Top trader tells graduates: Stay focused, determined

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – “The next 10 years after graduation are critical. That is why you must stay focused, determined and continue to work harder because success does not come easy.”
This was what Laus Group of Companies chairman and chief executive Levy P. Laus said as he spoke before hundreds of business graduates of the University of the Assumption in this city during the institution’s 47th commencement exercises over the weekend.
Laus is also chairman emeritus of the Pampanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. and an Assumptionist.
Laus said Catholic education – as noted in the graduation theme “Headed to Shine in Life Mission, Armed with Catholic Education” – plays an important part in one’s success as it instills the vital values, virtues, traits and character in realizing one’s dream.
Laus gained further Catholic education from Don Bosco Academy-Pampanga and later at San Beda College.
“It is these values instilled by both the university and your parents that will guide you onwards. It is the greatest legacy from parents as you continue to stand on their shoulders. Hope, positivity and making the impossible possible all lies in Catholic education. Let it flourish spiritually, morally, mentally and emotionally. You will never know how good you are until you do so,” Laus said.
Sharing his own success story, he said graduates today, especially those eyeing business careers, must be “daring” and must have the “will” to catch opportunities along the way.
“I started young. I was your typical ‘palengke boy’ who sold sweepstakes at the public market where my parents’ modest dry goods store was located. It was both my playground and classroom where I learned the rudiments of business. I became a banker and youngest manager at the age of 25 until I came into the crossroads of a promotion and my dream of being an entrepreneur,” he said.
“But I chose to stay in Pampanga, starting small and overcoming challenge after challenge. Lessons were learned the hard way and I discovered success has its price. But the daring and the passion to take risks has its rewards, too,” he added.
Laus said apart from business, he continues to seek growth in other avenues like being a public and social servant.
“Crises after crises, like saving San Fernando from the devastation of Mt. Pinatubo, had driven me to continually grow. These challenges allow you to shift gears and share hope with others. Time and again, I go back to Thomas Stanley’s book ‘The Millionaire’s Mind’ to continue growing every day. Nurturing positivity resonates a good future,” he shard.
Laus shared to the graduates the top ten best points of the book, which include honesty, discipline, getting along well with others, support, hard work, love in career and work, organization, marketing of good ideas.
“At the bottom of the list are two other tips worth noting: the advantage of being at the top of the class although everything now is on a level playing field. Then there’s luck. But being lucky requires a lot of preparation so you would not miss opportunities when they come your way. Really, what is very important is to stay focused, alert on the changing environment and be the best you are,” he said.
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