It's been long time since I didn't write anything, because I've been busy with a lot of things, but now I'm back! I decided to write this article now, because I have a good reason for that! This blog just turned One Year since it exists and has over 20,000 visitors:-) This is great and I'm very happy that I've reached until here, thanks to you my readers!
Honestly, when I started writing on this blog, I didn't know anything about blogging. My cousin Rody, was the one who was telling me all the time: ''Cris, if you like to write, you must have your own blog and write there, how everybody is doing these days.'' So, I thought about her advise and decided to give a try. Now, I can say that I like blogging very much and I really enjoy it :-)
I'm glad that my articles were useful for some people and entertaining for others. Through this blog I've met some nice people and I learned so many things. It was a good experience for me:-)
For the New Year 2014 I wish to write more articles and to get more visitors and loyal readers. Happy New Year my dear friends!:-)
Why only some people are getting rich while others starve?
In recent years money has been devalued by 680%. There is so much money in the world that if we take out all the money from the bank and spread throughout the earth, would get a layer of 10 cm. Money--the world's blood, has become water.
Money is power and energy. In order to attract money, first you have to get back with your mother, sister, grandmother and wife.
Money cannot come to that one who is not ready to become a millionaire. Therefore you need to understand what you mean by the word wealth. You must learn to receive but also to give. Ask yourself why so many multi-millionaires are doing charity intensively?
If we give 50% from the money we get for a good deed, we will always have money. But if we spend 100% on us, then eventually they will go from you. The money that remained must be divided into 3:
25%-for the rainy days
10%-to help your relatives in need
15%-to spend for us
The main rules for getting wealth are:
1. Keep clean the main places where you live, like the kitchen, the bedroom and the corridor.
2. Don't spend money on first day you receive them. Put them in a safe or in a box and only the second day you can spend an amount not too big.
3. The wallet must be red. Arrange the 500 banknotes separately from banknotes of 100. Also, put them length-ways. Take photos out and what you have in your wallet; just leave the bank cards and money.
4. Count your money with clean hands and only in the morning, because if you count them in the night, money goes away from you.
5. To get rich demand or borrow money from a rich person and keep them unchanged. The money of rich people or rich countries attract wealth.
6. When you do what you love, the money will come definitely.
7. If money starts to come from somewhere you should not change the sphere of activity or try to open other doors.
As any Christian person, I used to wear around my neck a silver cross with different colored crystals. I bought it in a silver shop in Dubai with my amazing friend Leonora Osaigbovo. We almost got into a fight for it, because she loved it too:-) But then she said ''Okay Cris, you can have it.'' And from that day, I didn't like to take it off even when I'm taking shower.
Recently I noticed
that the metal blackened. I had no idea why! So, I started to look for an
answer and I found few interesting things about it.
When silver comes in
contact with air(oxygen) it oxidizes or turns an iridescent black.
Also, this signifies that
the person's body chemistry may be changing or perhaps it's a result of
reaction to the wearer taking more and more medication as they get older.
Extreme heat and perspiration can cause a person acidity to rise above
the threshold.Those that have lowers levels of ''acidity'' might
wear jewelry and have no problems but once they have headaches and
need to take tablets then their level of acidity will be taken over the
threshold which causes the wearer to make the jewelry go black.
Other reasons might be
higher levels of stress, going through hormonal changes in women. Also when
youngsters go through that ''acne'' stage they can cause their jewelry to go
black.
Some might notice that
they've been wearing jewelry all their life and all of a sudden they turn it
black or dark.
Sometimes just
leaving jewelry in a box for a long time turns it black.
Blackened silver is one of the hottest trends in jewelry today. But I like the
silver to be shiny. And to remove the black color from my jewelry I found two
great and very easy tricks:
1. Place your silver
jewelry into a container( put a flat piece of aluminium foil in the bottom
of it) and then cover them with bi-carb. Pour boiling water over the top
of the jewelry and you'll see the black ''fizz'' out. Then rinse with cold
water and dry your silver with a silver cloth. If the black hasn't gone add a
little more bi-carb on your silver and do it again. The bi-carb reacts with the
aluminum foil to dissolve the black tarnish on the jewelry. The boiling water
assists in the process. Once it's clean rinse your jewelry thoroughly in cold
water and dry with hair dryer.
