Mireille Guiliano Professions : Author Born : April 14, 1946 Browse All Authors Top 48 quotes by Mireille Guiliano Intelligence, knowledge or experience are important and might get you a job, but strong communication skills are what will get you promoted. Mireille Guiliano communication strong jobs In # France we have a saying, 'Joie de Vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at your life as something that is to be taken with great pleasure and enjoy it. Mireille Guiliano france taken mean Taking care of your mental and physical health is just as important as any career move or responsibility. Mireille Guiliano careers responsibility moving In America, you look at food as bad and guilty. In France, we love food and we enjoy food; food is pleasure. Mireille Guiliano france america looks I would advocate that chocolate be covered by health insurance, but that is admittedly a very French public policy perspective. Mireille Guiliano policy perspective chocolate The real reason French women don't get fat is not genetic, but cultural, and if the French subjected themselves to the American extremes of eating and dieting, the obesity problem in France would be much worse than what has struck America. Mireille Guiliano french-woman real america Just as established products and brands need updating to stay alive and vibrant, you periodically need to refresh or reinvent yourself. Mireille Guiliano reinventing-yourself alive needs One does not laugh because one is happy; one is happy because one laughs. Mireille Guiliano humor doe laughing French women typically think about good things to eat. American women typically worry about bad things to eat. Mireille Guiliano french-woman worry thinking Make treating yourself a priority and always remember your life is happening now. Don't put off all your dreams and pleasures to another day. In any balanced personal definition of success there has to be a powerful element of living life in the present. Mireille Guiliano live-life powerful dream We women are so judged by the way we dress, and men are not. So style is part of developing your own brand. Mireille Guiliano style dresses men Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good. Mireille Guiliano smart hard-work moving You and I don't have the same genetics, we don't live in the same places, but we can have the same basic attitude - being comfortable in our skin. Mireille Guiliano genetics skins attitude When I grew up in France, I was a normal size. And then I came to the United States and I gained 20 pounds. Mireille Guiliano size france united-states French women love bread and would never consider a life without carbs. Mireille Guiliano carbs french-woman bread Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman's secret. Mireille Guiliano choices essence meaningful I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas. Mireille Guiliano block garden flower I find it so unattractive when women wear sneakers with their business suits. I wear a nice pair of loafers or low-heeled pumps, and that's that. Mireille Guiliano sneakers unattractive nice French women don't have too many clothes - a few good pieces that last for a while and are classic and timeless. Mireille Guiliano french-woman clothes pieces Learn to say no, with an eye to saying yes to something else. Mireille Guiliano learn-to-say-no saying-yes eye Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors
