EP036: Nataša Ivančević, Chief Health Officer from Serbia

Sanja Milosavljevic: Good afternoon, good people. My name is Sanja Milosavljević and I am going to be your host for today. You are listening and watching Mondopreneur podcast, a podcast that is supported by the US Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. Our main aim is to promote quality and successful stories of people that run their own business or have interesting careers, work in Institutes, NGO sector, universities. We want to share their stories, with focus on last year, how they went through it, because it happened to all of us simultaneously in the whole world, so we want to see how others, other cultures or other countries fought against it. My guest is Natasa Ivancevic, and she drew my attention because of the work she does. Something that is her current carrier, but she will tell you more about it. I am truly hoping that you will enjoy our conversation. Natasa, hello.

Nataša Ivančević: Hi, Sanja.

Sanja Milosavljevic: How are you?

Nataša Ivančević: I am good. It is Tuesday, and my everyday life is quite busy, full of stuff and happenings, both on the private and business side. So, it is Tuesday, it is not the end of the day, I am a bit tired but also full of energy.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Good for you, share with us some of that energy. Can you tell us something about yourself? So, what do you do, what is your educational background, in what way does it correlate to what you are doing at the moment, what are your hobbies? I know that you played basketball. Those are some features of winners. So, can you share with us?

Nataša Ivančević: I will, with great pleasure, although I don’t like to speak about myself, in general. But, I will share. My name is Natasa Ivancevic, I am 39 years old, almost 40. I live in Novi Sad, I am a Physical education teacher and at the moment I am an employee in Service Plus Group company as a Chief Health Officer and I take care of the health and physical activities of our employees. I was a professional basketball player with 20 years of professional career in Serbia and abroad. I have several great trophies in Serbia, with my team Vojvodina, we won Serbian Cup, with Partizan, we won State championship and with the Izraely team, we won European championship, so that is basically me. Ex athlete, present athlete. Present, as at this position I have the opportunity to remain one. So, when someone asks me what I am, I say that I am an athlete in my soul, and my friends like to say that I am a promoter of the sport. I promote physical activities my whole life.

Sanja Milosavljevic: That is wonderful. I discovered physical activity later in life, when I was in my thirties. Before that, I practices modern dances, as I like it and it suited me. But, sport as sport, I have discovered after my 30th birthday when I started going to a gym, so from classic corrective exercises I ended up in crossfit. Who would say, clumsy with two left feet, I have ended up in a serious, difficult sport.

Nataša Ivančević: Great.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Well, yes. Tell me, when we tried to arrange this interview, it was a month or two months ago. In the meantime you got coronavirus. One of my questions was how your life looks like a year after they pronounced the pandemic. We can expand it to, how your life looks like a year after, plus-

Nataša Ivančević: After coronavirus.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Yes, after coronavirus.

Nataša Ivančević: Well, yes. I was thinking about that question, and now that coronavirus is behind me, I think that my life looks like the life for most of the people. Lot less of moving, gathering, travelling. I think that we had it more of that in our lives and now, situation is what it is. But, for example, I got to know myself better, and received more gratitude towards the life and everything that is happening to us. Just the other day I was speaking to a friend how a year ago I couldn’t imagine life without traveling, meeting new places, people, it was literally like you can’t live without it. And now, a year later, I haven’t travelled anywhere… And i feel great. For me, staying in one place, when you have to be at home, not doing anything, is like a great punishment for me. So from a young age, if you want to punish me, just let me sit in one place not doing anything, and that was the worst thing that could happen to me. But for example after that quarantine and generally now after this Covid and the fact that I had to stay at home, basically it all went well for me in a way. Now, I am like, we should introduce a quarantine once a month, to have time to calm, to rest, to work something – at home or elsewhere, to do something we never find time for, something small, as I would like to say, mandatory rest for everyone, i think it would be good for us. I am a kind of person that can easily adjust and sport has taught me that. Always new people, new situations, new country – as in sports, you know, you play in one country, in two days you are in another country, you don’t know where are you and where did you come from, so i am used to adjustments, so, basically, this last year was that hard for me. My starting point is that it is the most important that my people are good, people around me are good, I am good. Then it happened to me that just at the time when the pandemic started, I started doing a job that turned out to be the job of my life and dreams, I discovered in this whole situation some new things that fulfill me. Now, since the New year, I have organized a humanitarian ride with a colleague, so somehow it’s as if I didn’t have that feeling – that’s it, you keep going forward, forward and then I didn’t have time to think so much about Covid, even when I was sick like- come on now I’m sick and I’m already thinking about that humanitarian ride about everything I need to do and then, in a way, those 14 days passed as fast as this whole one-year pandemic that lasted, I hope it will end tomorrow, because it wasn’t that hard for me. The only thing I miss and what I really like is  hugging, that contact with people that everyone is now in a way afraid and careful about, that I somehow miss, that freedom of movement and freedom of hugging, that’s something that I miss.

Sanja Milosavljevic: It sounds so harsh when you say the freedom of hugging. You know, we never- Freedom of movement, we are accustomed to this term, but the freedom of hugging- It is the first time I hear that.

Nataša Ivančević: I am that kind of person. When I like someone, or when I am sad, I am like, let’s hug, it will feel better. And now, you don’t have anyone to hug, everyone runs away.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Everyone runs away, I know. Yes, well, tell me now, I’m asking you this professionally. What is the consequence of insolation, and relative absence of physical activity. At one point we couldn’t leave our houses, you cannot go to nature, you cannot run, walk, whatever you like, and you are sentenced to your home. Did we develop some new habits? You are in contact with your colleagues – did we drastically change our habits? Do you have any info or insights regarding that?

Nataša Ivančević: It depends on a person. This whole situation showed me what the person in their core is. I am a social person. In our nature is to move, to be surrounded by people. Regardless of that, are you a social or antisocial type of person? People need it, a person needs to plan something, and surely, this pandemic, that restricted all this, affected people’s health – physical and mental – so as to some of our habits. And that pandemic – I always like to say that it ended and it will really end tomorrow. And pandemic, it showed us who is actually in such good health and who knows how to endure and make some healthy habits out of all this. Firstly, I would say who is in good health, because Covid, it literally does not choose. So there are no rules about who will get infected, whether they are the type – you know like an athlete, like I am an athlete, I got infected. Everyone expects that only persons with chronic disease can get infected. No, this really showed that everyone can get infected, but what makes the difference is how mentaly strong we are. I think that’s mostly that, the rest are those differences and the habits that happened. So, this whole situation affect us and our mental health and I think it is certainly, who managed to stay mentally strong and create healthy habits that he is doing well, that he did well and I say that he will do well through this whole situation. And those who have less strength – who was affected by this in terms of fears, depression, anxiety, and then, that less movement, sitting at home, negligence of what I say physical and nutritional, laziness of that root of bad, those completely bad habits and caring about ourselves, that is what will leave an impact on our lives. I know many people that struggle with that, and developed some new habits. People that were inactive started going to nature, started to practice, they started learning some new things. I repeat, we were closed, we didn’t know what to do, and they managed, enrolled in some courses that they couldn’t earlier – started learning languages that they didn’t have time for, started cooking. For me is the best – how to make people to practice, and everyone uses the excuse of lack of time. Now, everyone started practicing at home. It started to be practicing at home – for me, it is a really nice habit that this situation brought.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Now that you mentioned – what are the most frequent excuses that people use to avoid practice? It doesn’t matter if they are group training in gyms or something else. I have my set of excuses, but I am interested in others.

Nataša Ivančević: Yes, that interests me – would you like to share mine, the ones I hear often, or would you share yours?

Sanja Milosavljevic: I can share mine. For example – I am tired. That is the first and basic. Like, I am going to start now, but it is the middle of the month, I will use the pace and rhythm. Then, I have planned a short trip during the next month, and I don’t want to lose continuity. Like, you need 2 to 3 months to get into shape. So, like, I don’t want to stop. Lower on that list is that I don’t have equipment. So, once, I bought a full set and I use it for years now. I bought quality stuff, and now I wear it for years, so it is not an excuse for me anymore. Som that is the list of my excuses. What do you often come across?

Nataša Ivančević: Well, what you said, is the things that I come across. Generally, when we speak about excuses, the thing I love the most is – I don’t have time. Like, there is work, life, I don’t have time. Then, I had a huge meal, I cannot go after the work, or I don`t know when to go to the gym. Then, I had a huge meal, I cannot go after the work, or I don`t know when to go to the gym. Or, I am really tired. Or, I haven’t slept well. Or women, as you said – I don’t have equipment. Women have excuses in PMS – like it lasts for 20 – 30 days. There are plenty of excuses, and before I started working in this position, to take care of health and motivate employees to be physically active, I haven’t encountered excuses that much. And I was more tolerant. I have always worked in an environment where it was natural for people to train, to love training, to have that habit, to benefit from it and they do not turn to those excuses. But these people, my colleagues – my company is an IT company, and IT professionals are one big excuse, as I would like to say. And then when I started working with them and they don’t really recognize physical activity, they don’t recognize the importance of it – I mean they recognize it differently than those who have trained before. So, it is one excuse after another, so i am not tolerant anymore, not really. Because people, they think to much, they spend more time in thinking on how to make excuses than to just move themselves. So, my everyday wokd day was full of excuses, and now i come to work prepared. And then they say, I can`t, I don’t have time. So, I ask them to tell me their everyday life and we find – I find the reason behind their excuse. Because, physical activity – I look at it as something very important, very beneficial. I appreciate it very much, it brought me so much beauty and good – from the career I had, people I met through sports, so I literally order people or introduce three mandatory weekly exercises without any excuses. Because, it’s really a wonderful thing that everyone can afford only if they think less about excuses and move.