2. Clean your jewelry
with toothpaste, using an old toothbrush. Then rinse with cold water.
Today is 1st of June 2013 and as we know it
is Children’s Day. From the morning I
thought about my sweet and cute nephew-Titus Spinu.
I was so curious, what is he celebrating today- Children’s Day or his Birthday?
Well, let me explain. Two days before, it was the Birthday of his father and Titus told his mother that he
wants to celebrate his Birthday next, right after his father’s Birthday. She
told him that his Birthday is in July and they are going to celebrate Children’s Day very soon, but Titus
didn’t agree with that. He said that he wants a party for his Birthday, with cake
and gifts and clowns. He was too upset because all the children from his
kindergarten already celebrated their Birthdays but he didn’t.
Titus, will turn 4 years old on 20th of
July and in present he’s going to kindergarten. He lives with his parents in
Chisinau, the capital of Republic of Moldova but he loves to travel a lot. But
he has a problem-he doesn’t like to sleep anywhere else, apart from his bed at
home.
Almost every child start saying the first word mama, but Titus, did the opposite-he
said tata (from Romanian-’’father’’)
at 6 moths, and then he said mama at 8
months. Now, he has a perfect diction and he’s very smart and ingenious.
His hobbies are: playing with different toys,
playing games on the computer, making sport with his parents (riding bicycle,
swimming, to ride the scooter, and ride the sleigh in winter at the mountain) and
watching cartoons.
Looks strange to me, but at his age, Titus is very fond
of fashion. He loves to wear elegant clothes, like black suit, especially with
bow-tie.
Books are another passion of him. He got a big
collection of children books and encyclopedias for kids.
Recently he appeared in the magazine for kids ’’Odorasul’’,
where he was the groom and his colleague from the kindergarten, was the bride.
At the end I would like to mention, that Titus is a very good and lovely child, who listen his parents, who like to learn everyday something new and who is bringing joy in our family J
If you want to be good: be competitive. If you want to be the best: Cooperate!
It is said that we can't have success as long as there isn't competition; any product loses its value if it's not compared with other and therefore one of the most important business practices to reach the top brings up the competition. And not just business acquaints us with it; a study by a prestigious U.S. university showed that 85% of ways for the award of marks is based on competition: quizzes, games, tests, etc. In other words we are taught to depend on competition as the only source of motivation to get a good result. But up to what point exactly is effective competition?
It is not hard to imagine what would happen in a world where all people would follow than the personal interests of everyone. Such a world would pretty much resemble wilderness ''natural state'' described by Thomas Hobbes (1588- 1679) in his famous book Leviathan. Having a pessimistic view of human nature, Hobbes believes that, through his native heritage, man is being governed by aggressive instincts, anytime minded to attack with extreme cruelty toward peers to satisfy all his desires immediately.
Competition brings out the best in us. Competition builds character; it strengthens our self-esteem. However, the possibility of being humiliated is always present in competition. Losing can be so frustrating that it can bring about aggression.
Psychologist Dr. Robert Anthony said "we are here to create, not to compete," which helps us to understand that to achieve our goals, to truly succeed, you need first of all to cooperate.
What is cooperation? Cooperating means, according to explanatory dictionary, working together with someone, to collaborate, working in common. It implies mutually agreed-upon goals and possibly methods, instead of working separately in competition, and in which the success of one is dependent and contingent upon the success of another.
Cooperation and competition are important forces in today's world and social psychologists are attempting to understand how groups, and even nations, can learn to increase cooperation.
We can choose to cooperate, not compete. I believe that will make you a better competitor, you will perform better, and you will have more fun.
Yet big business, the educational system, the health-care community, and most parents continue to encourage competition, almost totally neglecting the power of cooperation.
Furthermore, researchers have shown that too much competition may cause poor health. And, not surprisingly, cooperation increases creativity. Unfortunately, most people are not taught cooperative skills.
