Joshgun Karimov is an author and a public speaking coach. He wrote KVAN, which is one of the best-selling personal development books in Azerbaijan. This book was personally endorsed by world’s leading personal development coach and author Brian Tracy. Joshgun does training and mentoring for Azerbaijan Public Speaking Competition and Social Innovation Lab. He delivered trainings on communication and presentation skills to such corporate clients as Four Seasons Hotel, Fairmont Hotel, McDonalds, Formula 1 (Baku City Circuit Academy), Kapital Bank. He won at startup competitions such as “Yeni Fikir” and “Seedstars-Baku” for the presentation of mobile application for book readers - Kvotter. He has received Global Influencer Day Award for a positive social media impact.
What are the best travel movies? After producing and co-producing hit movies such as Iron Man, Spider-Man and Avengers, John Favreau decides to take on a little but lovely project in 2014 – “Chef”. The Chef movie is one of the best movies about travel. This low budget travel movie about a chef’s adventures combines simplicity, […]
When you work as a touristic guide or transfer man, you see too many faces. You see oceans of these faces arriving at and departing from airport terminals. You never stop to spot a face or two. You never do. I should say almost. My story is about one face that struck me in a strange […]
Young hearts have different and difficult moods. Especially hearts of those who live their one and twenty the way A.E Housman puts it down: When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, “Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.” […]
Reading allows us to travel at times when we are doomed to stay at home. Suddenly you find out that there are so many travel destinations at your disposal, and now it is quite hard to make a choice. One of these travel destinations allured me to a point where I picked a book and […]
Two ladies in Australia started a fight over a pack of toilet papers. The older lady tried to slap the younger in the face. Soon, their brawl became a global meme. The world began to argue over this “wipe or wash” phenomenon. Countries where people “wash” scoff at the “wipers” and countries where people “wipe” […]
It was the end of February when global media started sending continuous signals about Wuhan China. Media sources were warning about the deaths toll, but none of us considered it a severe threat… Covid 19 We were enjoying our lives the way we always did. Millions of tourists were packing the suitcases and backpacks for […]
I cannot hide my passion for this country. It may sound strange, but I have never been there. On the other hand, I felt walking in the streets of Tokyo many times. I felt seeing Fujiyama mountain many times. Apart from everything else, I felt enjoying the moment of tranquillity with the magic of hanami […]
“Birds are lucky. They do not need visas to cross borders.” I do not remember the man who said this quote, but I remember the number of times I felt an urge to become a bird. Getting your visa sucks. If you are not a citizen of the countries with the most powerful passports, embassies […]
During a press conference, one of the journalists stands up to ask a question about Hublot’s Big Bang Watch Series. He asks about the reason this watch is all dark, which eventually makes it impossible to see the time. The audience waits for the reply by Jean-Claude Biver, CEO of Hublot. Jean-Claude smiles with a […]