Life is a not a goal...is a journey

Have you ever heard sentences like: "I'm tired" or "I'm giving 100% of myself but I'm not getting the same back" or "there is no time to do everything"?
Well, probably this is what 90% of people says everyday. Find excuses is one of the most visible aspect of the modern society. This is the reason why people feel unhappyness and unsatisfaction.

Most of the time we miss an important detail:

LIFE IS NOT A GOAL, IS A JOURNEY.

Often, we badly want to achieve something, and by the day we do it (or not), we don't feel the desidered satisfaction. The main reason is because we are so focused on the results, that we miss the daily contact, emotions given by people around us, sounds and colors coming out from the environment in which we live.

Think about an artist who play music. A song is a final result of a creative and inspirational moment. Behind a song, there is always a story, a though, an emotion, a mind, a path. The way songs are created make them uniques.

This is the same logic valid for anything else in life.

"Wedding is a result of love, not a goal to achieve. Being manager is a result of doing a good work and having a nice attitude, is not a chair to sit on top. Dream is live our life with open eyes, is not something to balance with the unhappiness of every day".

So, does it means that we can simply dream and live without goals and plans? Definetely no. Dreams without actions are like to have a roof of the house without foundations. We need both, for the right purposes.
Final goal is needed in order to visualize the path. Our mission is to live this journey smiling to everything around us. This is what I believe is bringing happiness to people. At least, it ensure that we are not spending our life time without living it.

Enjoy your day, life...and always smile.

Power of inspiration...

Simply read them!! Enjoy

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. - Edmund Burke

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.Henry David Thoreau

Attitude determines altitude. - Anonymous

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. - Roy Disney

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw

A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. –William Shedd

Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny. - David O. McKay


Some men see things the way they are and ask, "Why?" I dream things that never were, and ask "Why not?" - George Bernard Shaw

J F Kennedy....Arts and Quote

Do you know that today is the birthday of John F. Kennedy Center forPerforming Arts?

In 1971, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opened in Washington, D.C., with a performance of Leonard Bernstein's "Mass."

Today we can start with an Inspirational Quote of John F. Kennedy:

"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity"

Have a nice Monday

Growing fast or growing well...

Another year is flying away and some of the questions are always the same.

Economy is changing, Far East is taking the lead, USA are trying to keep their leadership awake, Europe is still trapped in political divisions, Russia is consolidating interests of the past in a modern way, Africa is full of wars and social problems. Australia, who knows what is happening over there!

In this scenario, global firms are positioning themselves as imporant agent in this society. If you think a second, you will probably realize that most of them move annual capitals bigger than most of what worldwide countries. do Acting in different countries make them aware of what is happing around the world. Often, they know cultures, laws, habits and economical trends better than local governments.

So, is the global growth passing trhough these entities?

In my opinion they have an important role. However a well structured growth can be achieved only if these entities will combine their role with the one that Institutions and Social Parts have. Is probably between those interactions that we can find some interesting examples on how to lead our society in the years ahead of us.

But please, do not leave the system doing that. Everything starts from a point that everyone knows really well: OURSELVES.

Find your path and keep going on it.

Gianpy

Little Mozart...

Good morning to everyone,

today is the day in which discover interesting things on the web.

If you would like to know something more about a young pianist (9 years old) who plays Beethoven in the same way he use to have breakfast in the morning and, who talk about his 2 years old start, well, you can click on below link and maybe, get inspired for your future carrier..:-)

For sure, you will have an ambitous competitor in this field!! Enjoy

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/09/05/nat.uk.little.mozart.cnn

Gianpy

Sunday Quote....

Jumping around the web I did find below quotation. Because we are living in a world where often, everyone's expectation is to became a manager or a CEO, let's give some inputs to reflect about Management and Leadership.

"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things".
Peter F. Drucker

Sometime, order makes the difference.
Enjoy your Sunday

Leadership and politics

Days of conventions....Democratic first, Republican later. Who ever feel to be part of a country, or living on it, cannot ignore what is happening on the political side.

Often, people thinks that politics is not something that affect your daily life. Maybe is because we don't like the way Institutions are running, maybe because is too easy to identify in the political side the reason of our faillures.
But, politics reflects the society and everyone has to be part of it.

During the past week, I watched the Democratic Convention. I'm not going to hide that I was positively impressed from some of the speaches delivered, like Clinton, Obama.
The fact that USA, land of opportunity, is having difficulties to keep this role, is bringing everyone to a further step called: CHANGE.

We heard this word more than one time in the past. Most of the time it never happened. But everytime this was true, we experienced historical phases of our society development. World is full of wars, interests, divisions....but it is also full of leadership, people who want to change, people who loves.

I do agree on the fact that change has to come from the bottom to the top and not on the opposite way. This is what is behind the dream to lead a life, a family, a company, a nation.

Awaiting for the repubblican convention, I'm glad to have seen all the above in the first candidate to the Presidential elections.

Gianpy

Monday morning quote: experience

Happy Monday Morning to all....:-)
Another week... another quote. Enjoy your time

"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted"

Happy Feet now...

Happy Happy Happy Feet :-)
Few days ago I did receive a movie as a gift for my birthday.
My turkish friends were keep telling me that I was looking like "Happy Feet". I'm not like a pinguin but I definetily love to dance.

Today we had lunch together and we had the chance to watch the movie.
I simply love it. It's a great story and Mumble is now part of my best collection :-)
Keeping faith in our dreams, discovering our talent, not imitating what other people does, understanding our feelings, letting them get out, as natural as they are.
That's the main message I will take from the movie...Thanks for this gift...full of energy...:-)

I guess is time end this week... with an Happy Happy Happy Feet Ending :-)

Monday Morning Quote

Gooooooooooooood morning New York...:-)

It's Monday morning again....and it is raining outside.