People who are cooperative and help others also experience a type of ''high'', which might better be described as calmness or sense of freedom from stress. They tend to feel good.
Although there's no doubt that a cooperative environment increases the number of ideas, improves the quality of the outcome, and facilitates a better working environment, cooperation must be done in such a way as to protect the integrity of the project at hand.
In conclusion--which works better, competition or cooperation? The answer, without equivocation, is cooperation. Cooperation is ''the royal road to success''.
Read one more article about ''How to deal with competition'' here.
The Easter holiday is a very special event for all
the Christians and it’s been always my mom’s favorite holiday. Happy Easter!
I don't know how is to celebrate this
beautiful day in other country in the world, that’s why
today I would love to tell you how we celebrate it in my country—Moldova.
Easter is the most sacred holiday of the Christian calendar,
followed by Christmas. Every year Easter is celebrated in spring. The meaning
of the Easter represents the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Seven weeks before Easter, every Christian is
fasting (he must refrain from eating meat and dairy dishes), take care of his
soul through acts of giving and charity. In this period every family is
concerned about general cleaning—both the house and the whole household, to
celebrate Easter in a clean environment. People renew their wardrobe for
Easter, same as the earth dress new greenery and flowers.
For Easter, Christians dye red eggs. They are
preparing other dishes as well, such as: baked lamb, roast lamb, sausages, and
various salads. According to tradition in Moldova on Holy Thursday, housewives
bake bread with cheese and sponge cake.
The night of the resurrection, believers go to
church for religious service and holy the Easter dishes. Foods brought to the
church in this night are a symbol of rebirth and fertility.
Arriving home, before they sit at the table,
Christians are washing with fresh water, in which they put a red egg, a white
egg and few coins, ’’to be clean, healthy, and rich all year round’’.
When they seat at the table, the Christians don’t
eat before saying the words ’’Christ is risen!’’ The answer ’’truly he is risen!’’
Today, I want to share a
good news with all of you-MY NOVEL ''IT WASN'T MY CHOICE'' IS FINALY ON SELL ON AMAZON.COM!!!:-)
Yeah, that's such a
release and happiness after the long journey of writing the book. I was
dreaming about this moment since very long time, but I never imagined that it
will be that much work to write a novel and to prepare it for sell. Thanks God
I achieved one of my dreams:-)
My friend, Leonora
Osaigbovo, who is a writer as well, was telling me all the time: 'Cris,
every day your book is not on Amazon, you lose money! You
have get it out and put your book on sell!'
When I finished writing
the novel, I had to find an idea for the cover design of the novel and I
decided to make it very simple and mysterious. So, on the old cover I had two
red apples on a white background. Of course the two red apples were having a
deep meaning and everybody could take them as :two choices or two persons, or
two places etc. But, I don't want to talk about the meaning of the old cover, because now the
novel has a new beautiful cover. Why did I decided to change it? Well, because
few people told me to do that, saying that the book looks like a diet book or a
book for cooking. And, obviously I didn't want that; I din't want to confuse
people, that's why I had to look for a new designer to design for me a new
cover.
I was lucky to find a
great designer and artist, called Ludmila Bouros, from Republic of Moldova, who
designed the new cover the way I wanted. She was very patient working with me
and at the end she gave me the cover i had it in my mind. Hopfully now,
everybody will understand that it's a novel and it's a contemporary romance,
set in Dubai. And for people who are curious if the novel is inspired from my
life in Dubai, I will say-YES!:-) For those who want to have an idea about what
the novel is about, read the resume on my previous
article about this book: http://cristina-turcan.blogspot.com/2012/12/my-first-novel-it-wasnt-my-choice.html
By this way, I would like to thank to
the FirstEditing Company from England, for the professional editing of my
book. David, the editor who did the great editing of my novel, is amazing and
very professional editor. It was a pleasure working with him!
At the end, I want to
thank first to my family-mom, sister, brother and brother in law for their
support and for believing in me. Also, I would love to thank to all my friends
and all the people who showed me support, love and apreciation. I'm very grateful
to all of you and hope do not disapoint you ever!
