Let us be successful

Yesterday my colleague, who has two mobile phones and has to answer a call every three minutes, asked me "In America, is it common for people in business to be like me, always talking on a phone?" I never actually worked in a serious business environment before in the US, so there is only one successful business man that I know really well: my father. He's one of the most successful man that I know, and let's see, was he so busy answering phone calls all the time? Negative. He retired two months ago from a company that he served for over 27 years, and upon his retirement, he bought himself a mobile phone for the first time. Until then, not even his secretary could reach him when he was out of his office. How did he do that in today's world of always-connected trend? I know not of how, but I just know that carrying a mobile phone is not a requirement to be successful.

This video was shown at CPS, and I found it quite inspiring. "Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes" delivered by Richard St. John. One thing I can conclude from his presentation is that there is no shortcut for a success.



Temperature in Galati has dropped significantly in the last two weeks. I even have trouble getting out of bed in the morning because of this, so I tried to use heaters in my room, one of those steel heat radiator that actually transmits heat in means of convective heat transfer rather than radiation. But I never succeeded to heat up my room yet. It just doesn't seem to heat up, even after an hour. And most of the time, when you turn on such a device, you need it immediately. It looks like I need to go buy a sleeping bag to get prepared for the winter to come.