Welcome
our dearest friends and readers. Yes, yes, & yes, you are always
welcome to our pages. This is the place where you will be always and
forever welcome!
Our
friends from the US, Slovenia, Ireland, Mexico, Vietnam, Belgium, the Philippines, and others, to you we send our special greetings;
you're just wonderful bright people, who understand the importance of
new bits of info, which is exists only in leaders' minds ;)
The
last time we talked, I mentioned that we will present to you a new
online project, which we will do in two parts, in order to give you a
chance to digest its all wonderful benefits for you, your family,
relatives, friends, or any other.
The
project is born in Slovenia, by Professor Matjaž
Knez &
others, according to Matjaž
Knez who
is a member in our FB group 1ZumbaCircles,
and with whom we had an extended chat online via FB messaging.
It's
quite interesting subject, and Matjaž
Knez was
very open to speak about himself, his family, career, background, &
prospective projects. It's amazing how people can come up with
simple, yet great, ideas to benefit others, out of love, care, &
business prospective as well.
As
we always do, we encourage creativity, and support any idea that
would help human beings and make them happier, on our beautiful
Earth!
Let
us give you our Competition first for those who are impatient for our
next question, so we can get it out of the way. Haha! It's Question
No. 47:
Now,
that we posted our competition, Question No. 47, we can go on with
our new fantastic online idea, which is presented to us by Slovenia
Prof........
Here's
what he says:
Dear Sophie,
A nice hello and once again thank you for this opportunity to share our project to your readers.
1.
Who are you and what kind of interest do u have?
I
am a professor at the University of Maribor from Slovenia and also a
Co-founder and a CEO of Lummie Ltd. I’ve started my career at
Slovenia’s biggest telecommunication operator as a marketing
manager and later on moved to service development department.
I’ve
gained a lot of experience from working with people from all
over the world, as being a tourist guide in Egypt, Malta and France
and also as a hotel manager at Slovenia seaside.
Later
on, I’ve moved to my next life challenge and started working at the
University of Maribor, where I’ve worked and studied at the same
time. I’ve received my PhD and today work as a professor at
the Faculty of logistics, University of Maribor. Besides working in
academia, I am also a co-founder and a CEO of a small, but very
agile company Lummie Ltd., which just recently launched a new
website platform.
Its
purpose is to connect people who want to share and people who want
to gain new knowledge.
At
last, my main role is being a family guy, a husband and a devoted
father of two sons. I live in a small town of a 45.000
population, named Celje, the third largest town in Slovenia.
2.
Professor in what subject, may I ask?
At
the moment I teach five subjects, but in general they are all
connected to sustainability, sustainable transport, green
logistics and the like. The letter means that I’m trying to teach
my students that whatever companies are doing, it has to be done
in a sustainable way. It means that besides following financial
goals they, at the same time, have to return some money back to
people, society.
That
means that the company is socially responsible. The third thing
which is also becoming more and more important and that I want
to teach my students is that whatever business we or companies do –
they have to be environmentally friendly. This is the main idea
of all my subjects, which I’m giving further to my students
and which I’m also trying to incorporate into Lummie.
3.
Is there any funny or embarrassing situations that happened to you
when you first started (your ob)?
Maybe
there were some, but I really don’t remember. I’m trying to be as
I am and I think that my colleagues and my students like that
the most about me.
4.
Do you feel that there is a certain message that you want to deliver
for our readers?
One
of the reasons, that I already mentioned is our Lummie project –
the web platform on www.lummi-e.com web site, which we recently
launched and would like to introduce it to your readers and of
course to the USA market.
We
are always open for any kind of cooperation, we are happy and willing
to meet new people, listen to their ideas and promote their
knowledge and skills. We believe this is one of the ways.
We
will be very satisfied if your readers will sign up at
www.lummi-e.com platform and become active users, maybe as
teachers – knowledge providers or students – knowledge
seekers/receivers.
5.
What local events you like to participate in?
There
are lots of events, where the reason I’m participating in them, are
my kids. This are all kind of birthday parties, taking kids to
parks to play or some other kids events. Besides that I and my wife
visit the theater. I am also a member of a Rotary Club International
which prepares a lot of social, cultural and other events. I am
a very busy person, so it is hard to take some time off.
Besides
that I also think it is crucial to balance your life and find a
perfect ratio between family, career, job, social life and
personal time.
6.
How do you choose your daily routine?
I
am a family guy so I’m trying to spend as much time as I can with
my family. But the projects I am involved in sometimes don’t
let me. So first thing in the morning, after breakfast I drive my two
sons to kindergarten and to school. Then I drive myself to my job at
the University and after that, I have meetings for the Lummie
project.
Later on, I try to keep in shape by doing some sports, maybe tennis or jogging and at the evening meet up with my family for dinner. At the end of the day I’m taking my kids to bed and read fairy tales. During the whole day I also take time for my wife and try to do as much of my daily things with her.
Later on, I try to keep in shape by doing some sports, maybe tennis or jogging and at the evening meet up with my family for dinner. At the end of the day I’m taking my kids to bed and read fairy tales. During the whole day I also take time for my wife and try to do as much of my daily things with her.
That’s
the beauty of a good relationship. At last, before sleeping, I
read. I read a lot of books, mostly on world development and
business, which my wife orders for me. I would do it myself, but l
have no time, so luckily she is there to help and keep me on
track with novelties.
7.
Can you tell our readers something they do not know about you or your
sport, or your interests?
As
said, I am a rather normal, family guy, who likes to be in shape
since being in a good physical condition influences on my
physical and mental health, which is crucial for family and
business world. As already mentioned, I like cycling, jogging
and playing tennis. Last year, I also commercialized my hobby
which is making magnet souvenirs for my home and some other
towns, which I sell to tourist shops. If there is time, I play
guitar, but back in the days, I was also active in a rock band.
8.
Where do you see yourself in five years from now?
I
still see myself as a professor as I love working with students and
constantly learn. I think that being a professor is a way of
life and it is one of the best jobs in the world. Besides that I also
want to bring Lummie to that point, in which the company will be
independent and successful and follow its
purpose,
so make people knowledgeable and happy.
9.
What do you wish to see in the future, and it's not there yet?
I
wish, especially now, when I established my family, that the current
world conditions would
stabilize
and that people on this planet would live happily and securely. As
the proverb goes: we all have the same goal, but the path towards the
goal is important, and the situation in which we are currently
in, has a big influence on it.
Matjaž
Knez,
I can't tell you how much we are happy to speak to you. We appreciate
your time, and your creativity. We publish everything you sent us, as
is, no omission, no addition.
This
is mentioned just to be very clear with our readers, and our
prospective guests, who expect us to add materials for their
interviews, without asking us.