In the busy lifestyle of today, I’m facing problems
focusing on my main goals. I keep distracting myself all the time and forget
what the priorities of my life are. Distraction of work, home, friends,
socializing, events and everything else constantly compete for my attention and
dedicated time. It takes time to stay focused and achieving our goals and it’s
so easy to fail. As a result we often give up and think our goal is
unachievable.
I love people who have goals in life. Means they are
fighters, ambitious, and want to achieve something in their life. Obviously, I
met plenty of people who don’t have goals in life, they are happy with their
job or car, the country they live in, and they don’t want anything more. Wow,
that’s unbelievable for me and I don’t even want to be friend with such people.
So, this article is definitely not for them!
Most of the people like to set up a list of goals at
the beginning of every year. Well, I do it twice: at the beginning of the year
and on my birthday, in the morning. This is fun and is the first step in making
a significant progress on those goals. First of all, you have to understand
what you want your goals to be, before starting doing something!
There can be many reasons for our waning interests,
such as not seeing visible progress as quickly as we’d like, so we begin to
feel that our efforts are a waste of time. Or we feel confused about the steps
we need to take to make our dream a reality.
Since this is a common problem for many people, I’m
going to offer some helpful tips to re-fuel your fire:
Concentrate
on 1- 3 goals. Pick 1-3 goals, which are the most
important to you, and stick to them. Don’t bother yourself with other goals,
until these goals are achieved.
In this way, you’ll make much more
progress, compared to when you juggle across 4-7 goals and make little progress
in them.
Create
a vision board. Creating a vision board helps you
to visualize your end goals more clearly, which definitely will inspire you to take
consistent action. Get the pictures which represent your goals and dreams; you
can cut them from magazines or print them from the internet. Then stick them to
a board and put it in your bedroom or your office, so you could see them every
day. Every time you see the board, it motivates you and reminds you to take
action so as to move forward.
Create
a plan. Build your plan for reaching your goal.
Your plan becomes your road map and helps you determine the best course to
follow.
If you just set a huge goal, it can
be discouraging- especially when you don’t achieve it after some time. When
that happens, some people may procrastinate on the goal altogether. That’s why,
if you have a plan worked out for your goal, it becomes easier to stick to it.
All you have to do is to follow the actions you have planned for the day.
Usually, I write down the plan of the next day, right before to go to sleep. So,
I’m clear about the plans for the following day and when I sleep, my brain can
think about new strategies.
Most of us are great at planning,
but not so great at taking the actions! ;-)
Be
clear on why you’re pursuing the goals. If you keep giving up on your goals halfway, perhaps
you were never serious in them to begin with. For me, if I’m really serious
about a goal, I’d never give up on it.
Write about the ways it will improve your life and
make you feel more fulfilled. Then make sure to read this description every
day, even more than once a day, if you need to. Keep that vision STRONG in your
mind.
Do not make a goal out of something you do not have
already as a great passion in your life. Use something that inspires you and
gives you certainly and confidence. Then plan it much bigger and go for it!
Discover
a purpose to help drive you. Have you ever thought that a
purpose is like a driving force just like fuel for a car? Without a reason that
is big enough, you will hardly make it.
Is it the million dollars you have
in mind or is it the boat you can buy if you accomplish the goal?
Have
goal buddies. Goal buddies are people who share
similar goals with you. They help to remind you about your goal, spur you when
you feel unmotivated, give you new ideas on how to achieve your goal, keep you
on track among others. Your goal buddies can be your friends, or people whom
you meet with similar interests.
Measure your progress. Record your daily progress. This can
tell us if we are on track or if we need to make adjustments to either our plan
or activities. You need to measure your progress on a regular basis as it gives
you some control.
Minimize
distractions. Get rid of as much temptation as
possible that deviates from your focus on your goal. If for example your goal
is to exercise more and you have identified watching TV as a distraction, don’t
turn on the TV until you have achieved the tasks relating to your goal. Saying
Yes to your big goals means that you must say No to other things. Decide what
can or should be eliminated from your schedule. This might be socializing,
spending time on social media, getting caught in funny videos on YouTube, or
watching television.
