Business Week Speech... (Public Speaking)

Honored guests, ladies and gentlemen, a pleasant afternoon to all of you. “Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.”

Success for a man who has experienced a lot of disturbing events along his journey is not easy to define. For a businessman like me, like you, like all of us, failure is always an ingredient to our heart-warming success.

Well, I would like to inspire you with a story of how my journey in this very challenging world of business had been, and who I was before I became who I am right now. You might think that reaching my stand in the pedestal right now as a millionaire was just an easy access to me. The Catubig Corporation, which ended the reign of San Miguel Corporation as one of the richest conglomerate here in the Philippines, did not came into existence with just a click of a hand.

Me, my colleagues, and my fellow businessmen in this corporation worked really hard to make our corporation the number one, which means, the best in our field. Sweat and blood were our foundation in turning our “just a magnificent dream” to a “glorifying reality”. We have been through a lot of hardships, pains, tiresome activities, stressful days, arguing personnel and misunderstandings during the meetings, even to the extent that some of our stock-holders withdrew their shares for just an uncontrollable unfortunate event; hence, we have still managed to stand firm, respected and highly trusted.

With the help of course of our Almighty father, our company continues to prosper and bears bountiful harvest of our labor.

Of course, friendship and good partnership is always an essential ingredient for a company to survive in this amazing kind of battlefield. My best buddy way back in my high school years in UP High who is now a millionaire, Joseph Caesar Freinademetz Esteban, bought 35% of our total stocks that surely made our corporation even stronger. Now, we are not just best of friends, but also one of the best business partners of our country.

In the world of business wherein uncertainty and change remains to be the only things that are constant, you have to bear in mind that you are not the only person who will make the business grow; instead, you have to know that you have business partners and honest personnel who will be with you, on your way to success. It is not just in the team games that we have played during our younger days that we can apply the value of teamwork, but also and most importantly in the real world, especially in the world of business.

Since we are celebrating our Business Week, I hope that I have inspired those who are here right now; not just the businessmen but all of you who listens to me right now, that failure is just an ingredient for a very sweet success.

We all know that success is not easy to achieve. Along our way, we will face many obstacles and encounter many temptations, but if you are really determined to achieve your goal, you will surely make it there.

There’s no doubt! And that’s for sure…thank you and good afternoon.