J.B. Surita

1. The Power of Now
IT’S ABOUT TIME
GET REAL:
OTE2013 is your 10-Month non-formal adult education program which equips individuals in dealing with real life
issues. The self-help literacy program that supports GlobalFusion’s Better Person Better Business Principle.
By Rico Ruiz
It has been a constant
challenge for most people to
progressduetoprocrastination
or putting off tasks to a later
event that should be done now.
This module aims to target
the root cause of delaying and
address these issues by doing
in the now.
Today you know that
deep inside your heart,
you believe, you are
willing to make the
decision. To make the
choice, that starting now
- YOU COMMIT.
You are committing to
yourself, to take full
responsibility of your
life, and that you believe
that you are capable of
creating miracles.
THERE IS NO BETTER
TIME THAN NOW. IT IS
TIME FOR YOU TO RISE!
At the end of the module,
student will:
1. Be Aware of procrastination
and its ramifications
2. Be able to shift your“later”
mind frame and move to a
productive “do it now”
mind frame
3. Be able to apply these
principles in your GFI
Business
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“If you’re not making someone
else life better.. Then you’re
wasting your time..” --- Will Smith

2. “YESTERDAY IS HISTORY
TOMORROW IS A MYSTERY
TODAY IS A GIFT THAT’S WHY ITS
CALLED PRESENT”
TIT FOR TAT (writing activity)
TIT: Task Interferring Thoughts
TAT: Task Activating Thoughs
By CK Agbayani
People spend a lot of time
in the past or the future. This
way of thinking is indeed a
great way to make much of
your life a lot more miserable
and limited than necessary.
The key to solving this problem
is of course to live as much as
you can in the only moment
that you ever really live in and
control - NOW.
This module will make the
participants the understand
the importance of focusing on
the now, identify what exactly
they need to focus on and
experience how they can apply
the power of now to have the
time of their life.
1. Being in the now
What is being in the now?
To illustrate, close your eyes.
Take a deep breath. Smell... quite
pleasant probably a scent of
perfume Taste... taste what’s in
your mouth, maybe a little of the
food you just ate. Touch... your
feet on the floor, gravity holding
you down on your seat... feel the
temperature Hearing... I hear
people talking at the other room,
the music.
Open your eyes... wow here
we all are. Our minds recognize
each other. We are conscious of
each other. This is being in the
now.
1. Focus on what you have now
(GRATITUDE)
2. Focus on what you want now
(HAPPINESS)
Time is emotion. Change is
not a matter of ability, it’s a
matter of motivation. Change
what you focus on, change your
experience of time, change your
experience of life.
A. Focus on the now
B. What do I need to focus on
now?
2. Importance of living in the now
- Stop holding on to past
successes and failure
- Stop thinking too much about
the future
- Start living in the present
a. Differentiate between
focusing on what you have
and focusing on what you
don’t have
b. Ask them the following
questions:
- What am I most grateful
about in my life now?
What about that makes
me grateful? How does
that make me feel?
- What am I most proud
about in my life now?
What about that makes
me proud? How does
that make me feel?
a. Differentiate between
focusing on what you
want not what you don’t
what
- What am I most happy
about in my life now?
What about that makes
me happy? How does
that make me feel?
- What am I enjoying most
in my life now? What
about that do I enjoy?
How does that make
me feel?
At the end of the module,
you will:
1. Understand the importance
of being in the now
2. Identify the things you need
to focus on now
3. Discover the power of now
and take action
focus on the now