Work your goals into your daily plan. Do something towards achieving your
goals every day. The best way to achieve your goals and maintain your focus is
to do something that will make it happen each and every day. Even if it’s only
15 minutes each day, it is better than not doing any goal related activity at
all. Give your goal daily attention and you’ll remain more focused and at a
better chance of achieving your goal.
It's even more important to keep a
clock beside while you are working, to tell how much time is left to complete
each high priority task, same as Facebook engineers and designers are doing.
It’s now known to most people that
Thomas Edison failed 999 times before he succeeded in inventing the lamp in the
1000th trial. But what if Thomas wasn’t focused on his goals? :-)
All successful people know that
reaching success is a matter of trying and trying until they get what they
want.
If you want to be successful you
must focus on goals, in business or personal affairs.
What goals are you working on right
now? Are you staying on track toward them, or are you struggling? Let me know
your thoughts and tips in the comments…
Valentine's Day is the day of lovers in the Western tradition, which is celebrated on February 14. It's not celebrated on a large scale, but many people spend this day in a romantic way with the life partner or send a card to a secret love. In Slovenia a proverb says that St. Valentine brings the key of roots, so that on February 14, plans and flowers start to grow. It is also said that birds are getting married on this day.
Certainly, only recently started to be celebrated as the day of love. Day of love is traditionally on March 12, the day of St. Gregor.
Couples exchange gifts such as: chocolates, greeting cards and usually a flower bouquet. Although, on a day deemed by many people to be a fake holiday, it can seem unnecessary to spend a fortune on declarations of love, when you could show your affection every day.
So here are a few suggestions that could help you make the day special:
The card
Making your own card is far more personal and romantic. Don't be nervous if you are not naturally artistic; you can create anything from a collage to a funny Photoshop image to express your feelings. Fill it with a poem (silly or serious), a romantic quotation, or an in-joke for an even more intimate touch.
The present
A sentimental gift such as a filled photo album or handpicked collection of poetry can strike the perfect note. If you're not a sentimentalist, it doesn't mean that your only option is to be unoriginal: if your musical, compose a melody; if you are literary, write some verse; if you are tactile, give a massage. But, if you do decide to purchase a present after all, then please visit this online shop here, where you can find a wide range of beautiful gifts for your lover: http://astore.amazon.com/cris-tina-20
The dinner
The way to a man's heart is supposedly through his stomach, and it's not unusual for women to be seduced by a little wining and dining as well. Home cooking can be a great success, but if you are not comfortable with cooking, then you can dazzle your date with something more complex, reserving a table at a restaurant for example!
Add to this a well-presented table with a classic single rose and it would be hard to go wrong. Don't forget about candles and romantic music!
The little extras
Watch the videos below and see what Victoria's Secret Angels are advising you for Valentine's Day:
Money is one of the most powerful internal motivations that every person on this planet has innate in him. Money represent: the social status, prosperity, security, safety tomorrow, everything about our place in society, the comfort of the day and our lifestyle. I want to make you understand that right now you are probably wasting yourself. The age and experience are no more obstacles in the way of our prosperity on this planet. The biggest impediment in the way of prosperity is actually, our lack of education. And when I say-lack of education, I don't say that you haven't been to a fancy school or you don't like to read, but I say that in this financially field, you are uneducated. When you want to make money more than you do now, first thing would be good to do is to find a good model for you. Watch someone you like the way he is making money. It would be advisable to find someone or even more, that you admire and like the way they make money. Tell yourself: ''Okay, I would like to make my money like that!''. And step two, very, very important- don't look at those people what they do now, when they already have money and success, look what they did at first, because you are a beginner right now. You are a beginner, you are at zero, you are probably one person. Do not look at a company, which has 50-100 employees, do not look at Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, because they have a huge success. Look at what Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberk were doing when they were alone at first, working in a garage or home, or even with two fellow students. That's what you have to look at, if you are in the beginning! The big mistake that most beginners make, is to look at Steve Jobs-10 rules to succeed in business, because he wrote those rules when already had 300 million dollars. That was the time and moment when he got those conclusions. It's fine to see them and understand them with his long experience, but you have to realize that you can not apply them, because you don't understand them experimentally. You have never experienced those things and have to live on your turn. And then you look at your models when they didn't have anything. You've probably heard of Robert Kiyosaki right? I recommend you to read his books. It's very, very good to start your financial education. If you invest 3 to 6 months of your time to read certain books and materials in this field, you could triple your income that you have today, I guarantee. If you do the right thing, leaving aside what not, I'm sure you can change your financial life in a very short time. So, Robert Kiyosaki says that there are 4 quadrants of money:
First quadrant is- the employee.
