A New Beginning: 2004, #16

By FERDINANDO FREGA

Every time we manage to complete a project, a story, an important deal, a relationship, that is, we consider a task to be unauthorised, the natural step we take automatically is to give life to: A NEW BEGINNING.

This is the natural condition, but even if we encounter failure, failure, disappointment, we react in the same way, with a new desire to do and start again to:

A NEW BEGINNING.

A family that has not managed to take off, due to cultural differences, betrayals, unique needs, mentalities, the awareness that it was wrong to have approached this institute, offers us the solution of starting again to:

A NEW BEGINNING.

An illness that left us doomed, no one believed in our victory, to return and start again, because life is a series of opportunities, and you can never lose yourself.

A NEW BEGINNING.

These are just a few examples, which fit into everyone's life, but the best dimension that not everyone is able to find is internal, deciding to change radically to be better men puts you in a position to say I am ready to:

A NEW BEGINNING

• Language: English
• Publisher: FERDINANDO FREGA
• Release date: Jun 4, 2024
• ISBN: 9798227067951

FERDINANDO FREGA

FREGA FERDINANDO (1965) began his professional career as a salesman in Gillette Italy; a journey that lasted 20 years, starting from the lowest roles, as bag holder and assistant, to then move on to manager and be recognized first by the Company and then by the Market, in the role of Top Manager, it was the year 2003. In 2004 he became a Freelancer, as a Business Consultant, Recruiter, Social Communicator, in Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Spain, until 2017 and Councilor in the Reggio Calabria Chamber of Commerce. From 2018 to 2020 he actively collaborates with international humanitarian organizations present in various parts of the world to aid and support to needy and difficult populations, teaching social communication at embassies to refugees from some nations. From 2020 to 2021 he created the UNIVERSE FEMININE website, a sentimental, love and affective consultancy project, online only. The investment is considerable, but the Italian investors express their intention of not wanting to participate in the new corporate asset and the activity is considered definitively concluded, recording the first failure. September 2021 he becomes Author, Poet, Writer of Fiction-Non-Fiction, Autobiographical, Creator and Creative Executor, in conjunction with a Psychiatric illness, inherited from his mother, the effects of which lead him happily to cure himself, and to gain the settlement of the Pathology (living without effects) and achieving a better and normal life. He has three adult children, and because of his activity he is always looking for places in the world to live, which can give him the best inspiration, because writing always remains the only means to be able to tell and remember, bringing smiles. He has gained professional experience in the following sectors and managerial positions on: Consumer Goods, Temporary Agencies, Construction, Corporate Security, Fast-food Restaurants, Electronics, IT, Hard Discount, Real Estate, Truck Mechanics, Food Organizational Plans, Writing, Social Communication, Relationship Counseling, Teaching, Charity. There are still many things to do, and even if the time is not enough, he tells us the minutes, our heart and our soul always give us the desire to bring help and a word of comfort to people in need, and I am always offering unique moments, each story is truly unrepeatable.

Book preview

TOP GUN

In the days between Christmas and New Year, I was left alone at home to rest and my daughter, always busy and with her commitments, was forced to always live outside.

The phone rings and I struggle to understand who it is, it is Mark Torn, a former work colleague of mine, younger than me, who has found fortune over the years working in the American Embassy, as a public relations manager.

He cares about knowing how I am and my health conditions, this request worries me because I do not understand where he wants to go and what his purpose is.

So, the plan is this: tomorrow morning you will arrive in Naples around 12.00 and then I will explain everything to you.

Mark, we have nothing in common to share professionally, also because you will not pay me a dollar.

You will see that this time what I propose will make you happy in memory of all the times you supported me in my work, when the bosses wanted to send me away.

I arrive in Naples the following day, he is with the car waiting for me, destination Gioia del Colle.

In the evening, a small frugal meal in the canteen and then we set off towards the bar of the Military Base.

He knows everyone, he tries to introduce me to someone, but the best acquaintances, as usual, are always the ones you make on your own.

I stop at the table with two girls, American Officers, a Lieutenant and a Captain, from Texas, pleasant conversation, not worthy of note, but they don't let anything of their work activity, also because the following day there will be a briefing at 10.00 to which I am also invited, but they don't know.

We say goodbye in a friendly way, I try to go back to the hotel, but Mark has planned an overnight stay in an Officers' dormitory.

An area, a habit, a sensation, typical of those who are not Italian, but I had done military service for some time and knew every detail.

In the morning, I arrive in a hangar where we find all the guests present and seated, and I discover that we are in the place reserved for the TOP GUN school, the two girls I met the day before are also present.

Each pair of pilots receives in time their flight plan and the latest indications, the contacts with the control towers, the command codes, and finally on board the planes, while the liaison and contact sergeant on the ground records the latest procedures and authorizes taxiing and departure on the runway, take-off, and flight.

A terrible noise, on board their F16s and Tornados, you understand that war is an ugly beast that hurts, without thinking of the victims that can be recorded.

While waiting, I ask to visit the pilot's and co-pilot's seats on a parked plane. I realize that I find an exceedingly small space where I can make important decisions, but it is not easy.

Time passes quickly, after 90 minutes all the planes return to the ground, and I still have not understood what I should have done and with whom.

Appointment for everyone with timing set for 5.00 pm in the officers' lounge, where I meet the Base Commander, who gives me the focal points to discuss with the pilots, and requests are made to me which I will have to communicate in 30 minutes.

I fulfill the requests; I am ready, and I am starting.

It was not easy, I spoke to professionals with multiple academic qualifications, I only had a diploma that I had earned by giving five liters of wine to principal Zappia.

But this was life, and I had learned that everyone is measured by what they have, never by what they say they have.

I told a joke in English, to capture their attention and they all smiled, the character in this story was called Rocco and I made him Rocky, I did not expect this result.

Immediately afterwards I began the first real communication lesson, fixing in everyone's minds only two salient points relating to: Decisions and Resolutions.

Decisions are linked to one's skills.

Resolutions are linked to knowledge.

There was no feedback, but it didn't take much to register a success, their attention was focused on the things I stated, they were great people with great powers, to be used efficiently with all their mental abilities for the benefit of choices that do no harm , considering being capable of finding a right rationale.

I said goodbye to everyone, ready to leave the meeting, and return to my headquarters, when Mark informs me that the two female officers, Katrin and Terry, whom we met yesterday, have invited us to dinner and it is not in good taste to refuse.

He also gives me the check for my consultancy, and this puts me in good spirits, 5,000 dollars, it is enough to wait a little longer to get back.

Appointment at 9.30 pm directly at the restaurant, where we are the first to arrive, but this gives us the advantage of seeing them entering, all the people turned to look at them, both men and women, a fantastic and angelic vision of the two women, unforgettably beautiful, truly beautiful, never vulgar.

The topics immediately focus on wanting to know everything and more about me, typical of women who want to understand, and at a certain point I ask them a question.

What is it like to pilot?

You require great preparation, attention, wealth of details, details, unexpected events, intuition, instinct, and a lot of love.

Because love?

Because you raise the control stick, hold it rigid and then I will take it in your hand.

They were two highly intelligent women, to whom my mother would never have entrusted me, they could have done anything they wanted with a man, for only one reason, there were two:

TOP GUN.

THE DIMENSION

It is always the relationship between multiple values that constitute the differences creating the dimension.

Big or small, tall, or short, fat, or thin, good, or bad, new, or old, sick, or serious, long, or short, are some of the correlations where size has a central position, creating the value of what one is.

We are led to use our mind to think and use it on trivial things, because we do not want to force ourselves and elaborate the best thoughts that would lead us into a