Perfect day to be in the office :-)

It's time to leave you with the quote of the week:

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible" Walt Disney

Enjoy your week :-)

Gianpy

Happiness only real when shared

It was September 2007 when I was travelling around West Coast of the USA, reading at the same time the book "Into the wild". Well, today, after 10 months... I watched the movie... I was not on the rock of the Grand Canyon, nether sleeping in a bus....

but...emotions, ideas and thoughts were the same....we need to understand what is the sense of our life...why we are on this planet...which is our personal mission....

Maybe we need a similar trip...with the only difference...to come back and live our life without hipocrisy.

"Happiness only real when shared"Christopher McCandless

Spinning....climbing the mountain

Music, good people, inspiration, energy, efforts, sport.... all in the wonderful experience to take spinning class...

Close your eyes...find your equilibrium...listen your body, find your resistance...it's time to rock.

A new hill is at the door....keep moving forward....give a small touch of resistance...keep moving...the hill is there...you can move forward....give a small touch of resistance...don't give up....keep going..... breath...give air to your body and relax your shoulders....keep going....breath.... the hill is almost at the end....give the final touch of resistance....5 4 3 2 1...go up....give everything you have...not too much...not too slow.... but give what ever you can...3 minutes to go.... a new hill is a the door....at this time... we will reach an higher level of resistance...make up your breath, drink some water... once ready, let's climb the next one... 5 minutes to go....

Spinning....The experience just began....

Gianpy

Good luck AIESEC in Italy - A new year is starting

Not all the people knows... that June 30th is a special day. Is the last day of the AIESEC Term.
For 60 years, generation of AIESECers are celebrating this day. It's the time to say thanks to the past generation of leaders.
It's the time to welcome the new ones....to take place in each small office all around the world...to feel the responsibility, the passion, the feeling to be together for a new challenge....

Good luck guys, where ever you are....I'm sure the dream will come true...

Gianpy

"Mary Poppins: Anything Can Happen If You Let It"

so so so long time I'm not writing on this space.... long time that I'm not sharing with you my toughts, my dreams....I guess is time to start again...honoring the name of this blog....walking again on the bridge of life...

Few days ago I went to a Broadway show...everyone probably knows the story....I'm talking about Mary Poppins. Well...if you are in good company, this is the prelude of a good night. If you are in Broadway, the success is guaranteed....

So, here we go.... actors are on the stage....Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious...the show begins....and end with a flying Mary Poppins....

One sentence I will bring with me: "Anything Can Happen if you Let it"

Just let's do it.....

Gianpy

The tie, the old woman and the child...catch the moment

It's a cold morning, the sun is arising and the City is waking up. Soon, this amazing quite will change.
Underground, thousands of ants are moving fast, walking and traveling through those modern caverns, called tunnels or subway tracks. Small shuttles are running towards the city...cars and bus are ready to jump from each of the outstanding bridges...
It seems to be at a parade, millions of people who move to the center of the city, ready to manifest itself at the first sun light of the day.
Instead, it's a normal waking up of New York, a city that found its own way to sleep and to be awake.
But, this morning has something special.
At the bus stop, there are 3 people.... all of them in suit and tie. They represent the society, the production, people who make the economy grow.
In few seconds, this image has been broken!!! And it becomes incomplete at my eyes.
An old women, with an orange jacket, decides to litterally stop the time. She show up with a STOP signal in her hands. At that signal...Cars hold on their running!!!
A children, with a bag on his shoulders, cross the street and say: "Goodmorning, thanks".
She smiles.... proud of her role, proud to have done her part.

Now, it's time to go back to normal. Time starts to move again, cars begin to speed up, the children is on his way to school.
After few moments, my small shuttle jumps in the city..... I guess now it's time to do my part!

Italian version
La cravatta, la vecchietta e il bambino...cogliere il momento
Freddo mattutino, primi raggi del sole che scaldano una città ancora addormentata.
Tuttavia questa quiete è ben presto destinata a terminare. Nell'entroterra ci stanno tante formiche che percorrono i vari cunicoli sotterranei. Tante altre sono a bordo di piccole navette che si dirigono verso il centro, pronte a sbucare da tunnel, a saltare giù dai ponti....
Sembra quasi di assistere ad una radunata, un corteo che converge al centro, pronto a manifestarsi alla prima luce del giorno.
E invece, è un normale risveglio di New York, una città che ha trovato un modo tutto suo di dormire e di svegliarsi.
Eppure, questa mattina ha qualcosa di speciale.
Alla fermata del bus, ci stanno 3 persone in giacca e cravatta. La società che produce, che fa andare avanti il mondo. Ben presto però, questa affermazione diventa incompleta. e si scioglie come la neve sotto i raggi del sole.
Una vecchietta, con addosso una di quelle giacchette arancioni a strisce argentate, ferma il tutto. Un cartello nelle sue mani dice "STOP".Le macchine interrompono la loro corsa.
Un bambino con la sua cartella in spalla, attraversa la strada e dice: "Buongiorno, grazie".
Lei... sorride, orgogliosa del suo ruolo, di aver fatto la sua parte.
Adesso, il tempo può ritornare alla sua normale corsa. Le macchine ripartono, il bimbo si avvia a scuola....la mia navetta sbuca a Manhattan, ...mi sa che è ora di fare la mia parte!!!
Gianpy