The second quadrant is- the freelancer.
The third quadrant is- the entrepreneur.
The fourth quadrant is- the investor.
I'll briefly explain you what it means to be hired. That means to sell your time for money, you are committed to a company and you have a boss or even more. So, you sell your time and partially-your skills, but basically you sell your time, you get paid per hour with a very, very small amount of money. I'm telling you this, no matter what salary you have, it is very small. Any employee in this world right now is wasting his time and life, energy or even health. He is giving his talent and skills for a bargain. They sell those hours of life instead to sell the results.The experts are selling their results not their time. Self-employed is a wonderful step- you are a doctor, lawyer, psychologist, etc. Here you control your time and you decide how much to work, and that's why you call yourself a freelancer and is wonderful. This is better than to be employed. You have more or less control over your life and on your lifestyle. But here's a small problem too, as a freelancer you are again limited. If you get sick, you can't make money. If you do not work, you do not make money. And all of us, we know that we can not work continuously and then we don't make money, and then we are in trouble if we don't have some savings. Things can happen and as a freelancer you're limited to a certain number of people with whom you can work, for example as a dentist within 24 hours you can just get a number of people and you never going to be able to prosper financially and make as much money you want. For that, we have quadrant 3, which is the entrepreneur. The entrepreneur can be self-employed, but found solutions to automate what he is doing and to scale it. To scale means that you can change your business figure. I mean if you're a dentist and you have a certain number of clients per day, and if you still had two partners to give them 5 of your clients for a commission, let's say, then you've scaled your business. In that moment you don't work, they work and you make money automatically. Entrepreneur can be anyone of us and many people get scared and say-''wow business'', ''wow entrepreneur'', ''business is not for me, I don't have talent for it!''. The fourth quadrant is- investor. After making a lot of money as a freelancer or entrepreneur, invest your money. For example, you give your money to an entrepreneur for a certain percentage and that's it-money work for you! Now, I want you to think where you find yourself and where you want to reach, and if you don't have anything, you have to think how to become an employee or self-employed. If you are employed or self-employed how do you become an entrepreneur? And if you are an entrepreneur how to become an investor, to make enough money to have a lifestyle exactly how you want it? After all why you work? What for we make so much money? We make them, so we could live the life according to our values. For example, I value the freedom, do not depend on anyone ever, doing what I love in life. If today I feel like going to Paris to drink a coffee with a croissant and come back in the same day, then I'll do that without giving explanations to anyone. That's what makes me wake up in the morning and make money. Others do it to support their family or to sleep quiet in the night, thinking that tomorrow he has money. Think what your values are and what lifestyle you want to have, and then how do you go from one level to another. Now, I want to tell you three major steps, which you can quickly implement: 1. Discover your talent and passion, what you're good at and what you enjoy doing. It is very important to love what you do. Your passion will drive you and will help you get through all the hardships of life. If there is no passion, when hardships come, you'll surrender! 2. It's time to develop your passion and become an expert. And again, people freak out and say: ''Oh, but I'm not an expert!''. Believe me, when you know one topic well, you should not become a world expert. For one near you, you are an expert. If for example you have a garden and grow in it tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables and comes one, who has no idea how to grow vegetables, then you are an expert for him. It's good to develop these skills and become experts. Why? Because people are willing to pay experts. 3. Value the skills and expertise that you've developed them. How do you do that? Exchange! People will pay for the problems they have in life, whether it is health, love, money, or lifestyle. We all have problems and all buying few things: services or products. We all do! It is important for you to combine your passion and talent with skills that you develop them, and then know how to capitalize and start living from this.
