Mangiare, pregare, amare

I still have to think of the movie "Eat, pray, love". And today more than ever since I read the article on how good an Indian woman entrepreneur is running German fashion label Escada.

You will for sure ask yourself or maybe even me directly: "What the heck these two things have to do with eachover?". I tell you a lot.

The role of woman has changed a lot within last years. Comunism made her expremely emacipated by law so that she was praying for having the right to be just a woman. In the western culture she has still to fight for her emancipation as this is a men's world. Of course there are few so called successfull women who are known in the whole world like Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Kraft Foods. But believe me - she is playing the men's game and this is what I really DON'T want to do. So, where to go and what to do? Do I have a room
somewhere just to be myself, a woman, myself?

But I don't need to go far far away to be myself. I can do this here. The one point is: I need to have a certain strengh. A strengh to be yourself. A strengh to follow your dreams and not to let yourself influence but external "politics" or influences at all. Neither the fashion or so called good freinds or influences at all. You are always allowed to follow your heart and this is the best thing you can do.

Women today are under biggest pression ever. We need to be successful, perfect lovers, super models and the best wives. Hard to satisfy, no? To be honest? Not at all. We just need to be WOMEN. Not every successful woman has to be a CEo of Kraft Foods. Success is the state of having achieved something. And this is considered individually. And every personal success which guides to happiness is worth millions of political or industrial carrers. We just need to be aware of this in our mind.

I haven't find my way to be successful yet. But I know that this is what I want to do as next. No idea how but I have the best personal motivation - these loving eyes of my special someone. And I know I will find it out. I don't want to sell my grand-mother to be happy. I just want to be myeself - a real woman, a wonderful one.

Have a great Friday evening.

The best time of the year

Hello All,

It has been quite a long time I haven't written anything here on. All my apologies. and as last year I come back with my season wishes. My you all enjoy it, together with your loved ones.

Holiday season is a cosy one. We are busy to finish the year but we are also looking for the end of the year to get some rest and free time. This double face of this times doesn't make it easy. And the pressure of giving is also there. In some situations it has become not only a ritual but a real competition. But it is in the spirit of the time?

Giving is something special. It has to come from the heart. And the best gifts are unexpected ones. Competition has no place here. Love is not a competition, love is selfless, openhearted and openminded. We cannot expect the reward as well as the person who loves you doesn't do this either. The gesture counts and the spirit. And this is the right time to show it.

Enjoy the season everyone.

Happy Holiday!

People behaviour - next part

We are living in a very fast world. And we all HAVE TO fit in. It is not easy to spend 14 hours a day at work and then go home and have a life. Additionally we have so called cultural training that educated us. And at work the situation is not easy - demanding clients, demanding or even offending bosses and will to succeed.

It is normal today that we close ourselves in our own world and establish a mind of protection shild and try to defend us in front of all this. This is absolutely human in this non-human world. But what happens quite often is that we offend/hurt people we love. We try that much to controll the situation that we forget where the controll has to finish. We take the work stuff home. Why? Common behaviour, bad attitude, ambition. All nice qualitites but they shouldn't be put in private life as they are willing to destroy everything in front of them which is not common.

And in private life, don't we look for a little bit of difference? And if we find it, what we do? We scare it and we fight it. As we try to controll our life.

I was thinking about this a lot. This is rare that someone really enjoys what he/she does. And why isn't it so? This is a good question that I need to ponder on.

Have a great evening.

Martha

Would you like to take a cup of tea with me?

Today I saw in a Yoga magazine a story that took my attention. A man came to yoga school and could handle his love to a woman who didn't love him. He was desperated. The yoga master wanted to take a cup of tea with him to explore his state of almost luck. The man didn't get and left. Few time later he came back explaining he got over this and this love was nothing for him and he was not really in love. He asked the master to take this cup of tea with him. the master answered: "Maybe later".

This story shows exactly how the wolrd of today is working. We only do something if we know we can get something in return. We do a favour to someone as he can return the favour, we are in love with someone as we want to marry this someone, we give gifts as we are sure we will receive gifts in return. This is how it works.

But what if this is not the result that counts? What if this is the journey that we are intended to make? What if the state of journey is the most important?

to open your eyes to the world and see opportunities in journey or just doing something is not what we focus. And especially not in business. Sure, we have to live from something. But this aspect lets us forget often how beautiful is just to do something for this doing itself. This joy can change worlds. And sometimes it makes the life easier.

Have a great evening all,

Martha

A Matter of Priorities

Got it from a friend few days ago but got to read it today when I really needed it. Great lesson and great advise to follow.

