What is luck? Monika Gruber, Hans Söllner and Franz Beckenbauer have an answer

Salzburg – What is luck and how can you achieve it? How do you feel? Questions that employ each of us, according to two authors from Salzburg. Some time ago, author Rainer Candido left with a questionnaire and wanted to know the most different people what happiness meant to them. 46 people asked Candido, he had 46 answers. Christina Knauseder-Csipek was her co-author, but the discussions led Candido alone. In addition to many Austrian celebrities, Monika Gruber, Hans Söllner and Franz Beckenbauer also talked about happiness.

For Franz Beckenbauer, count the small moments

For a footballer, luck is a job as much as a skill. Franz Beckenbauer has had both during his active career: "The Kaiser" shot at Bayern and in the national team one goal after the other. At the age of 20, he inspired football fans around the world after his performance at the World Cup in England in 1966. Franz Beckenbauer has now been part of the German football world for more than 50 years .

But when was Franz Beckenbauer really happy? Is it football that brought him happiness, or even his friends and family? Rainer Candido spoke with the "Kaiser" about these issues and more generally about what luck meant to him. With the ideas of Beckenbauer, the author of Salzburg opens his book "Me and Happiness". For the former professional football player, it is clear: "Happiness lies in the little moments".

Monika Gruber and Hans Söllner: What does luck mean to them?

Bavarian cabaret singer Monika Gruber is one of the few women to have interviewed author Candido on happiness. His key message: "Happiness is a big word in which people place great expectations". This socio-critical approach is also reflected in the opinion of Bavarian musician Hans Söllner. He says, "Happiness is when you realize you have enough."

In general, people interviewed by Rainer Candido in his book on happiness agree that the growing obsession of society for the consumer has a negative impact. Meanwhile, happiness is defined by power, money and status. Reduction in the essential would therefore be necessary.

"Me and happiness": Candido speaks to a variety of personalities

The Salzburg author not only spoke to the three German celebrities, but also interviewed 46 people on their very personal definition of happiness. Thus, the Austrian ex-president Heinz Fischer said that happiness was synonymous with harmony and inner balance. For Jane Goodall, a behavioral scientist, happiness means "seizing opportunities and never giving up".

In addition to the great Austrian actors such as Peter Simonischek, Adele Neuhauser or Gregor Bloéb Candido is also addressed to those who have probably left happiness at certain moments of their lives. And yet, or perhaps because of this, they can focus on the essentials: for Max Garcia, a survivor of the concentration camp, fortune means life. Manuela Polaszczyk, a refugee from the GDR, believes that "we must never stop believing in happiness".

"Me and luck" the days of Salzburg Bay

In a car accident in 2012, he had had the idea of ​​writing a book about happiness, says Rainer Candido at "Salzburger Nachrichten". Since then, he writes "Ich und Glück" with the co-author Christina Krauseder-Csipek, who presented the book in Salzburg on November 8th.

On 17 November, the two men will give a reading in the context of the days of the Bay of Salzburg. If they are a little closer to happiness?

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