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Peter Silverman, an art collector, had an amazing luck – in 2007 he bought a painting “Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress” on ordinary sale at price of £12 000. Scientific research confirmed, that this can be unknown portrait made by Leonardo da Vinci in the 16th century. And in fact it’s worth millions of pounds!

Leonardo da Vinci

The same painting was sold in 1998 in Fine Art Auction House Christie’s as “German, early 19th century”. World’s best art-authorities committed a huge mistake – and weird is that someone noticed this, bought the painting, gave to examination and became a millionaire from day-to-day. A Paris laboratory discovered that a fingerprint near the top of the left site of the work is very similar to Leonardo’s – to make a comparison other works of this renaissance genius were used.

Besides this one element there are also other things that might speak for the theory of Leonardo da Vinci autorship – similarity with other his works, left handedness of the artist, soft drawing and perfect chiaroscuro.

Painting was made with chalk and colour inks, and it presents a beautiful woman in gorgeous costume probably descended from late 15th century, Milanese fashion. Martin Kemp, Emeritus Research Professor in the History of Art at Oxford University, has written a book about the painting and has identified the girl as Bianca Sforza, the daughter of Ludovico Sforza.

The ability to lead others is one of those intangible qualities. It is tied to the ability to motivate, encourage and when needed, be forceful in getting employees to do their jobs. And being a good leader in business is the same as being a leader in life. If you don’t believe it check the bullet points below – theory and life makes here a good match. Leadership in business, leadership in life.

• First of all, a leader is able to make decisions in a timely manner cause is focused on action and present time. If weeks are spent analyzing and re-analyzing data and nothing is done with it, then what good is the data? A leader makes decisions, then acts on them. If, after a decent amount of time has passed and that decision proves to be incorrect, then the course of action can be changed. The point is that action has been taken and progress has been made. (Winston Churchil, “It is a mistake to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.”)

• Secondly, a true leader supports his/her people as being part of the team – only than the team is strong. If an employee gets called on the carpet for following the leader’s direction, then the leader has a responsibility to back that employee to the superiors. This will solidify trust between the leader and his/her people, and also confirm in the superior’s mind that the leader is committed to the company. (Genghis Khan, “One arrow alone can be easily broken but many arrows are indestructible.”)

• A good leader does not brow-beat or berate. That kind of behavior only leads to employees leaving for a more pleasant job. A good leader motivates by offering incentives and goals, and constructive criticism on how to reach those goals. Being good with people always brings the best results. (Franklin D. Roosevelt, “If you treat people right they will treat you right 90% of the time.”)

• Finally, a good leader is not afraid to get his/her hands dirty. He/she must be willing to work long hours alongside those being led. This is a classic case of the old adage ‘you lead by example’. (Indira Ghandi, “My grandfather told me there are two kinds of people: workers and credit takers. Be a worker, he said, as there is less competition.”)

A company where the leaders are decisive, supportive, and lead by example, is appealing to employees, and a good bet for being successful in the marketplace and in life.

When we are thinking about gardens there is one image in our mind: lots of trees, flowers, flowers, flowers, some vegetables and garden buildings in the corner. Or perhaps with only one summer house and a grass but must be GREEN! But there are also gardens so different than those from our imagination. These are Japanese Zen Gardens, so pure, simple and peaceful, they are sometimes called ‘ Dry Landscape Gardens’ cause flowers and water don’t play a great role in it. More important are sand and stone – green elements are only part of the chaos, while stone and sand belong to peace. Look on the pictures below and let yourself be amazed by those beautiful dry gardens!

Hiraniwa 01

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Today I offer you 11 amazing old photos with unusual draught animals – in some countries horses didn’t exist and people just had to deal without them. So they used for example: zebras, ostrichs, zebroids, wild pigs, reindeers, yaks, lamas and many other species.

Just look!
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Everyone wants dolars, but why on the ceiling??

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