Don't Be A Fool! by Ayça AKIN

Ayça AKIN was born on May 16^th, 1981, in Istanbul, Turkey. She graduated from Kadir Has University, Faculty of Graphics Designing as the top student of her term. When she was 3 years old, she became “handicapped” due to a doctor’s mistake. She wrote her first personal development book titled “Hadi Cesaret (Come On, Brave Up!)” in January 2012, and she encouraged many people with the anecdotes from her own life. Akin published her second book “Yaşamak Şart (Living Is Essential)” in January 2013. Giving numerous interviews, joining TV and radio shows as a guest quite often, Akin Continue reading →

Surrender and Be Grateful

We live in a world where people get greedier and greedier. Rich gets richer, poor gets poorer, yeah, and I know this is a cliché, but still true. I used to think that the reason why a person is focused on only materialistic values whereas almost everybody seems to be cursing the materialistic wealth continue reading...

Whooo is Fooler?

While working at his shop, the butcher is taken aback by a dog coming through the door. He kicks the dog out, but the animal comes back.

When it’s back for the second time, the man approaches the dog and sees it carries a note paper between its jaws. Taking the paper from the dog continue reading...

Braveheart and Differences Between A Leader and A “Boss”

We are going to win!

Most of us have seen the movie Braveheart by Mel Gibson, right? Personally, I watched it exactly for 52 times (whenever I feel low, it pulls me up again everytime), so I can even recite most of the lines while watching (that’s one of the reasons I can’t watch it Turkish dubbed version, because I can’t focus on the movie without pointing the mistakes translator made).

I had written another article about Braveheart long ago continue reading...

Underdogs

In the movies you see some guys who’re bullied around by those who are luckier when it comes to money, looks, opportunities, etc. And invariably enough, whether we do good or bad in real life about these circumstances, we support the lower guys in these movies. For example, we never supported Apollo Creed – at least until he becomes friend with Rocky – or Ivan Drago – perhaps Americans had reasons to feel hostile to this character, because he was a Russian, but everyone in everywhere was hostile to him foremost, because he was the bad guy – in the Rocky series. I give the example of Rocky, because he was one of the best underdog heroes ever, since the story of this series was based on this notion especially. 

Rich or poor, powerful or weak continue reading...