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Why So Many Filipinos Lack Discipline

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Ferdinand E. Marcos Quote

Filipinos are known to be disciplined abroad. Most OFWs tend to finish everything at work before the day ends; they are seen as courteous, refined, and well-mannered; and they carefully follow the rules of the company or community where they are in. This observation is based on the answers of the respondents to The Philippine Star’s How Disciplined Are Filipinos?

How disciplined Filipinos are

How about here in the Philippines? How disciplined are we Filipinos? You will know just by looking around. People ignoring the pedestrian lanes; jeepney drivers loading and unloading in the middle of the road; children tossing their candy wrappers everywhere; and so many more scenes around describing how disciplined we are. The question is, “why do so many Filipinos lack discipline?” [Read more…]

20 Ways to Be a Responsible Filipino Citizen

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Boy Scout Monument in Palo Leyte

We, the citizens, are the first leaders of this democratic republic country. We are the roots of our leaders. In other words, we are the ones who choose the people who will lead our government. Our leaders and government officials originate from our votes. Thus, for our country to improve, progress must begin with us. We have to be responsible citizens to achieve personal and national development. So without further ado, here are 20 things we can do to become responsible Filipino citizens. [Read more…]

14 Good Filipino Habits that Make the Philippines a Great Country

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El Nido Palawan Philippines

There may be negative traits that are common to many Filipinos, such as crab mentality (envy and insecurity), mañana habit (procrastination) and tardiness, that are hindering our country’s progress and human development index. But on the other side, we also have several positive traits that make us one of the most admirable people on Earth. The following good habits make the Filipinos great people and the Philippines a great country. Let us do our best to preserve them. [Read more…]

7 Ways to Overcome Crab Mentality

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Three crabs

Crab mentality is a term that describes a way of thinking of a person who always try to pull down other people, not wanting them to succeed while he or she is being left behind. It’s a metaphor that refers to the crabs in a bucket. The crabs try to escape from the bucket but because they grab and pull down each other, they always fail individually and collectively. Crab mentality is also an attitude that clings on the phrase “if I can’t have it, neither can you.”

In my previous article, we’ve identified 10 signs of crab mentality in a person. That article created a buzz, and a lot of Filipinos reacted to it. Many of them liked and shared it, humbly accepting the fact that we are indeed guilty of that mentality and we need to improve as citizens of our nation. On the other hand, there are some who got offended, stating that Filipinos should not be described as such. [Read more…]

10 Signs that a Person has a Crab Mentality

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Crab

Crab mentality is a widely used term in the Philippines given to Filipinos who always try to pull down other Filipinos who are succeeding in life and getting ahead of them. This trait is not unusual to us, as it’s actually one of the common bad habits of many Filipinos.

People with crab mentality are everywhere. You can encounter them on social media, where they are always busy criticizing instead of appreciating the news and stories about the achievements of Filipinos.

This attribute is also one of the major causes why our country is not progressing. It doesn’t promote unity, humility and responsibility. I believe we have to get rid of it for our personal and national development. And the first step to eradicate this negative trait from us is to be aware of it. We can all be guilty of crab mentality, and here are 10 signs that someone is having this unfavorable quality. [Read more…]

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