Personal
What has shaped my personal world-view? Hmm....certainly some of the following:
- Odyssey poem by our ancestor Homer have influenced my whole life view.
- Cavafy's Ithaca poem - "..hope the voyage is a long one..."
- The Art & Science approach in all aspects. Start with the numbers in order to become an artist later
- Studies on Agriculture, International Business, MBA but the most influential the "Art & Science of Negotiations"
- The "Synantisi" - the first alternative experimental movement in my life back in mid '80s in Thessaloniki
- Prima Greenhouses SA in Corfu taught me that I'm not in agriculture but in FOOD Sector
- Seth Godin - I start every day of my business life reading his blog!
- Nicolas Christakis - this lucky guy got all the attention explaining us in an easy way all about networks and networking
- The Tipping Point of Malcolm Gladwell - because something big can be happen without a reasonable explanation
- The Black Swan of Nikolas Taleb - oh my God! how many of them we have experienced the last years!!!
- The Lovemarks effect by Kevin Roberts- the future beyond brands because they reach our hearts as well as our minds, creating an intimate, emotional connection that we just can’t live without. Ever!
- The Art of Negotiations by Harvard University - an ongoing project going three decades back has changed dramatically my way of thinking and acting.
- Erich Fromm's "To Have or to Be" theory - severe fight!
- The Bushido code of Samurai (discipline, exercise, pain, focus ..) but love the effectiveness of Ninja.
- Ocean Sailing - Led by Notis Batsis, a remarkable man taught me about team-working, patience, camaraderie and to be frugal.
- The Holy Mountain Orthodox monks way of life - an inside experience...
- Trail Running - ultra distances running taught me introspection, loneliness, courage, nature's greatness, setting long term targets and feeling as Odysseus.
- Giorgos Kolliopoulos has inspired me on Luxury Marketing via his λ/lambda - the most stunning olive oil in the world, so lately I'm doing research on this topic.
- The scene of "1492: Conquest of Paradise" movie - "I did it. You didn't ". It reflects my way of acting in my life.