Sanja Milosavljevic: You are right. I am trying to get my husband to start training.

Nataša Ivančević: What does he say?

Sanja Milosavljevic: So, yesterday, I was like, would you like to come with me to the gym? I am going, you come with me. And it was like, Ok, in 5 mins, in 5 mins, and I just got up and left, he didn’t even move. I asked him for the last time, are you coming? And he just said that he will join me next time. You know? He waited until there was no more time to wait, and said – I can`t go, so I went anyway, I won’t wait for him, maybe he will join the next time. But why?

Nataša Ivančević: I think it is good for you that you didn’t wait for him. I used to be more tolerant. Now, i don`t do that anymore. Sometime you have make people do something. I was – you said that you started practicing when you were 30 years old. I always say for physical activity – it is kind of an addiction, right?

Sanja Milosavljevic: For sure, it is. I mean, hormones are secreted.

Nataša Ivančević: For sure. For sure, they are. And then, how hormones work, how the body feels, how our head feels so good after training, that’s one healthy addiction. And then when a person really dares and decides to dedicate himself, the limits are – if he is not guided by excuses again, the limits for physical activity and enjoyment in it are huge.

Sanja Milosavljevic: What are other benefits from training? Or good sides of training? It doesn’t have to be heavy lifting, but to be in the fresh air, to walk, run, whatever ones like, whatever works for you. What is that? Why is it important?

Nataša Ivančević: Today, when I speak about exercise, people think of it as something very hard, that it means lifting weights, the number of kilometers, as they bring it forefront, when it comes to exercising. And I always tell people, go outside, walk, just be outside, be active. Again, one of the exercises is – I don’t have time to go to the gym, I have a wife, kids, I don’t know how. Through everyday activities, you can find a way to be active. if you work 8 hours a day at office, stand up once in a hour, take a walk. If you have a break, use it for walking, because the benefits are not just – according to all research, the majority of people start exercising because of their looks. Then we have when someone exercises to lose weight. But exercise, that activity that frees your head, I think that is the most beautiful effect of physical activity. So, for the head, for the body, for losing weight, for stress – those are the ways that physical activity affects – physical activity is like a medicine. So, even if we are ill, physical activity is like medicine. There is that saying – physical activity is a cure for everything. And you will see. I hope that none of us will be ill, but whoever gets sick from some disease, in addition to medication, the doctor will tell them to take a walk, stay in the air. So, that’s it, physical activity as a cure.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Yes. And what- what is that stand- this question is a bit off now, but you know when people go, I don’t know, in May to exercise in order to be fit by June or July. Is that possible? Or is it a combination of caloric deficit and training? What?

Nataša Ivančević: What does it mean to be fit? Is it to be in good condition or is it losing weight? Generally – from May to June or July – oh, I just love when spring comes. And when we all come out of winter and then when the news starts bombing us with all those fast diets, fast workouts, where in just 2-7, two weeks, you eat a little, you train a little and you welcome summer fit. No way. No, it doesn’t go that way. So, if we want to lose weight, there are only two words – calorie deficit. There is no other calculation. There isn’t. Only if we want to get that fit look and lose weight and get in shape then we have weight loss, training and that is one right path. However, that journey is by no means in 2-7 days, a week, two weeks, a month, it is really a longer journey that again depends on how much we eat, how much we train, how much we are dedicated to all that. How ready we are to wait for the end result of all that, because they say that it takes about 3 months to change the body and all the habits. I tell everyone that, from personal experience, whatever change we expect, things will start happening in three months. So, if you start in May, you can expect results the next May. But, it annoys me that people associate this physical exercise exclusively with physical appearance and not with the fact that it has benefits for the head, for the whole quality of life, if I may say so.

Sanja Milosavljevic: I mean I know how I started to go to the gym. I had some health issues and my GP told me, it’s so great that you go dancing. But it is not going to solve your problems. You will go dancing, have fun but you are not going to solve your problem. You just won`t. You need exercises, to go to the physical therapy, to teach you how to improve posture, what to do. So, that is how I started, as a medication. Exercise was a sort of medicine, i.e. therapy.

Nataša Ivančević: That’s what I told you, I mean what I’m saying again, God bless us all and we don’t have problems. But that is what I told you. So roughly, with your issue, I don’t know, you probably had problems with posture, so you had to go to corrective exercises and you started with that. So again, like some physical disorder, it makes you move. That’s it. It’s just a matter when, during your life, you will have to start training. So better now to be forced to do so. And life somehow always takes us in that direction, something like – not only to train but to have to be active and really how active you are in life, whether constantly or through training what kind of quality of life we have. It is the simplest mathematics of life.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Yes. Can you describe to us what your job looks like? You said that you work as a-

Nataša Ivančević: Chief Health Officer.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Chief Health Officer. That is so interesting to me, that is what draws my attention, that interesting title. This is a new role for me. For me, it is completely new, probably not in your world, but for me it is completely new. So, what does your working day look like?

Nataša Ivančević: Yes. First, this is really something new, not just for you, it is new for me also. This is first of the kind in Serbia, so my company – CEO is in Germany, the owner of the company lives in Germany, and he made this position up. He is a physically active person, physical activity changed his life and then – he was just working, work, travel and lived a sedentary life, and he wanted, he also had due to some health issues to change his lifestyle. He has changed and then he realized how good physical activity is and how much space a person who works has to engage in physical activity and be motivated by someone and how good it is. And he made up this role. This position does not exist in Serbia. My mum still asks me what is my role. Even outside Serbia, there are not many of these roles in companies. There are some people in the HR department that organize exercises for employees. On this position, I work with the employees and we do everything. I take care of their health – I am not a doctor, but we do – when I started working in the company, I did an assessment of health and physical condition, and we saw how they had issues with certain things, maybe some illnesses, how they felt at that moment. We have a scale and I measure body fats, do the assessment of the level of their physical activity and I take care of their health and physical activity through different activities that have been organized. So, the employees can – we have exercises, individual training, which means that every employee can come to me and tell me that they need a certain set of exercises. They can work with me, we have developed an app and branded it, and depending on how much exercises they need, where they do the exercises, whether at home, or fitness center, as people these days don`t know which exercises to do once in gym. And when they are there, they just walk around, start working with some props or some exercises that are not suitable for them or their condition, so I help them to make a choice of exercises appropriate for them. And we have those group trainings, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a year now, and we organize them outdoors. We have a gym in the company, so every employee can use it during working day for half an hour, to practice or do something. I say, here in the company there are people who spend most of their time sitting at the computer, many of them have problems with their backs, knees and they can come during working hours and do some corrective exercises with me. You probably went to work with a physiotherapist and a coach, so they can come to me during work – imagine how much it makes their everyday life easier. Every month we organise some thematic events, all events are related to health and physical activity. Like, the theme for the month is nutrition. And I do lectures on what is needed for healthy nutrition. Nowadays, people don’t know what proteins, fats and carbs are. I have realized that people don’t know some basic information, like what macro and micro nutrients are. And I explain everything to them through the lecture. Every Wednesday, we have some CH activity. They call me CH, by the way. And every Wednesday, we have a lecture, and then next Wednesday, we have a workshop. During this workshop, I prepare for them some healthy food. Or, when it was immunity month, I prepared some healthy beverages for boosting immunity. Then next month we have an activity that supports again, Iets say – it was a month of weight loss, then we went on fast walking. And they have a certain pace that they have to follow. And then always some activities where through my position I educate and motivate employees to change their habits in life in terms of nutrition, sports activities, to educate themselves about it, various team building activities that we develop in the company. We have very nice offices and I am in contact with the employees a lot and when I see that their energy has dropped a bit, I take them all out into the hallway, give them some interesting games to wake them up, and play a little. You know, sometimes we need that children’s joy – yes, we do all sorts of interesting things. At the beginning, it was like looking at this crazy person who is now harassing me to roll over like a child, and then we get a message from my colleagues that they can’t believe it, after 20-30 years they feel like a child again in all these games. Something similar for example, is unusual again and I have never heard – maybe you have heard and you will tell me – I have through our – our company just decided to offer, for example because it’s all in that start, to activate employees to start taking care of themselves, the quality of their lives, they have now offered employees that next year they can go to Australia to participate in the NTB Mountain Biking race and it is one race that is quite popular. And now every employee – the company pays for everything – now every employee who wants to go to Australia just needs to register and train regularly for a year to prepare for that race. So, this is also one of the ways we want to get people involved to start taking care of themselves. Preparation is not, I will start to exercise, it is I am going to start taking care of nutrition, to learn what hydration is, to learn how to organize time, and everything. So, I do different things, and I am really thankful to have this life privilege to have a job, that is me.

Sanja Milosavljevic: But it is very beneficial. I now listen to you and think from the other perspective – if you really take care of your employees in the sense that you organize physical activity for them, lectures on healthy nutrition, hydration and so on, you not only take care of their health but it is an investment in the future health of these people. You know, they’re going to be less sick or less absent from work, or they’re going to have less maybe some problems caused by stress or sitting for a long time and so on, so that’s exactly what a win-win situation actually is.

