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Are you afraid of Friday the 13th?

Did you late at work because you stuck in traffic today? Maybe you are fired? Look at your calendar, today is Friday 13th. If you saw a black cat who crossed your way, definitely your day is ruined.  The legend about Friday 13th is western superstition. Old belief said that Kain killed Abel on that day, and Eve persuaded Adam to bite the apple. Accord Bible, that day is considered as the death of Jesus Christ. In old Rome was a legend about witches circle, which gathers 12 witches, and the 13th member is devil by himself.  What else happened on this fatal day? In the year 1307 was the execution of knights templars, mostly in France, on 13 October. In the year 1927 was bankruptcy on the marketplace and many brokers made suicide. Guess, it was on Friday 13th. About 20 million people in SAD suffer from a special kind of phobia,      paraskevidekatriaphobia. The  Greek word "Paraskevi" means Friday, Dekatreis is thirteen and phobia i

Beware of a woman scorned (story about Ruth Ellis)

If you offer someone a heart full of love, don't expect that you will get the same. Joke of nature is that smart, beautiful women involve with bad guys, who are not able to give love back, or they will give love to someone else, even that person is not a woman of dreams. It looks like the story is over when your beloved chose your competition, but not everybody will make peace with that solution. A woman scorned will say "it ain't over until its over", because her word is the last. The last hanged woman in Great Britain was Ruth Ellis. She killed her lover David Blakely, after a dramatic love story. He was abusing her, underestimate and humiliate, so she decided to kill him. She had cooperator, Desmond Cussen, the man who was in love with her. He gave her a pistol and drove her to the place of crime. Ruth got the death penalty for the crime passionnel. Sudden strong impulse prevailed so Ruth signed her death sentence because of discarded love. When y

Is is right to give your money to beggars?

Generosity is a gift if it comes from the heart. Today you feed hungry birds, tomorrow you will buy food for cats. Another day you will give coins to beggars. Do you feel like a big humanitarian person? One of the biggest tools for manipulation is exactly generosity. Some people will act as saints, but indeed their intentions are hidden. Remember big causes in the Philippines, in the time of typhoon tragedy? Kim Kardashian made big humanitarian actions there, and then the press wrote that only 10% of the money is for a humanitarian purpose. The rest, you guess, fly away into her pocket.  How you will know that person wants to promote himself, and that it doesn't have any connection with generosity? Humanitarian actions are free from taxes. Big relief for rich people, because they will save money, and yet, promote themselves. A rich person will make a photo with a poor, ill granny, with invalids and Gypsies, but later, when nobody looks, he will turn h

How far we go for a promotion?

What kind of trend is the most popular nowadays? In one sentence, everyone wants to feel special. Shine like a star, let everyone clap their hands at your appearance. In this period of Big Brother, instant celebrities and internet, it is not hard to feel special. Create your page and your audience is here to wait for showtime. In old times, only stars from Hollywood, as Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner could feel special. Nowadays, the girl next door will also capture attention, because she colored hair in green or she put earrings in the nose. Or, she posts her photo where she puked after party. This astral moment is taken at the photo, for eternity.  Which things will make people famous and special nowadays? 1. sex video - Croatian example, singer Severina. After her "stolen" porno video, her popularity grew more than ever. There is no such famous song from her album as this is her video. 2. criminal act - if a person is behind the jail, populari

Who stinks in offices?

Bad breath, unpleasant smell, stench are enemies of every person. Everyone decides about own habits, but if you work with such people, your life could be a nightmare in the cloud of smell. It is easy to warn your roommate to wash teeth or change clothes, but if you are in this situation, would you choose to be open and honest or to suffer in silence because you don't want to hurt him? This happened in one of the offices at the Ministry of defense in Croatia. Darko got a new office mate, old woman Barbara who is  55 years old. She never worked in civil service and she needs money until her retirement. First, Darko was fascinated because she was a busy bee, ready to solve every file and to clean the closet from old documents. She helped him with clients because he was really busy. After a month Darko noticed a bad smell in his office, and his colleagues smiled every time when he was with them at lunch pause.  - Why you smile? - Darko, did you wash your laundry? Or

Learn about marketing : you are what you represent

A beautiful face opens many doors that are closed for average people. If you are pretty and if you know to represent your beauty, this door will stay open for you always. We can talk about injustice, but beauty will capture our eyes at first sight and even it can deceive us, we will still admire the good shape of the body, pretty eyes, and sexy lips. When we represent our country to the world, we can talk about the beauty of nature, historical tradition, and one of the cleanest sea, Adriatic sea. Imagine that you are in the seminar and you want to know more about Croatia. Would you listen more carefully that it comes from the mouth of a pretty woman? Now take a look at this picture. This is an ex-minister of planning in Croatia.  So, you are invited to a seminar about investment in Croatia, would you be interested in something that she is talking about? On next photo is ex Italian minister, even from the background, she will capture attention. For sure,

Are you a giver or a recipient?

One quote said: Be good to others and they will be good for you. The good act will be returned by another good act. I disagree with this because the world is not fair to place. In life, we will meet various people, and some will really appreciate good deeds and they will do everything to show appreciation and gratitude when you do something for them. This story has another side, about people who take others for granted. They are recipients, not givers. They constantly ask for donors, but rarely open their heart to do something for others. A very sensitive area for giving and receiving is love. When we fall in love and when love is not mutual, or at least is not equal, our limits will be very foggy. We can do things we never thought of before. We can suffer and handle such actions we never did. Passionate love can ruin our pride and dignity, and we will not be aware of this. At least, we did it for him, for her, for love of our life. Sheila really