is our target customers. We ask them if what could be the likelihood that they will recommend our product to their friends and other people and they said that their is a high likelihood that they will recommend our application. We are happy that they will recommend our application since we can attract and cater more customers. We also ask what made them choose our application over other website/application that also offers tutoring services and they answer that they choose TU-GO APPLICATION since it has a unique features such as the earning feature wherein they can earn by uploading learning materials. The positive feedback from our target customers motivates us to work hard to produce a good and user-friendly application that can cater their needs. In week 12, we also created our Business Model Canvas in which it already discusses all the necessary information about our application such as the key partners, key activities, value proposition, customer relationships, customer segments, key resources, channels, cost structure, and revenue streams. This week, I've learned that creating your business model canvas used to describe, visualize, evaluate, and update business models. It also makes it easier to see what's important and compels users to focus on critical areas. This week really tought me how important the business model canvas in a startup business.

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Week 11

Starting up a business needs to include making a revenue model because it gives an overview of the company’s current and future potential to earn profits. Understanding the mechanics of a revenue model can help determine a company’s success. During week 11, we interviewed five people about our tutoring service pricing. We asked if they are okay with the Php 100 per hour tutoring service, and we are glad they say yes because it is a reasonable price that they can easily afford. We then question if they would recommend our application if it were accessible on the market, given its low price of Php 100 per hour, and they answer they would because it is a great application that provides a low-cost tutoring service. As we gather data, we believe customers like the TU-GO APPLICATION because of its affordable pricing. We can assess if we can make money with our TU-GO APPLICATION by asking our target customers those questions. During this week, we focused on the different ways we could make money and how we would reach our monthly revenue goal of Php 50,000. As a startup, we consistently make sure that we meet our monthly revenue goals in order to be successful. We have the monthly membership, but solely for the tutor, which costs Php 100. We also include advertisements from companies such as Lazada and Gcash, which are measured by clicks, views, and installs. We also add in the advertisement any playable apps that can capture our users' attention. Though the type of application we proposed makes it difficult to fulfill the monthly revenue goal, we discovered a means to do so, which is mostly through subscriptions and advertising. We can absolutely achieve our goals with this technique, and we can profit from this application. In conclusion, creating a revenue model provides us with a background or overview of our prospective profits, both current and future. This will assist us as a starting company in determining our potential profitability and whether we will fulfill our monthly revenue goals.

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Week 10

In a starting business, creating a competitive analysis is critical since it can help you identify ways to develop or strengthen your own business plan. It allows you to see your competitor's strengths and weaknesses in relation to your own.

During week 10, we interviewed ten of our application's target customers. We give them some background on our application and how it works, as well as a demonstration of our prototype so they can see how our app looks. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest and 1 being the lowest, we asked them to rank our TU-GO APPLICATION. We were amazed to learn that our target clients score us 4 and 5. We may then compare it to our competitors, TUTORING 24/7 and Nimbler Tutor, based on their ratings.

Being able to do a competitive analysis will enable us to determine our competitors' strengths and weaknesses, allowing us to develop our application and provide a good product and service that is not offered by our competitors. We created a competitive analysis in which we compared product and service offerings, market share, target market, sales, revenue, pricing comparison, marketing strategy, and ratings to those of our competitors. We were able to determine what we needed to do, particularly in terms of having a great feature and, of course, providing better service than our competitors.

In week 10, I learned that creating a competitive analysis will enable us to better understand and know the strengths and weaknesses of our two competitors. This allows us to develop our own application and solve any lapses or shortcomings. This also serves as a guide for us to focus on the areas that require improvement and development.

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Week 9

Estimating the market size is significant in a starting business because it allows the company or organization to estimate how much profit they could make from a new business, product, or service. A startup business will gain an advantage if it can precisely calculate the market size. It allows you to make smarter investing decisions, plan more clearly, and avoid getting caught in a strategy that has no future.

In week 9, we interviewed ten of our startup's target customers. We asked if they have a device and Internet access, as our application requires both, and will be related to our market size estimates especially the TAM, SAM, and SOM. Our target customers have a device and Internet connectivity, making it easier for them to download our proposed application when it becomes available. We also ask if they are interested in our app, particularly because it has a unique function that allows users to earn money by uploading learning materials. Based on their feedback, the earning aspect appeals to them because it allows them to earn money simply by uploading learning materials. Aside from that, they're interested in the online group discussion feature, which allows users to join any group and participate in discussions with other users.

