Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman's secret. Mireille Guiliano More Quotes by Mireille Guiliano More Quotes From 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 communicationstrongjobs 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 francetakenmean Taking care of your mental and physical health is just as important as any career move or responsibility. Mireille Guiliano careersresponsibilitymoving In America, you look at food as bad and guilty. In France, we love food and we enjoy food; food is pleasure. Mireille Guiliano franceamericalooks I would advocate that chocolate be covered by health insurance, but that is admittedly a very French public policy perspective. Mireille Guiliano policyperspectivechocolate 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-womanrealamerica Just as established products and brands need updating to stay alive and vibrant, you periodically need to refresh or reinvent yourself. Mireille Guiliano reinventing-yourselfaliveneeds One does not laugh because one is happy; one is happy because one laughs. Mireille Guiliano humordoelaughing French women typically think about good things to eat. American women typically worry about bad things to eat. Mireille Guiliano french-womanworrythinking 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-lifepowerfuldream 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 styledressesmen 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 smarthard-workmoving 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 geneticsskinsattitude 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 sizefranceunited-states French women love bread and would never consider a life without carbs. Mireille Guiliano carbsfrench-womanbread I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas. Mireille Guiliano blockgardenflower 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 sneakersunattractivenice 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-womanclothespieces Learn to say no, with an eye to saying yes to something else. Mireille Guiliano learn-to-say-nosaying-yeseye I am a believer in change peu a` peu (little by little) since drastic changes, including lots of changes made all at once, are often the sort of modifications that don't stick. Mireille Guiliano sticksmadelittles
