{"id":1570,"date":"2020-10-15T09:03:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T07:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2020-11-03T19:49:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T17:49:35","slug":"long-overdue-explanation-what-to-expect-finding-on-this-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/long-overdue-explanation-what-to-expect-finding-on-this-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"A Long Overdue Explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1570\" class=\"elementor elementor-1570\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-387b686f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"387b686f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d44fb0c\" data-id=\"d44fb0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c2c0f6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c2c0f6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is a long overdue explanation I need to write, but I promise to keep it as short as possible! For a long time, I have kept quiet, meaning I did not publish anything on my personal blog. That did not happen for I had nothing to say! :-))<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cb54cd0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6cb54cd0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77fc67a6\" data-id=\"77fc67a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-394097f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"394097f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">\"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy, for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another.\"<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/anatole-france.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1596\" alt=\"Anatole France\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/anatole-france.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/anatole-france-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/anatole-france-300x332.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Anatole France (1844-1924)<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">French novelist, poet and journalist<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6277e44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6277e44\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9062226\" data-id=\"9062226\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d805845 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d805845\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"fox-heading align-center\">\n\n\n<div class=\"heading-section heading-title\">\n\n    <h2 style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"heading-title-main custom-color size-large\">What happened<\/h2>    \n<\/div><!-- .heading-title -->\n\n\n<\/div><!-- .fox-heading -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27c5dcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27c5dcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Lots of things happened, but to keep it brief, here\u2019s a bullet point list. Some of these deserve more attention. Most probably I am going to talk about them in my future blog posts.<\/span><\/p><p><strong>The sabbatical year<\/strong> &#8211; I needed it and as I hoped it paid off! It gave me plenty of opportunities to reevaluate at a more deeper lever my life with all its aspects &#8230; career, family life, friendship, things I enjoy doing etc. To do so, at least for me, does not mean <em>\u201ca tell it all approach\u201d<\/em>, meaning revealing it on social media. Evaluating and rediscovering yourself is internalized hard work. It takes time, confronting your hidden inner fears, but also learning to appreciate better all your gifts. And, it\u2019s only fair to say that it also brought me a lot of (un)expected joys!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f6391ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f6391ea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7901c043\" data-id=\"7901c043\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1640b790 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1640b790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/businessbooster.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\" business=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-1024x396.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1603\" alt=\"Business Booster\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-1024x396.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-768x297.png 768w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-1100x425.png 1100w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-800x309.png 800w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1-600x232.png 600w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BusinessBooster-logo-transparent-1.png 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1db9a8a5\" data-id=\"1db9a8a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46a88cbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46a88cbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">A new career challenge.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Back in November 2017 I decided I\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">to try something new &#8230; use better and differently my expertise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ef1892 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ef1892\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\">After all, I had\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\">over 15 years of experience &#8211; played many roles; diversified digital and marketing projects across all major industries; mentored many people and startups! Plus, I wanted to develop more projects with some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/businessbooster.ro\/business-partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">business partners<\/a> I already knew as being great. So, I started working as a digital &amp; business transformation consultant. T<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">hat\u2019s how <a href=\"https:\/\/businessbooster.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Booster<\/a> was born. And, in the past months I even got the time to do what I preach, writing some\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; transition-property: all;\" href=\"https:\/\/businessbooster.ro\/work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">business cases<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; transition-property: all;\" href=\"https:\/\/businessbooster.ro\/knowledge-sharing-digital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sharing knowledge<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">. You can check the latest article on\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #272c30; transition-property: all;\" href=\"https:\/\/businessbooster.ro\/home-planting-innovative-indoor-gardening-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7 innovative indoor gardening solutions<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ba366c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ba366c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-77fbc65\" data-id=\"77fbc65\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2363e47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2363e47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iscodescu.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\" iscodescu=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1602\" alt=\"iscodescu.ro\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-1100x619.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iscodescu-main-lo.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3864bad\" data-id=\"3864bad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5368369 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5368369\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">I was very much enjoying my work and personal freedom when I met Liviu Cristea, an extremely experienced media production consultant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78b8406 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78b8406\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">We were telling each other\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 400;\">\u201cgood morning\u201d<\/em><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0almost every day when zipping our coffees and remotely working from a nearby coquette terrace cafe. It took us one year to actually talk to each, but less than a month to decide to launch\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; transition-property: all;\" href=\"http:\/\/iscodescu.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iscodescu.ro<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">. We had mutually shared beliefs about Romania\u2019s potential, complementary professional knowledge, personal drive and willingness to try\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 400;\">\u201csomething impossible\u201d<\/em><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">. The latter one meaning talk the good things happening in the country, and not the bad ones! Plus, we knew many like minded people!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-df3cfb6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df3cfb6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c39b7d\" data-id=\"7c39b7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c74157 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c74157\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/chakana.ro\" target=\"_blank\" chakana=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chakana-Logo-_stone-1024x315.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1599\" alt=\"Chakana.ro\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chakana-Logo-_stone-1024x315.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chakana-Logo-_stone-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chakana-Logo-_stone-768x236.png 768w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chakana-Logo-_stone-1536x473.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chakana-Logo-_stone-1100x338.png 1100w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chakana-Logo-_stone-1400x431.png 1400w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chakana-Logo-_stone-800x246.png 800w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chakana-Logo-_stone-600x185.png 600w, https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Chakana-Logo-_stone.png 1950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3dcc04b\" data-id=\"3dcc04b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05809a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05809a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is definitely the closest to my heart personal project.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8927dcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8927dcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">It started back in 2015 while I was with R\/GA Bucharest and went through challenges of all sorts. The reason for for overcoming all this is simple. Consciously or unconsciously, personal transformation is one thing life guarantees. To those aware of this fact and willing to openly embrace change, <\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; transition-property: all;\" href=\"http:\/\/chakana.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chakana.ro<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Encode Sans Semi Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is a generous source of inspiration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b77cc5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b77cc5d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-621767b\" data-id=\"621767b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fc8360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fc8360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"fox-heading align-center\">\n\n\n<div class=\"heading-section heading-title\">\n\n    <h2 style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"heading-title-main custom-color size-large\">Setting expectations<\/h2>    \n<\/div><!-- .heading-title -->\n\n\n<\/div><!-- .fox-heading -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d627c49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d627c49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Having gone through so many professional and personal changes, it was only natural to draw some clear conclusions. Therefore, here\u021bs what you should expect finding on this blog from now on:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><strong>New topics<\/strong> &#8211; so far I kept privately or shared only with my closest friends certain thoughts related to human treats, politics, people, life experiences and so on. This is about to change! And here&#8217;s the first two stories about Cuba: <a href=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/floridita-daiquiri-hemigway\/\">Hemingway&#8217;s Floridita<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/hemingway-daiquiri-recipe-papa-doble\/\">Papa&#8217;s Daiquiri\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><strong>Posting frequency<\/strong> &#8211; yes I know, frequency matters, but with the things I do and my unwillingness to write just for the sake of numbers, I shall only publish when I feel like it. The topics tackled here are of personal interest and written by Ana Maria, and not by the digital and business transformation consultant.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>All being said, I can only hope you\u2019ll enjoy the things I share with you. And feel free to comment!<\/p><p><em>P.S. The old blog posts on content strategy, information architecture, technology, innovation and other digital topics I wrote here were recently moved to Business Booster website. Redirects are done, so no worries about not being able to find it. It\u2019s only here I\u2019ll continue to write about \u201call digital stuff\u201d, leadership, startups and business strategy.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I kept silence for a long time. 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