The Courage

I was under the impression that courage comes genetically. Your parents were brave and so will you. As if the genes of having dark hair or blue eyes go from one generation to another together with personality traits. Well, from my experience, I tell you that blue eyes are rather picky and don’t just pass on to people that simple. I guess this is the reason why I could not steal them from my father.

Today, I understood that courage behaves the same way, like the blue eyes, it does not pass on just 'cause you want it to. One has to search for it. And, sometimes, if you’re lucky enough and your folks insist upon searching for it themselves, their courage inspires you to go and search for your own.

I’m on my way, and I’ve got a lot to do! Which I dearly hope is the case for you, too.

Victoria Secretarian

I forgot about Abibas, Nuke and other counterfeit goods meant to deceive or simply make the wearing of the counterfeit products more enjoyable, especially for those that cannot afford expensive items.

Recently, I found out (and laughed) about Victoria Secretarian. A perfume greater than the one counterfeited from the famous brand Victoria’s Secret. If you want Victoria, you can get Victoria, it’s simple!

Window Shopping

 

Darkness

On autumn evenings, when it gets dark earlier and I find myself walking in dim street lights or with no lights at all, I go back in time, to a street in Tulcea, walking next to my mother. Gospodinov wonderfully wrote in his novel Time Shelter that it is such a pity that certain experiences or smells do not have names and we evoke them only by words we use to describe them, and always making comparisons. And living similar smells or experiences, you go back in time to those memories and find yourself in the midst of them.

This is what autumn evenings can trigger in me. And when a memory calls, I realize I am not afraid of dark or other monsters. Or maybe just the despair one. But I have learned ways to face it, and I look over my collection of encouragements and praises that I’ve gathered from strangers and people I know and love for some years now, to help me move on and keep my eye on my goals. It helps a lot and I surely recommend you do the same! 

It’s similar to what I recently learned from a course by Ronald Heifetz, one can endure through failure or despair if one stays in touch with the good that one’s doing.

The Divine

The Live of the Event Corporation in Workshop

I am very grateful to the guests, the moderator and those present at the event! We had a very nice time, we laughed while exchanging advice, sincerity and, most of all, humanity.

You can find here the link to the live of the event.

Corporation in Workshop

No one can do it all alone, and the much needed change in the workplace cannot come unless we are more to demand it.

All the stories included in my book (interviews, getting hired, being fired or resigning) are our stories. You are not alone, we are more!

On the 8^th of October, at 18:30, the Carturesti Modul Bookstore welcomes us with open arms to talk about change. Come and join us while we talk about what demotivates us and what we can do in order to improve things and create healthy work environments.

To get the conversation started, you can watch again the interview I did with Derrick.