Chinkee Tan urges VIPuring Members: Upgrade your Life!

Speaker Chinkee Tan shares some secrets and business tips to Upgrade Your Life

What is the first thing that we, as customers, often ask whenever we visit our favorite stores?

“Ano ang bago? What is new?”

We are in love with everything new—food, clothes, technology, new products, and yes, even new product variations.

New things easily fascinate us, and most often than not, we end up buying these things, even if we really don’t have a need for it. This is because we perceive new things as something better—an upgrade to what we currently have.

And for a lot of Filipinos one thing we most often upgrade is our mobile phones. Unfortunately, unlike our cellphones, which many “upgrade” yearly (or even twice in a year) –we often forget to “upgrade” our lives as well.

Upgrade your life.

This was the topic of the inspirational talk given by bestselling author/ host and former actor Chinkee Tan to hundreds of Puregold GOLD members who attended the 2nd VIPuring Convention held January 22 at the Le Pavillion in Roxas Blvd. Pasay City.

Chinkee Tan gives financial advice on TV5’s Kumare Klub and Balitaang Tapat. He is one of the country’s top wealth coaches and author of the bestselling book “Till Debt Do Us Part” which sold more than 60,000 copies nationwide. His program, Chink Positive!, is KBP 20th Golden Dove Awards’ Best Special Program awardee in 2011.

“There is only one thing permanent in this world and that is CHANGE.  If you don’t innovate, you EVAPORATE,” Tan challenged his eager audience.

He emphasized three things that is necessary for people to enjoy improved lives.

The first is to Upgrade your frame of mind.

“Ang pagyaman ng tao ay di nagsisimula sa laki ng kanilang bulsa or kung magkano ang kinikita or even kung ano ang negosyo niya. Ang pagyaman ng tao naguumpisa kung paano siya mag iisip….Remember, na ang pera hindi kaya gumawa ng pera.”

“To upgrade your life you have to upgrade you mindset— read a lot of books, attend seminars, and ask experts for advice—invest in knowledge.

The second is to Upgrade your Products:  This means to go premium and offer premium products which often yield better profit margins.

The third is to Upgrade your Capital:  “It would be impossible to grow your business without adding more capital,” he said.

“Impossible lumaki ang kita mo pero ang mindset mo ay maliit.”

Using the simple analogy equation of mindset + action = result, thus;
Small mindset + Small action = Small Result
Big mindset + Big action = Big Result
Positive mindset + Positive action = Positive Result and
Negative mindset + Negative action = Negative Result

“So you cannot live a winning life with a defeated mindset… let’s admit we know people who are always angry, whose favorite pastime is complaining—If you want to live a positive life you need to get away from negative people.”

Forget the Poverty mindset… when people ask how are you your response should be: Eto payaman ng payaman…ramdam na ramdam ko na!”

From IQ to EQ and now AQ 
After his talk, Tan then met with several members of online media where he shared more valuable tips on how to be more successful and have a better life.

“Like I said the only thing permanent in this world is change, and I do believe that most of us are products of changes,” he began.

“I’ve learned that more than IQ, as information is readily out there on the internet, you also need to upgrade your Emotional Quotient, EQ, or how to relate with people.” But the most important thing to to increase this year is your AQ –or Adversity Quotient –this means that once changes comes, how do you  respond? How do you adjust? How do you adapt?

Learning how to adjust he says was crucial when he made the transition from being an actor to a motivational speaker. “Kailangan alam mo paano mag adjust. Hindi ako natatakot umulit. Hindi ako natatakot magsimula. Just  like what I tell people always, start small but think big!”

He acknowledge that fear can sometimes be the biggest obstacle to making that change: Remember when you started to ride a bike? You fall, you get wounded and you get hurt. Pero bakit hindi ka tumigil? Kasi gusto mo matuto. And that is very important. Your desire to learn, your desire to win, and your desire to succeed should be greater than your fear of failing.”

“To be the best should be greater than the fear of failing.”

“Anong  ang mas nakakahiya? Yung wala ka mapakain sa pamilya mo or  sabihin ng tao na naku baka mag-fail ka? Everything that happens on the outside should happen first in the inside.  If you don’t like the output of your life you better change the input.”

As for money being your motivation to succeed, he replied, “Find something that you love to do so that you don’t have to work for another day in your life. Do it with passion, and don’t do it just because of money . Your ultimate goal should be to win and be the best in what you do, like Michael Jordan or Manny Pacquiao. Money is only a result of a job well done.”

“It’s not how much money you make, its not how much money you save, but how much money you grow. Learn how to grow your money.”

The reason why you have to make a lot of money is not just for you. There is purpose to being rich and that is to become a blessing to others, Iba yung feelng na kapag successful ka na, and nakakapgbigay na sa ibang tao—that is something na hindi kaya bayaran ng pera,” he concluded.

Puregold VIPuring Convention part 2
After its hugely successful first run, Procter & Gamble Distributing Philippines, Inc. and Puregold brings back an event that aims to empower and elevate Pinoy entrepreneurship—the VIPuring Convention II.

Just a couple of months since it was first held at Puregold’s Paso de Blas Brach in Valenzuela, the exclusive event for Puregold “Tindahan ni Aling Puring” GOLD members was also P&G and Puregold’s way of thanking retailers and entrepreneurs for their loyalty and support.

“The VIPuring Convention returned because the first one was so successful and truly made an impact on retailers and entrepreneurs. P&G and Puregold felt that it’s a good advocacy to make top store owners and entrepreneurs know how important they are not just to their immediate communities but also to the country’s economy. We will always be supportive of our partners and we will continue to equip them with the right tools and the right products that will help them grow their businesses,” Raffy Fajardo, Marketing Director of P&G Distributing, Inc., stated.

The P&G and Puregold VIPuring Convention II also presented opportunities for GOLD members to win exciting prizes and enjoy great on-the-day deals and markdowns on select P&G products.

“We plan to have this event as an integral Puregold and P&G tradition so that we can encourage them to do well and excel in their endeavors,” Fajardo said.

IF the first convention was all about saving your money for investments, part 2 centered on the inspiring talk by wealth coach Chinkee Tan on how to level up one’s business.

The Chink Positive! anchor and bestselling author, also lent his expertise and headlined the event to share helpful business tips, selling skills and insightful anecdotes on entrepreneurship to highly appreciative Puregold GOLD members.

A major component of the convention was the first-class, VIP broadway-themed entertainment that delighted the audience.

Joy with Olay’s The Kitchen Musical medley featured superb performances from thespians Christian Bautista and Karylle.

The Downy Mystique presentation dazzled the audience with Myxx Dancers’ masquerade production number.

Olay Total Effect’s The Little Mermaid medley featured the impressive performance of Ciara Sotto, while the Head & Shoulders PDA Comedy segment, headlined by the Aegis band, scored big and hearty laughs from the audience.