It started!

This week I was working 16 hours...each day!

The Chrismass tree selling are amaizing. We'll have till the end of this week around 100 trees sold and delivered. From ProTV and Media Pro, till Raiffeisen Bank and Sala Dalles. Everywhere in Bucharest and arround we have a Chrismass tree delivered!

But, even if i need to work double like a normal man, it is GREATE. amazing!I just came home and i am happy, with a big smile on my face and capableto start it over in a few hours.I know it sounds crazy...but :D i realy like what i do.

In 2005 i did the wrong deal with engross chrismass tree delivery in whole Romania. I sign different contracts, verified and extraverified, and i still had a huge problem with a firm from Ploiesti. They received the trees and after that run out of the country. It was a mass-fraud at 29 firms, and mine was one of them.

I survived with 1milard800 on minus. But, what surprise me more is that, this year they called again! The same sistem, the same men...i suppose! Yes, and police is doing nothing!

If you're a succesfull firm, financial guard come, if you are suffereing a fraud, for the invoice you have to pay 19% to the goverment, and the rest is your problem!

I realy hate this sistem!

Another problem i have on this online market is the fact that everybody started to copy and copy and copy! I am asking if they don't have any idea at all!!!! I didn't invented the free delivery sistem, but i invented the free "sending away" sistem (when the holidays are over we come for free and take your chrismass tree). And of course they copied ...that they know to do best: www.brazi.com.ro/brazi-de-craciun/servicii/

Creative Inteligence

Creative Inteligence - part of a training i'm working at:

There are 4 styles of Creative Intelligence:
1. Intuitive - focus on results ans relies on past experience to quide actions
2. Inovative - concentrates on problem-solving, is systematic, and relies on data
3. Imaginative - is able to visualise opportunities, is artistic, enjoy writing and think "out of the box"
4. Inspirational - focus on social change and the giving of self toword that end.

I'm fan of Jack Welch - past CEO General Electric- and he is a great example for intuitive style. He focus on actions and results.
Marie Curie(discovered radium and polonium) is inovative. Imaginative is Winston Churchill - a great leader, a unique intelect, that inspired a whole nation. And the big Marthin Luther King for inspirational one- he believed in nonviolent protest, he was charismatic and a visionary person.

Each person has a style that defines his way not only to create but also to see the world and answer in a specific situation (You will agree with me when i say that each of us come with a different impresion after we read a book or see a movie, or listen a melody)

I'm imaginative- willing to take riks, has leaps of imagination, an independent thinker.
(The innovative one use original approaches, is willing to experiment and relies on sustematic inquiry
The intuivite - achieve goals, uses common sense and solves problems
The inspirational respond to societal needs, willingly gives on self and has courage of convictions)

What define in a few words a creative person? The desire to accomplish the imposible.

Why is important?
Because indviduals and not organizations re generaly responsible for the innovations that bring changes! As a manager you should never stop to come with innovative ideas! And hire also creative treams to carry them out.

For all of you who want to do a test about their creativity, just send your e-mail and you'll receive it on the same day.
It will help you understand your style and the others. You'll see that over a period of time, even the most creative person will love his motivation if yhe manager is not interested in them.

I discovered during this tests a short description of Bill Gross - Compaq- and i was impressed. He speaks fast and bubbles, he has a personal charisma that enticed people to buy into his vision (and he is a imaginative person, as I am).

Mass-media

28.11.2006 - B1TV interview

I was invited to a IT tv show on B1TV. I talked about www.floridelux.ro and about www.brazidecraciun.ro - two of my projects. Actually I was on the first whodeveloped an e-commerce site on Romanian market and they always askdifferent questions to see how market evolves, what are the problems, whatadvice I can give to new people who want to develop their own business.I had questions like: how many orders are per day, comparing with the firstyear (I have 3 years on the e-commerce market and I've started with anadvertising agency...long time ago). Or: how much orders are from Romaniaand how much from outside Romania.I have to say I didn't miss the opportunity to say I've been to Seul :P

Creative entrepreneur competition + more

Yap!