Nataša Ivančević: Yes, it is, it is an interesting position. I am like a filter for information for them. I have spent my whole life in sports, I am educated to speak about these things, and I am helping them, in a way, that they don’t have to think about some stuff. They don’t have to google, if they are interested in something related to health, they don’t have to google for days. When you google something, about physical activity you end up at heels and tools. They come to me, tell me what they need, and continue doing their stuff, they continue with their lives, and in a couple of days, as that much time is needed, I tell them, you have this and that, you can train there, your workout plan is there, you have to go there and buy everything you need. So, I am really a filter for information for them.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Great. Tell us something about what it looks like to be a female athlete in Serbia, and as you have an experience from abroad, how does it look like to be a female athlete in Israel? I watched female basketball last night on TV. And it was a pleasure, all of them are playing good basketball, it is not some playing in vain, they have a good coach, they have invested time, patience, somebody worked on developing those teams. How does it look like, you said that you are almost 40 years old, which means that you have 20 years of experience? Has anything changed , are there more women, is it normal for girls to play football or any other sport that is traditionally a man`s sport?

Nataša Ivančević: Regarding this period, last 20 years – there were always woman in sports. But unfortunately… It is like – there is never going to be as much as men are, no matter how hard they fight for that cause. From one perspective it is understandable, as women, by their nature get different life roles which makes them less present than men and they don`t get that much attention as men, and they are not paid as much. But that doesn’t mean that women shouldn’t be in sports, that they don`t have to fight for their rights in sports. There are women that are in sports, there are women that work as coaches in sport`s organisations and in jobs related to sports. I repeat, it is not going to be as much as it stands for man, but I don’t like to generalise to man-woman, we all have to make an effort as much as we can, and then we can make a change. As for the conditions 20 years ago and now… It was different before. For instance, I am grateful because, when I played basketball in Serbia, the conditions were very good. Clubs were well organised. People that worked were educated for that. Now, I have a feeling and conditions are like that, that there is less funding to provide – I am going to speak about women, not men, to provide for young girls and girls – because different conditions stand for girls and boys. For example, I used to work in basketball club. There are a lot of boys. And they have their locker room. And then, a girl comes and she doesn`t have her locker room. She has to wait for boys to change clothes or to do it somewhere else. Those are the conditions that are present in sports, basketball and football. It’s great that there are a lot of girls who play football, that men’s sport, but again, those differences in conditions still exist today.

Sanja Milosavljevic: So, how can we motivate young girls to get involved in professional sports? We have Spanovic, and she is really successful and she is a great role model how a dedicated woman can achieve top results. But how can we motivate girls? We can have only a few professional female athletes. How to genuinely motivate them?

Nataša Ivančević: I would not even force the kids to be – today, we force them to be professional athletes. Because it brings you so much – first it brings you a life – a lot of money, a lot of attention, a lot of success and most people talk about sports as a – about the benefits you get from that professional sport and about the moment you have to be beautiful to be one. For example, I would never force girls to be – if they play sports professionally, I would like every woman – every child in general but especially a woman, I would motivate them to be in sports to create the best possible conditions for them, so I guess these conditions would lead to somebody good. That is – that is a huge topic, because, for example – first you have to start from parents that will teach how a person from the youngest age, becomes a professional. From the early period of their lives, you have to teach them how important it is to be in sports. I keep telling people that have kids and that are physically inactive and have that excuse that they don’t practice because they have kids. That is not good. Take that child, exercise with him/her, as that is good both for you and for your child because your kid watches you practice, and they have that image of a parent that exercises and it will become normal for them, challenging. Kids imitate their parents, they listen to their parents, parents are the first who direct kids towards sports life and professional life. From there, what will enable him means to train regularly, provide them with the equipment they need for training, because we can never expect the environment conditions to be good, we always have to start first from ourselves. Then, teachers should present the sport as a possibility. That the gym class that children have is a mandatory thing and it will be something that will mean to children that it is something through which they can become professionals. In your country, children often have the option to choose whether they will have gym classes. When I was a little girl, we didn’t have that option, it was mandatory. I don’t know how you did it.

Sanja Milosavljevic: It was mandatory for us, also. There was no difference, we had to take those classes. I didn`t like it, of course, I hated it back then, thought it was something stupid, but i had to attend. I didn`t know that you can opt for it.

Nataša Ivančević: When we were kids, a I am generation of `82, we had gym classes 4 times a week. And our physical education goes in that direction, that it is not 4 times but 3 times a week. I don’t know how well you are informed. Teachers are not allowed to touch children. Because it could be understood in certain way. But how can you teach a kid to to something, if you cannot hold him, or whatever. So I think that all these things and our state organization itself are not going in that direction of allowing children to direct themselves to these professional conditions, activities, but there are a lot of them – it’s very difficult for me to get to that professional level. A kid needs to be talented, you have to work a lot with them, they need to have good conditions, there has to be good luck to connect all these dots. But I say, I’m very sad because today, sports is seen only as a benefit through that professional career- as if you become a good athlete, what can you get from it and is often compared to physical appearance, without the emphasis on that healthy exercise, healthy doing sports. So what I want to say, if you start adopting those good habits of doing sports, to live that kind of life, it will create a habit, through life, and it will improve the quality of life.

Sanja Milosavljevic: I really don’t know what gym classes look like today. I really don’t. It was mandatory for us. I didn’t like it, but I admired how some of the primary schools in Belgrade had pools, so kids could go swimming, that was the gym class, you go swimming. And we had a gym, with one piece of equipment and some old mats – but okay, that was not a reason why I didn’t like it.

Nataša Ivančević: But maybe it was. You know if those conditions were different, that those professors adapted that exercise to you in some other way, you know that you had better conditions, that it was more diverse, that it was kind of a game. Today, for instance – sport is a game. Whether you are an adult or a kid, sport is a game. But no one plays with children any more. They skip that bit of a puzzle. Then they skip it. Now, I have with the employees, I create something like the challenge of jumping the jumping rope and like people don’t know how to jump the jumping rope. And when I have trained the kids, a kid age 2-10 would come and they didn‚t know how to jump the jumping rope. When we were kids, jumping rope was mandatory. To jump, to climb, to run.

Sanja Milosavljevic: I like jumping rope even today. It is-

Nataša Ivančević: Jumping rope is the best exercise.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Although I honestly have those two left legs, but I succeeded with hundreds and hundreds of repetitions, in the end you get into the habit of doing it properly. Previously, I would manage to repeat two, three times, and I would stumble, but now I am getting better, and it is great. No, although I honestly think that the look of that gym really has nothing to do with whether I liked or not gym classes because it really shouldn’t – it should be on the 10th place of the reason why I don’t like something. I just didn’t like it, it was…

Nataša Ivančević: Yes, but it is the same thing as with the equipment for sports. When you don’t have appropriate clothes for training, you don’t like it at all. But if you have nice sneakers, some good looking clothes, suddenly, everything is different, right? And you invested in that equipment, and you will go the second, the third time to the gym. You invested in it, it should pay off. I’m not saying that it’s a guarantee, you have children in countries where they run, play with orange peel, so it’s great for them and they are active and they are becoming something, but again, I think that means a bit.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Well, of course. Would you like, as we came to the end of our conversation, to share a message with us? Something that you like, so we know that you like sports, but what would be the book that we could read, or where do you find a motivation to be so optimistic and joyful?

Nataša Ivančević: Well I have a problem with books, names and stuff because I read it and then I forget the name of the book and the author so now I wouldn’t want to talk about the book. And as for motivation, my motivation – I don’t know how to tell people that – every new day when I get up is an opportunity to work – I wake up every morning and, like, today I have a new opportunity, today something new will happen. I have that energy, I have a lot of expectations, and then when I wake up, it is like, it will be something beautiful today, it will be like this or that today. That is my motivation, every day I do something for myself, for my family, friends, colleagues that I work with, that is my motivation. And my message, I will return to physical activity. Be active. I mean, if this period behind us, I think it showed us the most important thing – be active, motivate each other to be active, hang out when you have the opportunity, fill yourself with that energy, compete, explore the world, it’s never too late because all these things lead to the creation of that certain energy. And then, there is that thing – people think too much. That’s what I figured out. Like, I am doing that humanitarian ride with a friend, and we get a lot of questions, and we realise that we didn’t even think about some things. People overthink, and never get moving. Don`t think too much, don’t analyze and look for a million reasons why you are not going to do something – just get moving. Just do it.

Sanja Milosavljevic: So, I knew I said that it was the end, but for the end part II, can you tell us something about that humanitarian ride? It has an interesting name and it connects the region, so can you tell us…

Nataša Ivančević: With great pleasure. A colleague and I, out of a great desire to start moving and stuff, we designed this humanitarian cause where we will try to get from Novi Sad to Zagreb in 7 days and we want to give all the funds we raise in those 7 days to children athletes with disabilities. Our action has that humanitarian feature and also a feature of getting people to start moving. Moving is something that I already talked about. My other colleague from the company wants to go on this ride. She is a person who, until a month and a half ago, before we started the cause, she was completely inactive and she came to me one day and said, please, let’s do something, I don’t know what to do with myself. What are we going to do? To ride a bike. Let’s go. Where are we going? To Zagreb. Because, there is a sister company in Zagreb. When we told that, everybody laughed, as they all know her to be inactive. And then they said, well, if you will – that’s how this whole action started – they told us, if you get to Zagreb in seven days, we’ll give 5 euros per kilometer. We recognized it as an opportunity that we can actually move other people by moving ourselves and we can raise some funds that we will give for humanitarian purposes and that’s how our 442 Ride To Change was created. Follow us on Instagram, see what we’re doing, follow us on the road that starts on May 15.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Wonderful. Just great. I was surprised when you mentioned it to me in one of the emails. Those are good causes. I think there were some walking causes, there were some and those are wonderful things. There isn’t a single bad thing in it, you cannot find a single piece to say it is no good, it is going to be successful. This is a pure cause.

