A couple of days ago I participated at a meeting with other artists. The discussion navigated toward the topic of buying/ selling art when someone said: “The reality is: only 4% of Canadian population buy original art.” “That’s not the
Your body language shapes who you are
It goes both ways: the mind gives commands to the body, and body language can also shape who we are … as shown in this TED presentation by social psychologist Amy Cuddy. She’s talking about the effects of consciously putting
Job search strategy …if you don’t know what you want
Yesterday I was chatting on facebook with a young man who moved to Spain: – There’s no work for men here. (he said) – What would you like to do? – Anything… to make money. Without money you cannot live.
What legacy would you like to leave behind?
I stumbled on YouTube on “Gandhi”, the full movie (3hrs 15min.). It was about 11pm, and I couldn’t go to sleep before watching it all. What struck me was Gandhi’s influence on people with his commitment to live a life
Spontaneity and Discipline
In a recent coaching session, the topic was “Keeping the momentum”. The client identified a pattern, and wanted to understand what was happening: “I’m very good in starting a project, but something gets in the way and I cannot keep
The feeling of happiness …
The feeling of happiness resides in each of us. Some people are waiting for someone else or circumstances to bring it to the surface. Someone replyed to this on my facebook page, saying she didn’t reach that state yet. My answer:
You don’t have to go too far …
I took five days off this week, for a vacation in .. Toronto! I felt very tired lately, plus I didn’t allow myself a real vacation since I came to Canada (6.5 years ago). I’ve spent all my vacation days