Why I Love Bulgaria

Why do we love something or someone is not a question we often ask ourselves; it is difficult to answer. Perhaps this is because love is a feeling that is not easy to catch in words. And that is why the book in front of you, that asks the question Why do I love Bulgaria, makes you curious and especially because a foreigner has made the effort to answer this question. Hans Wissema is not a stranger to Bulgaria and Bulgaria is not a stranger to him, for several reasons. Some of the reasons you will understand when you read the book or perhaps you have already read his book (in Bulgarian translation) Siberian lessons about life, love and death (Kibea, 2013).
The Dutch professor in technology and entrepreneurship offers us his understanding about the turning points in the history of Bulgaria – the ones that made Bulgaria as it is now. He shares his observations and perceptions about the social life of Bulgarians today. Wissema does not save us from his opinion that Bulgarians have a lot to be proud of, but they need to fight more decisively for their better future as well as stronger defend what is Bulgarian. It is therefore that the author reminds us of Paisius of Hilendar, whose allocution to Bulgarians we all know but we often forget.
Sometimes in life we need a mirror to realise something that is so logical and naturally clear. Or a foreigner should remind us of it. We then hear the message clearer and it makes us think. Hopefully the book of Hans Wissema will have the same effect on the reader. Reading it I thought about us, the Bulgarians, and about our Bulgaria and concluded: I am proud of and I love Bulgaria!

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The Dutchman Hans Wissema is a consultant in management, mentor and Emeritus Professor in technology and entrepreneurship. He has lived for about 30 years in Bulgaria.
His entire life was dedicated to helping managers, students and random people he came across in solving problems related to their work or private life.
Wissema is author of 16 professional books in the field of management and organisation, technology and entrepreneurship, the future of universities and learning. Many if his books have seen many re-prints and have been translated in several languages.
With love and perseverance Wissema dedicates time and energy to anyone who would like to get in touch with his wisdom. His book Siberian lessons, published in Bulgarian by Kibea in 2013, won the reader with its sincerity, depth and integrity inherent only of true wise men.
Hans is professionally and personally connected to Bulgaria since about 1990. His training courses for students and managers in different universities have been highly appreciated. Two of his professional books have been translated in Bulgarian and have made their way to implementation of Wissema’s advice. Being happily married to a Bulgarian made him even closer to the country.