Nataša Ivančević: It is really pure and I really say so specific in these circumstances when everything is forbidden, the two of us, we are going because, I will repeat – we all closed up. In those circumstances, you stop thinking about what is happening with others, and there are people that need help. So, let’s get moving, let us all get moving.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Thank you, Natasa, a lot. I really enjoyed our conversation.

Nataša Ivančević: Thank you, sorry, I have talked a lot.

Sanja Milosavljevic: Good people of the world, you were watching and listening to Natasa from Novi Sad. Follow us, type mondopreneur or #mondopreneur, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, subscribe to our YouTube channel. Stay good, stay in good health and see you in a week. 

Sanja Milosavljević: Dobar dan, dobri ljudi, moje ime je Sanja Milosavljević i ja ću biti vaša voditeljka danas. Vi slušate i gledate Mondopreneur podkast, podkast koji je podržala američka ambasada u Beogradu u Srbiji a koji se bavi promocijom dobrih i uspešnih priča ljudi koji se bave nekim svojim privatnim poslom ili imaju neke interesantne karijere, rade na institutima, rade u nevladinom sektoru, u univerzitetima i želja nam je da podelimo njihove priče, naročito sa fokusom na prethodnu godinu, kako su je oni izgurali pošto nam se to svima desilo simultano celom svetu pa da čisto vidimo kako su se neki drugi- neke druge kulture ili možda neke druge države borile i izborile sa tim. Moja današnja gošća je Nataša Ivančević i ona je meni privukla pažnju zbog nečega čime se ona sada bavi. Znači nešto što je njena profesija u njenom trenutku, ali ona će vam više reći o tome. Nadam se da ćete uživati u našem razgovoru. Nataša zdravo. 

Nataša Ivančević: Sanja, pozdrav!

Sanja Milosavljević: Kako si?

Nataša Ivančević: Evo dobro. Utorak je, a neka moja svakodnevnica poslednjih dana je nekako baš ubrzana, puna nekih stvari i dešavanja kako poslovnih tako i privatnih. Pa evo kao utorak je, još nije kraj dana a malo kao umorno i onako puno energije. 

Sanja Milosavljević: Jao super, blago tebi – prenesi nam malo te energije. Hoćeš molim te da nam kažeš nešto o sebi? Znači, čime se sada baviš, šta si po obrazovanju, kako to- na koji način to kolerila sa time čime se ti danas baviš, koji su ti hobiji? Znam da si igrala košarku. Sve su to neke osobine ili veštine koje su za pobednika. Pa hoćeš da podeliš sa nama?

Nataša Ivančević: Pa hoću sa velikim zadovoljstvom, mada ne volim generalno da pričam o sebi. Ali eto podeliću. Ja sam Nataša Ivančević, imam 39 godina, sad ću 40 još malo. Živim u Novom Sadu, po profesiji sam profesor fizičkog vaspitanja a trenutno radim u firmi Servis Plus Grupa na poziciji Chief Health Officer gde kroz tu poziciju vodim računa o zdravlju i fizičkoj aktivnosti zaposlenih. Ja sam inače bila profesionalna košarkašica sa 20 godina profesionalne karijere što u Srbiji što u inostranstvu. Imam iza sebe par velikih trofeja što u našoj zemlji gde sam sa Vojvodinom mojom osvojila kup Srbije, sa mojim Partizanom osvojila titulu prvaka države i sa izraelskom ekipom sam osvojila titulu prvaka Evrope, tako da to sam u suštini ja. Bivša sportistkinja, sadašnja sportistkinja. Sadašnji opet radnik u sportu pošto na ovoj poziciji zaista imam prilike da ostanem to. Tako da sada da me neko pita šta si ti, ja sam sportista i u duši ili što moji prijatelji vole da kažu promoterka. Ceo život si promoter fizičke aktivnosti.

Sanja Milosavljević: E, to je divno. Ja sam fizičku aktivnost otkrila jako kasno, u 30-tim godinama. A pre toga sam bila malo kao ples, to sam trenirala pošto mi je to odgovaralo i bilo mi je lepo. Ali sport u smislu sport sam otkrila bukvalno posle 30-te godine kada sam krenula u teretanu, pa se to onda- od onih klasičnih vežbica završila sam na kraju na crossfitu. Kao ko bi rekao, ona smotana sa dve leve noge završila u nekom vrlo ozbiljnom- mislim, napornom sportu. 

Nataša Ivančević: Super. 

Sanja Milosavljević: Pa da. E, kaži mi sad u trenutku kada smo se dogovarale da snimimo ovaj intervju, to je bilo pre jedno mesec ili dva dana. U međuvremenu si ti zakačila negde koronu. I sad jedno od mojih pitanja je bilo kako izgleda tvoj život godinu dana nakon proglašenja pandemije. Možemo da proširimo to na kako izgleda tvoj život godinu dana nakon pandemije, plus-

Nataša Ivančević: Odležane korone.

Sanja Milosavljević: Da, plus odležane korone. 

Nataša Ivančević: E pa da. Baš sam razmišljala o tom pitanju i onda kada si mi postavila i evo sada kad je korona iza mene i nekako- pa verovatno mi život izgleda kao i većini ljudi. Znači ono nekako sa mnogo manje kretanja, druženja, putovanja. Pošto mislim da smo svi to imali mnogo više zastupljeno u životu a sad je situacija takva kakva je. Ali na primer ja sam za ovih godinu dana mnogo više upoznala sebe i nekako dobila sam mnogo više zahvalnosti prema životu i prema svemu ovome što nam se dešava. Baš sam neki dan pričala prijateljici kako godinu unazad nisam mogla da zamislim život bez putovanja, upoznavanja novih mesta, ljudi, to mi je bukvalno bilo ono kao ne može da se živi bez toga. A evo prošlo godinu dana, nisam nigde putovala ovih godinu dana, nisam negde ni stigla a i ovo sve. I ono kao super se osećam. Sad meni inače fora mirovanja kad moraš da si kući, meni je to- i da ne radiš ništa, meni je to kao najgora kazna. Znači ono još od malena bilo je ako hoćeš da je kazniš, samo joj daj da sedi na jednom mestu da ništa ne radi i to mi je bilo ono kao nešto najgore što može da se desi. Ali na primer posle tog karantina i generalno sada posle ovog kovida koji sam morala da preležim kući, u suštini sve mi je to nekako dobro palo. Sad sam u fazonu, trebalo bi redovno uvesti ono kao karantin jedan dan mesečno da imamo da se smirimo, da se odmorimo, da uradimo ono- da li kući ili gde već, znaš ono što želimo ali sad ti nikad nemaš vremena za to nešto sitno, što bih ja rekla obavezan odmor za sve, mislim da bi nam to svima prijalo. Sad ja sam stvarno generalno osoba koja se nekako jako lako prilagođava na sve i to me sport naučio. Uvek novi ljudi, nove situacije, nova zemlja, kupuješ- pošto u sportu ono igrala si u jednoj zemlji, za dva dana si u drugoj zemlji ne znaš ni gde si pošao ni gde si došao i navikla si na to prilagođavanje, tako da meni u suštini ovih godinu dana nije bilo tako strašno. Ja uvek krećem od toga da je najvažnije da su mi nekako moji dobro, da su ljudi oko mene dobro, da sam ja dobro. Onda desilo mi se da baš to za vreme kad je krenula pandemija ja sam počela da radim posao koji se ispostavio da mi je posao života i snova, otkrila sam u celoj ovoj situaciji neke nove stvari koje me ispunjavaju. Sad sam od nove godine sa koleginicom organizovala tu neku humanitarnu vožnju pa nekako kao da nisam imala- to je ono, stalno ideš napred, napred i onda nisam imala vremena da razmišljam toliko o kovidu, čak ni kada sam bila bolesna sada bilo mi je ono kao- ajde sad ja bolesna sam a već razmišljam o toj humanitarnoj vožnji o svemu što treba da radim i onda mi je nekak tih 14 dana prošlo brzo kao i cela ova jednogodišnja pandemija koja traje, nadam se da će se sutra završiti onako nije mi ništa posebno pala. E jedino što meni nedostaje i što ja jako volim to je ono zagrljaj, taj kontakt s ljudima koga se sad svi nekako boje i paze e to mi je nekako fali, ta sloboda kretanja i sloboda grljenja, to je nešto što mi ovako nedostaje. 

Sanja Milosavljević: Jao kako sad to surovo zvuči kad kažeš sloboda grljenja. Znaš, nikada nismo- da. Sloboda kretanja, na taj termin smo se navikli, jel, ali na slobodu grljenja to da. Prvi put čujem zapravo takvo- tako formulisano. 

Nataša Ivančević: Zato što ja sam baš ta osoba. Ja kad mi je neko drag, kad sam tužna ja daj samo da te zagrlim i biće mi lakše. A sad nekako nemaš ono, kao koga – svi beže. 

Sanja Milosavljević: Svi beže, znam. Da, e a kaži mi sad ovako profesionalno te pitam. Kako na primer izolacija, što znači i relativno nedostatak fizičke aktivnosti. Mislim ne- u nekom trenutku nismo mogli ni da izlazimo iz kuća, znači ne možeš da odeš u prirodu, ne možeš da trčiš, ne možeš da šetaš, šta god da voliš nego si osuđen nekako na četiri zida. Kakve- da li smo razvili neke nove navike? Evo ti imaš sad kontakt sa kolegama na tvom radnom mestu – jesmo li drastično promenili neke navike? Jel imaš neke informacije i uvid u to?