3. 3. Focus on what is important
now (COMMITMENT)
4. Focus on what you need to
do Now (URGENCY)
a. Differentiate focusing on
what’s urgent versus
what’s important
b. Ask them the following:
- What am I committed to
in my life right now?
What about that makes
me committed? How
does that make me feel?
- Who do I love? Who loves
me? What about that
makes me loving? How
does that make me feel?
a. Difference of doing things
due urgency and emergency
“Dare You To
Move”
Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone’s here
Everyone’s here
Everybody’s watching you
now
Everybody waits for you
now
What happens next
What happens next
[Chorus]
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up
off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
before
Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
Tension is here
Between who you are and
who you could be
Between how it is and
howit should be
[Chorus]
Maybe redemption has
stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right
where you fell
Where can you run to
escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up
off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
before
b. Ask them the following:
- What do I need to do in my
life right now? What about
that is needed from me?
How does that make me
feel?
C. The Power of Now
1. Visualization Activity
Close your eyes again. Look
at yourself from the ceiling.
Zoom out a bit and look
at Bayanihan Center. Then
zoom out some more and
there’s Pasig... some more
there’s Metro Manila.
Zoom out some more and
there’s Luzon. Zoom out
some more and you see the
Philippines, surrounded by the
the blueness of the ocean.
Zoom out some more and
then there’s Planet Earth. What
a beautiful planet, refelecting
with color the radiance of the
sun.
Zoom out some more and
you’ll see the solar system and
the planets. And some more...
you see the cosmos and the
vastness universe.
Here and now. And your mind
has the ability to comprehend
it and to understand it. And
the ability to zoom back in an
instant. To where we are now.
What a wonderful journey.
And what’s nice about it is it
helps us to be connected in
realizing how insignificant we
are and yet how important we
are in the here and now.
Connected to the people in
the world, the people around
us, the things that happen, and
see how wonderful it is to be
alive at the present moment.
It’s time of your life... the time
to make things happen... the
time to take action now... Now
open your eyes... you are here...
now as you read and listen to
this song.

4. By Judith Emily Tiamsim
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
How Far Have You Come?
This module focuses on
identifying life-shaping events
whichincludesmajorsetbacks
and major accomplishment
and identify what values it
has contributed in character
development and discover
similar experiences with co-
OTE participants.
This module will utilize a
Personal TIMELINE activity.
At the end of the module, you
will:
A. Identify negative and positive
shifts in life
B. Be able to connect major
setbacks and
accomplishments to
character growth
C. Be able to create new
meanings to these
experiences to change
the present and future
What is your life story?
It has been said that a
“picture is worth a thousand
words”. Today, we will attempt
to put into pictures through our
timeline activity YOUR STORY.
Let us take this time to
reflect and identify positive and
negative shifts in our lives from
the past until present. Include
experiences that influenced
your life both in a negative and
positive way.
This is your life story. Why is
it important to reflect on your
story?
1. Your story tells you who
you are, what you believe,
and how to best fulfill your
emotional needs to matter
and meaningfully connect
with others and life
around you.
2. Your story is powerful
because your sense of
self-worth lives in your
storyline. Your thoughts
and beliefs are powerful
energies that can, and do,
shape your emotional
responses to past events
in your life, and thus have
fashioned your story.
3. You story will enable you
to connect with others
and will empower them to
define you, thus, help
shape and define
your PRESENT and your
FUTURE.
How far have you really come?
Are you a BETTER PERSON
today?
What is your future like?
Draw a new line connected to
your present timeline
How do you see your future?
PERSONAL TIMELINE
ACTIVITY
1 Oslo Paper each
Write down a statement of
a DECLARATION OF
YOUR FUTURE. CREATE
A NEW LIFE STORY!
Share a personal story.
1. Divide the paper into
half lengthwise and draw
a horizontal line. Place a
positive sign on the upper
right corner and negative
sign on the lower right
corner .
2. Identify positive and
negative life-shaping
event in each stage of
your life (childhood, teen-
age years and adulthood).
Write down 1 positive and
1 negative each stage.
3. Place a value/ key lesson
in each event as to how it
has shaped you as a
person

5. This module focuses on
understanding obsession, and
how we can set ourselves free
from a negative obsession or
at the very least have a degree
of control over one, and just
like the title, be able to create
a positive one, a magnificent
obsession.
At the end of the module the
students will:
A. Have awareness, being
aware of something we have
gives us a choice. Being given
a choice, gives us control, thus
I aim to provide the students,
what I want; SELF-CONTROL
By Mike Yulo
A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
Editor: J.B. Surita | Layout: Genelyn Javier