We identified our market sizing, which are the TAM, SAM, and SOM, during week 9. The overall population of Cagayan de Oro City is 786,304 individuals, because we solely focus and cater to people in CDO, which is our TAM. We also determine our SAM, assuming that 60% of the population owns a device and has internet connection. 471,782 people make up 60% of the total population. We estimate that 20% of SAM will use our app, which equals to 94,356 individuals. What I've learnt from determining our market size is that it needs to be accurate in order to determine who your true target customers are and whether or not the product/services you offer are profitable.

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Week 7

Accepting feedback and recommendations from your target customers, as well as criticism, is one approach to improve your startup business and make it the best application on the market. To provide them with an overview or background of your company, it is best to present the startup business and what it can genuinely offer.

We deliver our wireframe to our target customers during week 7. We are able to explain what our application is all about and how it works. They are quite impressed with the design after seeing our wireframe and they provide feedback and suggestions in order to make it more appealing to all target customers. If the TU-GO Application becomes accessible on the market, our target customers will be eager to download it. Hearing those feedback from our target customers motivates us to work even harder in the future to make this application a success.

We begin working on things according to plan based on their criticism and suggestions, particularly continuing our wireframe so that we may offer a more complete background of our application. Our target customers will be encouraged to use our proposed application if we present a more thorough wireframe to them. After all, our application will be extremely useful to them if they wish to apply as a tutor or a tutee, and they will also be able to earn money from the documents that they upload.

From this experience, I've learned that showing the wireframe to our target customers allows us to better understand their preferences and learn from their feedback, which we can then utilize when developing the TU-GO App.

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Week 6

In order to achieve the goals of a startup idea, several factors must be considered, one of which is the creation of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). This is a version of a product that has just enough features for early customers to use and provide input for future product development. Developers can potentially save lengthy and unneeded work if they focus on producing an MVP. We create our Minimum Viable Product during week 6 based on feedback and suggestions from our target clients. Making an MVP helps us to understand what precise aspects we need to work on, particularly in terms of strengthening and developing our new business. This will significantly improve our TU-GO application and make it more user-friendly for everyone. Our target consumers' suggestions motivate us to work hard on improving our app so that we may provide or offer the greatest app on the market. In addition, we designed the wireframes for our application. We had some difficulties completing this due to our restricted resources, but in the end, we were able to construct a wireframe for our application. Creating a wireframe gives us a visual representation of the application's flow and how it functions. Because we are a startup company, we can use the wireframe to present the flow of our application to our target customers, giving them an idea of what our application is and what it can do. Making an MVP and wireframe taught me that it's vital to embrace both advice and criticism in order to improve a startup's business. The target customers' suggestions were used as a foundation for building and improving the startup business, which resulted in a successful startup.

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Week 5

When it comes to starting a business, numerous steps must be followed in order to successfully implement the business and make it successful. Knowing how difficult it is to establish a business motivates you to go above and beyond to meet the demands and expectations of your target customers.

During week 5, we interviewed three of our target customers, specifically parents whose children are enrolled in online and modular courses. We chose to interview parents because we needed to understand their struggles with teaching their children in a new environment. As we all know, most of the time, parents are the ones who directly answer their children's modules without explaining how they came to such answers. Children may not be able to learn in that kind of doings. As a result, we introduced our application to the parents in order to provide them with a better understanding of the products and services we provide. If they wanted a tutor for their children, the TU-GO Application would be quite useful. Our application has a significant impact on them because it provides a list of different tutors who are located near their area and can be quickly booked.

In order to learn more about our target customers' backgrounds, we ask them for personal information that will assist us to determine whether or not they are interested in registering for our application. We ask for their demographic information so that we can record it in our customer persona. We also asked about their daily routine, which can assist us in determining when and how they teach their children. This also makes it simpler for us to create customer workflows. During the interview, I acquired a lot of information from our target customers' responses. We can appreciate how tough it must be for them to balance teaching their children with other responsibilities. That is why the TU-GO Application is the solution to their problems, as it gives a large number of tutors who can assist them and their children.

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Week 4

Having a startup business is crucial since it involves the implementation of a process in order to be successful. It is necessary to thoroughly establish who your new business's target market is and conduct interviews to determine whether they are interested in the products or services you offer.