To become an entrepreneur in the field in which you are passionate, begin with: 1. Attitude and mentality. It is very important to develop your attitude and mentality in the financial field. Many people get scared and say: ''I don't want to be a freelancer or entrepreneur!''. That's your attitude and mentality! You were taught wrong by parents, society, teachers, that is important to have a job and is better to be employed. That's the dumbest thing, because you are wasting as employee, selling your time, when we all have a talent in us, why not make money with the results you can give to the world? It's very important to believe in yourself! Believe that you can have a great lifestyle and you can make as much money you want, doing what you love everyday and being extremely good at what you love to do everyday. There is no limit to how much money you can make. The limit is on your hard work, for how good you are, your expertise, by how well you develop yourself, how fast can be your evolution, but the power is in you and this is great! But as an employee, you have no power, you can be fired at any time, the business may fail at any time, and you can't take decisions. We as human beings are not made to be slaves, to be employed! We are meant to explore and capitalize our full human potential. 2. Choose the right niche. What is niche? Niche can be a domain, a product that you choose and in that field you have to become an expert. Find a service or product that you can offer and people are willing to pay for it. Depending on the area that you've chosen, and your expertise, there are products that you can provide- tangible products, electronic products, products of all kinds, in which you are expert. 3. Marketing. Many people misunderstand marketing. They think it's something separated from the rest of life or a discipline where you have to specialize. But, believe me, we all do marketing. When you open your mouth and talk to a friend of yours, you do marketing. You sell an idea, trying to convince a person about something. But if you are not educated in marketing, you make stupid marketing. You sell yourself everyday. In seduction or love, you're selling yourself, talking about yourself and showing your bright side, and trying to show that you are a quality person, for other to want you as a partner, for example. When you go to an interview and talk about you, you sell yourself! When you go to a customer and you are saying that you are entrepreneur, you are selling your product. Everyday, we do marketing. It is an illusion to think that marketing has nothing to do with you. Believe me, when you open your mouth and through your actions, you do marketing. And if you don't know what you are doing, you probably do bad. That's why, regardless of any area of life, it is very important to know marketing. 4. Learn to focus. We live in a world, where everything is a distraction. You are bombarded with information of all kinds, it's a total madness! We don't know what to do, what to read, where to go, where to develop our skills. It is important to remove everything that distracts your attention and at least a few hours everyday do what brick by brick, build something, because after six months, one year or five years to see the fruits of your work, to see that you built something. 5. Right actions. A lot of things that you consider important and urgent, are not really important and urgent. You can leave them aside, and nothing happens and no one dies. It is important to understand that productive assets that will help you make money in the end. Making money, you release your time and life, so you could enjoy more of life, travel, family, comfort. Therefore you must understand what are those actions made daily, which will take you fast to success. 6. Right people, entourage. It is extremely important to surround yourself with people that support you, and you support them along the way. You have to make a team and manage to gather the people to the right place to be and you prosper and they.
First of all, I would like to know what your name
–Moufdi El B means?
Moufdi is my first name, El B is a shortcut for my family name which is El Bellaj.
Where are you coming from?
Originally Moroccan.
How old are you?
31 years old.
You have this passion for dance; why do you like
dancing?
Dancing is part of me, my personality, I feel relaxed and happy when I dance, that's the reason why I like dancing.
How long are you practicing daily?
I practice around 2 to 4 hours a day.
How long have you been dancing?
I started dancing at 12 years old, around 19 years ago.
What got you into dancing?
Watching couple of videos inspired and motivated me to start dancing.
You are a professional dancer, what is your biggest
dream or goal in life?
My goal is to spread the hip-hop culture in each place I am, and will be in the future. To have my own dance academy is my biggest dream, a place where dancers can share and spread their art..., which I am close to have very soon...:-)
Do you hope to inspire others to dance too?
Yes, of course.
Would you like to try any other style of dance?
I tried couple of other style already, which helped me to find out my own style.
How do you feel when you perform?
