“My career has been a series of ventures and adventures… it’s a path that doesn’t look or feel like any other, that rarely ever feels like work… I’ve done this by challenging established norms, relentlessly going out of my box and into many other boxes, appreciating how seemingly disparate realities tie together, threading constellations where others barely even see the dots.”
Andre A. Yap
Founder & CEO
Ignite House of Innovation
Quotable Quotes
“Innovation is the most difficult thing we will ever do, yet the capacity to fulfill it’s highest promise lives deep inside all of us.”
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“You fall in love with the problem, you fall in love with the people whose pains you are uniquely gifted to heal, you fall in love and you will not stop until you have solved the problem.”
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“The problem is when we have fallen in love with the solutions, with what has worked before. And this falling in love with success and all its perks, it makes us averse to pushing the frontiers of all that we can still be, for ourselves, for our employees, for our customers, for society, and humanity.”
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“Who am I? Why am I here? What was I born to do?” What’s stopping me?”
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“We obsess, not just about the How of Innovation, but above all, about the Why of Innovation. That’s how we get the all important Who of Innovation.”
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“People embrace greatness when they see people embrace greatness. people believe when they see people believe; people embrace change no matter how difficult when they see people change no matter how difficult; people admit mistakes when they see people admit mistakes; people work as a team and put pettiness aside when they see people work as a team and put pettiness aside; people start to innovate and create value within the context of their own roles when they see people start to innovate and create value within the context of their own roles; people act with integrity when they see people act with integrity; people live corporate values when they see people live corporate values; people strive to fulfill mission and vision when they see people strive to fulfill vision and mission.”
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“Discernment is about life’s most important conversations. Nothing more complicated than that. Remember who am I? Why am I here? What was I born to do? There is never a final answer. When you discern, why am I here, what was I born to do, it’s a life-long process.”
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“All the force in the universe that you need to be, the best person you can be, to have the biggest impact to your family, to your colleagues at work, to society, to every person you touch. All the force is already inside you.”
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“Ready, fire, aim; jump off the plane and build the parachute on the hurtle down.”
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“Two things happen as you go deeper. It gets darker. How do you navigate yourself in darkness, as much as it gets darker there is still light. You keep on following the light, no matter how.”
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“What is it about me, that is most alive in me, that consistently makes others better?”
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“In everything we do we are first and always moved by the only thing that matters: to serve in the spirit of true love. A grace we can only find by constant and humble prayer.”
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“It’s all about battleground zero and this fight to give people the opportunity to pursue their greatest potential. It’s the idea that a human being is boxed in and cannot go anywhere anymore in life, that’s what we’re fighting here.”
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“When you know your answers to these deeply personal questions of compassion, then the contagion of passion will naturally ooze out of you. You will be unstoppable. Your story will always start in that sweet spot of who I’m doing this for and why I care so; and it will never sound like a pitch. Compassion will rouse you out of bed every morning, and it will keep you going when the darks days visit and stay awhile; and even in the good days, compassion will drive you to not settle, to just forge on and on because what you desire is bigger than yourself – yet everyday you grow in wonder and amazement and conviction that the solution lies very much within you.”
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“Do what you were born to do in the company of others who are doing what they were born to do. Find your deepest truth and so fulfill your greatest potential. Find your GPS, that unstoppable force within you. Find the people and mission you were born to serve. Find the greatest joy, meaning and impact of your life. Find the brave hearts who will journey with you.”
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“Our mission is to get you to live a life far bigger than yourself.”
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“Experience is one of the most critical prerequisites of learning. Learning in turn is the most critical prerequisite of innovation: the internal capacity, desire and joy to learn and continuously learn to see things through a different frame, to formulate new questions, to pursue those new questions towards new answers and so on.”
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“To Ignite is to seek our deepest truths and so fulfill our highest potential and greatest promise.”
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“The greatest quality of the great leader is the capacity to be led.”
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“As human beings we want finality, we want certainty. We’re here to tell you that let us get used to the flow and the uncertainty. And how do we deal with that. And how does that matter in life’s most important conversations. Observe, observe, observe. Don’t prescribe the truth for yourself, just observe. So it’s truth observed. This is the kind of conversation that discernment is all about. Truth observed. Like I said it’s not what life says you should be. In engaging in these conversations in life’s most important conversations, you observe.”
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“In life we need space, we need pace, we need pause. That’s the only way emptiness can come.”
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“You have no box. You have no limits. Lead with your GPS. It is an everyday thing. It never stops. It’s about the flow. It’s not about the finality. It never stops.”
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“My deep desire is to help people in my life, beginning with myself, peel the layers of dark and gray, so we can discover the light that was always there, a light that holds our deepest truth, a light, therefore, full of our truest joy and beauty; yet discover still that this light, if nurtured honestly, humbly, can also be a flame, then a fire and a raging wildfire that knows no limits in its capacity to fuel our every breath; to give meaning and force and transcendence to our lives as much as to our every relationship and every endeavor; to embrace then the world’s problems as we encounter them and as they are revealed to us and not to others, there must be a reason; to heal, to feed, to fill where we are needed; to give love to all we touch, that love freely received that is at the true heart of every human being; to find in ourselves, in a word, God.”
