Something interesting to read in German: 'Weiblich, jung, flexibel' by Felicitas Pommerening

I am reading more: In Italian, in English, in German.

Sometimes three books at the same time, in three different languages. This means that sometimes I need ages just to be able to actually finish one of them, but I find it more interesting just like that.

A new book I would like to read:

Weiblich, jung, flexibel - Von den wichtigen Momenten im Leben und wie man sie am besten verpasst (Paperback)
by Felicitas Pommerening
Herder Verlag, 2012
178 pp., ISBN 978-3451305320

The book, partially autobiographical, it's about how hard can be to find a job in Germany if you are, like in the title, a young woman, "too" flexible and with no experience.

Since I am always looking for books that can help me to improve my German and to better understand the German culture, it sounds like fun!

Further Information:

Interwiew with Felicitas Pommerening [in German]

Tags: Literature, German, Weiblich jung flexibel, Felicitas Pommerening, Job-seeking

Who is your guru? Seth Godin? Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa? Or both?

[Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon in
Il Gattopardo by Luchino Visconti]

In his blog post Nine ideas in search of a blog post, Seth Godin says:
"Everything will be alright" is not the same as "everything will stay the same."

In my humble opinion, he's absolutely right.
This makes life interesting and new, every single day, and, well... this makes me feel alive.
I want to be sure that everything will NOT stay the same. Otherwise I would feel lost and imprisoned.

Everything will be alright, for sure.
And everything will be alright because almost anything will stay the same. What eigentlich matters is... what will stay the same.
The rest is just a plus. Or something not so important, after all.

Everything ok, then? I am not that sure.
One of my favourite Italian books is 'Il Gattopardo', by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. [Maybe do you know the movie by Luchino Visconti?]
There you can read a very characteristic sentence, that says a lot about Italian mentality: 'Bisogna che tutto cambi, perché tutto resti lo stesso'. That sounds a little bit like 'If we want that everything will stay the same, everything needs to change'.

This is not what Seth Godin means, of course. The meaning is actually just the opposite of Seth Godin's sentence.
Are both sentences maybe part of everybody's life, at the same time? Or only sometimes?
Which writer would you like to have as your personal guru?

Previous posts:

As Seth Godin says... My sentences, my paragraphs and my chapters
Linchpins are everywhere (raise-the-flag)... even in Berlin!
The 'Linchpins are everywhere (raise-the-flag) meetup' in Berlin - Update
Is it possible to seduce someone by using just words?
Another 'Linchpins are everywhere (raise-the-flag) meetup' is scheduled in August 2010 in Berlin
From Seth Godin to Humpty Dumpty: getting to know 'my Charity: water'
Four P for marketing but 'six' P for relationships?

Tags: Seth Godin, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Il Gattopardo, Nine ideas in search of a blog post, Literature, Guru, People, Quotes

See you soon! (This time for real)

This year, I promised myself to post every week, but I didn't make it.
I didn't seem to find time, even when I tried.

I will take a month off starting tomorrow, and when I get back, I'll post every week, because this year I learned a lot about failing first hand.

See you soon.

ps. The purple moon is for V. and J.

Previous posts:
Starting a brand new year, just today
Three words in four languages for my 2011 [Chris Brogan's rule!]

Tags: New Year's resolutions, failure, Blogging

How about a name like Azuree?

I spent my whole life by replying questions like 'Is your name Azzurra because of the yacht?'.

No, Azzurra is younger than me.
A whole life can be reaaaaally long, if you have to reply to the same questions again and again.


But now, well, there is also Azuree...
I hope to survive to this too.

Do you have the same problems with your first name or your last name?

Previous posts:
Just sing it! Sing what? But 'Azzurra', of course!
A-Z-Z-U-R-R-A... with two Z and two R, bitte!

ps. Thanks to Jack.

Tags: Azzurra, Azuree, Sailing boat, Yacht, Name

The Times They Are a-Changin'... my relationship with the Big Four

I spent very little time on the Internet, lately.

I didn't update the blog like I wanted.
Twitter, LinkedIn, XING, Google+? Foreign territories, unfortunately.

[Current State of Social Media: The Big Four
click to enlarge the picture or see the original here]

Well, it's time to change. I am already sure of it.
And this powerful infographic posted by one lily, Current State of Social Media: The Big Four, reminds me also... the reasons because I have to change something right now.

Do you already know the Big Four?

Previous posts:
Do you already know LinkedIn?
Something more about it
Five new resources about LinkedIn
Job seeking on LinkedIn
Nine more articles about LinkedIn
A powerful infographic and five new articles about LinkedIn

Tags: LinkedIn, Business, Social Network, Online Communities, XING, Twitter, one lily, Social Media, Twitter, Google+