During week four, we develop a set of questions and hypotheses that we will use as a guide to asks questions of our target customers. We spoke with three people who are our target customers, including a senior high school student and a college student. Creating a question should be relevant to your startup business and, of course, address the target market's pain points. It should be an open-ended question so that clients can freely share their thoughts about the startup company. It also allows us to gain a deeper understanding of our clients' preferences, motivating us to strive even harder to provide them with the greatest application possible. In order to predict the outcomes of our startup firm, we also generate hypotheses for each question.

During the interview, we gathered information that will undoubtedly benefit our startup business. Our target clients provide feedback and suggestions that can improve our application. We also understand how our target clients feel about their studies because they are all enrolled in an online course. They struggle in a different area of subjects, and one solution is to use our application, which offers a variety of tutors from whom they can choose. Our application is extremely beneficial to our target market, particularly those who are studying difficult subjects. This application acts as a link between the tutee and the tutor.

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Week 3

Starting a business is highly crucial, especially if you are a first-time entrepreneur. Having an excellent startup idea might stimulate your target customers' curiosity. There are a lot of things to do while starting a business in order to make it successful. One of these is to conduct interviews with your target consumers to learn about their pains and gains in relation to your startup idea, as well as how you plan to address or solve their pains.

In week three, our team did a 10-person interview and shared the background of our startup idea with them. Conducting an interview can aid in acquiring data from interviewees, allowing us to learn more about our target customers' ideas and opinions about our proposed startup business. We interviewed high school, senior high school, college students, and a parent who has a student because our startup business is particularly beneficial to students who wish to have a tutor.

During our interviews with our target clients, we obtained information regarding their academic difficulties. Some of the interviewees are struggling with areas such as mathematics and English. With that, our proposed application will be the solution to their problems, as it will assist students in finding a tutor who can assist them in resolving their problems. Our application serves as a link between students and tutors, and it can also assist tutors in finding part-time work. Since it is just a startup idea, we openly accept their suggestions about our proposed idea.

Conducting an interview demonstrates our commitment to achieving our goals. I've learned that during our interview, we'll learn about our target clients' pains and gains. This also aids us in improving and developing our starting business in order to suit the needs of our target clients.

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Week 2: Team Formation

Team Formation is vital in planning a startup business as it helps to build good ideas coming from different perspectives. Being able to form a team will help to understand how individual people work alone and together. It's also beneficial because each team member has a unique personality and perspective that can contribute to the development of new ideas.

When I already have a team, we talk about the outcomes of Berkeley Innovation Index Test and Myers Brigg Test Indicator, both of which showed different results. We got different results on the Myers Brigg Test Indicator, but three of us, including myself, have the same personality type, which is a Protagonist, and one of our team members is an Advocate. Being part of a team with a variety of personalities might result in a beneficial end because everyone can contribute a great concept for the startup company that the group wishes to create. All of our results in the Berkeley Innovation Index Test are the same, indicating that our Innovation Mindset is not fixed. Though we do not yet have a fixed Innovation Mindset, this subject Technopreneurship will undoubtedly assist us in achieving it. We also have our own unique Innovation Mindset Analysis, which allows us to see if we are good at teamwork, collaborating with one another, and, of course, if we are interested in entrepreneurship.

There is always a team or group name in team formation that represents the startup business that your team intends to develop. We brainstorm and collaborate as a group in order to come up with a great and distinct team name. Having a team makes it easier because everyone is working and contributing to the success of the startup business. The team must determine who is the Hustler, Hacker, and Hipster in order to make the startup successful. Assigning members makes it easy for them to work on a specific task that they are familiar with or that falls within their area of expertise. Mark Gabriel Falcon was assigned the role of CEO (hustler) since he is qualified to be our CEO because he is adept at interacting with a broad audience and is also capable of handling things. The Hackers were assigned to me and Jessa Oliveros because we have a little background about Technology since both of us took Information Technology way back when we were Senior High students. Aiza Redera was given the Hipster since she can design PowerPoint presentations and can also design for our startup company.

When it comes to startup business, it's important to have a vision for what your team intends to do in the future. It's also important that the concept is beneficial to your intended audience. My group comes up with three ideas that we believe will be beneficial to our target customers. Our ideas are based on what is happening right now, which is the pandemic, and these ideas can help those who are in need of something, such as gadgets for an online class, essential foods for those who don't want to go outside just to buy goods and tutoring for those who want to improve their learning and gain more knowledge to help their academics.

With everything we've talked about as a team, we've come up with a strong startup idea and a unique team name. Every team member was able to give an idea and was part of the decision-making process.

