CoelhoOffice 07 (subtitulos em Port e Espa)

by Paulo Coelho on February 13, 2012

As it is Monday, we have the new CoelhoOffice (sidebar) >>>
Please feel free to leave your comments clicking on the link below the podcast
From CoelhoOffice 11 onwards, I will select some comments to discuss.

Como é segunda-feira, temos o novo CoelhoOffice (barra lateral) >>>
Deixe seus comentarios no botão abaixo da tela.
A partir de CoelhoOffice 11, selecionarei comentários p/discutir

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Our allies

by Paulo Coelho on February 13, 2012

Our allies will not necessarily be the kind of dazzling people to whom everyone looks up and of whom they say: ‘There’s none better.’

On the contrary, they are people who are not afraid of making mistakes and who do, therefore, make mistakes, which is why their work often goes unrecognized.
Yet they are just the kind of people who transform the world and, after many mistakes, manage to do something that can make a real difference in their community.
They are people who can’t bear to sit around waiting for things to happen in order to decide which attitude to adopt; they decide as they act, well aware that this could prove highly dangerous.
Living with such people is important because we need to realize that before we face our goal, we must first feel free enough to change direction.

Join with all those who experiment, take risks, fall, get hurt and then take more risks.
Stay away from those who affirm truths, who criticise those who do not think like them, people who have never once taken a step unless they were sure they would be respected for doing so, and who prefer certainties to doubts.

Join with those who sing, tell stories, take pleasure in life, and have joy in their eyes, because joy is contagious and can prevent others from becoming paralysed by depression, loneliness and difficulties.

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Auf dem Jakobsweg mit Paulo Coelho

by Paulo Coelho on February 12, 2012

TV program 42 min (already broadcasted in several countries )

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Agriculture and creativity

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Ploughing the field The moment the soil is turned, oxygen penetrates places it was unable to previously. This process of interior revolution is very important – because, just as the field’s new look will see sunlight for the first time, a new assessment of our values will allow us to see life innocently, without ingenuityA [...]

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10 SEC READ: Insults (EN, PT, ES, FR)

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Illustration by Ken Crane Changing attitude “Over the course of one year, give a coin to each person who offends or upsets you,” instructed the abbot of a young man who wanted people to follow a spiritual path. For the next twelve months, the boy gave a coin to each person who offended or upset [...]

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Kagemu Paris 2011

08.02.2012



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To my Russian friends

07.02.2012

Normally it is the publishing house that decides on the cover of a book. But on this occasion, they decided to send it to my agent, as the two ideas are totally opposite. Could my Russian friends help us (the publishing house, the agent and myself) to choose? please post your opinions in “Comments” below [...]

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20 SEC READING: the boy and the devil

06.02.2012

The boy was walking to buy bread when the mayor of the city crossed the street. ‘The reason he is so powerful, is because, he’s made a pact with the devil,’ a very devout woman in the street told the boy. Some time later, when travelling to another town, the boy saw a beautiful corn [...]

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Writing the new book

04.02.2012

the video takes 20 sec to load AND does not play in Apple devices (not my fault!) Of course this may be very boring to watch. But I decided to record 20 minutes of me writing my new book. The feed was transmitted live on Twitter Admin Note : You can also watch it at [...]

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The Law of Jante

03.02.2012

It is hard to find anyone in any of the Scandinavian countries who does not know this law. Although the law exists since the beginning of civilization, it was only officially declared in 1933 by writer Aksel Sandemose in the novel “A refugee goes beyond limits.” The sad truth is that the Law of Jante [...]

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