I spent most of the time collecting coins from random strangers and I met a youth Christian group meeting in the park so I told them my story and they were generous enough to give me their change. I easily collected 16 pesos all in all. It’s really funny because it never crossed my mind that I would ask people for 1 peso. Sure I’ve asked a friend for change when I needed it but this was different. This time it’s for my 1million peso project. To be honest I was already having second thoughts this early in the race. I came out really excited at the start and after a few hours in under the sun and trying to ask for money it seemed kind of stupid. At the rate I’m going, street kids are already making more money than I am. They ask for money and use pity to get it. Then it came to me, what if I asked 1 million people for one peso each I’d still get a million, right? So why should I not? One it will take me a very long time to do it but that is just really an excuse. All we need to do is find a better way.

That is the revelation that I have learned in this experience. We need to think out of the box. Be creative. If you really stopped and think about it, how can you get 1million pesos from 1million different people? GLOBE and SMART got that covered with their 1 peso per text service. Imagine the amount of money they get just from people who text “kain na you? Kain muna me.” Hahaha But seriously it’s just insane as to how much money they get from texting alone. Imagine if you had that capability to generate hundreds of millions of pesos a day.

So what do we need to be? We need to be creative. If we are able to provide something better or a better solution to a problem then we can definitely cash in on that.

If you are currently working on something that can make you money or a service that can solve a problem in the most cost efficient and creative manner, my suggestion is keep working at it. Don’t stop trying until you get it right. It’s always such a shame when you thought of something that can be profitable and you see one day that someone else is already doing it. Don’t you just hate that feeling? So stop thinking about how you should have started it and start doing. Keep notes on the ideas that you have. Give time and effort on it at least an hour a day. And you’ll be surprise at what you can achieve by just devoting your time and effort to it.