- Ieri m-am internat la spital. Nimic grav, doar ca folosirea unui aparat cu ultrasunete necesita internare. Mi-am luat laptopul si modemul cu mine, si lucrez exact ca de la birou, nu stiu de ce se plangea Steve Jobs.

N-am mai fost internat vreodata (ba parca pe la 6 ani a fost ceva), deci toata experienta mi se pare amuzanta.. In prima zi nu s-a intamplat absolut nimic! Seara am iesit sa mananc la Sofitel, dupa care.. m-am dus acasa.

Dimineata sint din nou aici, ca la job. Sper ca azi sa se intample ceva mai interesant, am dat si avansu’ deja..

- Mi-au luat ceva analize, fara legatura cu scopul vizitei mele aici, just in case. Am tensiunea 13/10, ‘ca de aviator’. A trecut doctorul, asa numita ‘vizita’ (2-3 fete in jurul lui, le da indicatii). Se pare ca abia maine sint programat pentru ‘aparat’. Cred ca o sa dureze in total 30 min totul

Cativa oameni de pe-aici mi-au zis ‘parca te cunosc de undeva’, din fericire niciunul nu e sigur de unde. Am un coleg de camera ce-a lucrat la HiQ mai demult, mi-a zis ca ’sigur esti in show-biz’. Asa este!

- ziua3: pe la 12 m-au dus la aparat. ‘Nu se vede nimic, luati niste pastile, si incercam maine’. Ma intreb daca nu puteau sa se uite din prima zi, poate ca n-am nimic de fapt.

Este interesant de analizat bazele economice ale functionarii spitalelor: daca iau bani de la asigurari in functie de cate om-zile inregistreaza, probabil e in interesul managerilor sa tina oamenii pe-aici.

Lumea nu se plange: fara neveste si sefi, multi chiar se insanatosesc. Cei mai tineri se plang de plictiseala, dar nici nu pun mana pe vreo carte.

Am inceput sa apreciez mancarea de spital: are atat de putine calorii, incat de foame (urmatoarea) ti se pare buna.  Plus, e sanatoasa: fara carne, sare, si alte elemente nocive.

Pun o poza cu micul dejun, dupa care fug spre Web-Club, sa vad ce plan de investitii are Vlad Stan anul asta (nu stiu de ce banuiesc ca va fi la fel de consistent ca si dejunul meu).

E de ajutor, in perioadele dificile, sa-ti plasezi problemele in perspectiva spatio-temporala, pentru a le calibra corect. Privita prin prisma diametrului de 93 de miliarde de ani-lumina si varstei de 13 miliarde de ani a Universului asa cum il cunoastem, orice drama personala, nationala sau globala, paleste.

Aveti mai jos Calea Lactee, a carei parte este si sistemul nostru solar -  dar mai sint 100 de miliarde de astfel de galaxii.

Deci, nu-mi spuneti mie de criza.

Alaturi de Ion Druta, Grigore Vieru este, dupa parerea mea, definitoriu pentru ’sufletul colectiv’ al celor de peste Prut. Ce ii (ne) mai defineste acum, cu ce se lauda / ce modele au - poate O-Zone si Zdob si Zdub?

Se pare ca pe langa limba, religie si organizarea sociala, arta e un element de baza in evolutia umanitatii. Maine la inaugurarea lui Obama vom avea o poeta care va recita o poezie scrisa special cu aceasta ocazie!

Au mai scris Cristi Parvan si InConstantin.

In sfarsit, formula dragostei a fost descoperita (dati click, ca nu reusesc sa embeddez). Si unde, tocmai la Le Web!! Se pare ca dragostea e adevarata cheie a succesului

Si apropo de Olimpiada, un articol bun despre sexul in orasul olimpic (mare grija la team-building, ca stam 3 zile de data asta..).

Un articol bun de Paul Krugman, Nobelul pe economie de anul acesta, din care as cita (traduce/adapta cum am inteles eu) 4 reguli pe care le aplica in gandire/cercetare:

1. Asculta ce spun oamenii inteligenti, chiar daca nu-s din ‘gashka’ ta / nu folosesc acelasi limbaj: uneori au bucati de adevar pe care le poti folosi in descoperirea adevarului tau.

2.  Chestioneaza intrebarea: intrebarile slabe duc gandirea/discutia in directii gresite, iar unele intrebari sint ori prea complexe, ori inutile - ’sari peste ele’ in loc sa le raspunzi.

3.  Ai curajul sa fii ridicol: joaca-te cu concepte, abordari si metafore noi (sau dimpotriva - aparent invechite), chiar daca acestea nu fac parte din stilul ‘acceptat’ (sau cool).

4.  Simplifica non-stop: e necesara o anume duritate pentru a reduce complexitatea (care oricum revine mereu); limitarile creeaza deseori cele mai frumoase rezultate (haiku).

Probabil la a doua lectura voi descoperi nuante noi in articolul lui Krugman, daca gasiti voi ceva util de extras din el, nu ezitati..

Un tip interesant, desi controversat.

