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The other day, I went having a bite with an old friend, Alberto M. He was in London back in the days, and we were part of the same accelerator but then he left the city to move to Zurich. He’s a couple of years older than me, and he told me that a few…

There is something inside you that moves. Not your legs, not your hands. Something deeper. A pull toward certain things and away from others. A feeling that says yes, give me more of this, and another that says no, not this, not for me. Most people spend their whole life not paying attention to that…

Today something very small happened. I was dropping off your brother, while Mum was dropping off you, dear daughter. Different schools, different starting time. After saying goodbye to him, I started walking fast because I wanted to see you before school. But you wanted to go in with your friend. And that is completely normal.…

We have two ears and only one mouth. Listen twice before you speak. Society will push you to react. Advertising, news, social media, everything is designed to provoke an immediate response. Confrontation is the currency. You will feel the pressure to reply, to take a side, to say something. Quickly. There are people who speak…

Life is not a straight line. You don’t go from A to B without diversions, and more important, you may know where A is, where you are standing right now, but you don’t yet know what B will be. You know what you care about. You know what you are good at. But you don’t…

The Romans had a phrase for it: mens sana in corpore sano. A healthy mind in a healthy body. They figured this out two thousand years ago, and we keep needing to be reminded. Study matters. Learning matters. But a mind without a body to carry it is only half the equation. What you eat,…

When you are tired, when you are busy, when you don’t really feel like doing it, that is when it matters the most. That is where the difference is made. Going to the gym.Eating well.Writing one more blog post, even when you don’t feel inspired. In those moments, it may feel pointless. Like it doesn’t…

There is something I only understood by moving around the world. When you grow up in one place, it is easy to believe that your way is the right one. Not because you are arrogant, but because you don’t know anything else. Then you meet people who are different. Different habits, different values, different ways…

On the planet Earth, we are 8 billion people.When I was in my twenties, there were about 5 billion people. Life is becoming way more competitive.And I feel that, my kids. The question then became: How do you succeed? But first of all, what does success mean? What does it mean for you? For me,…

Every night, before I go to sleep, I come to your room. I tuck your blankets. I give you a kiss. Most of the time, you’re sleeping deeply. Sometimes you stir a little, then settle back. And in that moment, you are so pure it almost hurts to look at you. I always find it…