That's me...I've been to Seoul on the last 3 finalist from 60 contries and now in Romania.

Yap! Tha's good. I'm proud of me, even if...i have to accept that second place never counts!

Radu Limpede, Romanian JCI President just announced me that on 8 december I'll receive the price for the most creative entrepreneur of the year (the same that Radu Ionescu from Kinecto received last year) and I'll have the honor to meet Traian Basescu. I am realy surprised!

Fantasy in art

I was at the oppening of one art-galery where two friends and partners were present -

Sarah Einik and Zagorka Stojanovic

Training for high-school children

now I’m preparing a training for high-school children. This will be agood opportunity for me to enter on the market, because with adults I willhave some real problems: one because of the age and second, because thereare few trainers woman in Romania. But, if I will be well prepared andthey will see I’ve stared as an entrepreneur and really have experiencewith good and bad… Anyway, we’ll see!

MBA- top piority

Yap, I's not the best study I had, but it is MBA and each time someone hears I am at MBA program, the always say "waw, You're smart!" So I have to finish it....uff, another 12 mounts!

I'm preparing for the account exam for tomorow and in another day i'll have economy. Normaly it shouldn't been so hard, but i never worked in these fields.

I was amused by a colleged who said that the MBA program destroy arround 80% of the creativty it exist in an entrepreneur. And I susstain this! Everything is so foccused to do the things that "your manager" asks that you see yourself like an employee. Another thing I've notice to other people also (managers at their own firm) is that they've started to bring money from home in order to sustain the firm activity.

Sunday, 25 november 2006"
I didn't do a good job today at exam. I'm mad about this...but it is my mistake mostly because I thought I can learn accounting in one night. I'm sad:( or mad...on me, not on accounting.
I usually don’t like to do those kind of mistakes, mostly because I have a motto which say :"you loose only when you quit" and from last night I thought that because of the short time I have no chance...and when you think you have no chance, things go not too well.

Apprentice- Donald Trump

I have all the DVD with Apprentice, I'm looking forword to see all of them. I'l write here all the ideas! I'm so glad!

Online ghifts for children without family

I'm developing a campaign on Christmas Tree and people can order onlinedeliveries of tree or other presents(toys, flower arrangements ) for Children without families, Churches, Hospitals. It's quite an interestingproject. It's the first online campaign of this type in Romania (in thesummer I had a similar campaign and people could order online to planttrees in Bucharest :)) "Save your town" was the name of the campaign)

About bad-luck

I never thoutght it can happen to me...but in only 3 days:
- all my lugages went on the airport stairs...nothing was broken
- my appartment door refused to open
- my car broken in the midle of the road
- my driver remaind without any driving-licence (I have a new one right now)
- I could not register the car to the police

I am realy in-loved

You must know that...I am inloved with that man that I cannot have a relationship (he's not married or something like this..just, that...it can't.). But I love him and I'm happy about it!

No picture this time with him! :D

I'll keep it secreat! We spoke a lot and I'm writing thise here only to say that i realy can renounce on everything for him. And in my past were more "him" for who I decided to renounce- at my place, job, etc... and some who would loved that but i've said no.

I'll do a crazy thing but because i like to risk :D it's quite a pleaseure to do it!

Greate friends

I know Marian Arpasan...waw, from 7 years. He is the longest friend I have - Marian Arpasanu. And very proud I can say that for some weeks hi's legal leaving in Bucharest, with the ID also :))

I like him a lot and I realy hope that one day he'll be the happiest man!

Gecad ePayment- i know that is not a person but a firm and i realy have to tell that i realy like each of them, starting with Radu Georgescu - a greate mentor, Daniel Capatana- geat man, Andreea - amaizing girl and all of them, they realy do a greate job and i love to be parteners of them,

In the media

I have to say I'm very glad that journalist are so interested in my business. This article is about Seoul Experience.

