Some BACKGROUNDSome BACKGROUND

•My story•HSM’s footprint

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INTRODUCTION: INTRODUCTION: ask your ask your questionsquestions

• Isidor Isaac Rabi. Nobel laureate in Physics

• “My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school: So? Did you learn anything today? But not my mother. “Izzy,” she would say, “did you ask a good question today?” That difference—asking good questions—made me become a scientist”

Equip yourself for a long journey…

• School vs Business• Invest time and effort to grow as a person• Strengthen your self esteem• Count on your hard work and persistence..• Have mentors. • Ask for help• Find your passions

Understand Understand the the

Human BeingHuman Being• Psychology, perception, values, spirituality

– Daniel Pink, Deepak Chopra, James Surowiecki, Marcus Buckingham, George Kohlrieser, Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Ariely, Howard Gardner , Nassim Taleb, Paul Schoemaker

• Curiosity & Passions – Collin Powell, Tony Blair, Madleine Albright…

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INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONMusee de Musee de L’hommeL’homme

• « Il dépend de celui qui passeQue je sois tombe ou trésorQue je parle ou me taiseCeci ne tient qu’à toiAmi n’entre pas sans désir » Paul Valéry

• It depends on those who pass Whether I am a tomb or treasure

Whether I speak or am silent The choice is yours alone.

Friend, do not enter without desire

CURIOSIT

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A few thoughts

1. Be HUMANISTIC: It’s all about PEOPLE

2. Be YOURSELF– Find your inner voice– Discover & live your passions– Understand the difference you

want to make3. UNDERSTAND THE WORLD –

around you– How does Alan Greenspan read the

newspaper?