Nataša Ivančević: Pa to je opet od čoveka do čoveka. Meni je ova cela situacija onako pokazala zapravo šta je čovek onako u samoj svojoj suštini definitivno. Jer je čovek nekako socijalno biće. I u njegovoj prirodi je to da se on kreće, da bude okružen ljudima. Nezavisno od toga da li sad voli da je stalno- da li je socijalan ili antisocijalan tip. Potrebno je to ljudima, potrebno je čoveku da planira nešto i sigurno ova cela pandemija koja onemogućava sve to da je ona uticala kako na zdravlje – znači ono fizičko, psihičko – tako i na neke naše navike. I ta pandemija- nekako uvek volim da kažem neka je prošla i tako će ono kao stvarno sutra proći. I ta pandemija ona je pokazala ko je u stvari onako dobro zdravlja i ko zna iz svega ovoga da izdrži i da napravi te neke zdrave navike. Prvo kažem ko je dobrog zdravlja zato što kovid, on bukvalno ne bira. Znači tu nema pravila ko će se zaraziti, da li ono koji su tipa- znaš kao sportista, kako ti sportista pa si se zarazila. Svi očekuju da samo oni ljudi koji imaju neke bolesti kao hronične da oni mogu da se razbole. Ne, ovo je zaista pokazalo da svi možemo da se zarazimo ali ono što pravi razliku jeste to koliko smo mi psihički jaki. Ja mislim da je to najviše ostalo te neke razlike i te navike koje se dešavaju. Znači koliko je ta cela ova situacija pogodila nas i naše mentalno zdravlje i mislim da je svakako jeste ko je uspeo da ostane psihički jak i da stvori zdrave navike da on dobro prolazi, da je on dobro prošao i da kažem da će on dobro proći u celoj ovoj situaciji. A oni koji imaju malo- koje je ovo pogodilo u smislu strahova, depresije, anksioznosti, pa onda ne znam to slabo kretanja, sedenja kući, nemarnosti toj što ja kažem fizičkoj i nutritivnoj, lenjivosti odnosti toj kolotečini loših tih skroz nekih navika i brige o sebi, to je ono što će ostaviti uticaj na naše živote. Kažem znam puno ljudi koje znači stvarno ostalo jako – svaki dan se bori sa tim, razvilo je nove neke navike. Počelo je ljudi koji su bili neaktivni sad su počeli da koriste prirodu, da krenu da vežbaju, ono ostvarili su prilike da uče neke nove stvari. Opet kažem bili smo zatvoreni nismo znali šta da radimo, oni su se iz toga snašli, upisali neke kurseve za koje nisu mogli- uče jezike za koje nisu imali vremena, krenuli da kuvaju. Opet kažem meni je najlepše kad- ono kako naterati ljude da vežbaju i svima je izgovor ono kao nemam vremena kada. Ljudi su na primer sad svi počeli da treniraju nešto da vežbaju kući. To je sad postalo kao kući – meni je ta navika kod ljudi baš onako jedna lepa navika koju je zapravo cela ova situacija donela.

Sanja Milosavljević: E a kaži mi, sad si pomenula tu reč – koji su najčešći izgovori koje ljudi koriste da ne krenu da vežbaju? Nema veze da li su to grupni sportovi, mislim ono grupni treninzi u nekim teretanama ili bilo šta durgo. Ja imam svoj set izgovora, ali me interesuje. 

Nataša Ivančević: Da baš me zanima – hoćeš prvo ja tebi da kažem moje koje ja najčešće čujem ili ćeš ti svoje? 

Sanja Milosavljević: Evo, mogu ja da kažem da ne bude ono- da. Na primer, umorna sam. To je jedan od prvih i osnovnih. Jaoj kako ću sad, u sred sam meseca ako platim članarinu izgubiću tempo i ritam. Onda, jao pa planirala sam jedno kratko putovanje u narednih mesec dana pa što da sad prekidam. Znaš kao, i za trening ti treba barem jedno 2-3 meseca da uđeš u formu. Pa kao jao gde ću to da prekinem. Nisko na tom spisku su mi nemam opremu. I onda sam- jednom sam kupila full opremu i sad je nosim godinama. Kupila sam kvalitetnu opremu i sad je nosim godinama i sad to više ne može- sad mi to više nije izgovor. Ali eto to je moj set izgovora. A sa čim se ti najčešće susrećeš? 

Nataša Ivančević: E pa sve što si rekla, to je otprilike ono sa čime se najviše susrećem. Ja sad generalno što se tiče izgovora da kažem moji omiljeni – nemam vremena. Ono kao jao ne znam posao, život nemam vremena. Onda kao jao najeo sam se, ne mogu sad posle posla ili ne znam kad da treniram. Ili ono najeo sam se ne mogu sad posle posla ili ne znam kad da treniram. Ili ono sad sam baš umoran. Ili nisam se naspavao. Ili ono žene- da, nemam opremu to što si rekla. Žene u PMS-u sam pa taj PMS traje 20-30 dana otprilike. I sada kažem jako jako puno izgovora i ja nekako pre nego što sam počela da radim posao koji danas radim da vodim računa o zdravlju i da motivišem zaposlene da se bave fizičkom aktivnošću, nisam se stvarno susretala toliko sa izgovorima. I bila sam mnogo tolerantnija. Jer ja sam uvek radila u okruženju gde je ljudima nekako prirodno da treniraju, da vole to treniranje, da znaju tu naviku, imaju koristi i onda se nekako ne okreću tim izgovorima. A ovi ljudi- moje kolege, koje to- moja firma je inače jedna IT firma i onda što bih ja rekla IT-jevci to samo izgovori. I onda kad sam počela da radim sa njima koji zapravo ne prepoznaju fizičku aktivnost, ne prepoznaju značaj toga različito- mislim drugačije prepoznaju od onih koji su pre trenirali. Znači samo izgovor za izgovorom, za izgovorom i onda ja sad više nemam toleranciju uopšte prema- ali ne, stvarno. Zato što ljudi toliko, ono kao da stalno previše razmišljaju, kao da sad više razmišljaju o tome kako da nađu izgovor nego da se pokrenu. Tako da moja svakodnevnica je bila ispunjena izgovorima a sada ono kao pošto ja sad sve to znam, ja bukvalno dođem spremna. I onda on meni kaže ne mogu, nemam ja vremena kada. Onda ja njemu kažem ajde ti sad meni ispričaj svoju svakodnevnicu i nađemo- svakome nađem podlogu na njegov izgovor. Zato što kažem fizička aktivnost- ja je gledam kao nešto toliko značajno, toliko blagodarno. Ja je sama toliko cenim, meni je donela toliko lepog i dobrog – od karijere koju sam imala preko tih ljudi koje sam upoznala kroz sport, tako da ja bukvalno naredila ljudima ili uvela tri puta obavezno nedeljno vežbanje bez ikakvih izgovora. Jer stvarno je to jedna divna stvar koju svako može da priušti sebi samo kad bi manje razmišljao o izgovorima a više se pokrenuo.

Sanja Milosavljević: E, tu si u pravu ja na primer isto teram supruga da krene da vežba.

Nataša Ivančević: Šta on kaže? 

Sanja Milosavljević: Pa evo juče je bilo hajde ideš u teretanu sa mnom. Idem ja, i ideš sa mnom. I to je bilo kao e važi za 5 minuta, za 5 minuta, za 5 minuta i sad ja krećem na trening i ja vidim on se nije pomerio s mesta. I onda rekoh dobro, ne ideš sa mnom? E pa kao ići ću sledeći put. Znaš. Čekao je da sad to bude svršen čin, čekao je da bude to sad svršen čin, da sad ne mogu- da zna da ću ja da odem svejedno i da ću otići bez njega naravno, da ga neću čekati u tom smislu i sad to aj kao sledeći put. A zašto?

Nataša Ivančević: Pa mislim da je dobro za tebe što ga nisi sačekala. Jer ono što to oni odu po tim spravama i aktivnosti a trebalo je- ako si rekla ideš- ja sada isto i kolegama i svima popuštala sam bila. Sad više nema popuštanja. Jer nekad ljude moraš bukvalno za ruku i naterati. Ja sam- ti si malopre pričala kako si krenula da treniraš u svojoj 30-toj godini. Ja uvek kažem za fizičku aktivnost kažem kako ono- kao jedna vrsta zavisnosti, jel tako?

Sanja Milosavljević: Jeste. Mislim, luče se hormoni nije za bez beze. 

Nataša Ivančević: Jeste. Jeste. I onda sve to kako hormoni rade, kako se telo oseća, kako se naša glava oseća tako dobro posle treninga, to je ona jedna zdrava zavisnost. I onda kad se čovek stvarno usudi i odluči da se posveti, granice su mu – ako se ne bude opet vodio izgovorima, granice za fizičku aktivnost i uživanju u njoj su ogromne. 

Sanja Milosavljević: E, a koje su još zapravo blagodeti vežbanja? Ili blagodeti fizičke aktivnosti? Ne mora da bude vežbanje u smislu dizanja tegova, nego to da si na vazduhu, da šetaš, trčiš, šta god da ti- da voliš, šta god da ti prija. Šta je to? Zbog čega je to važno?

