Get your brain in motion

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Ambassador Stefano Baldi was born in Città della Pieve (Italy) on April 8, 1961. He is a career diplomat in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OSCE in Vienna, 4 January 2021.

He was Ambassador of Italy to Bulgaria from 2016 to 2020 and previously Training Director at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation from 2011 to 2016. He was Head of the Science and Technology Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011.

From 2006 to 2010 he was First Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the European Union, responsible for legal and financial aspects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy as Relex Counsellor.

He has also served at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Geneva and to the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York in charge for disarmament affairs. He has been the first head of the Statistical Office of the Ministry from 2000 to 2002.

He has lectured in with many Italian universities (Roma La Sapienza, LUISS, Roma TRE, LUMSA, Trento, Pavia, Firenze), holding seminars and courses in international affairs, particularly in multilateral diplomacy.

His most recent researches focus on diplomatic management, Social media for International Affairs and Books written by diplomats. He is author and editor of more than 30 books. His recent publications include several books on the activities of diplomats (Diplomatici, 2018) and a book on Management for diplomats (Manuale di management per diplomatici, 2016). He has also published, both in Italian and in English, the results of a comprehensive research on books written by Italian Diplomats (Through the Diplomatic Looking Glass, Diplo, 2007). His most recent books concern a photographic research on Italian Diplomatic History.

From 2013 to 2016, he has been producer and speaker of a weekly Radio Programme on Diplomats at Radio LUISS. He has a personal website and he is responsible for the Blog on Training “Diplo Learning Corner” and for the website “Immaginario diplomatico” dedicated to historical photos of Italian diplomats.

The Purpose of Life

The Diplo calendar 2022 realized by Stefano Baldi is focussed on the so called “borghi”, which are quaint little villages with an interesting history and architecture, where time seems to have stopped. The calendar presents a selection of quotes of Latin wisdom.

Here is the selected quotation for the month of January:

“A life without purpose
is an aimless one”

“Vita sine proposito vaga est”

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

 

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The four pillars of an healthy mind

In this TEDx Talk Prof. Richard Davidson, Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, explains how mind we can change the mechanisms of our mind to increase our well-being.

 

Never fight with a pig and other useful rules for your life

One of the many legacies left by Ed Gelbstein,  who passed away few years ago, are 10 useful rules that should be carefully considered for our daily life.

They can be a practical guide for decisions we have to take or for improving our attitude.

Here are the en rules:

  1. Never fight with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it
  2. Take advantage of every opportunity to keep your mouth shut
  3. Never argue with anybody who wears a uniform
  4. Never argue with an idiot. People watching will not be able to tell which of you is the idiot
  5. It is easier to obtain forgiveness than to obtain permission
  6. Don’t ask a question if you are not prepared to live with the answer
  7.  If you want a new idea, read an old book
  8. If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there
  9. Don’t adopt a philosophy of life that does not need courage
  10. Never look back unless you intend to go that way

Image source: Flickr – climberaj04 (CC BY 2.0)

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