I feel happy, especially when I see the audience reaction.
What
is your favorite part about dancing?
Dancing is a way of expressing my self; I love to express my mood through my dance.
What is your favorite dance step?
There are many steps I like, I can not only limit it to one.
Have you ever fallen while performing?
No, never! I practice so much before a performance, that even if at a point if it happen that I sleep, the audience will not even notice it as I will freestyle another step, and this can happen to any dancer.
What was your worst dance moment?
I don't remember having a bad moment in dance.
What had dance taught you?
Discipline, organization
and team work.
What was the best routine you ever performed?
Opening act with Busta Rhymes, and couple of other international artists.
Tell
us a funny moment during a show or performance of yours.
Once I gave my music CD to the DJ, and my team and I were ready to dance on stage, when suddenly the DJ played the wrong track (Arabic music)...and we had to improvise on it.:-)
Does your family support you with what you doing?
Yes, all the time!
What is your favorite style of dancing to watch?
Hip Hop dancing.
Would you like your kids to be dancers too?
Yes. My kids will start dancing before walking...
Have
you take any dance classes as a child?
No.
Do
you have any pre-performance rituals or superstitions?
No.
What
do you consider to be your greatest accomplishment?
When a student come to my class not knowing anything about dance, and she or he end up very good dancers after few months.
What
is your greatest strength?
I never give up when I start something.
What
is something that not many people know about you?
I use to be a professional soccer player, and I have very close relationships with many international artists not only about work, but also in personal life.
If
you weren’t a professional dancer, what would you be?
Football player.
If
you could be anyone else for a day, who would you be?
No one, I would only want to be myself.
What celebrity would you most like to give private hip hop dance class?
Ciara orUsher.
What is your favorite
place to go social dance?
Clubbing, or during my
dance classes.
I know that you created and you are
the manager of Xtremer crew. Tell us more about your crew.
We are one of the first hip hop
dance team who represent the hip hop culture in the Middle East, starting with
Dubai in 1998.
The Xtremer crew has built
up an outstanding reputation and is now in high demand internationally. The
talented entourage is continually in demand to choreograph and do opening acts
and perform with international artists. These include US phenomenon's Akon, Kelly
Rowland, Fat Joe, K-Young, Nelly, Ciara, Busta Rhymes, Sean
Kingston, Mims, Karl Wolf, Florida, Tinchy Stryder,
the world renowned Latina performer Shakira, superstar
singer Jay Sean and the Arab world's number one female
entertainer Nancy Ajram.
What’s the biggest
challenge you’ve faced in your career?
My biggest challenge was
to create my own dance company, but soon I will also build my own dance
academy.
What’s your favorite
non-dance activity or hobby?
Football.
Where
do/ would you most like to travel?
United States, France, Russia.
Do
you need long periods of time alone, or are you energized by interaction?
I like to have my time alone, but I need both, to be alone and be in interaction with others.
What’s
your average bedtime?
I usually sleep really late, I would say not before 3AM.
Where
would you like to live long-term?
I would like to settle in United States, New York to be more specific.
What
artist was the most pleasant and interesting to work with?
Karl Wolf, K-Young, Kelly Rowland, Busta Rhymes, Mims, Snoop Dogg...
What is your
relationship with the fans? I'm very close to my fans, and I always answer them back. Do you often give
autographs? Not really. Fans take pictures with me very often though.
Have
something to say to those who admire you?
I am happy to see how people are interested in dancing and support me. I thank them for the love they are showing me.
And I want everyone to know that ''Dance it's mother of the arts & Dance is the hidden language of your soul''. Check out some great videos from Moufdi's dance classes and routines he choreographed:
To know more about Moufdi El B, you can read this great article from Khaleej Times Magazines, from October 5th 2012 (second page), also the one from gulfnews.com, on 12 March 2009.
Xtremer crew videos (Moufdi's team):
Promo video
Busta Rhymes & Fashion Fantastic Performance
If you want to contactMoufdifor any inquire, send him an e-mail at: info@ xtremer-ent.com, or follow his Facebook page: www.facebook.com/moufdielb
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