Nataša Ivančević: Danas kad pričamo nekako o vežbanju, ljudi misle upravo to kao jao to je naporno, to su ne znam kakve kilaže, ne znam kakvi kilometri, i ono- pošto su uglavnom to ubacuju u prvi plan što se tiče vežbanja. Ja uvek ljudima kažem ne, izađite napolje, šetajte, samo budite napolju, budite aktivni. Opet uvek jedan od izgovora je nemam kada za trening da vežbam, imam ženu, decu, ne znam kako. Kroz svakodnevne aktivnosti možete da nađete način da budete aktivni. Tipa radite na poslu ne znam 8 sati, ustani se na svakih sat vremena, prošetaj. Imaš pauzu, iskoristi je prošetaj, zato što blagodeti nisu samo ono- najveći broj ljudi prema svim istraživanjima kreće da vežba zbog izgleda. Onda imamo vežbanje zbog gubljenja kila. Ali ono to vežbanje, i ta aktivnost koja ti oslobađa glavu onako, mislim da je to najlepši efekat fizičke aktivnosti. Tako da za glavu, za telo, za mršavljenje, za stres, za- sve su to načini na koje fizička aktivnost- ja uvek kažem, fizička aktivnost je lek. Znači čak i u bolesti kad smo, fizička aktivnost je lek. Ima ona čuvena izreka – fizička aktivnost je lek za sve. I videćete- koje god sada- mislim, videćete. Nadam se da niko od nas neće biti bolestan, ali ko god oboli od neke bolesti pored lekova mu doktor kaže šetajte se, boravite više na vazduhu. Znači to je to, fizička aktivnost je lek. 

Sanja Milosavljević: Da. A šta- kakav je to stav- ovo je sad malo off pitanje, ali znaš ono kad krenu ljudi u ne znam maju mesecu da vežbaju da bi do juna ili jula bili fit. Jel to moguće? Ili je u pitanju kombinacija kalorijskog deficita i treninga? Šta-

Nataša Ivančević: Sad šta je fit? Da li je fit ući u fizičku formu ili je fit mršavljenje. Generalno od maja do juna, jula- to ja kažem obožavam ovo proleće kad dođe. I kad svi izađemo iz te zime i onda kad nas vesti počnu bombardovati svim tim brzim dijetama, brzim treninzima, gde za samo 2-7, dve nedelje dana, malo jedeš, malo treniraš ti si dočekao leto u fit izgledu sve. Ne. Ne može. Znači ako hoćemo da mršavimo što bi rekli postoje samo dve reči a to je deficit kalorije. Ma nema druge matematike. Znači nema. Jedino ako hoćemo da dođemo u taj fit izgled, tipa i da smršamo i da uđemo u kondiciju onda imamo to mršavljenje, trening i to je jedan pravi put. Ipak taj put nikako nije za 2-7 dana, nedelju dana, dve nedelje, mesec dana, to je stvarno onako jedan duži put koji opet zavisi od toga koliko jedemo, koliko treniramo, koliko smo posvećeni svemu tome. Koliko smo spremni da dočekamo taj krajnji rezultat svega toga zato što otprilike kažu da je potrebno 3 meseca za menjanje tela i svih navika. To stvarno ja svima kažem iz iskustva ličnog koje god promene očekujemo bez tri meseca ništa se neće dešavati. Tako da ako krenete u maju možda ćete sledeće godine biti. Ali jako me nervira sad već to što ljudi svi to fizičko vežbanje povezuju isključivo sa fizičkim izgledom a ne sa tom što ja kažem blagodeti za glavu, za ceo taj kvalitet života ako to mogu tako da kažem.

Sanja Milosavljević: Mislim ja znam kako sam ja krenula da vežbam. Ja sam zapravo imala nekih zdravstvenih problema i meni je doktor rekao super je maco što ti ideš na ples. On ti neće rešiti problem. Ti ćeš ići na ples i zabavljaćeš se ali ti svoj problem nećeš rešiti. Prosto ga nećeš rešiti. Potrebne su ti vežbe, da ideš na terapiju fizikalnu, da ti pokažu kako da držiš telo, šta da radiš. Tako da ja sam tako ušla, znači baš kao lek. Meni je trening bio neka vrsta leka odnosno terapije. 

Nataša Ivančević: To je ono opet što sam ti rekla, mislim što opet kažem dao nam bog zdravlja svima pa da nemamo. Ali vidiš to je ono što sam rekla. Znači otprilike i u tvojoj bolesti, ne znam, verovatno si imala problema sa držanjem pa si morala da ideš na korektivne vežbe i sa tim da kreneš. Znači opet je to kao neki fizički poremećaj doveo do toga da moraš da se krećeš. To je ono, samo je pitanje u životu kada ćeš morati da počneš da treniraš. Bolje sad kreni nego da budeš nateran. A život nekako uvek nas nekako odvede u tom pravcu ono kao – ne samo da treniraš nego da moraš biti aktivan i zaista se to koliko si ti u životu aktivan, da li konstantno ili kroz treninge kakav ćemo kvalitet života imati. To je najjednostavnija matematika životna. 

Sanja Milosavljević: Da. E, hoćeš sad malo da nam opišeš kako izgleda tvoj posao? Ti si rekla da radiš kao Chief- 

Nataša Ivančević: Chief Health Officer.

Sanja Milosavljević: Chief Health Officer. Mnogo mi je interesantno, to je ono što me je privuklo i interesantan naziv. To su sad neka nova zanimanja. Za mene su nova zanimanja, verovatno nisu za svet u kome se ti krećeš, ali za mene je to bilo potpuno novo. Šta podrazumeva tvoj radni dan? 

Nataša Ivančević: Da. Prvo da kažem, ovo je zaista novo ne samo za tebe, ovo je novo i za mene. Ovo je prva pozicija u Srbiji, znači moja firma je- faktički direktor koji je u Nemačkoj, odnosno vlasnik firme koji živi u Nemačkoj je u stvari izmislio ovu poziciju što bi rekli. Jer on je čovek koji je sportski aktivan i čovek kome je fizička aktivnost promenila život i onda- on je samo radio, posao, putovao, sedeo i on valjda iz toga je želeo, morao isto iz zdravstvenih razloga da promeni svoj život. Promenio i onda je shvatio koliko je ta fizička aktivnost dobra i koliko čovek koji radi ima prostora da se bavi fizičkom aktivnošću i da ga neko motiviše i koliko je to dobro. I onda je on faktički izmislio ovu poziciju. Pošto ova pozicija ne postoji, kod nas u Srbiji ne postoji mene i dan danas mama pita čime se ja bavim otprilike. Čak i ono kao van Srbije ne postoji baš ovakva pozicija. Postoji u sklopu HR-a neko ko organizuje vežbanje sa ljudima. A ja na primer u svojoj poziciji ja sa zaposlenima i timom mi radimo sve. Ja bukvalno vodim računa o zdravlju- ne lečim ja njih, ali tipa obavimo- ja kad sam došla u firmu obavila sam procenu zdravstvenog i fizičkog stanja gde smo videli ko je- ko ima problem s nečim, s nekim možda bolestima, kako se sad osećaju. Imamo vagu odnosno izmeri telesne masti, sastav, proverili sastav tela, odmah procena koliko su fizički aktivni i ja opet kažem vodim računa o zdravlju i fizičkoj aktivnosti zaposlenih kroz razne aktivnosti koje smo organizovali kroz moju poziciju. Pa tako zaposleni kroz moju poziciju imaju prilike na primer- imamo treninge, individualne znači svako od zaposlenih može da dođe kod mene i kaže treba mi trening za to i to. Onda može da radi sa mnom, imamo aplikaciju našu koju smo brendirali pa mu ja u toj aplikaciji u zavisnosti od toga koliko mu treninga odgovara, gde radi treninge, da li radi kući, da li radi u fitnes centru pošto ljudi danas kad odu u fitnes centar oni ne znaju šta je vežbanje. I onda tamo ko što bih ja rekla ko muve se šetaju, pa onda krenu da rade s nekim rekvizitima ili neke vežbe koje nisu prilagođene njima i njihovom stanju tako da im ja tu pomažem da naprave neki izbor koji je prilagođen njima. I imamo te grupne treninge koje mi na primer ponedeljkom, sredom petkom evo već godinu dana organizujemo napolju u prirodi. Imamo u firmi i vežbaonicu smo napravili tako da svako od zaposlenih u toku radnog vremena može da dođe na pola sata i iskoristi tih pola sata tako što će da vežba i nešto da radi. Kažem ovde su ljudi koji većunu svog vremena sede za kompjuterom, mnogi od njih imaju problema sa leđima, sa kolenima i oni mogu u toku radnog vremena da dođu i da samnom odrade neke korektivne vežbe. Ti si verovatno išla da radiš sa fizioterapeutom i sa trenerom, e pa oni tako mogu da dođu kod mene u toku radnog- zamisli koliko to olakšava svakodnevnicu njihovu. Svaki mesec organizujemo, imamo mesec određene tematike, sve teme su vezane za zdravlje i fizičku aktivnost. I onda na primer tema- mesec vezan za ishranu. Pa onda ja držim predavanje tipa šta nam je potrebno za zdravu ishranu. Znaš ono danas ljudi nama je strano da znamo šta su proteini, masti belančevine. Ja sam skontala da ljudi ne znaju neke osnovne informacije šta su mikro, makro nutrienti. I onda ja njima kroz to predavanje sve to lepo objasnim. Onda ne znam svake srede imamo neku CH aktivnost. Mene inače zovu CH. I onda sad imamo prve srede predavanje, onda druge srede imamo workshop. Onda u tom workshopu ja njima spremam neku tu zdravu hranu. Ili kad nam je bio mesec imuniteta, spremala sam im neki zdravi napitak za imunitet. Onda sledeći mesec imamo aktivnost koja opet podržava ne znam- bio je mesec mršavljenja, onda smo išli brzi hod. Onda sam kao oni imaju određeni tempo koji moraju da prate. I onda uvek tako neke aktivnosti gde ja kroz svoju poziciju edukujem i motivišem zaposlene da menjaju svoje navike u životu u smislu ishrane, sportske aktivnosti, da se edukuju o tome, razne team building aktivnosti koje smišljamo u firmi. Imamo jako lepe prostorije i onda dosta sam u kontaktu sa zaposlenima i kad vidim da im je malo pala energija, ja ih izvedem sve u hodnik, dam neke zanimljive igre da ih razbudim, da se igraju malo. Znaš nekad treba i ta dečija radost- da, svašta zanimljivo radimo. U početku im je bilo onako vidi ovu ludu šta me sad maltertira da se prevrćemo kao deca, a onda posle dobijemo od kolega poruku kao ne mogu da verujem ja se posle 20-30 godina osećam ponovo kao dete u svim tim igrama. Isto nešto što na primer opet nesvakidašnje i nikad nisam čula – možda ste vi čuli pa ćete reći – ja sam sada kroz našu- u našoj firmi upravo odlučila da ponudim na primer zato što sve je u tom pokretanju, aktiviranju zaposlenih sami da se pokrenu da vode računa o sebi, o kvalitetu života, oni su sada ponudili zaposlenima da sledeće godine mogu da idu u Australiju da učestvuju na NTB trci Monte Biking a to je jedna trka koja je dosta popularna. I sada svako od zaposlenih – firma sve plaća – sad svako od zaposlenih ko želi da ide u Australiju treba samo da se prijavi i godinu dana da trenira redovno da bi se pripremio za tu trku. Znači to je isto jedan od načina na koji želimo da pokrenemo ljude da krenu da se bave sobom. Jer ta priprema nije samo počeću da treniram nego počeću da vodim računa i o ishrani, i o da naučim šta znači hidratacija, da naučim da organizujem vreme i sve. Tako da svašta nešto radim kroz ovu poziciju, zaista sam zahvalna što sam dobila tu životnu privilegiju da radim posao koji sam ja. 