When we stop worrying about unimportant matters we can devote more to what is truly important.

We experience numerous disappointments each and every day. Our expectations go unmet, our plans are blocked by circumstance, our wishes go unfulfilled, and we discover that our lives are subject to a myriad of forces beyond our conscious control. In some cases, our response is powerful because we must invest ourselves and our resources to overcome genuine hardship. In others, our reactions are far more passionate than our circumstances likely warrant. The tension that permeates our bodies and minds when we are late for an event, interrupted at work, or sitting in traffic is not inappropriate, but it can interfere with our well-being in profound ways. When we stop worrying about relatively unimportant matters, we can be at peace and devote so much more of ourselves to what is truly important.

The small frustrations and irritations wield such power over us because they rob us of the illusion of control. But every problem is a potential teacher—a confusing situation is an opportunity to practice mindfulness, and difficult people provide us with opportunities to display compassion. There is a natural human tendency to invest copious amounts of emotional energy in minor dilemmas and frustrations in order to avoid confronting those more complex issues that are largely outside the realm of our control. The intensity of our response provides us with a temporary sense of personal power that helps us cope with challenges that might otherwise overwhelm us. But it is only when we let the little stuff go that we discover that the big stuff is not really so devastating after all.

In the stress of a singularly tense incident, differentiating between an inconsequential annoyance and a legitimate challenge can seem a monumental task. Ask yourself whether the emotions you are feeling will be as vivid in a year, a day, or even an hour. As focused as you are on this moment in time, your reward for letting go of your emotional investment may be the very happiness and harmony of being whose loss you are lamenting. Needless aggravation is seldom worth the cost it exacts. You cannot distance yourself from life's inconsistencies, irritations, and upheavals, but you can relinquish your desire for perfect order and gain peace of mind in the process.

Looking for eternal youth and fortune

Who of us wouldn't like to live long and in prosper with no financial problems? Who wouldn't like to pay all his moods and efford the things we normally need to do some economies for? We all have dreams.

And some people try to use these two elements to get our money for. And this turned into a new trend called recommendation marketing. We try, we buy and then our money is working for us. How confortable and how great for our selfestimation. And there is no catch behind. We use the product for us and it will help our health. How great can our life be. And we do not that much - just recommend.

But how real can it be? A certain US company called Monavie pretends this kind of marketing will change our life. We are using a miracle fruit Acai, helping Brasilians wokring for them who are anyway happy and we do good for ourselves. A real fairy tale comes true. And there is no catch. WOW!

As a marketeer I don't believe in anything that works for me and I have to do nothing. And all miracles are made by good PR teams. Of course, there are mircales and if we believe strongly in them they happen. But a product? No way.

I am getting in touch with Monavie a lot last days. Today I learnt a bottle of their juice cost 45 Dollars! Nice price. And to get as many oxidants as you need to rejuvenate your cells you need to drink a lot of jucie a day: 2-3 bottles, each 45 Dollars. Nice income for the producers.

The next step I saw on the net is a diet based on the consummation of this fruit:

http://news13health.com/index.php?storyid=45789

Well... If you drink a lot, don't eat too much and take care of what you eat, you will lose weight for sure. Not only due to Acai. But the page found by me is the nly one who tries to scam us. Please take a look at this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w75Ym06b9xI&feature=related

All what they have in common is the will to get our money. For the services that are much too overestimated for what they really deliver. I will stay at my grape jucie and will wait till I get older and see my grand-kids play in front of me and be happy about it.

Have a great rest of the Sunday.

Martha

What is luxury?

Following wikipedia: In economics, a luxury good is a good for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises, in contrast to a "necessity good", for which demand is not related to income.

Following this we don't need it to survive. Luxury takes us more money then another goods and it is not available for everyone. But everyone is dreaming of. Little luxury in our lifes ist just healing our soul.

Meaning of luxury can differ depending on people you are talking to. In these days luxury can be also used for mental goods as time, freedom, travel etc. Of course there are still some brands like Chanel, Dior, Rolce Royce and others who will be always associated with this notion. And of course in the eyes of everyone.

It is not easy to rise a brand today, especially not a luxury one. You always need the special additional value that another brand doesn't have. today it is not easy as they are more brands than people on earth.

Especially difficult it is in the sector of hospitality. There are many ressort and many hotels offering the same or similar. And your dilema is: which one is better? Do I spend my money in the right way - I want luxury and I am willing to pay more for the best quality but is this the best quality? And will I get what I need in the environment I wish to be?

There are many offers for clients and not everyone is keeping what it is promissing. But I know one that is. Do you?

Have a great evening.