Commencement speeches are usually clarion calls to action. As the new graduates commence a new phase in their lives, they are advised by the commencement speakers, invariably, to conquer one’s field of expertise, to better one’s self or to go beyond and change the world.

Last week, two of our C-suite executives were commencement speakers. Jun Cuaresma, our managing partner, was the commencement speaker at the University of the East Caloocan graduation rites. He talked about his formula for success – his traits, his virtues, his management style – his so called “self commandments.”He hoped that graduates would pick up one or two or some of those traits as they journey through life. We featured the summary of his speech in our last article here.