Sanja Milosavljević: E, ali to je stvarno višestruko korisno. Ja sad slušam i razmišljam sa druge strane – ti ako vodiš stvarno računa o svojim zaposlenima u smislu to organizuješ im fizičku aktivnost, predavanja šta je zdrava ishrana, hidratacija i tako, ti ne samo što brineš o njihovom zdravlju nego to je ulaganje, investicija za buduće zdravlje tih ljudi. Znaš, oni će manje odlaziti na bolovanje ili manje izostajati sa posla ili će imati manje možda nekih problema koji nastaju usled stresa ili dugog sedenja i tako, tako da baš je ono win-win u stvari situacija.

Nataša Ivančević: Jeste stvarno, zanimljiva pozicija. Ja sam njima i kao neki filter za informacije, znaš. Ja sam ceo život u sportu, obrazovana sam za sve ovo o čemu pričam i nekako da kažem olakšavam u smislu za tebe ne znam razmišljaš o ovome, onome. Oni sad ne moraju da guglaju, ne znam zanima ih nešto vezano za zdravlje, oni ne moraju da idu da guglaju i provode danima guglajući o tome ovakvih onakvih informacija. Znaš kad guglaš o nečemu pa od fizičke aktivnosti dođeš do štikli ili alata za popravljanje. Oni dođu kod mene, kažu to i to, nastave da rade svoje, nastave da vode svoj život i ja im za par dana koliko je potrebno kažem evo ti imaš to, to i to, tu ti je to, tu možeš da treniraš, tu te čeka taj trening, tu ideš da kupiš šta ti treba. Tu sam im stvarno filter za sve te informacije. 

Sanja Milosavljević: Super. Kaži mi nešto o tome kako izgleda biti sportistkinja u Srbiji, a pošto imaš i to inostrano iskustvo kako izgleda biti sportiskinja u Izraelu. Ja sam juče gledala ženski basket je bio juče na TV-u. I sad meni je to stvarno bilo uživanje da gledam jer to su žene i stvarno dobro igraju taj basket, nije neka igrarija bezveze vidi se da je taj trener dobar, da je uloženo vreme, da je uloženo strpljenje, da je neko radio na razvoju tih timova. Kako izgleda- eto ti kažeš da imaš nepunih 40 godina, znači imaš iskustvo od pre 20-tak. Je li se nešto promenilo, ima li više žena, jel to sad normalno da ne znam devojčice igraju fudbal ili neki sport koji je tradicionalno muški sport?

Nataša Ivančević: Pa što se tiče sad ovog perioda od pre 20 godina- žena je uvek bilo u sportu. E sad nažalost- mislim, nažalost. To je sad…ono kao- nikad ih nije bilo kao muškaraca i nikad ih neće biti ma koliko se mi sad borile za to i protiv toga jer to je s jedne strane i razumljivo jer žene po samoj svojoj prirodi dobiju drugačije životne uloge zbog kojih ne samo da nisu toliko prisutne kao muškarce nego i ne dobijaju svu tu pažnju niti su plaćene kao oni. Ali to svakako ne znači da žene ne treba da budu u sportu, da ne treba da se bore za sva svoja prava u tom sportu. Ima žena u sportu kako onih koje se bave sportom, tako onih koje rade kao treneri u nekim sportskim organizacijama i poslovima. Kažem nikad to neće biti kao muškarci ali ne volim generalno da pričam muškarci-žene, neka se svi mi trudimo što više da damo sebe pa onda možda i promenimo neke stvari. Što se tiče nekih uslova tipa od pre 20 godina kada sam ja krenula od sad ovih. Drugačije je bilo pre. Ja na primer stvarno sam zahvalna jer ja kad sam igrala košarku prvo u Srbiji, jako su bili dobri uslovi. Klubovi su bili organizovani dobro. Ljudi koji su radili bili su stručni. Sad imam nekako utisak i uslovi su takvi da više nema toliko sredstava, da se omogući- sad ću da pričam o ženama, neću kao o muškarcima, da se omogući devočicama, devojkama – pošto su drugačiji uslovi za devojčice a različiti za dečake. Evo tipa ja sam radila u košarkaškom klubu. Dečaka ima puno. Onda oni imaju svoju svlačionicu. Dođe devojčica, ona nema svoju svlačionicu. Ona mora ili da čeka da se dečaci presvuku ili ono otprilike negde da se presvuče. To su uslovi koji su danas jako puno prisutni u sportu i košarci, u fudbalu. Super je što ima puno devojčica koje se bave fudbalom, tim muškim sportom, ali opet tih nekih razlika u uslovima postoji i danas.

Sanja Milosavljević: A onda- izvini, a kako onda da motivišemo devojčice i devojke da se profesionalno bave sportom. Evo imamo Španovićevu koja je baš super uspešna i ona je odličan model kako jedna žena posvećenim radom može da postiže vrhunske rezultate. Ali kako da generalno motivišemo devojčice? Mislim, ne može jedna- ne možemo zauvek da živimo na nekoliko sportistkinja. Kako iznutra da ih motivišemo?

Nataša Ivančević: Pa ja čak nikad ne bih ni forsirala decu sad kao da oni moraju biti- danas se mnogo forsira to ili kao- taj profesionalni sport. Zato što on donosi toliko toga- prvo ti donosi neki život – puno para, puno pažnje, puno uspeha i priča se najviše o sportu kao o tom- o koristi koju imaš od tog profesionalnog sporta i o onom momentu kako moraš biti lep da bi to bio. Ja čak na primer devojčice nikad ne bih forsirala u tome da budu- da se bave profesionalno sportom, ja bih svako žensko- svako dete generalno ali osobito žensko, ja bih njih motivisala da oni budu u sportu da im se naprave što bolji uslovi pa sad valjda će ti uslovi i dovesti do nekog dobrog. To je sve- jako je to meni široko zato što je to nešto što na primer- prvo treba da se krene od roditelja koji će od malih nogu da nauči kako neko postaje profesionalac. Od malih nogu ti dete treba da naučiš koliko je to bavljenje sportom važno. Ja stalno govorim ljudima koji imaju decu i koji su kao neaktivni i imaju taj izgovor nemam kad da vežbam jer imam decu. Ne to nije dobro. Uzmi to dete, vežbaj sa tim detetom jer to je dobro i tebi i detetu jer kad te dete gleda da vežbaš, onda ono ima tu sliku roditelja koji vežba i to onda vežbanje njima postaje normalno, izazovno, deca oponašaju roditelje, slušaju roditelje i roditelji su prvi koji usmeravaju decu ka tom sportskom životu i tom profesionalnom životu. Odatle što će mu omogućiti znači da redovno trenira, omogućiće mu opremu koja mu treba za to treniranje jer ne možemo nikad da očekujemo uslov od okoline da su dobri, uvek krećemo prvo od nas samih. Onda nekako i učitelji i nastavnici treba da predstave taj sport kao neku mogućnost. Da to fizičko koje deca imaju da je to obavezno nešto i da će to biti nešto što će deci značiti da je to nešto kroz šta mogu postati profesionalnci. Mi kod nas deca danas jako puno imaju opciju da neće da rade fizičku aktivnost. Ja kad sam bila mala ja nisam imala tu opciju, ja sam morala to da radim. Ne znam kako ste vi radili.

Sanja Milosavljević: I meni je to bio obavezan predmet, nije bilo opcije, to je kao srpski, matematika, fizičko. Nije postojala razlika, morali smo. Ja ga nisam volela naravno, tad sam ga mrzela zapravo i smatrala da je to totalno bezveze ali sam morala. Nisam znala da- ne znam da zapravo danas postoji opcija da je to ne znam fakultativni predmet.