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Week 1: Self- Assessment

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Self-Assessment allows us to look at ourselves in order to assess aspects that are important to one's identity. Having a self-assessment helps us to be a realistic judge of our own performance and to improve our work. In self-assessment, I used Berkeley Innovation Index Test and Myers Brigg Test Indicator. Below is the result of my self-assessment.

 In Berkeley Innovation Index Test, my Personal Innovation Mindset Level is 80.7 out of 100 which says that my mindset is not fixed. The following is an analysis of my innovation mindset.

 1. TRUST – trust is very important because it helps to increase the speed of communication and feedback for new ideas. My trust level is 60.0 which is low because I don’t easily trust other people especially if I don’t know the person.

 2. RESILIENCE – resilience is really important to persevere over failures. My resilience level is 92.5 which I easily recover from any difficulties that I’ve encountered.

 3. DIVERSITY – diversity is important in an organization to exchange different ideas and information with people with different backgrounds. My diversity level is 77.5 which is I can share ideas with people from different backgrounds.

 4. BELIEF – belief in our own ideas and abilities is important for us to influence others and to overcome such challenges. My belief level is 94.67 which is high and I can say that I believe in my own ideas and abilities and from that, I can influence others.

 5. ALLOCATION – allocation is important because it allows us to know when to focus on perfection. My allocation level is 100.0 which means that I know when to focus and when to allow good enough to be good enough to have an optimal balance.

 6. COLLABORATION – collaborating with other people help to increase sharing of information. My collaboration level is 80.0 which is high and it means that I collaborate with other people.

 7. COMFORT ZONE – comfort zone is important for us to grow, adapt and innovate. My comfort zone level is 55.0 which I think is an average and from that result, I can grow my mindset to make me grow, adapt as well as innovate.

 8. INNOVATIVE ZONE – innovative zone allows us to know our interest level and motivation for innovation and entrepreneurship. My innovative zone level is 86.0 which means that I’m somewhat interested when it comes to innovation and entrepreneurship.

  In Myers Brigg Test Indicator (16personalities), my personality type is Protagonist. The protagonist's personality feel called to serve a greater purpose in life. These personality types strive to have a positive impact on other people and the world around them. In terms of Mind, I am 70% extraverted which means that I’m more likely to interact with my environment, prefer group activities, and get energized by social interaction. In terms of Energy, I am 81% intuitive which means that I’m imaginative, open-minded, and curious. In terms of Nature, I am 73% feeling which means that I’m a sensitive and emotionally expressive type of person. I am more empathic and less competitive and focus on social harmony and cooperation. In terms of Tactics, I am 94% judging which means that I am a decisive, thorough, and highly organized type of person. Lastly, in terms of Identity, I am 69% assertive which means that I’m self-assured, even-tempered, and resistant to stress. I refuse to worry too much and do not push myself too hard when it comes to achieving goals.

 To conclude, the result of both tests is somewhat accurate to me because the result shows what really my personalities are. Taking these tests helps me to identify my strengths and weaknesses and it also helps me to be ready in the field of work. It also helps to identify if I am interested in entrepreneurship.

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My Unique Experience/Personal Story during the Pandemic

The covid-19 pandemic has greatly affected the world economy as well as the societies daily activities. It has brought difficulties to our daily lives that lead us to adopt new normal for us to strive in this pandemic.

It wasn't an easy experience for us to deal with all the difficulties that the pandemic has brought to our lives. Our work, lifestyle, and education have been greatly affected by the pandemic. As a college student, it was very difficult for me to attend classes and do any school activities due to our school has opted for online learning since it is the only viable alternative. I needed gadgets and an internet connection for me to be able to continue my studies. My parents have struggled to find the means to provide me the needs for my studies. It was painful for me to see my parents struggle for my educational needs and also in providing for our daily needs. I know that all other parents and students have the same situation as mine because it is new for everyone. Lucky to those who are financially stable because they were not that greatly affected by the pandemic.

Though my parent was able to provide my needs and I am grateful to them for always supporting me in my studies but still I am struggling due to network connection problem. I am living in a rural area where the network signal is poor and whenever I need to attend an online class, I need to look for an area where the signal is good. Sometimes I get disconnected due to poor network signal. I even struggle with my homework and activities because whenever I need to search for something on the internet, it takes time to load the page and that causes me sometimes to pass my homework and activities late. Even worse is that I do not have an internet connection because I do not have enough money to buy an internet load. Despite all the problems and difficulties that I have encountered with this new setup of education, still, I am working hard on my studies and doing the best that I can do to adapt to this kind of learning.