“I’m a free spirit. My life-work journey was never a conventional one — thriving in the world of corporate, entrepreneurship, and community service all at the same time, from local to global. With a messianic motivation of finding opportunities to transform, empower and care for people I connect with, I have relaunched my career over in ways I didn’t imagine; pushing borders and exploring unchartered territories moving from aviation to a field of an esoteric mix of wellness, peak performance and innovation that a stickler and perfectionist wouldn’t even dare cross.”
Joana Alberto
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Ignite Center for Peak Experiences
Quotable Quotes
Quotable Quotes from Joana’s book
#Metamorphosis: The Ultimate Makeover Manual for 40-Year Olds and Beyond
“Life is too short to have these ailments dragging you down from enjoying your life to the fullest. It’s never too late to change behaviours and attitudes that completely keep you from enjoying a body that’s capable of functioning perfectly if used properly.”
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“Change is tough. It is also scary. But we must remember that self-reliance is one of the most important ingredients to success. Regardless of what changes we may face in life, by choice or by fate, knowing that you can weather the storms will make you rise above the circumstances. We all have the power to survive and consequently serve as a guiding light to others. And by being a light to others, the more radiant our light will become. “
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“The greatest gift you can give yourself is to believe that you can soar.”
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“Wellness is not all about diet and exercise. It’s a holistic approach to having good health, a happy disposition, and a great sense of fulfillment. It is living a well-balanced life, being able to satisfy every aspect of your being to maximize your existence. It is giving attention not only to your body but also to your mental, spiritual, emotional, financial, and even health. That’s why it is important that you give enough time for rest and relaxation. “
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“Excuses are for those who are lazy. Pardon me for being blunt, but I believe this to be so true. It is for those who have no sense of purpose and are just content with what they have and what they are at the present moment, as dictated by indolence. This is not what life is all about. It is about discovering something new each day. It is realizing your uniqueness and ability to make a difference in the lives of the people around you. “
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“Offloading does not only pertain to social relations. We need to leave a lot of excess baggage that may slow us down. What we also do not need are harmful attitudes and beliefs that will be detrimental to achieving our goals. “
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“Discernment is about life’s most important conversations. Nothing more complicated than that. Remember who am I? Why am I here? What was I born to do? There is never a final answer. When you discern, why am I here, what was I born to do, it’s a life-long process.”
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“Accountability is the key. If there are other eyes watching, you will be more responsible in staying focused.”
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“In any flight, diversion is only an option during extreme circumstances. A constant heading to wellness is a big challenge. So the reason to deviate should be for a bona de reason. What we must be mindful of is that along the way, we have to be always ready to change our altitude or alter our course. But the focus still is to endeavour traveling on a direct path toward our final destination.”
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“Turbulence is part of life. I was able to learn how to use it in light to my advantage during crew rests. I have made it as a lullaby instead of a waker-upper.”
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““Smile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it’s breaking,” the song goes. If you do, your disposition will simply follow as it trickles down to your heart. Eventually the other parts of your body will too.”
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” Wellness is all about finding our center of gravity. For us to soar higher amidst the turbulence and land safely, we must Find our balance in life.”
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GPS Quotes
From Wellness to Wholeness
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“The practice of discernment is crucial to have a well-lived life. It is the ability to pause and listen to the whispers that lead us to a life of deeper joy and meaning.”
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“I used to refer to Genius of GPS as the 3 T’s: Time, Talent and Treasures. Because all those T’s are what we are gifted with — and it’s meant to be shared with everyone.”
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“Purpose is not just our passion, because passion is quite fun. Purpose is about the pain that we see around us, the pain of others that we are drawn to heal. Pain may not be fun, but the rewards are far greater.”
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“When our purpose and genius collide, it explodes and drives us to action. And that action to serve others is not just compassion, it’s love. “
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“We are not meant to live like robots — living from pay check to pay check, clocking in day in and day out. There’s always a choice to the means. The rightful path is not what will give us financial freedom, but what’s our means to get there.”
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“GPS (Genius, Purpose, Service) is the manifestation of the reason why we do what we do — even when nobody else is looking, or even when we know that no one will recognize and appreciate what we do.”
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“We are all drowning from the noise around us, which brings us unnecessary stress, worry and anxiety. If only we could only listen and live our truths, we could be deaf to these useless chatter that’s wasting our energy and brain space.”
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“I don’t believe in the saying, “You can’t teach old dogs new tricks.” I have reimagined, redesigned and relaunched my career a number of times. I’m in my golden era yet I’m still not done evolving. If we allow our GPS (Genius, Purpose, Service) to manifest in our life, it will constantly expand and bring us to a limitless cycle of transcendence.”
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“Gifts are meant to be given away, and sometimes these gifts are not wrapped with fancy papers and bows. They are wrapped with empathy, compassion and love.”
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“The best things in life are free. I totally agree. And this is our Genius — given to us when we were born which expands, multiplies and gets unleashed at the right time as we age.”
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“Discernment for me is not about thinking deep, it’s about being mindful of how feel when we listen to the voices in our head. Deep joy is triggered when the whisper is leading us to live our truths.”
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