Colin Moon och vi svenskar
Hemma igen efter 4 störthärliga dagar på pmu-kurs i flemingsberg! O så välbehövligt, inspirerande och roligt det har vart.. 19 praktikanter var vi, så härligt att träffa som har samma längtan och tänker lite på samma sätt som en själv! Jag ser redan fram emot 4 kursveckor i härnösand i slutet av januari.
Colin Moons The Secret Files är dagens boktips. Den ultimata guiden för en utsocknes att förstå oss svenskar, några exempel:
"Every Swede should aspire to being normal and average. There's no greater compliment than to be called an ordinary kind of person. 'To be as people usually are' is a fine way to describe yourself and you'll instantly earn others' respect. Successful people are just normal people who have had a spot of luck - but it won't last. Every Swede can tell you about 'Jantelagen' the law of Jante. This states that you shouldn't think that you are anybody just because you are somebody. Somebody who is somebody pretends to be nobody and nobody would really want to be seen as somebody in the eyes of anybody. Get it?"
"Governments in Sweden have spent years convincing Swedes that their money isn’t really their own. But the Swede is a person of great initiative and has developed a few ways of keeping a few crowns for himself. Nobody is allowed to get rich. If people in other countries see someone drive round in a flashy sports car, they may exclaim ’Wow! What a cool guy!’ In Sweden they’ll say ’What a tax-dodger’."
"Being neutral and avoiders of conflict, the Swedes are careful not to express an opinion which may cause heated discussion. Ask a Swede what his opinion is he’ll probably answer ’It depends’. He won’t actually tell you what it depends on as that might lead to a debate and then you have to take sides. Hundreds of years of neutrality has taught him not to take sides - well at least not until he knows who’s going to win."
Godnatt!
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Postat av: Gabz
haha Colin Moons är bäst! Jag var på en föreläsning med honom i Jönköping! Vi måste leka snart!
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