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Overview

  • 24 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Polish
  • 46, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Book Author, Social Skills Trainer, Team Coach
  • High enough to teach ;P
  • From Gdynia, Poland
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To feel like I always felt... To live like I always wanted... And make my dreams come true... Less is not an option.

ABOUT ME

"You never knows who is behind the corner - and you never knows what you find inside of this person - so, let's go and check it :)" - with such philosophy I may say, I am extremly courios about people...
I am lucky to meet open, tolerant, positive and very helpfull people. Maybe it is luck, maybe something other. Anyway, it is incredebile. It happened when I needed it the most, and from this moment, it happens all the time. So, lucky me ;)
I like making new friendships, spontaneous meetings, and talking to completly strangers :) That's me :)))
I like dancing when I hear music. Well. It happens all the time. Very often in shops and malls. If you think it is strange... I agree with you :P Simply - I like enjoying my life, and in such situations I am other-people-bad-attitude-proof :P
Love laughing - have you ever heard about Laughing Yoga?
I love making The Cube for everyone and meditate on my own cube very often - it is a great mind game wchich help you to understand you and others. It is quite simple mind game, and I can teach you.
I can be very polite and not polite - depends on situation and people - I adjust to others. I love gentle people, as much as I love provocative ones :) Gentle people calm me down, and provocative ones rise my positive energy (I love "tongue martial arts").
I like to wake up in the morning - make all important things and have whole day for myself.
I also love spending nights with friends, talking about life, love and laugh, smoking shesha and drinking good beer or wine. I don't sleep too much ;)
Some people say, I am very straighforward, shortening emotional distance very fast and very open (as a coach and trainer, I don't recognize taboo topics). I know, that to some very polite people it could be quite much. I know how to adjust, but still, It is me. Very open.
And I have sanguine type of character (measuerd ;) - high extrovertism and high emotional stability... And this "judging" is more about planning, organizing and decision making ;) Still - I love chaos makers... It relax me ;)

PHILOSOPHY

You got what you give. So I try to help other people when it is possible.
Thinking is overestimated - My personal quote :)
Life is not a problem to solve. Life is an expirience to aquire - Bene Geserit.
When there is a pressure on you, your mind could shut down, or develop. And it depends on what training have you received before pressure happens - Bene Geserit.
The easiest way to get brainwashed is to be born - Robert Anton Wilson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By sharing with others with this, what I have. My coach ;) Even two sometimes (but in my flat in Gdynia, which I visit quite rare now) :) My food. And my rollerskates ;) (size 42 and 43).

I was a CS Team Member - I was a volunteer in group "New Member Welcome". So me and other volunteers was helping CS work every day by greetings and helping new members to acomodate nicly in CS. And with every day there is more work to do to help organize everything. Still, very enjoyable work :)

CS members visiting my profile... Maybe You will be my next guest ;)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Most of my guests was from Europe - they visited my beautiful birthtown Gdynia:

Add great young man from Iowa USA, and couple of bike couriers from Montreal Canada. Still only positive expiriences ;)

I am living now at Cologne (Germany) - I was born, and lived in Gdynia (Poland) and I was working a lot in Warsaw (Poland) for a couple of years.
Places I have visited (not all in CS :P )...

Add Philadelphia USA and Bermuda Triangle :D

Interests

Life is full of interesting people doing interesting things. And I love to catch a new passions, or at least try new things with new friends.
Passions which I follow when I have some time: sailing, swimming, hiking, trekking in mountains, photography, music, dancing latino (Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba)

  • arts
  • writing
  • books
  • photography
  • perfumes
  • dancing
  • dining
  • wine
  • beer
  • yoga
  • running
  • coach
  • meditation
  • drinking
  • movies
  • music
  • cycling
  • windsurfing
  • scuba diving
  • sailing
  • sports
  • martial arts
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • history
  • psychology
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite movies: Limitless, Yesman, Prestige, Inception, The Secret, The Opus.
Favourite books: Prometheus Rising (RA Wilson), Dune (Frank Herbert), Aristoi (Walter John Williams), The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho), Hiob (RA Heinlein), mine :P Both of them ;P
Favourite music: Juno Reactor, Marquess, chill out, salsa, reggeaton. All music :P (mine as well ;P )
Favourite TV Series: Elementary

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Beeing during birth of my daughter and holding her on my hands, when she was 15 minutes old :)
And writing two books. I fulfiled some of my dreams :) It is time for others :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Ready to share: dancing, rollerskating or skating, swimming, going out with friends "to the city", telling stories, provoce, writing articles, making The Cube.
Want to learn: scuba diving,...
Want to improve further my sailing skills.
I started to learn how to play on djembe - ready to teach what I can, and learn more from advanced players :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Poland

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