Daca nu eram manager, mi-as fi dorit sa fiu arhitect sau pilot. Managementul are tangenta cu ambele activitati: arhitectura seamana cu strategia, iar executia este cheia unui pilotaj de succes. Acum poate e prea tarziu…

Sau poate nu… Nu stiu daca pot deveni arhitect (un alt om de afaceri roman pe care-l admir a inceput cu arhitectura), dar probabil pot obtine o licenta de pilot

Ivo Lokacovic de la Seznam (cel mai mare portal din Cehia), face pilotaj, Ondrej Tomek, fost actionar la Centrum (al doilea portal), face navigatie, iar Larry Ellison le face pe ambele de multa vreme :).

Voi ce ati alege (nu stiu ce oferte de training exista pentru una sau cealalta):

- navigatia

- sau pilotajul?

ce orase am vizitat pana acum

1. Chisinau, Balti
2. Kiev
3. Minsk
4. Moscova, St.Petersburg
5. Vilnius
6. Varsovia, Poznan
7. Praga
8. Budapesta
9. Zagreb
10. Belgrad
11. Sofia
12. Istanbul, Antalya
13. Roma
14. Viena
15. Munchen
16. Amsterdam
17. Madrid
18. Londra
19. New York
20. Tg.Mures, Bucuresti

oare pe unde sa mai merg?

La cererea cititorilor, am deschis comentariile (se pare ca se aplica la posturile ulterioare doar, deci comentariile de la care v-ati abtinut pana acum - aici):

- sper ca veti scrie lucruri interesante, pentru ca blogul va fi citit si de copiii mei (cand ii voi avea);
- si, mai ales, nu prea multe, pentru ca voi modera odata pe zi maxim

Spor!

Hai sa mai public in engleza, pentru diversitate  

I participated in a personal development course popular in Bucharest these days, 
and as the guys suggested there, I’ll share my experience with you.

The course uses two main formats: a.monologue of the presenter,
b.case-studies with participants. There’s a third type of activity which
all participants are constantly encouraged to do: to communicate to
relatives and any other close people how great the results are (and even
if no results: “first share, then the results will come”).

The information part of the course touches a little of everything and
inspires itself from:

- The fourth way (the main source, you can read more here)
- Psychology
- Philosophy 
- Christianity

Of course the format (3 days, 210 participants) doesn’t allow them go too
deep in any of it, they don’t give you the sources to study at home, and
forbid you to take notes.

What they’re talking about is:
- it’s good to be sincere to yourself, even about your bad parts: trying
all the time to look good to others create tensions;
- it’s good to take responsibility of your life, instead of blaming
others/fate for your failures;
- it’s good to communicate with others about your problems, especially the
bad things that marked you before, don’t let the past influence your future;
- it’s good to be empathic / understand others, forgiving other people sets
you free (hate is hurting you);
- realising that life has no meaning frees you to put your own meaning in it;
& other things that most people get to know one way or the other, and some
of them are debatable (for example they preach the virtue of
peacefulness/impacare, although progress/reaching one’s goals require
action/neimpacare instead).

A lot of importance is put on language: they invent their own words for
things, they play with them (change is bad, transformation is good), they
say that ‘creation is in language first’, like analytical philosophers do.

The work-with-public part of the course is a mix of mass therapy session
(which of course makes it less useful than an individual one) with
Iarta-ma/Surprize Surprize and other poor tv shows. Well-managed from the
presenter, but the participants…

- Ildika’s business is not going well, and they concluded it’s because
when she was 3 years old by a boy named Csabi told her she’s fat (she was
fat);
- Andi, 27, comes late to work, gets penalised 15% of the salary, then
people ask him to do stuff but he doesn’t want to (nu-mi convine), they
found the source if his problems too;
- a girl tells that nobody leastened to her until now, and today on the way
to the course in the bus she had a breakthrough: another course coleague
asked her several times ‘what do you say?’ and she realised she doesn’t
speak loud enough, so now the course changed her life. “How many of you
where influenced by her story?” - ALL hands rise and then applauses - now
the girl will shout instead of speaking..
- a lot of people with problems in their relations, divorced women, a guy
who comes for the second time to the course told me his main problem
is sex, the quality but especially the quantity of it  

There where some normal people as well, but it seems that
crazy/non-interesting people speak more than others. Luckily you’re asked
to discuss your ‘breakthroughs’ with your neighbor, and if you know where
to sit it happens to be a good-looking girl.

Work with public was boring like hell most of the time.

The presenter is a very good one: first he wins the public trust (telling
stories about his wife & son), then he manipulates the audience as he
wishes (there are no contradictory opinions allowed, anyone with wrong
ideas is told to shut up one way or the other).

At the end, when everybody understood that life is meaningless, each can
build it’s own meaning, by choosing who s/he will be in the future.
Integrity is the key: you have to keep your word, so you have to become
the person you choose you’ll be, otherwise you’re not keeping your word.

The show ends with a great discourse, volunteers who assisted the course
are praised/applauded like at Great Opera show, everybody is happy.

Did the course help some people relax about their problematic past -
Definetly! Will it help Ildika improve her business? No.

Mai curand recomand cititul de carti, discutiile cu oameni interesanti, si online video:

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