Nataša Ivančević: Ali pazi mi kad smo bili mali, evo ja kažem ja sam 82’ godište, kad sam bila mala imala sam fizičku aktivnost 4 puta nedeljno. A naše sad celo to fizičko obrazovanje ide u smislu sad nemamo 4 puta, sad imamo 3 puta. Ne znam koliko ste upućeni. Sad profesorima nije dozvoljeno na primer da dotaknu decu. Ono kao jer to može da se smatra ne znam kako. Kako ti da naučiš to dete da se bavi nečim ako ti njemu nećeš pridržati ga ili ne znam šta. Znači mislim da sve te neke stvari i sama naša državna organizacija svega ne idu u tom pravcu da se deci ne omogući prvo to da se oni sami usmeravaju ka tim profesionalnim uslovima, bavljenjima nego mnogo se tu nekih- mnogo mi je teško kako doći do tog profesionalnog nivoa. Jer dete mora imati talenat, mora se mnogo raditi sa njim, mora imati uslova, mora imati sreću da se sve to poveže. Al kažem meni je jako žao zato što se danas na sport gleda samo kao neka ta korist kroz tu profesionalnu- kao ako postaneš dobar sportista šta tu možeš da dobiješ i često se upoređuje sa izgledom, a ne stavlja se akcenat na to zdravo vežbanje, zdravo bavljenje sportom. To ću da ti kažem ako kreneš kao mali da usvajaš te dobre navike da se baviš sportom, i da živiš tim životom, onda će ti to i kasnije kroz život stvoriti naviku, poboljšati kvalitet života i tako dalje.

Sanja Milosavljević: Jao da, ja ne znam kako sad izgleda fizičko obrazovanje u osnovnoj školi, iskreno. Stvarno ne znam. Nama je to bila obaveza. Ja znam da stvarno to nisam volela, ali sam se divila da su neke beogradske škole imale bazene i onda su ta deca mogla da idu na bazen, kao to je fizičko – ideš da plivaš. A mi smo imali salu sa jednim kozlićem i nekim raspalim strunjačama i to je- ali dobro to nije razlog zašto ja nisam volela fizičko, možda prosto nisam volela. 

Nataša Ivančević: Ali možda i jeste. Znaš, da su ti uslovi bili drugačiji, da su tebi ti profesori to vežbanje prilagodili na neki drugi način, znaš da si imala bolje uslove, da je to bilo raznovrsnije, da je to bila neka igra. Danas na primer- sport je igra. Da li kao veliki ili kao mali, sport je igra. Ali danas se sa decom ne igra. Nekako preskoče tu stepenicu. Onda preskoče da znaju evo ja sada i sa zaposlenima imam neki kao challenge preskakanje vijače i kao ne znaju ljudi da preskoče vijaču. Oni zaposleni, ali i kad sam sa decom trenirala dođe dete sa 12-10 godina i ne zna da preskače vijaču. Ja znam da smo mi kao mali vijača je bila obavezna, to smo svi znali. Da preskačemo vijaču, da se penjemo i da trčimo.

Sanja Milosavljević: Da, da to- ja i dan danas volim vijaču. To mi je- 

Nataša Ivančević: Vijača, najbolje vežbe.

Sanja Milosavljević: Iako iskreno imam te dve leve noge ali sam uspela sa stotinu i stotinu ponavljanja na kraju ti pređe u naviku da to radiš kako treba. Ranije bude dva tri puta okrenem i sapletem se, sad sam već malo bolja, ali super je. Ne, mada iskreno mislim da izgled te fiskulturne sale stvarno nema veze sa tim da li sam ja volela ili nisam volela fizičko jer to baš ne bi trebalo da bude- to bi trebalo da bude na 10-tom mestu razloga zašto nešto ne voliš. Ja ga jednostavno nisam volela, prosto mi to nije bilo…

Nataša Ivančević: Jeste ali to ti je na primer kao ono sa opremom. Kada nemaš odgovarajuću opremu za trening, tebi taj trening uopšte ne prija. Ako ti uzmeš lepe patike, ako uzmeš neku lepu garderobu i sve, tebi je sve odmah drugačije, zar ne? Pa onda odmah ono uložio si sad ti tu opremu pa ćeš ići i drugi i treći dan da treniraš. Što bi rekli ti si sad uložio pa to treba i da se isplati. Ne kažem da je to garancija, imaš ti decu u zemljama gde kukače i trče, igraju sa korom od narandže pa im je super i aktivni su i postanu nešto, ali mislim da to opet malo i znači.

Sanja Milosavljević: Pa naravno. Hoćeš molim te, pošto smo stigli do kraja razgovora, hoćeš da nam pošalješ neku poruku? Nešto šta voliš, šta čitaš, ajde znamo da voliš sport, ali šta je neka knjiga koju bismo mogli da pročitamo ili gde ti nalaziš motivaciju da budeš tako vedra, vesela i puna optimizma?

Nataša Ivančević: Pa ja imam problem sa knjigama, imenima i tim stvarima jer ja pročitam i onda zaboravim kako se zove knjiga i pisac tako da ja sada ne bih da pričam o knjizi. A što se tiče motivacije, moja motivacija – ne znam kako to ljudima da kažem – meni je svaki novi dan kad ustanem prilika da radim kao- ja se svako jutro budim i kao jao, danas imam priliku, danas će se desiti nešto novo. Ja imam tu neku energiju, ja imam mnogo valjda očekivanja i onda se uvek tako budim sa tim kao joj danas će biti nešto lepo, danas će ovako. To je moja motivacija, svaki novi dan da uradim nešto za sebe, za svoju porodicu, prijatelje, kolege sa kojima radim, to mi je motivacija. A koja bi moja poruka bila za kraj, to je samo ljudima opet ću morati na fizičku aktivnost da se vratim. To, budite aktivni. Mislim, ako nam je i ovo vreme, mislim da nam je najviše pokazalo značaj toga  – budite aktivni, motivišite jedni druge da budete aktivni, družite se kad imate prilike, punite se tom energijom, takmičite se, istražujte svet, nikad nije kasno zato što sve te stvari dovode do stvaranja te neke energije. I ono što- ljudi jako puno razmišljaju. To sam skontala. Na primer sad s prijateljicom što radim tu humanitarnu vožnju, i onda mi dobijamo pitanja razna i nas dve skontamo da nismo nikad ni razmišljale o tom. Ljudi jako puno razmišljaju a ne krenu. Nemojte da razmišljate previše, nemojte da analizirate i tražite ono milion stvari zbog kojih nešto nećete uraditi – krenite. Samo krenite.

Sanja Milosavljević: E sad, ja znam da sam rekla za kraj ali samo za kraj broj dva, hoćeš samo da nam kažeš za tu humanitarnu akciju. Ima interesantno ime, povezuje region, ajde kaži ti…

Nataša Ivančević: Sa velikim zadovoljstvom. Koleginica i ja iz ogromne želje za pokretanjem i sve, mi smo osmislile tu humanitarnu akciju gde ćemo za 7 dana pokušati da stignemo od Novog Sada do Zagreba i sva sredstva koja skupimo za tih 7 dana želimo da damo deci sportistima sa invaliditetom. Naša akcija ima taj humani karakter i taj drugi karakter pokretanja ljudi. Pokretanje je opet ono što sam pričala. Jedna druga moja prijateljica iz firme hoće da ide na tu vožnju. Ona je inače osoba koja do pre mesec i po dana dok nismo krenuli u akciju ona je bila skroz neaktivna i ona je meni jedan dan došla i rekla molim te ajde nešto da radimo ne znam šta ću od sebe. Šta ćemo da radimo? Da vozimo biciklu. Ajmo. Gde ćemo? Do Zagreba. Pošto je u Zagrebu naša sestrinska firma. Naša kompanija kad smo im rekli, oni su se svi nasmejali znajući nju koliko je neaktivna. I onda su oni rekli e ako ćete zapravo- tako je krenula cela ova akcija- oni su nama rekli, ako vi stignete do Zagreba za sedam dana, mi ćemo da damo 5 evra po kilometru. Mi smo to prepoznali kao jednu priliku da mi zapravo tim našim pokretanjem možemo da pokrenemo i druge ljude i možemo da skupimo neka sredstva koja ćemo da damo u humanitarne svrhe i tako je nastala naša 442 Ride To Change zapratite nas na Instagramu, vidite šta radimo, pratite nas na putu koji kreće 15. maja i eto. 

Sanja Milosavljević: Jao divno. Divno, divno. Baš sam se iznenadila kad si mi rekla nedavno u jednoj prepisci. Baš je- to su lepe akcije. Mislim bile su isto i pešačke ture, bilo je takvih akcija, to su predivne stvari. Tu nema ničeg lošeg, tu ne možeš da nađeš ni jedan element da kažeš e ovo ne valja, neće uspeti. Ovo je stvarno jedna čista akcija.

Nataša Ivančević: Jeste stvarno čista i stvarno kažem toliko specifična u ovim uslovima kada se zabranjuje sve moguće evo nas dve idemo zato što kažem opet isti uslovi – svi smo se začaurili. Nekako kao da u tom- ti prestaneš da razmišljaš šta se dešava sa drugima, a ima drugih kojima je potrebna pomoć. Daj da se pokreneš ili ovako nešto znači, samo se pokrenimo ljudi svi zajedno.

Sanja Milosavljević: Hvala ti Nataša mnogo, stvarno. Baš ti hvala, baš sam uživala.

Nataša Ivančević: Hvala tebi, ja sam se raspričala oprostite.

Sanja Milosavljević: Dobri ljudi, gledali ste i slušali Natašu iz Novog Sada, pratite nas. Kucajte Mondopreneur ili #mondopreneur, pratite nas na Facebook-u i Instagram-u i pretplatite se na naš YouTube kanal. Budite dobri i dobrog zdravlja i vidimo se za nedelju dana.