National Television Show

It is my first experience with the national television, and it’s absolutely great!

I'm producer to a tv show named “IT Project” . It is a story of day to day activities in a firm. The boss is always asking more from his employees, the secretary is always trying to look beautiful and the IT specialist solves everyone’s problems.

There are 5 comedy actors and they do an amazing job. Each Saturday for 20 minutes people can learn about newsletters, blogs, online e-payments and IT problem-solving.

Actualy, the funy thing is that we present only IT solutions and none of the actors knows anything about that. And we allways must be very attentinve at their spelling, but is quite funny. Hard working, but funny.

Seul Food

Waw! It was a real amazing experience to discover green soup, green sweets and green chocolate! I couldn't eat none of them. After 8 days i was off with 3 kilogram !

The picture you can see it was taken in a restaurantfrom Seul. As a fact people eat that! (And dog's also if you ask me)

I couldn't find any restaurants in which actualy someone to speack english and i ordered by picture. Rice and fish...waw! Next time i'll be there i will have some food from Romania with me.

Games for trainers

It can happen for you to go at the seminar and then...people are sleeping. The only thing that you can do is to motivate them for some games. We call them "icebreaker"

The idea that we developed were the following:
1. Ask them to get up and to present themselves. After that make some exercises with them: clap hands, stay in one foot, etc
2.Ask them to discuss and prepare a speech in the topic "my favorite"(food, hairstyle..etc)
3. Make a round circle in the back of the room and each member will stay in there and they will do massage one to the other while moving in the circle.
4. Make each of them take a peace of paper and put it in their back. Each colleague will go around and will write on the others back his feelings related to him (only positive ones)

The second strategy is to start "group discussion" - there is no other way to obtain the views of all members. For that, the best solutions are:

- divide the participants into groups of no more than ten

- give them a few minutes to debate

- call at the end ach group spokesman in order to report the results

Also, the third solution is "brainstorming". It is useful on large or small meetings, to stimulate creativity on the participants.

Training for trainers

I’ve just finished my first “JCI Training for Trainers” and I am impressed.
The classes were amazing, but more than that the team that I’ve found there impressed me! Only “strong” men and “big” minds!

1. Mark Lane - Australia

2. Sjoerd Boom - Netherlands


3. Martin Watson - New Zwaland http://octa.co.nz/Portal.asp

Martin motto was: "think out of the box".

In the MBA Program I'm doing in Romania, we have a similar system for trainings, but working with smart people make a big difference!


My final exam was about Effective Public Speaking and my part was about the delivery of speeck. But till then we've discussed about the structure and the types of speech.
The course was design for JCI trainers in order to help then to become better public speakers and to develop a holist approach to speech delivery.

I've started my speeck with a question: from the point of view of a public speaker have you establish a personal goal? Because if you didn't now is the moment to think at you as the best in the field.

Inspire and passion are the two forces that will guide you! And the code I'm going to present now.

1. First impression is the most important. People see you before you speak
Be confident, be the mentor that they expect for you to be
Your attitude is importand, and that's why you must act like a WINNER.

Forget about emotions, if any and consider yourself lucky because you are in front of them.

2. Be prepared. The first and the end line are the most significant.
At the beginning you need a strong line in order for you to grab their attention. But after that you have to demonstrate that you deserve it and ring some STRONG information: new and valuable for your audience.

3. Visual:
- make eye contact (that will always create relationship with them)
- don't move around if that means to stay with the back at them
- don't read the notes, but have them around just in case you are out of ideas
- be very attentive at body movement

4. Verbal:
- use short lines
- use personal pronoun
Talk to them. Put questions and make sure they're attentive at you

If any mistake happens just apologize and go on without insisting too much on it!

5. Vocal
Here you have to be very attentive at tone, speed, pauses, accent and articulation.
Express joy and surprise in order to vary your tone.

Try to give the best from you and don't forget that your mission is to add quality to their life!