As a student who struggles with the online class, I divert my attention to exercise so that I won't get stress and stay healthy in time of the pandemic. What I do is whenever I have free time, I do some physical activities to help me relax and reduce the risk of anxiety and depression.

To sum up, my experience during the pandemic was not that good. I needed to adjust for myself to cope up with the changes that happened and strive even more for me to finish my degree. Despite all the additional hardship that came into my life because of the covid-19 pandemic, it also teaches me a lesson on how to be a stronger version of myself and learned how to deal with difficulties.

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#VOTE

Voting is a formal expression of an individual's or a group's opinion or choice, particularly in an election. It is generally happening in a large-scale context in National and Regional elections. As a citizen in a country, it is our duty and responsibility to vote a candidate who leads our country.

In most countries, a person/s will run as a candidate and the people will elect that person that they think is the right person to lead a country. They are the persons that the citizens trust to lead the country. Regardless of social status, everyone has the right to vote for their candidate of choice. Choosing the right leader is what makes a country prosperous and well developed. As a citizen, it is our responsibility to select and assign the right candidate for a government position. Selecting the wrong candidate may lead to a nation's fall.

Way back when I was in my Senior High days when my friends told me that there was a free registration at the Comelec office, I applied and submitted a registration to become an eligible voter. I was able to register but I still cannot vote due to my age because, in our country, only those who are 18 years old and above are the only ones who are allowed to vote. My experience at that time was not easy because there is a lot of processes to be followed to become a registered voter. With all the hustle, long lines, and processes, It was a worthwhile experience since I was able to register. When I turned 18 years old, I was able to cast my vote in our barangay on election day. The experience was not easy due to slow progress and a long line of people waiting for their turn to vote. It took me almost a day of my turn to vote, but still, it was a good experience especially that I was able to participate in the election and contributed something to our country.

As a voter, we should always vote wisely. Not all candidates are qualified for the position that they are running for. Other candidates also use the money to buy votes in order to win the election. Since we citizens are the one who votes for the most deserving candidate, we must put in mind that we should not do the vote-buying because it will not help to improve our country even our barangays. Choosing the right leader makes our country improved and well handled.

By choosing the right and most deserving leader is one way of helping our country to improved and developed. Making the right decision can change our country into a better place. Voting wisely is self-fulfilling as we end up choosing the right leader for our country. It has a big impact on our self as well as on our country because a good leader always thinks of what is good for the country. Always remember to vote wisely and choose the best and most deserving leader of the country.

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What I'd Do Differently (Life Choices)

Everyone has their own decision in life. We can either go for what we want or what others want. It is a two-way process wherein you have to choose between the two. Life is hard and If you don't take it seriously, you will regret it for the rest of your life. It's about making your own right decision in life and what you could think is good for you. People tend to choose the path that they want for the sake of their future.

Even I do have a lot of mistakes in life that I regretted and wanted to correct. I don't even know if I am taking the right path or not. Being a teenager, we are in the process of weighing the things if it is worth it for our self. There were a lot of opportunities that came into my life that I just let slip away. When an opportunity comes, I just ignored it and always think that there will be another one to come. I was naive that I disregarded those opportunities and not knowing that it was once in a lifetime opportunity that would help me in life. I didn't consider the consequences that could happen if ever I will not grab those opportunities. Now that I have grown and realized how important those opportunities are, I will no longer going let a single opportunity to slip out of my hands. Sometimes, we need to take a risk for us to grow as a person. We have a lot of mistakes in life but we can make it right by changing things and making the best choices in life. The different life choices that I will make are to do things that I think are good for myself as well as for my future. I would grab those opportunities that I missed so I won't have any regrets for letting them slip out of my hand. I will accept everything just like God's plan for me because it is the only way to be a successful person. To be successful is what our family is being proud of. It makes them happy and our way of paying them back for their sacrifices. So hard work and studying hard is the only way to be successful and to reach all the goals in life.

We all do make mistakes, if given the chance to correct all those mistakes then I will gladly do it. We only live once in this world, so make the best out of yourself. Go for what you want so that you will not regret it at the end of the day. The best feeling in this world is to be a successful person because it makes you happy and not just yourself but including your family. They are the one that supports you in the first place and they also the one that is proud of what you've done. Be yourself and don't take for granted the opportunities ahead of you.